Köpetdag Aşgabat
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| Full name | Futbol kluby Köpetdag Aşgabat | |
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| Founded | 1947 | |
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Köpetdag Stadium, Asgabat, Turkmenistan | |
| Capacity | 26,000 | |
| Manager | Said Seýidow | |
| League | Birinji liga | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
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FK Köpetdag Aşgabat was a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat, currently playing in the Turkmen First League. Their home stadium is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. Köpetdag traditional kit colours are blue and white. Having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6 Cup of Turkmenistan, they are one of the country's most successful clubs.
History
USSR
Participated of 44 the USSR championships (1947–1954, 1956–1991). Appear under the name Locomotiv (1947–49), Spartak (1950–54), Kolhozchi (1956–59, 1976–1987), Stoitel (1962–1975), Kopetdag (1960, 1961, 1988–1991).
- Soviet League Second group (1947–49), the best place: 3rd in 1948
- Soviet League Class B (1950–54, 1956–1963), the best place: 2nd in 1963
- Soviet League Class A, the second group (1964–69), the best place: 4th in 1967
- Soviet First League (1970–74, 1976–79), the best place: 9th in 1976
- Soviet Second League (1975, 1980–1991), the best place: 2nd in 1975 and 1991.
In Soviet times, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s was Valery Nepomnyashchy.
Turkmenistan
After the collapse of the Soviet Union team planned to participate in the open championship of the CIS, but because of the many differences the championship did not take place and Kopetdag was playing in the championship of the independent Turkmenistan. The first few years the team has been the basic club of Turkmenistan national football team.
In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial crisis.
New era
In 2015, on the basis of MIA of Turkmenistan the club FC Kopetdag was re-created.[1] Club began to appearance in the First League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for 2015 Turkmenistan Cup.[2]
Current squad
- As of 2 August 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
- Ýokary Liga (6)
- Winner : 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
- Turkmenistan Cup (6)
- Winner : 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Finalist : 1995, 2005, 2006
- SSR Turkmenistan Cup (1)
- Winner : 1992
Performance in AFC competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 5 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
- 1997/98: 4th place
Asian stage
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round |  |
Ansat Pavlodar | 2–0 w |
| Preliminary round |  |
Sitora Dushanbe | 7–1 w | ||
| Preliminary round |  |
Alga Bishkek | 1–0 w | ||
| Preliminary round |  |
FK Neftchy Farg'ona | 1–2 l | ||
| 1995–96 | Asian Club Championship | First Round | |
Kant-Oil Kant | (6–0 w, 0–2 l) |
| Second Round |  |
Al-Ansar | (1–1, 0–5 w) | ||
| Quarter Final |  |
Saipa | 1–0 l | ||
| Quarter Final |  |
Al-Arabi | 2–2 | ||
| Quarter Final |  |
Al-Nasr | 1–0 l | ||
| 1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First Round | |
FC Persepolis | (0–0, 0–1 l) |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners Cup | First Round | |
FK Neftchy Farg'ona | (4–0 w, 2–3 l) |
| Second Round | |
Kairat Almaty | (3–1 l, 0–2 w) | ||
| Quarter Final |  |
Al Shorta | (4–0 w, 1–1) | ||
| Semi Final | |
Al-Nasr | 2–1 l | ||
| Third Place |  |
Beijing Guoan | 4–1 l | ||
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First Round | |
FC Irtysh | (4–1 w, 0–3 l) |
| Second Round | |
Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | (0–1 w, 0–5 w) | ||
| Quarter Final |  |
Al-Ain | 6–1 l | ||
| Quarter Final | |
Al-Hilal | 4–2 l | ||
| Quarter Final | |
Esteghlal FC | 1–0 w | ||
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | First Round | |
Nasaf Qarshi | (0–1 l, 0–3 l) |
Notes: Home matches in bold
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
- 1993: Group Stage
- 1994: Semi-final
- 1995: Group Stage
- 1994: Group Stage
- 1997: Semi-final
- 1998: Semi-final
- 1999: Group Stage
- 2001: Semi-final stage
Coaches
- Alexei Sokolov (1950–1951)
- Leo Olshansky (1952–1953)
- Stepan Arutyunov (1957)
- Vladimir Alyakrinsky (1964)
- Vladimir Eremeev (1965–1966)
- Sergei Budagov (1967–1968, 1971)
- Holodkov Seraphim (1969)
- Sergei Korshunov (1970, June)
- Vladimir Yulygin (1973–1974, 1986)
- Viktor Kuznetsov (1975–1978, 1987)
- Anatoli Polosin (1979, until June 11)
- Valery Nepomnyashchy (1979, June 11, 1982 – 1983)
- Edward Danilov (1984)
- Arsen Naydyonov (1985)
- Vladislav Kazakov (1988)
- Victor Orlov (1989)
- Baýram Durdyýew (1990–1996, 2001–2002)
- Boris Lavrov (1997–1998)
- Tachmurad Agamuradov (1998, July; 2000–2001)
- Viktor Pozhechevskyi (1998, July – 1999, January)
- Ravil Menzeleev – Sergei Kazankov (1999)
- Berdymyrat Nurmyradow (2003–2007)
- Said Seyidov (2015–present)