# 2011 Ýokary Liga

2011 Ýokary Liga season was the 19th edition of the top tier professional Yokary Liga football annual competition in Turkmenistan administered by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. It began on 2 April 2011 with the first round of games and will end in November.

## Teams

Talyp Sporty Aşgabat were relegated. FC Gara Altyn as champions of the Turkmen second level of football were promoted. FC Balkan were renamed back to FC Nebitçi, then again back to FC Balkan within a week.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Ahal | Abadan | Ahal Stadium | 10.000 | Armen Sogomonyan |
| Altyn Asyr | Ashgabat | | | Ali Gurbani |
| Aşgabat | Ashgabat | Nisa-Çandybil Stadium | 1.500 | Tofik Şukurow |
| Balkan | Balkanabat | Balkanabat Stadium | 10.000 | Aleksandr Klimenko |
| Daşoguz | Daşoguz | Daşoguz Stadium | 10.000 | |
| Gara Altyn | Balkanabat | Balkanabat Stadium | 10.000 | Amanmurad Meredow |
| HTTU Aşgabat | Ashgabat | HTTU Stadium | 1.000 | Ýazguly Hojageldiýew |
| Lebap | Türkmenabat | Türkmenabat Stadium | 10.000 | Rinat Habibullin |
| Merw | Mary | Mary Stadium | 10.000 | Rahym Gurbanmämmedow |
| Şagadam | Türkmenbaşy | Türkmenbaşy Stadium | 5.000 | Rejepmyrat Agabaýew |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Balkan (C) | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 82 | 2012 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | HTTU | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 85 | 28 | +57 | 80 | |
| 3 | Aşgabat | 36 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 72 | |
| 4 | Merw | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 67 | |
| 5 | Şagadam | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 56 | |
| 6 | Altyn Asyr | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 44 | |
| 7 | Lebap | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 42 | |
| 8 | Ahal | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 40 | 82 | −42 | 31 | |
| 9 | Gara Altyn | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 37 | 83 | −46 | 24 | |
| 10 | Daşoguz | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 83 | −58 | 14 | |
* 1 2 FC Aşgabat and FC Altyn Asyr were both credited with a forfeit by Football Association of Turkmenistan due to non-observance of kit colors at the match played on 27.04.2011 (Matchday 7).

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 36 |
| Ahal | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Altyn Asyr | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Aşgabat | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Balkan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Daşoguz | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Gara Altyn | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| HTTU | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lebap | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Merw | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Şagadam | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |

## Results
### First half of season

| Home \ Away | AHA | ALT | ASH | BAL | DAS | GAR | HTT | LEB | MER | SAG |
| Ahal | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| Altyn Asyr | 1–3 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Aşgabat | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| Balkan | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 8–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Daşoguz | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Gara Altyn | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| HTTU | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| Lebap | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–8 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Merw | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–0 |
| Şagadam | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |

### Second half of season

| Home \ Away | AHA | ALT | ASH | BAL | DAS | GAR | HTT | LEB | MER | SAG |
| Ahal | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Altyn Asyr | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Aşgabat | 3–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Balkan | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Daşoguz | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Gara Altyn | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 |
| HTTU | 7–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 9–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Lebap | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Merw | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 2–0 |
| Şagadam | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |