List of the international matches of the Turkmen national football team

This list contains all the official and unofficial internationals of the internationals of the Turkmen national football team . All results are presented from Turkmenistan's point of view. All matches up to 1994 are not recognized by FIFA as Turkmenistan was not a member of FIFA until then.

Legend

This section serves as a legend for the following tables.

• A = away game
• H = home game
• * = Play on a neutral place
• n / a = after extension
• i. E. = on penalties
• Dates correspond to FIFA or the RSSSF
• Friendly matches are not specifically noted on the occasion
• Opponents in bold were reigning champions of their confederation at the time of the game
• red background color = defeat of the Turkmen team
• green background color = victory of the Turkmen team
• yellow background color = tie

1992 to 1999

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
1.	06/01/1992	0: 1	Kazakhstan	A.	Almaty ( KAZ )		First international match First international match against Kazakhstan
2.	06/28/1992	1: 2	Uzbekistan	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )		First international match against Uzbekistan
3.	07/11/1992	3: 3	Tajikistan	H	Ashgabat		First international match against Tajikistan
4th	09/14/1992	1: 1	Kazakhstan	H	Ashgabat
5.	10/14/1992	4-0	Kyrgyzstan	H	Ashgabat		First international match against Kyrgyzstan
6th	10/25/1992	1-0	Uzbekistan	H	Ashgabat
7th	06/07/1993	4-0	Pakistan	*	Tehran ( IRN )	ECO Cup 1993	First international match against Pakistan
8th.	06/08/1993	1: 2	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )	ECO Cup 1993	First international match against Iran
9.	06/14/1993	1: 2	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )	ECO-Cup 1993 final
10.	04/11/1994	0: 4	Uzbekistan	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )
11.	04/13/1994	5: 1	Kyrgyzstan	*	Tashkent ( UZB )
12.	04/15/1994	0-0	Kazakhstan	*	Tashkent ( UZB )
13.	04/19/1994	2-0	Tajikistan	*	Tashkent ( UZB )
14th	10/01/1994	2: 2	China	*	Hiroshima ( JPN )	1994 Asian Games	First international match against China
15th	05/10/1994	1: 1	Iran	*	Onomichi ( JPN )	1994 Asian Games
16.	07.10.1994	4-0	Yemen	*	Onomichi ( JPN )	1994 Asian Games	First international match against Yemen
17th	10/09/1994	2: 2	Bahrain	*	Miyoshi ( JPN )	1994 Asian Games	First international match against Bahrain
18th	10/11/1994	0: 3	Uzbekistan	*	Miyoshi ( JPN )	1994 Asian Games quarter-finals
19th	03/10/1996	2: 2	Kuwait	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 1996	First international match against Kuwait
20th	03/22/1996	0: 2	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )	AM qualification 1996
21st	04/26/1996	1: 1	Iran	H	Ashgabat
22nd	04/28/1996	0: 1	Iran	H	Ashgabat
23.	05/12/1996	1: 3	Lebanon	A.	Beirut ( LBN )	AM qualification 1996	First international match against Lebanon
24.	05/26/1996	0: 1	Lebanon	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 1996
25th	11/25/1996	1-0	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )
26th	03/22/1997	0: 3	Azerbaijan	A.	Baku ( AZE )		First international match against Azerbaijan
27.	04/25/1997	2-0	Azerbaijan	H	Ashgabat
28.	05/04/1997	1: 4	China	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 1998
29	05/11/1997	2: 1	Vietnam	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 1998	First international match against Vietnam
30th	05/25/1997	1: 2	Tajikistan	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 1998
31.	06/01/1997	0: 1	China	A.	Beijing ( CHN )	World Cup qualification 1998
32.	06/08/1997	4-0	Vietnam	A.	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )	World Cup qualification 1998
33.	06/22/1997	0: 5	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )	World Cup qualification 1998
34.	11/21/1998	3: 3	Thailand	A.	Bangkok ( THA )		First international match against Thailand
35.	11/30/1998	2-0	Vietnam	*	Nakhon Sawan ( THA )	1998 Asian Games
36.	12/02/1998	3: 2	South Korea	*	Nakhon Sawan ( THA )	1998 Asian Games	First international match against South Korea
37.	07/12/1998	3: 2	India	*	Bangkok ( THA )	1998 Asian Games	First international match against India
38.	12/09/1998	1: 1	North Korea	*	Bangkok ( THA )	1998 Asian Games	First international match against North Korea
39.	12/11/1998	1: 1	Uzbekistan	*	Bangkok ( THA )	1998 Asian Games
40.	12/14/1998	0: 3	China	*	Bangkok ( THA )	Asian Games 1998 quarter-finals
41.	10/30/1999	1: 3	Ver. Arab. Emirates	A.	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )		First international match against the United Arab Emirates
42.	11/01/1999	0: 3	Iraq	*	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )		First international match against Iraq
43.	11/03/1999	1: 1	Estonia	*	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )		First international match against Estonia

