Ýedigen Football Team ( tk, Ýedigen futbol topary) was a Turkmen professional football club based in

Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lie ...

. It was the football team of the

International Turkmen-Turkish University International Turkmen-Turkish University ( tk, Halkara Türkmen-Türk uniwersiteti; tr, Uluslararası Türkmen-Türk Üniversitesi; abbreviated as ITTU) was a university located in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The University was established in 1994 an ...

. Their home stadium was the

HTTU Stadium HTTU Stadium ( tk, Halkara Turkmen-Turk Uniwersiteti Stadiony) is a stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is used mostly for football matches and last served as the home for HTTU Ashgabat. It has a capacity of 1,000 people and is located within ...

which can hold 1,000 people and is located on the university's grounds.

History

The club was formed by the International Turkmen-Turkish University in 2003 under the name HTTU Aşgabat ( tk, Halkara Türkmen-Türk Uniwersiteti futbol topary Aşgabat). In 2012, the team placed 3rd in the

Ýokary Liga The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East ...

. In 2013, HTTU won the

Turkmenistan Super Cup The Turkmenistan Super Cup ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Naýbaşy Kubogy'') is an annual one-match association football competition in Turkmenistan organized by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. This competition serves as the season opener ...

, and Eskişehir Cup. Süleýman Muhadow scored 23 goals during the season, placing second in the golden boot race. The following year, in the wake of several important departures, including the club's captain, Rovshen Meredov was appointed manager. Under Meredov, HTTU reached the final of the

, losing 4–2 to

FC Ahal Ahal Änew Football Club ( tk, Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The ...

. As a result of its success in the 2013 season, HTTU earned a spot in the

2014 AFC President's Cup The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Balkan were the defending champio ...

in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, eventually defeating North Korean side Rimyongsu 2–1 in the final. Suleyman Muhadov was named both tournament MVP and top scorer with 11 goals. From 2016, the club changed its name to Ýedigen FC and was relegated from the Ýokary Liga.

Domestic

Continental

CIS Cup

Honours

* Turkmenistan League (4) ** Winners: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2013 ** Runners-up: 2007, 2008, 2011 *

Turkmenistan Cup The Turkmenistan Cup ( tk, Türkmenistanyň Kubogy) is an annually held football tournament for Turkmen football clubs, known as one of the most important national tournaments. The cup has been contested since 1993. The competition's most su ...

(2) ** Winners: 2006, 2011 ** Runners-up: 2008, 2012 *

(3) ** Winners: 2005, 2009, 2012 ** Runners-up: 2006, 2011 *

Turkmenistan President's Cup Turkmenistan President’s Cup was an international football tournament in Turkmenistan which was created in 1995 and dissolved in 2013. The tournament was dedicated to Day of State Flag of Turkmenistan. The tournament prize money was US 35,000. Th ...

(3) ** Winner: 2007, 2008, 2009 ** Runners-up: 2006

Managers

* Oraz Geldiýew (2003–2006) * Ýazguly Hojageldyýew (2006–2013) * Röwşen Meredow (2014) * Begench Garayev (2014–2016)

References

External links

Yedigen Ashgabat at FIFA site
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