FC Altyn Asyr

Football Club Altyn Asyr (Turkmen: Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to Golden Century, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Ashgabat.^[1] Founded in 2008, the club competes in the Ýokary Liga, the top tier of Turkmen football. It has remained there ever since, winning the Turkmenistan Higher League championship eight times in a row (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021).^[2] The club also won the Turkmenistan Cup for 5 times in 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020 and has been regular in AFC Cup recently. The team plays in the Ashgabat Stadium.

Altyn Asyr

Full name	Altyn Asyr futbol kluby
Nickname(s)	The Signalmen
Founded	2008; 16 years ago (2008)
Ground	Büzmeýin Sport Topulmy
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Gurbanmyrat Hojageldiýew
Manager	Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
League	Ýokary Liga
2023	Ýokary Liga, 2nd of 9
Website	www.altynasyrfk.com
Home colours Away colours

History

From the first days of participation in official competitions team was headed by Umarguly Nurmamedov. From 2008 until mid-2012, team was led by Ali Gurbani, and from mid-2012 coach was Bayram Durdyýew.^[3] Since mid-2013 the head of the club became Gurbanmurat Hojageldiev. Since the beginning of 2014, the team was led by Ýazguly Hojageldyýew, helped him famous Turkmen footballers Goçguly Goçgulyýew and Gurbangeldi Durdyýew. At the end of the 2014 Ýokary Liga, for the first time they became the champions of Turkmenistan.^[4]

In the 2015 season, Altyn Asyr debuted in AFC Cup with loss to Al-Saqr (0:1) in Ashgabat Stadium.^[5] Team won the Turkmenistan Super Cup 2015, and defended the championship in 6 rounds before the end of 2015 Ýokary Liga.^[6] In December, the team won Şagadam FK and won the 2015 Turkmenistan Cup.^[7]

In 2018, Altyn Asyr reached the AFC Cup Final, where lost in the decisive match to Air Force Club from Iraq. Altyn Asyr were the first team from Turkmenistan to reach the AFC Cup final. If they were to win the final, they would become the second team from Central Asia to win the AFC Cup, after Nasaf from Uzbekistan in 2011.

In June 2019, Altyn Asyr, tied the final round of the group stage with FC Istiklol - 1:1, and for the second year in a row went to the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals of the 2019 AFC Cup as the winner of the Central Asian group D.^[8] In August 2019, Kenyan Peter Opiyo and Niger Uche Kalu signed a contract with FC Altyn Asyr.^[9] This is the first foreign footballer in the history of the club and the first legionnaire in the 2019 Ýokary Liga. However, they lost to Hanoi FC 4:5 on aggregate.

Domestic

Season	League									Turkmenistan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2008	1st	8	20	7	2	11	21	20	23				Ali Gurbani
2009	1st	5	16	6	2	8	20	23	20	Winners	Didargylyç Urazow	10	Ali Gurbani
2010	1st	2	18	10	5	3	34	20	35	Runners-up	Amir Gurbani Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	10	Ali Gurbani
2011	1st	6	36	12	9	15	46	42	44	Quarter-final			Ali Gurbani
2012	1st	6	32	13	7	12	46	39	46	Quarter-final			Ali Gurbani Baýram Durdyýew
2013	1st	3	36	20	5	11	73	37	65	Runners-up			Baýram Durdyýew
2014	1st	1	36	29	5	2	91	25	92	Quarter-final	Didar Durdyýew	26	Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2015	1st	1	36	29	5	2	81	21	92	Winners	Süleýman Muhadow	29	Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2016	1st	1	36	30	5	1	108	19	95	Winners	Süleýman Muhadow	30	Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2017	1st	1	32	25	4	3	83	24	79	Semi-Final			Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2018	1st	1	28	21	3	4	65	16	66	Semi-Final			Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2019	1st	1	28	19	6	3	67	25	63	Winners	Altymyrat Annadurdyýew	12	Ýazguly Hojageldyýew
2020	1st	1	28	23	4	1	79	17	73	Winners	Altymyrat Annadurdyýew	35
2021	1st	1

Continental

As of match played 14 August 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two	42	18	15	11	59	41	+18
Total	42	18	15	11	65	51	+14

