2009 Turkmenistan League

Ýokary Liga
Season 2009
Champions HTTU Aşgabat
3rd Ýokary Liga title
Goals scored 209 (after 18 matchdays)
Average goals/game 2.9
Top goalscorer Berdi Şamyradow
(18)
Biggest home win HTTU 9-3 Turan
(12 June 2009)
Biggest away win Aşgabat 1-8 Nebitçi
(19 September 2009)
Highest scoring HTTU 9-3 Turan
(12 June 2009)
2008
2010

Ýokary Liga 2009 is the 17th season of top-tier football in Turkmenistan. It began on 25 April 2009 with the first round of games and ended on 7 November 2009 with the 18th round of matches. FC Aşgabat are the defending champions. The first half of season finished on 27 June 2009. The kick-off of the second half was on 4 September 2009.

Contents

Team changes from last season

Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Ahal withdrew from the league.

Format change

The format of the league was not changed. Since there are only 9 clubs that participate in 2009 Ýokary Liga, every team plays 2 times against every other team, what will make every team playing 16 games. Since one team will be bye each matchday, totally 18 matchdays will be played.

Overview

Club Location Stadium Capacity Coach
Altyn Asyr Ashgabat Gurbani
Aşgabat Ashgabat Nisa-Çandybil Stadium 1.500 Boris Grigoryans
Bagtyýarlyk Türkmenabat Türkmenabat Stadium 10.000
HTTU Aşgabat Ashgabat HTTU Stadium 1.000 Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Merw Mary Mary Stadium 10.000
Nebitçi Balkanabat Balkanabat Stadium 10.000 Amanmyrat Meredow
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy Türkmenbaşy Stadium 5.000 Ismailow
Talyp Sporty Ashgabat Köpetdag Stadium 25.000 Durdyýew
Turan Daşoguz Daşoguz Stadium 12.000

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 HTTU (C) 16 12 4 0 44 14 +30 40 2010 AFC President's Cup
2 Nebitçi 16 12 2 2 35 11 +24 38
3 Merw 16 10 3 3 31 15 +16 33
4 Aşgabat 16 9 2 5 24 24 0 29
5 Altyn Asyr 16 6 2 8 20 23 −3 20
6 Talyp Sporty 16 4 4 8 15 25 −10 16
7 Şagadam 16 4 2 10 17 28 −11 14
8 Daşoguz 16 3 1 12 17 39 −22 10
9 Lebap 16 1 2 13 6 30 −24 5

Updated to games played on 14 November 2009
Source: [1] (Turkmen)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Winners of Ýokary Liga 2009 qualify for the 2010 AFC President's Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Altyn Asyr 6 8 6 4 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5
Aşgabat 5 5 7 7 7 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4
Lebap 7 7 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
HTTU 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Merw 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3
Nebitçi 4 3 3 5 6 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Şagadam 8 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
Talyp Sporty 2 1 2 2 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Daşoguz 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 8

Last updated: 14 November 2009
Source: [2] (Turkmen)

Results

League season

Home \ Away1 ALT ASH LEB HTT MER NEB SAG TLP DAS
Altyn Asyr 3–0 0–1 1–5 0–2 1–3 3–2 0–0 6–2
Aşgabat 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–8 3–0 2–1 1–0
Lebap 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
HTTU 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 9–3
Merw 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0
Nebitçi 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 4–1 3–0 2–0
Şagadam 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–1
Talyp Sporty 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–5 0–2 3–1 2–1
Daşoguz 0–1 1–4 3–0 2–4 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2

Updated to games played on 14 November 2009
Source: [3]
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Berdi Şamyradow HTTU Aşgabat 18
2 Gurbanmuhammedow Merw Mary 11
3 Mämmedaly Garadanow Nebitçi Balkanabat 10
3 Didargylyç Urazow FC Altyn Asyr 10
Total goals 209
Total games 72
Average per game 2.90

Last updated: 14 November 2009
Source: [4]

Statistics

Scoring

International competitions

CIS Cup 2009

Aşgabat - Russia U-21 (0–0)
Aşgabat - FC MTZ-RIPO (0–4)
FK Ekranas - Aşgabat (3–1)

AFC President's Cup 2009

Aşgabat - Sri Lanka Army (5–1)
Abahani Ltd. - Aşgabat (0–0)
Aşgabat - Dordoi-Dynamo (1-2)

See also

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