Turkmenistan national futsal team

The Turkmenistan national futsal team represents Turkmenistan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by Football Association of Turkmenistan.

Overview

Turkmenistan can count themselves fortunate to have avoided preliminary qualification for the AFC Futsal Championship 2008. They grabbed the last direct spot in the finals even though they finished bottom of their finals group in 2007. Turkmenistan caused the first real upset of the championship with a 1-0 win over Australia in their opening game, Elman Tagayev scoring the only goal in the first half. But they went backwards after that with a 1-7 loss to Kyrgyzstan and a 2-5 reversal to Korea Republic. Turkmenistan were not expected to make it out of the group after poor performances in previous championships. They were uninspiring in 2005 and the following year had little chance in a group that included powerhouses Iran and ASEAN kingpins Thailand. But with more games under their belt the relatively young squad will be aiming for better results this year.

Tournament records

AFC Futsal Championship

• 1999 - Did not enter
• 2000 - Did not enter
• 2001 - Did not enter
• 2002 - Withdrew
• 2003 - Withdrew
• 2004 - Did not enter
• 2005 - Round 1
• 2006 - Round 1
• 2007 - Round 1
• 2008 - Round 1
• 2010 - Round 1
• 2012 - Qualified

Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship

• 2009 -

Squad

Squad for the 2008

• Goalkeepers
  • MAGERRAMOV NARIMAN 12 GK
  • TASHLIYEV ILDAR 1 GK
• Players
  • ALLABERDIYEV Ahmed
  • ANNAYEV DOVLETMURAD
  • ATAYEV MERGEN
  • ESENMAMEDOV BAYRAMMURAT
  • KANAYEV GUVANCH
  • KURBANOV KEMAL
  • MUHAMEDMURADOV MEKAN
  • MUHAMMEDOV MIHAIL
  • ORAZOV MERGEN
  • RESULOV AGAJAN
  • SIDOROV ALEKSANDR
  • TAGAYEV ELMAN
  • TASHLIYEV ILDAR 1 GK

References

See also

• Turkmenistan national football team