2000 to 2009

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
44.	02/10/2000	1: 6	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )	AM qualification 2000	Biggest defeat
45.	02/12/2000	1-0	Yemen	*	Kuwait City ( KWT )	AM qualification 2000
46.	02/14/2000	5-0	Nepal	*	Kuwait City ( KWT )	AM qualification 2000	First international match against Nepal
47.	02/16/2000	8-0	Bhutan	*	Kuwait City ( KWT )	AM qualification 2000	First international match against Bhutan
48.	10/08/2000	0: 3	Uzbekistan	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )
49.	04/23/2001	2-0	Jordan	*	Tashkent ( UZB )	World Cup qualification 2002	First international match against Jordan
50.	04/25/2001	0: 1	Uzbekistan	A.	Tashkent ( UZB )	World Cup qualification 2002
51.	04/27/2001	5-0	Chinese Taipei	*	Tashkent ( UZB )	World Cup qualification 2002	First international match against Chinese Taipei
52.	05/03/2001	2: 5	Uzbekistan	*	Amman ( JOR )	World Cup qualification 2002
53.	05/05/2001	2: 1	Jordan	A.	Amman ( JOR )	World Cup qualification 2002
54.	05/07/2001	1-0	Chinese Taipei	*	Amman ( JOR )	World Cup qualification 2002
55.	10/19/2003	1-0	Ver. Arab. Emirates	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 2004
56.	10/30/2003	1: 1	Ver. Arab. Emirates	A.	Sharjah ( ARE )	AM qualification 2004
57.	11/09/2003	1-0	Sri Lanka	H	Balkanabat	AM qualification 2004	First international match against Sri Lanka
58.	11/12/2003	3-0	Sri Lanka	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 2004
59.	11/19/2003	11: 0	Afghanistan	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2006	First international match against Afghanistan. Biggest win. Biggest loss for Afghanistan
60.	11/23/2003	2-0	Afghanistan	A.	Kabul ( AFG )	World Cup qualification 2006
61.	11/28/2003	1: 1	Syria	A.	Aleppo ( SYR )	AM qualification 2004	First international match against Syria
62.	12/03/2003	3-0	Syria	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 2004	The game was rated as 3-0 for Turkmenistan, as the Syrian team did not play.
63.	02/18/2004	2-0	Sri Lanka	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2006
64.	03/17/2004	2: 1	Yemen	A.	Sanaa ( YEM )
65.	03/31/2004	3: 1	Indonesia	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2006	First international match against Indonesia
66.	04/28/2004	0: 1	Armenia	A.	Yerevan ( ARM )		First international match against Armenia
67.	05/31/2004	0: 5	Qatar	A.	Doha ( QAT )		First international match against Qatar
68.	06/09/2004	0: 3	Saudi Arabia	A.	Riyadh ( SAU )	World Cup qualification 2006	First international match against Saudi Arabia
69.	07/18/2004	2: 2	Saudi Arabia	*	Chengdu ( CHN )	Asian Cup 2004
70.	07/22/2004	2: 3	Iraq	*	Chengdu ( CHN )	Asian Cup 2004
71.	07/26/2004	0: 1	Uzbekistan	*	Chongqing ( CHN )	Asian Cup 2004
