# FK Köpetdag Aşgabat

FK Köpetdag Aşgabat (Football Club Köpetdag, Turkmen: Köpetdag Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It currently plays in the top tier Ýokary Liga. Their home ground is Köpetdag Stadium which can hold 26,000 people. The Köpetdag traditional kit colours are blue and white. They are one of the country's most successful clubs having won 6 Turkmen championships and 6 cups.

## 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 the Soviet era, one of the coaches of the team in the 1980s was Valery Nepomnyashchy.

### Turkmenistan

After the collapse of the Soviet Union the team planned to participate in the open championship of the CIS, but because of many differences the championship did not take place. The team served as the defacto Turkmenistan national football team in the early years of Turkmenistan.
In 2008 they were disbanded due to financial conditions but have since returned.

### New era

In 2015, on the basis of MIA of Turkmenistan direction the club FC Kopetdag was re-created. Club began to make appearances in the First League of Turkmenistan. The team qualified for 2015 Turkmenistan Cup. They achieved promotion in the 2016 season by winning the promotion play-off.

### Domestic history

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Turkmenistan Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Turkmenistan Cup | Name | League | Manager |
| 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 | 2–0 | 2nd |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Sitora Dushanbe | 7–1 | 7–1 | | 2nd |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Alga Bishkek | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2nd |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Neftchi Fergana | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2nd |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Kant-Oil | 6–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | Second round | Al Ansar | 1–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Saipa | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4th |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Al-Arabi | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 4th |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Al Nassr | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 4th |
| 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 |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Second round | Kairat | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Quarterfinal | Al-Shorta | 4–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Semifinal | Al Nassr | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Third place match | Beijing Guoan | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Irtysh Pavlodar | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–4 |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | Second round | Vakhsh Qurghonteppa | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Al Ain | 1–6 | 1–6 | 4th |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Al Hilal | 2–4 | 2–4 | | 4th |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | Quarterfinal | Esteghlal | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4th |
| 2001–02 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Nasaf Qarshi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group F | Dordoi Bishkek | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2nd |
| 2022 | AFC Cup | Group F | Khujand | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 2nd |

### Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

* 1993: Group stage
* 1994: Semi-final
* 1995: Group stage
* 1994: Group stage
* 1997: Semi-final
* 1998: Semi-final
* 1999: Group stage
* 2001: Semi-final

## 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

## Club officials
### Technical staff

* Berdi Hotdyýew: Head Coach
* Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew: Assistant coach