Football Club Altyn Asyr (), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to Golden Century, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Ashgabat. 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). 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.

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. Since mid-2013 the head of the club became Gurbanmurat Hojageldiev. Since the beginning of 2014, the team was led by Ýazguly Hojageldyýew, helped by 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.

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

In 2018, Altyn Asyr reached the AFC Cup Final, where they 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. In August 2019, Kenyan Peter Opiyo and Niger Uche Kalu signed a contract with FC Altyn Asyr. 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 League20081st8207211212023 Ali Gurbani20091st516628202320Winners Didargylyç Urazow10 Ali Gurbani20101st2181053342035Runners-up Amir Gurbani Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew10 Ali Gurbani20111st63612915464244Quarter-final Ali Gurbani20121st63213712463946Quarter-final Ali Gurbani Baýram Durdyýew20131st33620511733765Runners-up Baýram Durdyýew20141st1362952912592Quarter-final Didar Durdyýew26 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20151st1362952812192Winners Süleýman Muhadow29 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20161st13630511081995Winners Süleýman Muhadow30 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20171st1322543832479Semi-Final Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20181st1282134651666Semi-Final Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20191st1281963672563 Winners Altymyrat Annadurdyýew12 Ýazguly Hojageldyýew20201st1282341791773 Winners Altymyrat Annadurdyýew3520211st1

Continental

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD AFC Cup/AFC Champions League Two 42 18 15 11 59 41 +18Total421815116551+14

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate2015AFC CupPreliminary round Shabab Al-Dhahiriya 0–1– 0–12016AFC CupGroup A Al-Wehdat 0–0 1–1 4th Al Ahed 2–0 0–3 Hidd 1–2 1–12017AFC CupGroup D Istiklol 1–1 0–1 2nd Alay 4–1 2–1 Dordoi Bishkek 3–0 2–02018AFC CupGroup D Istiklol 2–2 3–2 1st Alay Osh 5–0 6–3 Ahal 1–0 0–0Inter-zone play-off semi-final Bengaluru 2–0 3–2 5–2Inter-zone play-off final April 25 1–1 2–2 3–3Final Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya– 0–2 0–22019AFC CupGroup D Istiklol 1–1 1–1 1st Dordoi 3–1 1–1 Khujand 1–0 0–0Inter-zone play-off semi-final Hanoi FC2–22–34-52020AFC CupGroup D Dordoi Bishkek - Khujand Istiklol 2022AFC CupGroup E Neftchi Kochkor-Ata 1–02nd CSKA Pamir Dushanbe 1–1 Sogdiana Jizzakh 1–32023–24AFC CupGroup E FC Abdysh-Ata Kant 2–4 0–32nd Ravshan Kulob 1-1 0–1 Merw Mary 1–0 2–12024–25AFC Champions League TwoPreliminary round East Bengal 3–2 3–2

Club officials

Management Gurbanmyrat Hojageldyýew: Club director Annamuhammet Yarow: Manager

Technical staff Ýazguly Hojageldyýew: Head Coach Ýakup Ekezow and Begench Garaýew: Assistant coach Gurbangeldi Durdyýew and Hojaahmet Arazow: Fitness coach Dovlet Gylýjov: Doctor

Managerial history NameNationalityYearsAli Gurbani2008–2012Baýram Durdyýew2012–2013Ýazguly Hojageldyýew2014–

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, 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.

Starting in autumn 2021, Altyn Asyr began to receive teams at the Büzmeýin Sport Topulmy (10,000 capacity).

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors The team is owned by the Türkmenaragatnaşyk Agency of the Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan.

PeriodKit supplierShirt sponsor2014–2016Adidas Turkmentelecom2017–presentPuma

Honours

Continental AFC Cup Runners-up (1): 2018

Domestic Ýokary Liga Champions (8) (record): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Turkmenistan Cup Winners (5): 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 Turkmenistan Super Cup Winners (8) (record): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Turkmenistan President's Cup Winners (2): 2010, 2011

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