Football Club Köpetdag (Turkmen: Köpetdag Futbol Kluby)[1] is a professional football club based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It currently plays in the Ýokary Liga. Their home ground is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. Köpetdag traditional kit colours are blue and white. Having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6 cups, they are one of the country's most successful clubs.
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| Full name | Köpetdag Futbol Kluby | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| Ground | Köpetdag Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 26,000 | ||
| Manager | Tofik Şükürow | ||
| League | Ýokary Liga | ||
| 2023 | Ýokary Liga, 6th of 9 | ||
History
USSR
The club participated in 44 of the USSR championships (1947–54, 1956–91). They appeared under the names of Locomotiv (1947–49), Spartak (1950–54), Kolhozchi (1956–59, 1976–87), Stroitel (1962–75) and Köpetdag (1960, 1961, 1988–91, present).
- Soviet League Second group (1947–49), the best place: 3rd in 1948
- Soviet League Class B (1950–54, 1956–63), 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, 1980–91), 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. The first few years team has been the basic club of Turkmenistan national football team.
In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial crisis, returning few years later.
New era
In 2015, on the basis of MIA of Turkmenistan the club FC Kopetdag was re-created.[2] Club began to make appearances in the First League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for 2015 Turkmenistan Cup.They managed promotion to the 2016 season by winning the promotion play-off.[3]
Domestic history
| Season | League | Turkmenistan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 2015 | 2nd | 1 | 28 | Round of 16 |  Said Seýidow | ||||||||
| 2016 | 1st | 7 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 63 | 39 | Quarterfinal | Said Seýidow | ||
| 2017 | 1st | 7 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 55 | 33 | Quarterfinal | Said Seýidow | ||
| 2018 | 1st | 6 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 29 | Champions | Said Seýidow | ||
| 2019 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 39 | Semifinal | Said Seýidow Çary Annakow (Caretaker) Tofik Şükürow | ||
| 2020 | 1st | 4 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 41 | Runners Up | Tofik Şükürow | ||
| 2021 | 1st | 4 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 21 | Begenç Akmämmedow | 6 | Tofik Şükürow | |
Continental history
- As of match played 27 June 2022
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Club Championship | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 29 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
| AFC Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 57 | 45 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round |  Ansat Pavlodar | 2–0 | 2nd | |
 Sitora Dushanbe | 7–1 | |||||
 Alga Bishkek | 1–0 | |||||
 Neftchi Fergana | 1–2 | |||||
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Kant-Oil | 6–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 |
| Second round |  Al Ansar | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | ||
| Quarterfinal |  Saipa | 0–1 | 4th | |||
 Al-Arabi | 2–2 | |||||
 Al Nassr | 0–1 | |||||
| 1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Persepolis | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Neftchi Fergana | 4–0 | 2–3 | 6–3 |
| Second round | Kairat | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) | ||
| Quarterfinal |  Al-Shorta | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | ||
| Semifinal | Al Nassr | 1–2 | ||||
| Third place match |  Beijing Guoan | 1–4 | ||||
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Irtysh Pavlodar | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 |
| Second round | Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||
| Quarterfinal |  Al Ain | 1–6 | 4th | |||
| Al Hilal | 2–4 | |||||
| Esteghlal | 1–0 | |||||
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group F | Dordoi Bishkek | 1–0 | 2nd | |
| Khujand | 1–3 | |||||
Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Honours
- Ýokary Liga
- Champions (6): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000
- Birinji liga
- Champions (1): 2015
- Turkmenistan Cup
- Winners (7): 1993, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2018
- Runners-up (4): 1995, 2005, 2006, 2020
- SSR Turkmenistan Cup
- Winners (1): 1992
- Turkmenistan Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2019