Turkmenistan President's Cup

Turkmenistan President’s Cup was an international football tournament in Turkmenistan which was created in 1995 and dissolved in 2013. The tournament was dedicated to Day of State Flag of Turkmenistan. The tournament prize money was US 35,000. The winner would receive US$20,000 together with President’s Cup, the silver-medal winner – US$10,000 and the bronze-medal winner – US$5,000.

The international football tournament traditionally held in Ashgabat is very popular in the region. Over its history, teams from Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Estonia, Iran, Turkey, Republic of Korea, China, Thailand competed for Turkmenistan President’s Cup. In 2009, a team from Bahrain made a debut in the tournament in Ashgabat thus extending it geographically to 20 countries.

During 19 years President's Cup left the country three times – Iranian Esteghlal won the honorary trophy in 1998, Georgian Torpedo Kutaisi in 2002 and Moldavian Dacia Chişinău in 2006. Nisa Aşgabat won the tournament four times (1999, 2003, 2004 and 2005). Köpetdag Aşgabat and HTTU Aşgabat each won this cup three times, respectively (1995,1996 and 2001) and (2007, 2008 and 2009). The combined team of the football clubs of Turkmenistan (1997) and the combined team from Ashgabat (2000) won the President’s Cup once each.

Winners

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Year Final Third Place Venue
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1995
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Köpetdag   2 – 0   Turkmenistan Metalurh Nikopol   2 – 0   Spartak-2 Moscow Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
1996
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Köpetdag   1 – 0   Skonto Rīga Zorya MALS Luhansk   4 – 0   JK Narva Trans Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
1997
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Turkmenistan   2 – 1   Vorskla Poltava FC Yelimai Semei   2 – 1   FK Yerevan Nisa-Çandybil Stadium,
Ashgabat
1998
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Esteghlal   0 – 0
(7 – 6 pens.)
  Zenit Petersburg Nisa Aşgabat   1 – 0   Ulsan Hyundai Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
1999
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Nisa Aşgabat   3 – 1   Turkmenistan Olympic Köpetdag   [note 1]   Nebitçi Balkanabat Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2000
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Ashgabat City   1 – 0   Ahal Velayat Balkan Velayat   3 – 0   FK Guliston Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2001
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Köpetdag   2 – 0   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk CSKA-2 Moscow   [note 2]   Thailand U-23 Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat
2002
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Torpedo Kutaisi   1 – 1
(4 – 2 pens.)
  Turkmenistan Flora Tallinn   1 – 0   Turkey U-21 Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2003
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Nisa Aşgabat   1 – 0
  Turkmenistan Olympic Atlantas Klaipeda   1 – 0   Neman Grodno Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2004
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Nisa Aşgabat   3 – 2
  Torpedo Kutaisi Vorskla Poltava   1 – 0   Aviator Chkalovsk Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2005
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Nisa Aşgabat   2 – 1
  Nebitçi Balkanabat FC Parvoz   3 – 2   Mika Ashtarak Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2006
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Dacia Chişinău   4 – 3
  HTTU Aşgabat Vorskla Poltava   1 – 1
(4 – 3 pens.)
  Traktor Tashkent Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat
2007
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HTTU Aşgabat   3 – 2
  FC Aşgabat Vorskla Poltava   0 – 0
(10 – 9 pens.)
  Ordabasy Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat
2008
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HTTU Aşgabat   2 – 1
  FC Aşgabat Iran U-23   1 – 0   Mika Ashtarak Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat
2009
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HTTU Aşgabat   1 – 0
  Skonto Rīga FC Aşgabat   1 – 1
  FC Gandzasar Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat
2010
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Altyn Asyr   1 – 0
  Nebitçi Turkey U-21   3 – 0   Okzhetpes Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat
Notes
  1. ^ There was no official Third Place match in 1999. Semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ There was no official Third Place match in 2001. Semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.