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 Turkmenistan 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)
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The 2009 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the seventeenth season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. 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.

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

Merw
Nebitçi
Turan
Bagtyýarlyk
Şagadam
Altyn Asyr
Aşgabat
HTTU
Talyp Sporty
Location of teams in the Ýokary Liga 2009
Club Location Stadium Capacity Coach
Altyn Asyr Ashgabat Gurbani
Aşgabat Ashgabat Nisa-Çandybil Stadium 1.500 Turkmenistan Boris Grigoryans
Bagtyýarlyk Türkmenabat Türkmenabat Stadium 10.000
HTTU Aşgabat Ashgabat HTTU Stadium 1.000 Turkmenistan Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Merw Mary Mary Stadium 10.000
Nebitçi Balkanabat Balkanabat Stadium 10.000 Turkmenistan Amanmyrat Meredow
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy Türkmenbaşy Stadium 5.000 Turkmenistan Ismailow
Talyp Sporty Ashgabat Köpetdag Stadium 25.000 Turkmenistan 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 Turan 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: (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; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Positions by round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718
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
Turan 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: (Turkmen)

Results

League season

Home \ Away[1] ALT ASH LEBHTTMERNEBSAGTLPDAS
Altyn Asyr 30 01 15 02 13 32 00 62
Aşgabat 21 20 11 22 18 30 21 10
Lebap 01 13 01 02 01 02 01 11
HTTU 11 30 31 11 30 32 20 93
Merw 31 10 40 02 01 21 11 20
Nebitçi 10 21 41 11 01 41 30 20
Şagadam 10 01 10 01 24 11 11 21
Talyp Sporty 01 01 11 14 25 02 31 21
Turan Daşoguz 01 14 30 24 21 02 10 02

Updated to games played on 14 November 2009.
Source:
1 ^ The 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 Turkmenistan Berdi Şamyradow HTTU Aşgabat 18
2 Turkmenistan Gurbanmuhammedow Merw Mary 11
3 Turkmenistan Mämmedaly Garadanow Nebitçi Balkanabat 10
3 Turkmenistan Didargylyç Urazow FC Altyn Asyr 10
Total goals 209
Total games 72
Average per game 2.90

Last updated: 14 November 2009
Source:

Statistics

Scoring

International competitions

CIS Cup 2009

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

AFC President's Cup 2009

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

See also

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