Ýokary League

Ýokary League
Association	Türkmenistanyň Futbol Federasiýasy
First edition	1992
Teams	8 (2019)
master	Altyn Asyr FK (2019)
Record champions	Altyn Asyr , Köpetdag (6)
Qualification for	AFC Cup

The Ýokary League is the top division of the National Football Association of Turkmenistan and has been played since the country's independence in 1992.

history

In the league system of the Soviet Union , no club from Turkmenistan reached the first-class Wysschaja Liga , but Köpetdag Ashgabat was able to hold on to the second-rate Pervaya League for some seasons . After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen football association Türkmenistanyň Futbol Federasiýasy was founded in 1992 and organizes the Ýokary League , the highest national football league in the country, with 15 participating teams. In the following season the league was reduced to ten participants, this number was largely retained, but in some seasons it is also played with eleven or nine participants. At the beginning of the 1990s there were also playoffs after the championship round had ended. The staging of the season follows the annual cycle as before in the Soviet Union and runs from March to December. For the 1997/98 season, the European game cycle was switched to, but the old game cycle was returned to after two seasons.

The participating teams are currently competing against each other four times in the round-robin tournament . The club with the most points at the end of the season is the Turkmen soccer champion and thus qualifies for the AFC Cup . The runner-up is also qualified for this competition, but must already compete in the play-off round.

Turkmen football champions from 1992

1992: Köpetdag Ashgabat 1993: Köpetdag Ashgabat 1994: Köpetdag Ashgabat 1995: Köpetdag Ashgabat 1996: Nisa Ashgabat 1997/98: Köpetdag Ashgabat 1998/99: Nisa Ashgabat 2000: Köpetdag Ashgabat 2001: Nisa Ashgabat 2002: Şagadam FK

2003: Nisa Ashgabat 2004: Nebitçi Balkanabat 2005: HTTU Ashgabat 2006: HTTU Ashgabat 2007: FC Ashgabat 2008: FC Ashgabat 2009: HTTU Ashgabat 2010: Balkan FK Balkanabat 2011: Balkan FK Balkanabat 2012: Balkan FK Balkanabat

2013: HTTU Ashgabat 2014: Altyn Asyr FK 2015: Altyn Asyr FK 2016: Altyn Asyr FK 2017: Altyn Asyr FK 2018: Altyn Asyr FK 2019: Altyn Asyr FK

Record champions

The record champion of the Ýokary league is Köpetdag Aşgabat , who won the championship six times.

FC Balkan (4) Şagadam Turkmenbaşy (1) Ashgabat 1

Overview of champions of the Ýokary League 1 = Köpetdag Aşgabat (6), Nisa Aşgabat (4), HTTU Aşgabat (4), Altyn Asyr FK (4), FC Aşgabat (2)

society	title	year
Köpetdag Ashgabat	6th	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997/98, 2000
Altyn Asyr FK	6th	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Nisa Ashgabat	4th	1996, 1998/99, 2001, 2003
Nebitçi Balkanabat / Balkan FK	4th	2004, 2010, 2011, 2012
HTTU Ashgabat	4th	2005, 2006, 2009, 2013
FC Ashgabat	2	2007, 2008
Şagadam FK	1	2002

Current season

In the 2019 season, the following 8 teams took part in the game:

• Ahal FK
• Altyn Asyr FK
• FC Ashgabat
• Balkan FK Balkanabat
• Energetics FK Mary
• Merw FK
• Şagadam FK
• Köpetdag Ashgabat

See also

• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Season and championship overview of the Ýokary league on rsssf.com