2012 Ýokary Liga

Ýokary Liga
Season	2012
Champions	Balkan
AFC President's Cup	Balkan
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The 2012 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the 20th season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It started on 10 April 2012 with the first round of games and will end in November.^[1]

Teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Ahal !Ahal	Abadan	Ahal Stadium	10.000	Baýramdurdy Durdyýew
Altyn Asyr !Altyn Asyr	Ashgabat	Köpetdag Stadium	26.000	Ali Gurbani
Ashgabat !Aşgabat	Abadan	Nisa-Çandybil Stadium	10.000	Aman Goçumow
Balkan !Balkan	Balkanabat	Balkanabat Stadium	10.000	Semih Yuvakuran
Talyp Sporty !Talyp Sporty	Abadan	Ahal Stadium	10.000	Azat Muhadow
HTTU Aşgabat !HTTU Aşgabat	Ashgabat	HTTU Stadium	1.000	Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Lebap !Lebap	Türkmenabat	Türkmenabat Stadium	10.000	Rinat Habibullin
Merw !Merw	Mary	Mary Stadium	10.000	Rahym Gurbanmämmedow
Şagadam !Şagadam	Türkmenbaşy	Şagadam Stadium	5.000	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Balkan (C)	32	23	4	5	66	19	+47	73	2013 AFC President's Cup
2	Merw	32	21	9	2	58	26	+32	72
3	HTTU	32	15	11	6	48	20	+28	56
4	Ahal	32	15	5	12	59	45	+14	50
5	Şagadam	32	14	5	13	43	39	+4	47
6	Altyn Asyr	32	13	7	12	46	39	+7	46
7	Talyp Sporty	32	6	4	22	23	70	−47	22
8	Lebap	32	6	3	23	30	69	−39	21
9	Aşgabat	32	5	4	23	28	80	−52	19

Updated to games played on 10 Nov, 2012.
Source: (English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Top goal-scorers

The top scorers are:^[2]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Aleksandr Boliyan	FC Şagadam	23
2	Mämmedaly Garadanow	FC Balkan	16
3	Didar Durdyýew	FC Ahal	14
3	Ýusup Orazmämmedow	FC Merw	14
5	Guwançmuhammet Öwekow	FC Balkan	12

References

↑ "Ýokary Liga". Retrieved 2012-04-09.
↑ https://www.facebook.com/TurkmenSport

External links

Ýokary Liga seasons

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2012 in Asian Football (AFC)

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '11–'12 '12–'13 Bahrain '11–'12 '12–'13 Bangladesh '12 '12–'13 Bhutan A-Division National League '12–'13 Brunei '12–'13 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Guam '11–'12 '12–'13 Hong Kong '11–'12 '12–'13 India '11–'12 '12–'13 Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '11–'12 '12–'13 Japan Jordan '11–'12 '12–'13 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '11–'12 '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '11–'12 '12–'13 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '11–'12 '12–'13 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '11–'12 '12–'13 Pakistan '12–'13 Palestine '11–'12 '12–'13 Philippines Qatar '11–'12 '12–'13 Saudi Arabia '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Sri Lanka '11–'12 Syria '11–'12 Tajikistan Thailand '11 (final rounds) '12 Turkmenistan UAE '11–'12 '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '11–'12

Domestic cups	Bahrain Bangladesh '11–'12 '12 Brunei Cambodia '12 '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '11–'12 League Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12 Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 India Fed Cup Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '12–'13 Japan Emperor's Cup '11 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '12 Jordan FA Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12–'13 Korea Republic Kuwait Emir Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '11–'12 Elite Cup FA Cup '12–'13 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Stars Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '12–'13 Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Cup '11–'12 King Cup of Champions Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup '11 (final rounds) League Cup '11 (final) FA Cup '12 League Cup '12 Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Regional club competitions	2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen