2013 Ýokary Liga

Ýokary Liga

Season	2013
Champions	HTTU Aşgabat
AFC President's Cup	HTTU Aşgabat
Top goalscorer	Mämmedaly Garadanow
Biggest home win	HTTU 6-0 Daşoguz
Biggest away win	Lebap 0-3 HTTU Talyp Sporty 0-3 Aşgabat
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The 2013 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the 21st season of Turkmenistan's professional football league. It began on 12 April 2013 with the first round of games and ended in November 2013.

Teams

Merw

Balkan

Daşoguz

Lebap

Şagadam

Altyn Asyr
Aşgabat
HTTU
Talyp Sporty

Ahal

Location of teams in the Ýokary Liga 2013

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Coach
Ahal	Abadan	Ahal Stadium	10,000	Ali Gurbani
Altyn Asyr	Ashgabat	Köpetdag Stadium	26,000	Baýram Durdyýew
Aşgabat	Ashgabat	Olympic	35,000	Amangylyç Koçumow
Balkan	Balkanabat	Balkanabat Stadium	10,000	Rahym Gurbanmämmedow
Daşoguz	Daşoguz	Daşoguz Stadium	10,000
Talyp Sporty	Ashgabat	Ashgabat Stadium	20,000	Azat Muhadow
HTTU Aşgabat	Ashgabat	HTTU Stadium	1,000	Ýazguly Hojageldiýew
Lebap	Türkmenabat	Türkmenabat Stadium	10,000	Timur Husainow
Merw	Mary	Mary 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	HTTU	36	28	3	5	85	27	+58	87	2014 AFC President's Cup
2	Balkan	36	28	2	6	86	25	+61	86
3	Altyn Asyr	36	20	5	11	73	37	+36	65
4	Aşgabat	36	20	4	12	76	52	+24	64
5	Merw	36	16	9	11	52	37	+15	57
6	Ahal	36	16	8	12	62	41	+21	56
7	Şagadam	36	13	8	15	44	54	−10	47
8	Lebap	36	6	5	25	40	82	−42	23
9	Daşoguz	36	4	3	29	25	102	−77	15
10	Talyp Sporty	36	3	5	28	22	108	−86	14

Updated to games played on 2 December 2013.
Source: http://www.futbol24.com/national/Turkmenistan/Yokary-Liga/2013/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

First half of season

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

Updated to games played on May 15, 2013.
Source: http://www.tdh.gov.tm/
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	AHA	ALT	ASH	BAL	DAS	HTT	LEB	MER	SAG	TLP
Ahal
Altyn Asyr
Aşgabat
Balkan
Daşoguz
HTTU
Lebap
Merw
Şagadam
Talyp Sporty

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal-scorers

The top scorers are: Updated to end of season.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Turkmenistan Mämmedaly Garadanow	Balkan FT	26
2	Turkmenistan Süleýman Muhadow	HTTU Aşgabat	23
3	Turkmenistan Elman Tagaýew	Aşgabat FT	22

Scoring

• First goalscorer:
  • Döwlet Ataýew for Ahal against Talyp Sporty, 11th minute (12 April 2013)
• First hat-trick:
  • Mämmedaly Garadanow for FC Balkan against FC Ahal (23 April 2013)

External links

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