FK Lebap is a
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 ...
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 ...
club based in
Türkmenabat
Türkmenabat (), formerly Amul, Cärjew/Chardzhou (until 1924 and from 1940-1999), and Novy Chardzhuy (from 1927-1940), is the second-largest city in Turkmenistan and the administrative centre of Lebap Province. , it had a population of approxima ...
. Since 2015 they've played 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 started ...
which can hold 10,000 people.
History
The club has taken part in the championship of Turkmenistan since 1992.
From 1996 the club added Eskavatorshik to their name. In the winter break of the 1997-1998 Championship, the club changed its name to Jeyhun.
Since 2002, the club has been 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, and
Nikolay Yermilov (their goalkeeper, who saved 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 club missed the 2nd part of the championship.
Because of financial difficulties, they did not participate in the championship of Turkmenistan until 2008.
In 2013, the club began performing under the name Bagtyyarlyk-Lebap.
Honours
*
Turkmenistan Cup
The Turkmenistan Cup () is an annual knockout competition in men's domestic football in Turkmenistan. The Football Federation of Turkmenistan is the organising body of this competition, which has been run every year since its inception in 1993. T ...
: 1
** Winners (1): 2002
*
Ýokary Liga
The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Ýokary liga futbol klublarynyň arasyndaky futbol boýunça Türkmenistanyň çempionaty''), is the top division of professional football in Turkmenistan, operat ...
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** Third place (3): 1996, 2002, 2010
Personnel
References
Links
Official website
Football clubs in Turkmenistan
2008 establishments in Turkmenistan
Association football clubs established in 2008
Türkmenabat
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