Turkmenistan national football team

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Turkmenistan
Nickname	Dark Horses
Association	Football Association of Turkmenistan
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Rakhim Kurbanmamedov
Most caps	?
Top scorer	?
Home stadium	Askkhabad Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	TKM
FIFA ranking	158
Highest FIFA ranking	86 (April 2004)
Lowest FIFA ranking	169 (October 2006)
Elo ranking	113
First kit 　 Second kit
First international Kazakhstan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 June 1992)
Biggest win Turkmenistan 11 - 0 Afghanistan (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November 2003)
Biggest defeat Kuwait 6 - 1 Turkmenistan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 February 2000)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2004)
Best result	Round 1, 2004

The Turkmenistan national football team is the national team of Turkmenistan and is controlled by the Football Association of Turkmenistan. They were surprise qualifiers for the Asian Cup 2004, but could only get a solitary point against Saudi Arabia in group play. Turkmenistan are not a well reputed side in world football and have not been as succesful as UEFA member former Soviet nations.

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Nations Cup record

• 1956 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Round 1
• 2007 - Did not enter

[edit] Notable Players

• Khakha Gogoladze
• Rakhim Kurbanmamedov
• Redjepmurad Agabaev
• Valeri Gulyan
• Aleksandr Ignatov
• Guvanch Ovekov

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