2010 Ýokary Liga

2010 Ýokary Liga season was the 18th edition of the top tier professional Yokary Liga football annual competition in Turkmenistan administered by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. It began on 2 April 2010 with the first round of games and ended in December.^[1]

Ýokary Liga

Season	2010
Champions	FC Balkan
Goals scored	225 (after 18 matchdays)
Average goals/game	2.81
Biggest home win	Merw 6–0 Altyn Asyr Aşgabat 6–0 Talyp Sporty
Biggest away win	Daşoguz 0–7 Balkan
Highest scoring	Berdi Şamyradow (11 goals)
← 2009 2011 →

FC Balkan won the title.

Teams

As league size were expanded from nine to ten teams, no team had to face relegation after the conclusion of the 2009 season. FC Ahal as champions of the Turkmen second level of football were promoted. FC Bagtyýarlyk, Nebitçi Balkanabat and Turan Daşoguz were renamed FC Lebap, FC Balkan and FC Daşoguz, respectively.

Ahal

Merw

Balkan

Daşoguz

Lebap

Şagadam

Altyn Asyr
Aşgabat
HTTU
Talyp Sporty

Location of teams in the 2010 Ýokary Liga

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Ahal	Abadan	Ahal Stadium	10.000	Röwşen Muhadow
Altyn Asyr	Ashgabat			Ali Gurbani
Aşgabat	Ashgabat	Nisa-Çandybil Stadium	1.500	Aman Goçumow
Balkan	Balkanabat	Balkanabat Stadium	10.000	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
Daşoguz	Daşoguz	Daşoguz Stadium	10.000
HTTU Aşgabat	Ashgabat	HTTU Stadium	1.000	Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Lebap	Türkmenabat	Türkmenabat Stadium	10.000	Waleriý Kirillow
Merw	Mary	Mary Stadium	10.000	Rahym Gurbanmämmedow
Şagadam	Türkmenbaşy	Türkmenbaşy Stadium	5.000	Gudrat Ismailow
Talyp Sporty	Ashgabat	Köpetdag Stadium	25.000	Baýram Durdyýew

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Balkan (C)	18	12	4	2	35	8	+27	40	2011 AFC President's Cup
2	Altyn Asyr	18	10	5	3	34	20	+14	35
3	Lebap	18	10	4	4	29	12	+17	34
4	Merw	18	9	6	3	33	15	+18	33
5	HTTU	18	7	7	4	26	16	+10	28
6	Aşgabat	18	7	5	6	29	19	+10	26
7	Şagadam	18	6	5	7	15	22	−7	23
8	Ahal	18	5	1	12	13	33	−20	16
9	Daşoguz	18	2	3	13	7	37	−30	9
10	Talyp Sporty	18	0	4	14	4	40	−36	4

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2010. Source: (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ahal	2	2	4	2	5	3	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8
Altyn Asyr	3	1	3	6	8	8	5	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Aşgabat	4	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	8	6	7	6
Balkan	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Daşoguz	9	4	2	4	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
HTTU	5	6	6	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	5	5	5
Lebap	10	7	8	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	3
Merw	6	5	7	8	6	5	6	4	5	5	4	4	3	5	3	3	4	4
Şagadam	7	9	5	7	4	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	7	6	7
Talyp Sporty	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Source: (in Russian)

Results

League season

Home \ Away	AHA	ALT	ASH	BAL	DAS	HTT	LEB	MER	SAG	TLP
Ahal		0–4	1–2	1–3	2–0	0–3	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–0
Altyn Asyr	3–0		5–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–0
Aşgabat	4–0	1–1		0–1	5–1	3–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	6–0
Balkan	3–0	2–0	1–2		4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0
Daşoguz	1–2	1–4	1–0	0–7		0–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0
HTTU	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–0		0–1	2–2	3–2	2–0
Lebap	3–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	4–0	2–0		1–1	2–0	3–0
Merw	3–0	6–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		5–2	3–2
Şagadam	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0		1–1
Talyp Sporty	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–6	0–3	0–3	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2010. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Including matches played on 11 December 2010

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Berdi Şamyradow	HTTU Aşgabat	11
2	Didargylyç Urazow	FC Balkan	10
	Amir Gurbani	FC Altyn Asyr	10
	Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	FC Altyn Asyr	10

Scoring

• First goalscorer:
  • Didargylyç Urazow for FC Balkan against Lebap, 26th minute (2 April 2010)^[2]
• First hat-trick:
  • Ata Geldiýew for FC Aşgabat against FC Ahal (15 May 2010)

International competitions

2010 CIS Cup

• 2010 CIS Cup:

FC Levadia Tallinn – HTTU Aşgabat (1–3)

HTTU Aşgabat – Russia U-21 (2–4)

HTTU Aşgabat – FC Dynamo Kyiv (2–4)

FC Bunyodkor – HTTU Aşgabat (1–1) (2–4 pen.)

HTTU Aşgabat – Rubin Kazan (0–4)

2010 AFC President's Cup

• 2010 AFC President's Cup:

HTTU Aşgabat – Druk Star FC (8–0)

Yadanabon FC – HTTU Aşgabat (0–0)

Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn – HTTU Aşgabat (2–0)