FC Lebap is a
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
Türkmenabat
Türkmenabat ( tk, Türkmenabat, Түркменабат), formerly and since medieval times Chardzhou, (russian: Чарджоу, ''Chardzhou''; tk, Çärjew, links=no, ) ( fa, چهارجوی 'čahârjuy', meaning 'four brooks') and in ancient ti ...
. Since 2015 they play in the second division, the
Birinji liga. Their home stadium is
Türkmenabat Stadium
Sport Toplumy Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Türkmenabat, Turkmenistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for FC Bagtyyarlyk-Lebap. The stadium holds 10,000 people.
History
The sports complex starte ...
which can hold 10,000 people.
History
The club takes part in the championship of Turkmenistan since 1992.
From the 1996 the name of the club added Eskavatorshik. In the winter break Championship 1997–98 club changed its name to Jeyhun.
Since 2002, the club was called Garagum. That year the team won the Cup of Turkmenistan, and among the leading players were
Vitaly Alekperov,
Zarif Ereshev,
Yazguly Hodjageldiev,
Berdy Nurmuradov,
Nikolay Yermilov (goalkeeper, which reflected two penalties in the shoot-out in the Cup final).
In 2003 the team was suspected of intentional failure to check out the games, which is why the 2nd part of the championship club missed.
Because of financial difficulties did not participate in the championship of Turkmenistan until 2008.
From 2013 club began performing under the name Bagtyyarlyk-Lebap.
Honours
*
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 succ ...
: 1
** Winner :2002
*
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 ...
:
** 3rd place: 1996, 2002, 2010
Personnel
References
Links
Official website
Football clubs in Turkmenistan
2008 establishments in Turkmenistan
Association football clubs established in 2008
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