Ï Ahal retained its leadership in the Turkmenistan Football Championship
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Ahal retained its leadership in the Turkmenistan Football Championship

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Ahal retained its leadership in the Turkmenistan Football Championship
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The 14th round of the Turkmenistan Football Championship among major league clubs started with two matches in Ashgabat.

The games of this round were scheduled to take place on June 21 and 22. But in order to prepare the national team of Turkmenistan for the upcoming June 10 Asian Cup 2027 home qualifying match with the Thai team.

The country's football Federation has decided to postpone them to mid-May. At the capital's Sport stadium in the Buzmein etrap, Altyn Asyr hosted Mary's Merv. Scoring a goal in each half thanks to the efforts of Zafar Babajanov (24th minute) and Suleyman Mukhadov (89th), the team of the Turkmenaragatnashyk agency won 2-0.

After this victory, Yazkuli Khojageldyev's team scored in 9 games. 19 points and came in second place. In a parallel match, which was held at the capital's Nisa stadium, Akhal's players convincingly outplayed Ashgabat 4-0 and retained the top spot of the standings. The winners scored: Bakhtiyar Gurgenov (40th), Meylis Diniev (64th – from the penalty spot), Gurbanmurad Esenov (70th) and Magtymberdy Berenov (86th).

After 10 games, Akhal has 24 points. Arkadag, which is in third place, has 6 points less in the asset , but the champion of Turkmenistan has played 4 fewer matches.

The 14th round will end with the matches "Kopetdag" – "Shagadam", "Arkadag" – "Nebitchi".