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 YearFinalThird PlaceVenueWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place1995DetailsKöpetdag 2 – 0 TurkmenistanMetalurh Nikopol 2 – 0 Spartak-2 MoscowKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat1996DetailsKöpetdag 1 – 0 Skonto RīgaZorya MALS Luhansk 4 – 0 JK Narva TransKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat1997DetailsTurkmenistan 2 – 1 Vorskla PoltavaFC Yelimai Semei 2 – 1 FK YerevanNisa-Çandybil Stadium,Ashgabat1998DetailsEsteghlal 0 – 0 (7 – 6 pens.) FC Zenit St. PetersburgNisa Aşgabat 1 – 0 Ulsan HyundaiKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat1999DetailsNisa Aşgabat 3 – 1 Turkmenistan OlympicKöpetdag Nebitçi BalkanabatKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2000DetailsAshgabat City 1 – 0 Ahal VelayatBalkan Velayat 3 – 0 FK GulistonKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2001DetailsKöpetdag 2 – 0 Dnipro DnipropetrovskCSKA-2 Moscow Thailand U-23Olympic Stadium,Ashgabat2002DetailsTorpedo Kutaisi 1 – 1 (4 – 2 pens.) TurkmenistanFlora Tallinn 1 – 0 Turkey U-21Köpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2003DetailsNisa Aşgabat 1 – 0 Turkmenistan OlympicAtlantas Klaipeda 1 – 0 Neman GrodnoKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2004DetailsNisa Aşgabat 3 – 2 Torpedo KutaisiVorskla Poltava 1 – 0 Aviator ChkalovskKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2005DetailsNisa Aşgabat 2 – 1 Nebitçi BalkanabatFC Parvoz 3 – 2 Mika AshtarakKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2006DetailsDacia Chişinău 4 – 3 HTTU AşgabatVorskla Poltava 1 – 1(4 – 3 pens.) Traktor TashkentKöpetdag Stadium,Ashgabat2007DetailsHTTU Aşgabat 3 – 2 FC AşgabatVorskla Poltava 0 – 0(10 – 9 pens.) OrdabasyOlympic Stadium,Ashgabat2008DetailsHTTU Aşgabat 2 – 1 FC AşgabatIran U-23 1 – 0 Mika AshtarakOlympic Stadium,Ashgabat2009DetailsHTTU Aşgabat 1 – 0 Skonto RīgaFC Aşgabat 1 – 1 FC GandzasarOlympic Stadium,Ashgabat2010DetailsAltyn Asyr 1 – 0 NebitçiTurkey U-21 3 – 0 OkzhetpesOlympic Stadium,Ashgabat
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