Turkmenistan national football team

Infobox National football team
Name = Turkmenistan
Badge = Turkmenistan_FA.gif
FIFA Trigramme = TKM
FIFA Rank = 158
1st ranking date = October 1994
FIFA max = 86
FIFA max date = April 2004
FIFA min = 174
FIFA min date = September 2007
Elo Rank = 129
Nickname = Green men,Dark Horses
Association = Football Federation
of Turkmenistan
Confederation = AFC (Asia)
Coach = flagicon|Turkmenistan Rakhim Kurbanmamedov
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Home Stadium = Askkhabad Olympic Stadium
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First game = Flagicon|Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan Flagicon|Turkmenistan (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 June, 1992)
Largest win = Flagicon|Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan Flagicon|Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November, 2003)
Largest loss = Flagicon|Kuwait Kuwait 6 - 1 Turkmenistan Flagicon|Turkmenistan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 February, 2000)
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Regional name = AFC Asian Cup
Regional cup apps = 1
Regional cup first = 2004
Regional cup best = Round 1, 2004The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. They were surprise qualifiers for the Asian Cup 2004, but could only get a solitary point against Saudi Arabia in group play.Turkmenistan are not a well reputed side in world football and have not been as successful as UEFA member former Soviet nations.

World Cup record

*1930 to 1994 - "Did not enter, was part of USSR"
*1998 to 2010 - "Did not qualify"

Asian Nations Cup record

*1956 to 1992 - "Did not enter, was part of USSR"
*1996 - "Did not qualify"
*2000 - "Did not qualify"
*2004 - Round 1
*2007 - "Did not enter"

Asian Games record

*1951 to 1990 - "Did not enter, was part of USSR"
*1994 - Quarter-Finals
*1998 - Quarter-FinalsFor 2002 Asian Games onwards see Turkmenistan national under-23 football team.

AFC Challenge Cup record

*AFC Challenge Cup 2008 - Group Stage

Honours

*ECO Cup 1993 - Runner-Up
*Turkmenistan's President Cup 1997 - Champion
*Turkmenistan's President Cup 2002 - Runner-Up
*HCM City Cup 2008 (Vietnam) - Champion

Coaches

Squad

Notable Players

* Kurban Berdyev
* Chary Muhadov
* Khakha Gogoladze
* Rakhim Kurbanmamedov
* Redjepmurad Agabaev
* Valeri Gulyan
* Aleksandr Ignatov
* Guvanchmuhamed Ovekov
* Begench Kuliyev
* Kurbangeldi Durdiyev
* Dmitry Khomukha
* Vladimir Bairamov
* Nazar Bayramov
* Muslim Agaev
* Valeri Broshin
* Gochguli Gochguliyev
* Evgeny Naboychenko
* Jumadurdy Meredov
* Amandurdy Annadurdyev
* Kamil Mingazov
* Yuri Bordolimov

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Vietnam.

Recent Call Ups

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.(vs Cambodia)

Recent News

* Striker Vladimir Bairamov signed a new 3-year deal with Russian Premier League side FC Khimki as a free agent. Former Kopetdag Asgabat and Nisa player spent five years with Rubin Kazan under management of fellow countryman Kurban Berdyev and was nominated the player of the year in 2005.

* Turkmenistan international Vyacheslav Krendelev was the first to be signed by the another club form the Russian Premier League, FC Amkar Perm. The left winger, who can also play striker, was one of the starting bunch of FC Terek Grozny who will be playing in the Russian highest level league after finishing 2nd in the first division.

* As the Kazan side Rubin prepare a major clean-up, Turkmenistan goalkeeper Pavel Kharchik may be one of the keepers who will leave the club soon. Kurban Berdyev's side have signed Sergei Ryzhikov from Tom Tomsk and Sergei Kozko will be coming back from FC Moskva.

References

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asgames94.html rsssf Asian Games 1994]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asgames98.html rsssf Asian Games 1998]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/turkmpres.html rsssf Turkmenistan President Cup]