72.	09/08/2004	0: 1	Saudi Arabia	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2006
73.	10/09/2004	2: 2	Sri Lanka	A.	Colombo ( LKA )	World Cup qualification 2006
74.	11/17/2004	1: 3	Indonesia	A.	Jakarta ( IDN )	World Cup qualification 2006
75.	01/29/2005	0: 1	Saudi Arabia	A.	Riyadh ( SAU )
76.	08/03/2005	0: 5	Bahrain	A.	Manama ( BHR )
77.	06/25/2007	0: 1	Qatar	A.	Doha ( QAT )
78.	08/22/2007	1: 2	Lithuania	A.	Kaunas ( LTU )		First international match against Lithuania
79.	10/11/2007	1-0	Cambodia	A.	Phnom Penh ( KHM )	World Cup qualification 2010	First international match against Cambodia
80.	10/28/2007	4: 1	Cambodia	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2010
81.	11/10/2007	0-0	Hong Kong	A.	Hong Kong ( HKG )	World Cup qualification 2010	First international match against Hong Kong
82.	11/18/2007	3-0	Hong Kong	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2010
83.	02/06/2008	0: 4	South Korea	A.	Seoul ( KOR )	World Cup qualification 2010
84.	03/26/2008	0: 2	Jordan	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2010
85.	May 18, 2008	1: 2	Oman	A.	Nizwa ( OMN )		First international match against Oman
86.	06/02/2008	0-0	North Korea	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2010
87.	06/07/2008	0: 1	North Korea	A.	Pyongyang ( PRK )	World Cup qualification 2010
88	06/14/2008	1: 3	South Korea	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2010
89.	06/22/2008	0: 2	Jordan	A.	Amman ( JOR )	World Cup qualification 2010
90.	07/30/2008	0-0	Tajikistan	*	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
91.	08/01/2008	5-0	Afghanistan	*	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
92.	08/03/2008	1: 2	India	A.	Hyderabad ( IND )	AFC Challenge Cup 2008
93.	10/03/2008	2: 1	Myanmar	*	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )		First international match against Myanmar
94.	05/10/2008	3: 2	Vietnam	A.	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )
95.	January 18, 2009	1: 5	Syria	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )
96.	January 20, 2009	0: 2	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )
97.	04/14/2009	3: 1	Maldives	A.	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2010	First international match against the Maldives
98	04/16/2009	7-0	Bhutan	*	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2010
99	04/18/2009	5-0	Philippines	*	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2010	First international match against the Philippines
100.	October 20, 2009	0: 1	Vietnam	A.	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )		100th international match
101.	10/22/2009	2: 4	Singapore	*	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )		First international match against Singapore

