The Turkmenistan Football Championship begins on April 4

On April 4, the next national football championship will kick off. 8 teams ("Arkadag", "Ahal", "Altyn Asyr", "Shagadam", "Nebitchi", "Ashgabat", "Merv", "Kopetdag") will compete in our championship, which consists of four rounds. The matches of the first and second rounds of our football championship will last from April 4 to June 20 of this year. The third and fourth round matches will be held in the second half of the football championship. It is worth noting that the previous season ended with the championship of the "Arkadag" team. The "Ahal" team took second place, and the capital's "Altyn Asyr" team took third place. We publish the schedule of the first and second rounds of the Turkmenistan Football Championship. Teams participating in the Turkmenistan Football Championship and Cup among Higher League football clubs in 2026:

1. "ARKADAG" football club (Arkadag city)
2. "Ahal" football club economic society (Anau city, Ahal velayat)
3. "Altyn Asyr" football club economic society (Ashgabat city)
4. "Shagadam" football club (Turkmenbashy city, Balkan velayat)
5. "Merv" physical culture and sports football club (Mary city, Mary velayat)
6. "Ashgabat football club" economic society (Ashgabat city)
7. "Nebitchi" football club (Balkanabat city, Balkan velayat)
8. "Kopetdag" football club of the "Kopetdag" sports complex under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan (Ashgabat city)

Round 1 Stage I: Game 1. April 04 (Sat.) "Ahal" – "Kopetdag" Game 2. April 04 (Sat.) "Shagadam" – "Nebitchi" Game 3. April 05 (Sun.) "ARKADAG" – "Merv" Game 4. April 05 (Sun.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Ashgabat" Stage II: Game 5. April 11 (Sat.) "Merv" – "Nebitchi" Game 6. April 11 (Sat.) "Ashgabat" – "Shagadam" Game 7. April 11 (Sat.) "Kopetdag" – "Altyn Asyr" Game 8. April 12 (Sun.) "ARKADAG" – "Ahal" Stage III: Game 9. April 18 (Sat.) "Ahal" – "Merv" Game 10. April 18 (Sat.) "Altyn Asyr" – "ARKADAG" Game 11. April 18 (Sat.) "Shagadam" – "Kopetdag" Game 12. April 18 (Sat.) "Nebitchi" – "Ashgabat" Stage IV: Game 13. April 21 (Tue.) "ARKADAG" – "Shagadam" Game 14. April 22 (Wed.) "Kopetdag" – "Nebitchi" Game 15. April 22 (Wed.) "Merv" – "Ashgabat" Game 16. April 22 (Wed.) "Ahal" – "Altyn Asyr" Stage V: Game 17. April 26 (Sun.) "Ashgabat" – "Kopetdag" Game 18. April 26 (Sun.) "Nebitchi" – "ARKADAG" Game 19. April 26 (Sun.) "Shagadam" – "Ahal" Game 20. April 26 (Sun.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Merv" Stage VI: Game 21. May 02 (Sat.) "Merv" – "Kopetdag" Game 22. May 02 (Sat.) "Ahal" – "Nebitchi" Game 23. May 03 (Sun.) "ARKADAG" – "Ashgabat" Game 24. May 03 (Sun.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Shagadam" Stage VII: Game 25. May 10 (Sun.) "Shagadam" – "Merv" Game 26. May 10 (Sun.) "Nebitchi" – "Altyn Asyr" Game 27. May 10 (Sun.) "Ashgabat" – "Ahal" Game 28. May 10 (Sun.) "Kopetdag" – "ARKADAG"

Round 2 Stage VIII: Game 29. May 16 (Sat.) "Merv" – "ARKADAG" Game 30. May 16 (Sat.) "Kopetdag" – "Ahal" Game 31. May 16 (Sat.) "Ashgabat" – "Altyn Asyr" Game 32. May 16 (Sat.) "Nebitchi" – "Shagadam" Stage IX: Game 33. May 20 (Wed.) "Nebitchi" – "Merv" Game 34. May 20 (Wed.) "Shagadam" – "Ashgabat" Game 35. May 20 (Wed.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Kopetdag" Game 36. May 20 (Wed.) "Ahal" – "ARKADAG" Stage X: Game 37. May 23 (Sat.) "Kopetdag" – "Shagadam" Game 38. May 23 (Sat.) "ARKADAG" – "Altyn Asyr" Game 39. May 24 (Sun.) "Merv" – "Ahal" Game 40. May 24 (Sun.) "Ashgabat" – "Nebitchi" Stage XI: Game 41. May 30 (Sat.) "Ashgabat" – "Merv" Game 42. May 30 (Sat.) "Nebitchi" – "Kopetdag" Game 43. May 30 (Sat.) "Shagadam" – "ARKADAG" Game 44. May 31 (Sun.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Ahal" Stage XII: Game 45. June 07 (Sun.) "Merv" – "Altyn Asyr" Game 46. June 07 (Sun.) "ARKADAG" – "Nebitchi" Game 47. June 07 (Sun.) "Kopetdag" – "Ashgabat" Game 48. June 07 (Sun.) "Ahal" – "Shagadam" Stage XIII: Game 49. June 13 (Sat.) "Kopetdag" – "Merv" Game 50. June 13 (Sat.) "Ashgabat" – "ARKADAG" Game 51. June 13 (Sat.) "Nebitchi" – "Ahal" Game 52. June 13 (Sat.) "Shagadam" – "Altyn Asyr" Stage XIV: Game 53. June 20 (Sat.) "Merv" – "Shagadam" Game 54. June 20 (Sat.) "Altyn Asyr" – "Nebitchi" Game 55. June 20 (Sat.) "ARKADAG" – "Kopetdag" Game 56. June 20 (Sat.) "Ahal" – "Ashgabat" 27.06.2026. Reserve day