2020 Ýokary Liga season was the 28th edition of the top tier professional
Yokary Liga football
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annual competition in
Turkmenistan
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administered by the
Football Federation of Turkmenistan
The Football Federation of Turkmenistan (; TFF) is the governing body of football and futsal in Turkmenistan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions
History
The Federation was founded in 1992 and in 1994 was ad ...
.
edition of the top tier professional
Yokary Liga football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
annual competition in
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ash ...
administered by the
Football Federation of Turkmenistan
The Football Federation of Turkmenistan (; TFF) is the governing body of football and futsal in Turkmenistan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions
History
The Federation was founded in 1992 and in 1994 was ad ...
.
Altyn Asyr were the defending champions from the
2019 season
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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,
FC Ashgabat,
FC Ahal,
FC Shagadam,
FC Nebitchi,
FC Energetik
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,
FC Merw,
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 2020Football Federation of TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Sport News
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Turkmenistan
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Ýokary Liga seasons
2020 in Turkmenistani football
Yokary Liga, 2020