2009 Ýokary Liga season was the 17th edition of the top tier professional Yokary Liga football annual competition in Turkmenistan administered by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. It began on 25 April 2009 with the first round of games and ended on 7 November 2009 with the 18th round of matches.http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm ; https://web.archive.org/web/20120703010749/http://zamantm.com/
FC Aşgabat is the defending champions. The first half of the season finished on 27 June 2009. The kick-off of the second half was on 4 September 2009.
Team changes from last season Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Ahal withdrew from the league.
Format change The format of the league was unchanged. With as few sides as 9 that participated, every team played 2 times each other for a total of 16 games. Since one team will be bye each matchday, a total 18 matchdays were played.
Overview
Club Location Stadium Capacity CoachAshgabat GurbaniAshgabatNisa-Çandybil Stadium1.500 Boris GrigoryansTürkmenabatTürkmenabat Stadium10.000AshgabatHTTU Stadium1.000 Ýazguly HojageldiýewMaryMary Stadium10.000BalkanabatBalkanabat Stadium10.000 Amanmyrat MeredowTürkmenbaşyTürkmenbaşy Stadium5.000 IsmailowAshgabatKöpetdag Stadium25.000 DurdyýewDaşoguzDaşoguz Stadium12.000
Standings
Positions by round
Results
League season
Top goalscorers Position Player Club Goals1 Berdi Şamyradow HTTU Aşgabat182 Gurbanmuhammedow Merw Mary113 Mämmedaly Garadanow Nebitçi Balkanabat103 Didargylyç Urazow FC Altyn Asyr10Total goals209Total games72Average per game2.90 Last updated: 14 November 2009Source:
Statistics
Scoring First goalscorer: Hojaahmet Arazow for HTTU Aşgabat against Bagtyýarlyk, 33rd minute (25 April 2009) Widest winning margin: 7 Goals FC Aşgabat 1–8 Nebitçi Balkanabat (19 September 2009) Most goals in a match: 12 Goals HTTU Aşgabat 9–3 Turan (12 June 2009) Most goals in a draw: 4 Goals Aşgabat 2–2 Merw (27 June 2009) Most goals in a match by one team: 9 Goals HTTU Aşgabat 9–3 Turan (12 June 2009) Most goals scored by losing team: 3 goals HTTU Aşgabat 9–3 Turan (12 June 2009) First hat-trick of the season: Berdi Şamyradow for HTTU Aşgabat against Nebitçi (16 May 2009) Most goals in a match by one player: 4 goals Berdi Şamyradow for HTTU Aşgabat against Turan Daşoguz (12 June 2009) Mämmedaly Garadanow for Nebitçi Balkanabat against FC Aşgabat (19 September 2009) Didargylyç Urazow for FC Altyn Asyr against Turan Daşoguz (3 October 2009) Gurbanmuhammedow for Merw Mary against Talyp Sporty Aşgabat (24 October 2009)
International competitions
CIS Cup 2009 CIS Cup 2009: Aşgabat – Russia U-21 (0–0) Aşgabat – MTZ-RIPO Minsk (0–4) FK Ekranas – Aşgabat (3–1)
AFC President's Cup 2009 AFC President's Cup 2009: Aşgabat – Sri Lanka Army (5–1) Abahani Ltd. – Aşgabat (0–0) Aşgabat – Dordoi-Dynamo (1–2)
See also 2009 Turkmenistan Cup
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