Turkmenistan national futsal team
| Association | Football Federation of Turkmenistan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach |
 Sähetmyrat Bäşimow[1] | ||
| Captain | Abdylla Gurbannepesow[2] | ||
| FIFA code | TKM | ||
| FIFA ranking | 79 (13 July 2016) [3] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Thailand 23 – 2 Turkmenistan (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 23, 2005) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Turkmenistan 8 – 0 Maldives  (Kuantan, Malaysia, April 18, 2006) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
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Thailand 23 – 2 Turkmenistan (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 23, 2005) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | none | ||
| AFC Futsal Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Round 1, 6 times | ||
The Turkmenistan national futsal team represents Turkmenistan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan.
Overview
Turkmenistan can count themselves fortunate to have avoided preliminary qualification for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship. They grabbed the last direct spot in the finals even though they finished bottom of their finals group in 2007. Turkmenistan caused the first real upset of the championship with a 1-0 win over Australia in their opening game, Elman Tagayev scoring the only goal in the first half. But they went backwards after that with a 1-7 loss to Kyrgyzstan and a 2-5 reversal to Korea Republic. Turkmenistan were not expected to make it out of the group after poor performances in previous championships. They were uninspiring in 2005 and the following year had little chance in a group that included powerhouses Iran and ASEAN kingpins Thailand. But with more games under their belt, the relatively young squad will be aiming for better results this year.
Tournament records
FIFA Futsal World Cup
- 1989 – Did not enter
- 1992 – Did not enter
- 1996 – Did not enter
- 2000 – Did not enter
- 2004 – Did not enter
- 2008 – Did not qualify
- 2012 – Did not qualify
- 2016 – Did not enter
AFC Futsal Championship
- 1999 - Did not enter
- 2000 - Did not enter
- 2001 - Did not enter
- 2002 - Withdrew
- 2003 - Withdrew
- 2004 - Did not enter
- 2005 - Round 1
- 2006 - Round 1
- 2007 - Round 1
- 2008 - Round 1
- 2010 - Round 1
- 2012 - Round 1
- 2014 - Did not enter
- 2016 - Did not enter
Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship
Squad
Squad for the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
- Goalkeepers
- Yenish Ashyrov
- Bayramov
- Defenders
- Myradov
- Shatlyk Atayev
- Rejepov
- Konirov
- Ahmed Kervenov
- Forwards
- Annayev
- Vatan Atayev
- Gurbanguly Ashirov
- Ahmedov
- Seydiyev
- Annaguliyev
References
See also
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