Ahal FK
Full name | Ahal Futbol Kluby | ||
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Founded | 1989 | ||
Ground | Ashgabat Stadium | ||
Capacity | 20,000 | ||
Chairman | Gurbandurdy Öwekow | ||
Manager | Serdar Geldivev | ||
League | Ýokary Liga | ||
2023 | Yokary Liga, 4th of 9 | ||
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Ahal Änew Football Club (Turkmen: Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FK, is a Turkmen professional football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The club plays its home matches at the 20,000 seater Ashgabat Stadium.
Ahal won the 2022 Ýokary Liga, becoming one of eight clubs to have won the Ýokary Liga since its inception in 1992.
History
During 1989–91, the club participated in the Soviet Second League.
FC Ahal played in the top division of Turkmenistan in 1992, winning bronze medal, but the following year the team was disbanded. The returning season was 1998–99.
In 2013, the team won Cup title, led by Ali Gurbani. In 2013 Turkmenistan Cup final team beat Altyn Asyr and won the trophy for the second time.[1]
In 2014 season the team began by winning the 2014 Super Cup of Turkmenistan, beating HTTU (4–2).[2] In October 2014[3] the new coach was appointed, Guwançmuhammet Öwekow, which resulted in a victory in the 2014 Turkmenistan Cup,[4][5] having beaten Balkan (2–1).
In the 2015 season, FC Ahal debuted in AFC Cup, becoming the new dominant force of Turkmenistan football.
In the 2021 Ýokary Liga, FC Ahal won silver medals in the championship for the 7th time and received the right to take part in the 2022 AFC Champions League.[6] Only Ahal were granted an AFC Champions League license, as the Ýokary Liga champions FC Altyn Asyr were only eligible for the 2022 AFC Cup.[7]
Domestic
Season | League | Turkmenistan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
1992 | 1st | 3 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 103 | 16 | 46 | ||||
1998–99 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 74 | 19 | ||||
2000 | 1st | 5 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 29 | ||||
2001 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 31 | 93 | 18 | ||||
2002 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 102 | 9 | ||||
2003 | 1st | 9 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 25 | 96 | 22 | ||||
2004 | 1st | 7 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 64 | 38 | ||||
2005 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 37 | 72 | 24 | ![]() ![]() | |||
2008 | 1st | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 68 | 4 | ![]() | |||
2009 | 2nd | First round | |||||||||||
2010 | 1st | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 16 | Quarter-final | |||
2011 | 1st | 8 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 83 | 31 | Quarter-final | ![]() | ||
2012 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 45 | 50 | First round | ![]() |
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2013 | 1st | 6 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 41 | 56 | Winners | ![]() | ||
2014 | 1st | 2 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 24 | 87 | Winners | ![]() ![]() | ||
2015 | 1st | 5 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 54 | 58 | Quarter-final | ![]() Boris Grigorýants | ||
2016 | 1st | 4 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 63 | 42 | 62 | Quarter-final | |||
2017 | 1st | 2 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 21 | 72 | Winners | |||
2018 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 60 | Semi-final | |||
2019 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 44 | 17 | 54 | Final | ![]() |
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2020 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 29 | 55 | Semifinal | ![]() |
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2021 | 1st | 2 | 14[8] | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 29 | Final | ![]() |
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2022 | 1st | 1 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 89 | 21 | 73 | Winners | ![]() |
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Continental history
- As of match played 22 April 2021
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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AFC Cup | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 23 |
AFC Champions League | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
Total | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 32 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2015 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round | ![]() |
3–0 | – | 3–0 |
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– | 3–2 | 3–2 | |||
Group D | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 | 4th | ||
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1–2 | 2–5 | ||||
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2–1 | 3–2 | ||||
2018 | AFC Cup | Group D | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | 3rd |
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0–0 | 0–1 | ||||
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5–0 | 3–2 | ||||
2019 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
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1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1(a) | |||
2020 | AFC Cup | Preliminary round | ![]() |
— | — | w/o |
2021 | AFC Cup | Group E | ![]() |
2–0 | 1st | |
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3–1 | |||||
West Asia Zone Finals | ![]() |
2–3 | – | 2–3 | ||
2022 | AFC Champions League | Group C | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | 4th |
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4–2 | 0–2 | ||||
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1–1 | 2–1 |
Honours
- Turkmenistan Higher League
- Champions (1): 2022
- Runners-up (6): 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Turkmenistan Cup
- Turkmenistan Super Cup
- Champions (1): 2014
- Runners-up (3): 2015, 2018, 2020
Current squad
- As of 22 April 2022[9]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
Team management
Position | Name |
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Goalkeeper coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Doctor | ![]() |
Doctor | ![]() |
Video operator | ![]() |
Masseur | ![]() |
Corporate hierarchy
Position | Name |
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Chairman | ![]() |
Chairman | ![]() |
Team Chief | ![]() |
Main administrator | ![]() |
Administrator | ![]() |
Administrator | ![]() |
Administrator | ![]() |
Managers
Amangylyç Koçumow (2000)
Armen Sogomonyan (2005)
Ali Gurbani (2005)
Durdy Redzhepov (2008)
Armen Sogomonyan (2011)
Baýram Durdyýew (2012)
Ali Gurbani (2013–14)
Guwançmuhammet Öwekow (2014–20??)
Röwşen Meredow (September 2016 – September 2019)
Amangylyç Koçumow (September 2019 – October 2019)
Baýramnyýaz Berdiýew (November 2019 – January 2020)[12]
Hojaahmet Arazow (January 2020 – August 2020)[13]
Said Seýidow (August 2020 – December 2020)[14]
Hojaahmet Arazow (January 2021 – December 2021)[15][16][17]
Mergen Orazov (January 2022 – December 2022)[18][19][20][21][22]
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
The team is owned by the Türkmen Nebit Önümleri (Turkmen Petroleum Products) enterprise.
Period | Kit supplier | Shirt sponsor |
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2018–2020 | Nike | TNÖ |
2021–present | Jako | TNÖ |
Players on international cups
Cup | Players |
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References
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- ^ "Ahal" bassyr 2-nji gezek kubogyň eýesi Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "«Алтын асыр» и «Ахал» сделали шаг к финалу Кубка Туркменистана-2019 по футболу". Archived from the original on 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ ""Ahala" täze möwsümde Hojaahmet Arazow tälim berer". Archived from the original on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ Саид Сеидов назначен главным тренером «Ахала» Archived 2020-09-13 at the Wayback Machine turkmenportal.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021
- ^ Preview: Ahal, Ravshan searching for fast start in AFC Cup opener Archived 2021-05-15 at the Wayback Machine the-AFC.com. Retrieved 19 September 2021
- ^ "В качестве главного тренера "Ахала" в период Кубка АФК заявлен Ходжаахмед Аразов". Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Preview: Ahal, Ravshan searching for fast start in AFC Cup opener". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ turkmenportal. "International Day of Neutrality in Turkmenistan was celebrated with dances of the peoples of the world, Serdar Berdimuhamedov laid flowers at the Monument of Neutrality, Rejepbay Rejepov won silver at the World Weightlifting Championship and other news | Digest". Turkmenistan, an Internet portal on cultural, business and entertainment life in Turkmenistan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
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- ^ turkmenportal. "Turkmenistan and Russia signed 15 cooperation documents, Turkmenistan entered the top 10 countries with the lowest prices for gasoline, Halk market reduced prices for vegetables and fruits by up to 15% throughout the network | Digest". Turkmenistan, an Internet portal on cultural, business and entertainment life in Turkmenistan. Archived from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
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External links
- Ahal – FIFA (archived 13 December 2014)
- Ahal – GSA