2010 to 2019

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
102.	02/17/2010	1: 1	North Korea	*	Colombo ( LKA )	AFC Challenge Cup 2010
103.	02/21/2010	1-0	Kyrgyzstan	*	Colombo ( LKA )	AFC Challenge Cup 2010
104.	02/24/2010	2-0	Tajikistan	*	Colombo ( LKA )	AFC Challenge Cup 2010 semi-finals
105.	02/27/2010	1: 1  a.d. 4: 5  i. E.	North Korea	*	Colombo ( LKA )	AFC Challenge Cup 2010 Final
106.	03/21/2011	3-0	Pakistan	*	Petaling Jaya ( MYS )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
107.	03/23/2011	2-0	Chinese Taipei	*	Petaling Jaya ( MYS )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
108.	03/25/2011	1: 1	India	*	Petaling Jaya ( MYS )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2012
109.	07/23/2011	1: 1	Indonesia	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2014
110.	07/28/2011	3: 4	Indonesia	A.	Jakarta ( IDN )	World Cup qualification 2014
111.	01/27/2012	0: 4	Romania	A.	Belek ( ROU )		First international match against Romania
112.	03/08/2012	3: 1	Maldives	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup 2012
113.	03/10/2012	0-0	Palestine	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup 2012	First international match against Palestine
114.	03/12/2012	3-0	Nepal	A.	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup 2012
115.	March 16, 2012	2: 1	Philippines	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup 2012 semi-finals
116.	03/19/2012	1: 2	North Korea	*	Kathmandu ( NPL )	AFC Challenge Cup 2012 final
117.	October 24, 2012	1-0	Vietnam	A.	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )
118.	October 28, 2012	4: 2	Laos	*	Ho Chi Minh City ( VNM )		First international match against Laos
119.	03/22/2013	7-0	Cambodia	*	Manila ( PHL )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014
120.	03/26/2013	0: 1	Philippines	A.	Manila ( PHL )	AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2014
121.	05/20/2014	5: 1	Laos	*	Addu City ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
122.	05/22/2014	1: 3	Afghanistan	*	Addu City ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
123.	05/24/2014	0: 2	Philippines	*	Male ( MDV )	AFC Challenge Cup 2014
124.	06/11/2015	0: 1	Guam	A.	Dededo ( US GU )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019	First international match against Guam
125.	06/16/2015	1: 1	Iran	H	Daşoguz	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
126.	09/03/2015	1: 3	Oman	A.	Sib ( OMN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
127.	08/10/2015	2: 1	India	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019	50th international win
128.	13/10/2015	1-0	Guam	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
129.	05/11/2015	1: 5	Ver. Arab. Emirates	A.	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )
130.	11/12/2015	1: 3	Iran	A.	Tehran ( IRN )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
131.	11/17/2015	2: 1	Oman	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
132.	03/29/2016	2: 1	India	A.	Kochi ( IND )	World Cup qualification 2018 AM qualification 2019
133.	08/08/2016	0: 1	Oman	A.	Muscat ( OMN )
134.	10/11/2016	0: 1	Kyrgyzstan	A.	Bishkek ( KGZ )
135.	11/09/2016	0: 3	Tajikistan	A.	Dushanbe ( TJK )
136.	03/26/2017	3: 1	Chinese Taipei	A.	Taipei ( TPE )	AM qualification 2019
137.	06/13/2017	1: 2	Bahrain	H	Daşoguz	AM qualification 2019
138.	08/23/2017	1: 2	Qatar	A.	Doha ( QAT )
139.	05.09.2017	1: 1	Singapore	A.	Singapore ( SGP )	AM qualification 2019
140	10/10/2017	2: 1	Singapore	H	Ashgabat	AM qualification 2019
141.	11/14/2017	2: 1	Chinese Taipei	H	Balkanabat	AM qualification 2019
142.	03/27/2018	0: 4	Bahrain	A.	Manama ( BHR )	AM qualification 2019
143.	December 25, 2018	2-0	Afghanistan	*	Antalya ( TUR )
144.	December 28, 2018	2: 2	Afghanistan	*	Antalya ( TUR )
145.	08/01/2019	2: 3	Japan	*	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )	Asian Cup 2019	First international match against Japan
146.	01/13/2019	0: 4	Uzbekistan	*	Dubai ( ARE )	Asian Cup 2019
147.	January 17, 2019	1: 3	Oman	*	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )	Asian Cup 2019	Last international game under coach Ýazguly Hojageldiýew (2nd term)
148.	06/09/2019	0-0	Uganda	*	Abu Dhabi ( ARE )		First international match against Uganda. First international match under coach Ante Miše
149.	05.09.2019	2-0	Sri Lanka	A.	Colombo ( LKA )	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
150.	09/10/2019	0: 2	South Korea	H	Ashgabat	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
151	10/10/2019	1: 2	Lebanon	A.	Beirut ( LBN )	World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
152.	October 15, 2019	1: 1	Kuwait	A.	Kuwait City ( KWT )
	11/14/2019		North Korea	H		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	November 19, 2019		Sri Lanka	H		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023