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2015	AFC Cup	Preliminary round	Shabab Al-Dhahiriya	0–1	–	0–1
2016	AFC Cup	Group A	Al-Wehdat	0–0	1–1	4th
			Al Ahed	2–0	0–3
			Hidd	1–2	1–1
2017	AFC Cup	Group D	Istiklol	1–1	0–1	2nd
			Alay	4–1	2–1
			Dordoi Bishkek	3–0	2–0
2018	AFC Cup	Group D	Istiklol	2–2	3–2	1st
			Alay Osh	5–0	6–3
			Ahal	1–0	0–0
		Inter-zone play-off semi-final	Bengaluru	2–0	3–2	5–2
		Inter-zone play-off final	April 25	1–1	2–2	3–3
		Final	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	–	0–2	0–2
2019	AFC Cup	Group D	Istiklol	1–1	1–1	1st
			Dordoi	3–1	1–1
			Khujand	1–0	0–0
		Inter-zone play-off semi-final	Hanoi FC	2–2	2–3	4-5
2020	AFC Cup	Group D	Dordoi Bishkek	—	—	- [10]
			Khujand	—	—
			Istiklol	—	—
2022	AFC Cup	Group E	Neftchi Kochkor-Ata	1–0		2nd
			CSKA Pamir Dushanbe	1–1
			Sogdiana Jizzakh	1–3
2023-24	AFC Cup	Group E	FC Abdysh-Ata Kant	2-4	0-3	2nd
			Ravshan Kulob	1-1	0–1
			Merw Mary	1–0	2–1
2024-25	AFC Champions League Two	Preliminary round	East Bengal	3–2		3–2

Squad

As of 15 December 2023^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  TKM Batyr Babaýew 2 DF  TKM Zafar Babajanow 3 DF  TKM Hoshgeldy Hojovow 4 DF  TKM Mekan Saparow 5 DF  TKM Merdan Amangeldiyýew 6 DF  TKM Oraz Orazow 7 MF  TKM Myrat Annaýew 8 MF  TKM Ahmet Ataýew 9 FW  TKM Azat Annaýew 10 MF  TKM Rahman Myratberdiyýew 12 DF  TKM Serdar Annaorazow 13 GK  TKM Ahmed Gurbanow

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  TKM Dovletmuhammed Dzhallalow 18 FW  TKM Furkat Tursunow 19 MF  TKM Nurmurat Rozyýew 20 MF  TKM Begmyrat Baýow 21 MF  TKM Abdyrahman Annamýradow 22 DF  TKM Rovshen Khalmammedow 23 GK  TKM Batyr Gaylyýew 24 DF  TKM Ruslan Tajivew 25 DF  TKM Resul Rovshenmyradow 26 FW  TKM Wahyt Orazsähedow 27 MF  TKM Meýlis Gaýlyýew 29 FW  TKM Ismail Kambarow 77 FW  TKM Selim Nurmuradow

Club officials

Ýazguly Hojageldyýew, manager of Altyn Asyr

Management

• Gurbanmyrat Hojageldyýew: Club director
• Annamuhammet Yarow: Manager

Technical staff

• Ýazguly Hojageldyýew:^[12] Head Coach
• Ýakup Ekezow^[13] and Begench Garaýew: Assistant coach
• Gurbangeldi Durdyýew and Hojaahmet Arazow: Fitness coach
• Dovlet Gylýjov: Doctor

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	Years
Ali Gurbani		2008–2012
Baýram Durdyýew		2012–2013
Ýazguly Hojageldyýew		2014–

Stadium

Until 2021, Altyn Asyr had never had its own stadium, with the team historically playing in various Ashgabat. The main home ground for AFC Cup games was Kopetdag Stadium,^[14] which has a capacity of 26,000. The stadium is situated in Ashgabat.

The team played Ýokary Liga home games at various Ashgabat stadiums: Kopetdag Stadium, Nusaý Stadium and Ashgabat Stadium.^[15]

Starting in autumn 2021, Altyn Asyr began to receive teams at the Büzmeýin Sport Topulmy (10,000 capacity).^{[16][17][18][19]}

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

The team is owned by the Türkmenaragatnaşyk Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan.

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor
2014–2016	Adidas	Turkmentelecom
2017–present	Puma

Honours

Continental

• AFC Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2018

Domestic

• Ýokary Liga
  • Champions (8) (record):^[20] 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• Turkmenistan Cup
  • Winners (5): 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020
• Turkmenistan Super Cup
  • Winners (8) (record):^[21] 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,^[22] 2022
• Turkmenistan President's Cup
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2011

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External links

• Official website