2015 Ýokary Liga

Ýokary Liga
Season	2015
Champions	Altyn Asyr
Relegated	Hazyna
AFC Cup	Altyn Asyr; Balkan;
Matches played	180
Goals scored	526 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Myrat Ýagşyýew (31)
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The 2015 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season is the 23rd season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 5 March 2015 with the first round of games and will end in November 2015.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2015 Ýokary Liga

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Ahal	Ahal Province	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Guwançmuhammet Öwekow Boris Grigorýants
Altyn Asyr	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Aşgabat	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Amanklyç Koçumow Tofik Şukurow
Balkan	Balkanabat	Sport Toplumy Stadium	10,000	Ali Gurbani
Daşoguz	Daşoguz	Sport Toplumy Stadium	10,000	Ilgiz Abdyrahmanow
Hazyna	Ashgabat	TSIEM Stadium	1,000	Ahmet Agamyradow
HTTU Aşgabat	Ashgabat	HTTU Stadium	1,000	Röwşen Meredow
Energetik	Mary	Baýramaly sport desgasy	3000	Rahym Gurbanmämmedow
Merw	Mary	Sport Toplumy Stadium	10,000	Magtym Begenjow
Şagadam	Türkmenbaşy	Şagadam Stadium	5,000	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Altyn Asyr (C, Q)	36	29	5	2	81	21	+60	92	Qualifies for the 2016 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Balkan (Q)	36	20	8	8	75	36	+39	68	Qualifies for the 2016 AFC Play-off Stage
3	Aşgabat	36	18	5	13	57	42	+15	59
4	Şagadam	36	16	10	10	59	36	+23	58
5	Ahal	36	16	10	10	67	54	+13	58
6	HTTU	36	12	10	14	50	54	−4	46
7	Hazyna (R)	36	12	8	16	54	52	+2	44	Relegation to the 2016 Birinji Ligasy
8	Merw	36	11	9	16	39	50	−11	42
9	Energetik	36	5	10	21	27	74	−47	25
10	Daşoguz	36	3	3	30	16	106	−90	12

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2015. Source: Ýokary Liga table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Results

Games 1–18

Home \ Away	AHA	ALT	ASH	BAL	DAS	ENG	HAZ	HTT	MER	SAG
Ahal		0–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	6–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Altyn Asyr	1–1		1–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	1–2
Aşgabat	1–3	0–1		2–0	3–0	4–1	0–1	4–1	1–0	2–1
Balkan	4–1	1–3	1–0		8–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–1
Daşoguz	1–4	0–4	0–3	0–6		1–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	0–4
Energetik	1–1	1–4	1–2	1–1	2–0		0–2	3–1	0–0	2–3
Hazyna	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	4–0	4–1		1–1	2–1	2–1
HTTU	2–3	0–2	0–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		1–0	1–2
Merw	2–3	0–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–0
Şagadam	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	5–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2015. Source:

Ýokary Liga match
Ýokary Liga results

Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 19–36

Home \ Away	AHA	ALT	ASH	BAL	DAS	ENG	HAZ	HTT	MER	SAG
Ahal		0–2	2–5	1–4		2–0	3–3	2–2	1–0	1–3
Altyn Asyr	1–1		2–1	1–0	3–0		3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1
Aşgabat	3–0	1–2		3–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Balkan	3–2	0–2	2–1		0–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2
Daşoguz	2–1	0–5	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–2
Energetik	1–5	0–3	0–0	0–2	2–1		2–0	2–1	1–2	1–3
Hazyna	3–3	1–2	6–1	2–3	3–0	4–1			2–0	0–0
HTTU	1–1	2–5	4–3	1–2	10–0	1–1	0–0		2–1	1–0
Merw	0–1	0–2	1–2		2–1	2–0	4–1	2–2		2–1
Şagadam	2–0	0–1		0–1	5–0	1–1	3–2	3–1	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2015. Source:

Ýokary Liga match
Ýokary Liga results

Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Altymyrat Annadurdyýew⁴	Ahal	Energetik	6–0^[1]	6 March 2015
Myrat Ýagşyýew⁴	Balkan	Hazyna	4–0^[2]	16 May 2015
Altymyrat Annadurdyýew	Ahal	Aşgabat	3–1^[3]	4 July 2015
Begli Meredow	Ahal	Daşoguz	4–0^[4]	8 July 2015
Berdi Şamyradow	Ashgabat	Ahal	5–3^[5]	26 September 2015

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

^ "Ahal 6–0 Energetik". futbol24.com. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ "Balkan 4–0 Hazyna". futbol24.com. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ "Aşgabat 1–3 Ahal". futbol24.com. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ "Ahal 4–0 Daşoguz". futbol24.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ "Ahal 3–5 Ashgabat" (in Russian). turkmenportal.com. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

External links

Season at soccerway.com
Official news agency site (in Turkmen)

[1] "Ahal 6–0 Energetik". futbol24.com. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[2] "Balkan 4–0 Hazyna". futbol24.com. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[3] "Aşgabat 1–3 Ahal". futbol24.com. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[4] "Ahal 4–0 Daşoguz". futbol24.com. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[5] "Ahal 3–5 Ashgabat" (in Russian). turkmenportal.com. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

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