Turkmenistan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Emeralds, Akhal-Teke's |
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| Association | Football Federation of Turkmenistan |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | CAFA (Central Asia) |
| Head coach | Amangylyç Koçumow |
| Captain | Ahmet Ataýew |
| Top scorer | Wladimir Baýramow (14) |
| Home stadium | Ashgabat Stadium |
| FIFA code | TKM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 143  1 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 86 (April 2004) |
| Lowest | 174 (September 2007) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 143 |
| Highest | 81 (31 March 2004) |
| Lowest | 147 (June 2015) |
| First international | |
 Kazakhstan 1–0 Turkmenistan  (Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 June 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Turkmenistan 11–0 Afghanistan  (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 19 November 2003) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Tajikistan 5–0 Turkmenistan  (Dushanbe; Tajikistan; 22 June 1997)  Kuwait 6–1 Turkmenistan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 10 February 2000)  Qatar 5–0 Turkmenistan (Doha, Qatar; 31 May 2004)  Bahrain 5–0 Turkmenistan (Riffa, Bahrain; 3 August 2005) |
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| Asian Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Group stage, 2004 |
The Turkmenistan national football team (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň milli futbol ýygyndysy) represents Turkmenistan in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan's home ground is Ashgabat Stadium in Ashgabat. Turkmenistan have never qualified to the final stages of the World Cup.
After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Kazakhstan on 1 June 1992.
They qualified for the 2004 Asian Cup. The right to act in the final stage of the 2004 Asian Cup footballers achieved by winning the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in the group «G», where the team were also the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Sri Lanka. In the autumn of 2003, the national team in the preliminary matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC), defeated in Ashgabat national team of Afghanistan team with a score of 11:0, a hat-trick were noted Begench Kuliyev and Rejepmyrat Agabaýew, two goals scored Guvanchmuhammet Ovekov, stir well Nazar Bayramov, Omar Berdiyev and Didarklych Urazov. In the second leg the team won Afghanistan (0:2), both goals in the scored Begench Kuliyev. In December 2003, the national team of Turkmenistan for the first time in its history, entered the hundred strongest football teams in the world in the FIFA rankings, reaching the 99th position, thanks to the success in the qualifying match of the 2004 Asian Cup and the qualifying round of the 2006 World Cup. In the 2004 Asian Cup that took place in China, the team got to the group «C», with neighbours Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Team could only get a solitary point against Saudi Arabia in group play.
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