The 2020 Turkmenistan Higher League (

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 ...

) season is the 28th season

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's professional

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league, the highest football league competition in Turkmenistan. Altyn Asyr are the defending champions from the 2019 campaign.

Season events

On 23 March 2020, the league was suspended. It resumed on 19 April. On August 17, all tournaments under the auspices of the Football Federation of Turkmenistan were suspended again.

Teams and clubs locations

In February 2020, the Turkmenistan Football Federation announced that the season would involve 8 teams, with there being 112 matches in four rounds. The teams consist of

FC Altyn Asyr Football Club Altyn Asyr ( tk, link=no, Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to "Golden Century", is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club competes in th ...

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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 c ...

, FC Shagadam, FC Nebitchi,

FC Energetik FC Ekibastuz ( kk, Екібастұз футбол клубы, Ekibastūz fýtbol klýby) is a Kazakhstani football club based in Ekibastuz. Until 2008, the team represented Pavlodar and was called Energetik Pavlodar. In 2008, the team played a ...

FC Merw Physical culture and sports football club Merw ( tk, link=no, Merw bedenterbiýe-sport futbol kluby), also known as Merw Mary, is a Turkmen professional football club based in Mary. They play in the national top division; the Ýokary Liga. Their ...

, FC Kopetdag.

Managerial changes

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

League table

Fixtures and results

Matches (1–14)

Matches (15–28)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Best Yokary Liga 2020 Players

Best 11

Second Top 11

References

External links

Ýokary Liga 2020

Football Federation of Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Sport News
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