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| Full name | Köpetdag Futbol Kluby | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1947; 78 years ago (1947) | ||
| Ground | Köpetdag Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 26,000 | ||
| Manager | Berdi Hotdyýew | ||
| League | Ýokary Liga | ||
| 2024 | Ýokary Liga, 8th of 9 | ||
FK Köpetdag Aşgabat (Football Club Köpetdag,Turkmen:Köpetdag Futbol Kluby)[1] is a professionalfootball club based inAshgabat,Turkmenistan. It currently plays in the top tierÝokary Liga. Their home ground isKöpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. The Köpetdag traditional kit colours areblue andwhite. They are one of the country's most successful clubs having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6cups.
The club participated in 44 of theUSSR championships (1947–54, 1956–91). They appeared under the names of Locomotiv (1947–49), Spartak (1950–54), Kolhozchi (1956–59, 1976–87), Stroitel (1962–75) and Köpetdag (1960, 1961, 1988–91, present).
In the Soviet era, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s wasValery Nepomnyashchy.
After the collapse of theSoviet Union the team planned to participate in the open championship of theCIS, but because of many differences the championship did not take place. The team served as the defactoTurkmenistan national football team in the early years of Turkmenistan.
In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial conditions but have since returned.
In 2015, on the basis ofMIA of Turkmenistan direction the club FC Kopetdag was re-created.[2] Club began to make appearances in theFirst League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for2015 Turkmenistan Cup.They achieved promotion in the2016 season by winning the promotion play-off.[3]
| Season | League | Turkmenistan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 2015 | 2nd | 1 | 28 | Round of 16 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 1st | 7 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 63 | 39 | Quarterfinal | |||
| 2017 | 1st | 7 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 55 | 33 | Quarterfinal | |||
| 2018 | 1st | 6 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 29 | Champions | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 39 | Semifinal | |||
| 2020 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 41 | Runners Up | |||
| 2021 | 1st | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 6 | |||
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Club Championship | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 29 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| AFC Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 57 | 45 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | 2–0 | 2nd | ||
| 7–1 | ||||||
| 1–0 | ||||||
| 1–2 | ||||||
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | First round | 6–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | |
| Second round | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | |||
| Quarterfinal | 0–1 | 4th | ||||
| 2–2 | ||||||
| 0–1 | ||||||
| 1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First round | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | 4–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 | |
| Second round | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3(a) | |||
| Quarterfinal | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | |||
| Semifinal | 1–2 | |||||
| Third place match | 1–4 | |||||
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First round | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 | |
| Second round | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | |||
| Quarterfinal | 1–6 | 4th | ||||
| 2–4 | ||||||
| 1–0 | ||||||
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | First round | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group F | 1–0 | 2nd | ||
| 1–3 | ||||||
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