Turkmenistan President's Cup Explained
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
| Year | Final | Third Place | Venue |
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| width=15% | Winner | width=10% | Score | width=15% | Runner-up | width=15% | Third place | width=10% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
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1995
Details | Köpetdag  | 2 – 0 | Turkmenistan | Metalurh Nikopol  | 2 – 0 |  Spartak-2 Moscow | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
1996
Details | Köpetdag | 1 – 0 | Skonto Rīga | Zorya MALS Luhansk | 4 – 0 |  JK Narva Trans | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
1997
Details | Turkmenistan | 2 – 1 | Vorskla Poltava | FC Yelimai Semei  | 2 – 1 |  FK Yerevan | Nisa-Çandybil Stadium,
Ashgabat |
1998
Details | Esteghlal  | 0 – 0
(7 – 6 pens.) | Zenit Petersburg | Nisa Aşgabat | 1 – 0 | Ulsan Hyundai | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
1999
Details | Nisa Aşgabat | 3 – 1 | Turkmenistan Olympic | Köpetdag | | Nebitçi Balkanabat | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2000
Details | Ashgabat City | 1 – 0 | Ahal Velayat | Balkan Velayat | 3 – 0 |  FK Guliston | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2001
Details | Köpetdag | 2 – 0 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | CSKA-2 Moscow | |  Thailand U-23 | Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2002
Details | Torpedo Kutaisi  | 1 – 1
(4 – 2 pens.) | Turkmenistan | Flora Tallinn | 1 – 0 |  Turkey U-21 | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2003
Details | Nisa Aşgabat | 1 – 0
| Turkmenistan Olympic | Atlantas Klaipeda  | 1 – 0 |  Neman Grodno | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2004
Details | Nisa Aşgabat | 3 – 2
| Torpedo Kutaisi | Vorskla Poltava | 1 – 0 |  Aviator Chkalovsk | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2005
Details | Nisa Aşgabat | 2 – 1
| Nebitçi Balkanabat | FC Parvoz | 3 – 2 | Mika Ashtarak | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2006
Details | Dacia Chişinău | 4 – 3
| HTTU Aşgabat | Vorskla Poltava | 1 – 1
(4 – 3 pens.) | Traktor Tashkent | Köpetdag Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2007
Details | HTTU Aşgabat | 3 – 2
| FC Aşgabat | Vorskla Poltava | 0 – 0
(10 – 9 pens.) | Ordabasy | Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2008
Details | HTTU Aşgabat | 2 – 1
| FC Aşgabat | Iran U-23 | 1 – 0 | Mika Ashtarak | Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2009
Details | HTTU Aşgabat | 1 – 0
| Skonto Rīga | FC Aşgabat | 1 – 1
| FC Gandzasar | Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat |
2010
Details | Altyn Asyr | 1 – 0
| Nebitçi | Turkey U-21 | 3 – 0 | Okzhetpes | Olympic Stadium,
Ashgabat | |
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