2020 to 2029

No.	date	Result	opponent		venue	occasion	Remarks
	March 26, 2020		South Korea	A.		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	March 31, 2020		Lebanon	H		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023
	06/09/2020		North Korea	A.		World Cup qualification 2022 AM qualification 2023

statistics

Occasions

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Friendly matches	046	012	009	025th	049: 085
World Cup qualification	043	018th	005	020th	067: 062
Asian Championship	006th	000	001	005	007: 016
AM qualification	031	015th	005	011	051: 041
Football tournament at the Asian Games	011	004th	005	002	019: 017
AFC Challenge Cup	015th	007th	004th	004th	026: 014
AFC Challenge Cup qualification	008th	006th	001	001	028: 003
ECO cup	003	001	000	002	006: 004
total	152	058	029	065	240: 227

Venues

Art	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference
Home games	034	018th	007th	009	062: 034
Away games	063	013	007th	043	057: 128
Play in a neutral place	055	027	015th	013	121: 065
total	152	058	029	065	240: 227

International match records

The Turkmen men's senior national team has competed against 45 different national teams to date.

These include:

• 38 of the AFC's current 46 national teams minus Turkmenistan
• 6 of the current 55 national teams of UEFA
• one of the currently 56 national teams of the CAF

Turkmenistan has not yet played against a national team from the other continental associations (CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and OFC).

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Goal difference
Afghanistan	006th	004th	001	001	023: 005	+ 018
Armenia	001	000	000	001	000: 001	- 001
Azerbaijan	002	001	000	001	002: 003	- 001
Bahrain	004th	000	001	003	003: 013	- 010
Bhutan	002	002	000	000	015: 000	+ 015
China	004th	000	001	003	003: 010	- 007th
Chinese Taipei	005	005	000	000	013: 002	+ 011
Estonia	001	000	001	000	001: 001	± 000
Guam	002	001	000	001	001: 001	± 000
Hong Kong	002	001	001	000	003: 000	+ 003
India	005	003	001	001	009: 007	+ 002
Indonesia	004th	001	001	002	008: 009	- 001
Iraq	002	000	000	002	002: 006	- 004th
Iran	008th	001	003	004th	007: 011	- 004th
Japan	001	000	000	001	002: 003	- 001
Yemen	003	003	000	000	007: 001	+ 006
Jordan	004th	002	000	002	004: 005	- 001
Cambodia	003	003	000	000	012: 001	+ 011
Kazakhstan	003	000	002	001	001: 002	- 001
Qatar	003	000	000	003	001: 008	- 007th
Kyrgyzstan	004th	003	000	001	010: 002	+ 008
Kuwait	005	000	002	003	004: 013	- 009
Laos	002	002	000	000	009: 003	+ 006
Lebanon	003	000	000	003	002: 006	- 004th
Lithuania	001	000	000	001	001: 002	- 001
Maldives	002	002	000	000	006: 002	+ 004
Myanmar	001	001	000	000	002: 001	+ 001
Nepal	002	002	000	000	008: 000	+ 008
North Korea	006th	000	004th	002	004: 006	- 002nd
Oman	005	001	000	004th	005: 010	- 005th
Pakistan	002	002	000	000	007: 000	+ 007
Palestine	001	000	001	000	000: 000	± 000
Philippines	004th	002	000	002	007: 004	+ 003
Romania	001	000	000	001	000: 004	- 004th
Saudi Arabia	004th	000	001	003	002: 007	- 005th
Singapore	003	001	001	001	005: 006	- 001
Sri Lanka	005	004th	001	000	010: 002	+ 008
South Korea	004th	001	000	003	004: 011	- 007th
Syria	003	001	001	001	005: 006	- 001
Tajikistan	007th	002	002	003	008: 013	- 005th
Thailand	001	000	001	000	003: 003	± 000
Uganda	001	000	001	000	000: 000	± 000
Uzbekistan	010	001	001	008th	005: 024	- 019th
Ver. Arab. Emirates	004th	001	001	002	004: 009	- 005th
Vietnam	006th	005	000	001	012: 004	+ 008
Overall balance	152	058	029	065	240: 227	+ 013

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The games in the shared World Cup and AM qualification are counted here for both competition statistics. In contrast, they are only included once in the overall statistics.

Web links

• List of international matches at EloRatings .net
• List of international matches (until August 2005) at RSSSF .com