# 2010 Ýokary Liga

2010 Ýokary Liga season was the 18th 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 2010 with the first round of games and ended in December.
FC Balkan won the title.

## Teams

As league size were expanded from nine to ten teams, no team had to face relegation after the conclusion of the 2009 season. FC Ahal as champions of the Turkmen second level of football were promoted. FC Bagtyýarlyk, Nebitçi Balkanabat and Turan Daşoguz were renamed FC Lebap, FC Balkan and FC Daşoguz, respectively.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Coach |
| Ahal | Abadan | Ahal Stadium | 10.000 | Röwşen Muhadow |
| Altyn Asyr | Ashgabat | | | Ali Gurbani |
| Aşgabat | Ashgabat | Nisa-Çandybil Stadium | 1.500 | Aman Goçumow |
| Balkan | Balkanabat | Balkanabat Stadium | 10.000 | Rejepmyrat Agabaýew |
| Daşoguz | Daşoguz | Daşoguz Stadium | 10.000 | |
| HTTU Aşgabat | Ashgabat | HTTU Stadium | 1.000 | Ýazguly Hojageldiýew |
| Lebap | Türkmenabat | Türkmenabat Stadium | 10.000 | Waleriý Kirillow |
| Merw | Mary | Mary Stadium | 10.000 | Rahym Gurbanmämmedow |
| Şagadam | Türkmenbaşy | Türkmenbaşy Stadium | 5.000 | Gudrat Ismailow |
| Talyp Sporty | Ashgabat | Köpetdag Stadium | 25.000 | Baýram Durdyýew |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Balkan (C) | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 40 | 2011 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | Altyn Asyr | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | |
| 3 | Lebap | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 34 | |
| 4 | Merw | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 33 | |
| 5 | HTTU | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 28 | |
| 6 | Aşgabat | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 26 | |
| 7 | Şagadam | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 23 | |
| 8 | Ahal | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 16 | |
| 9 | Daşoguz | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 37 | −30 | 9 | |
| 10 | Talyp Sporty | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 40 | −36 | 4 | |

### Positions by round

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

## Results
### League season

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

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

Including matches played on 11 December 2010
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Berdi Şamyradow | HTTU Aşgabat | 11 |
| 2 | Didargylyç Urazow | FC Balkan | 10 |
| 2 | Amir Gurbani | FC Altyn Asyr | 10 |
| 2 | Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew | FC Altyn Asyr | 10 |

### Scoring

* First goalscorer:
** Didargylyç Urazow for FC Balkan against Lebap, 26th minute (2 April 2010)
* First hat-trick:
** Ata Geldiýew for FC Aşgabat against FC Ahal (15 May 2010)

## International competitions
### 2010 CIS Cup

* 2010 CIS Cup:
    FC Levadia Tallinn – HTTU Aşgabat (1–3)
    HTTU Aşgabat – Russia U-21 (2–4)
    HTTU Aşgabat – FC Dynamo Kyiv (2–4)
    FC Bunyodkor – HTTU Aşgabat (1–1) (2–4 pen.)
    HTTU Aşgabat – Rubin Kazan (0–4)

### 2010 AFC President's Cup

* 2010 AFC President's Cup:
    HTTU Aşgabat – Druk Star FC (8–0)
    Yadanabon FC – HTTU Aşgabat (0–0)
    Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn – HTTU Aşgabat (2–0)