Top-2 of 1996 Championship (Nissa and Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad) directly
qualified for 8-team first division 1997/98.
Prelimary Phase [Top 6 to qualify for Championship]
Round 15
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Dagdam - Balkan 4:0
Merv - Lebap 3:1
Shagadam - Nissa 2:4
Bezmeyin - Yalkym 3:0
Kopet-Dag-2 - Nebitchi 2:2
Final Standings (18 rounds):
1.Dagdam 40
2.Merv Mary 37
3.Nissa Ashkhabad 34 [got a wildcard]
4.Bezmeyin 31
5.Lebap Charjou 29
6.Nebitchi Nebit-Dag 29
7.Shagadam Turkmenbashi 18
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8.Yalkym 17
9.Balkan 8
10.Kopet-Dag-2 Ashkhabad 4
Fall/Spring championship 1997/98
1.Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad 19 18 1 0 70-7 55
2.Nissa Ashkhabad 20 13 4 3 51-12 43
3.Dagdan Ashkhabad 20 13 1 6 44-18 40
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4.Nebitchi Nebit-Dag 20 9 1 10 29-35 28
5.Jeykhun Charjou 20 7 2 11 21-42 23
6.Bezmeyin 19 5 4 10 19-30 19
7.Merv Mary 20 5 2 13 23-47 17
8.Shagadam Krasnovodsk 20 1 1 18 10-76 4
NB: Lebap Charjou changed name to Jeykhun Charjou during the winter break.
Dagdan is in fact Kopet-Dag's B-team.
Nebitchi Nebit-Dag = Nebitchi Balkanabat
Round 1
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Bezmeyin - Merv 0:1
Kopet-Dag - Nebitchi 5:0
Lebap - Nissa ppd
Shagadam - Dagdan ppd
Round 2
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Nebitchi - Lebap 3:1
Dagdan - Bezmeyin 4:0
Nissa - Merv 8:1
Round 3
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Shagadam - Kopet-Dag 1:7 [in Ashkhabad]
Bezmeyin - Nebitchi 3:2
Merv - Dagdan 0:3
Round 4
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Kopet-Dag - Nissa 2:1 (Mingazov'12, Teplyakov'57own - Agabayev'70)
Lebap - Shagadam 3:1
Round 5
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Nebitchi - Shagadam 3:0
Dagdan - Lebap 3:0
Bezmeyin - Nissa 0:0
Merv - Kopet-Dag rep (stopped due to crowd trouble, ordered to replay)
Round 6
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Lebap - Kopet-Dag 0:2
Merv - Nebitchi 2:3 [in Bezmeyin]
Round 7 missing
Round 8
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Nebitchi - Kopet-Dag 0:3
Nissa - Lebap 5:0 (Agabayev-3)
Dagdan - Shagadam 3:1
Merv - Bezmeyin 0:2
Round 9
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Kopet-Dag - Shagadam 12:0 (Mukhadov-3, Kuljagazov-3, Masalitin-2, Broshin)
Bezmeyin - Dagdan 0:4
Merv - Nissa 0:2
Lebap - Nebitchi 2:1
Round 10
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Nissa - Kopet-Dag 1:1 (Rodriguez'35 - Agayev'84pen)
Nebitchi - Bezmeyin 1:0
Shagadam - Lebap 0:1
Dagdan - Merv 3:1
Postponed Games
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Lebap - Nissa 1:3 (? - R.Agabayev-3)
Merv - Kopet-Dag 0:5 (V.Masalitin-2, M.Agayev-2)
Round 11
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Bezmeyin - Nissa 1:1
Lebap - Dagdan 1:0
Kopet-Dag - Merv 5:0
Shagadam - Nebitchi 3:2
Round 12
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Bezmeyin - Kopet-Dag 0:2
Shagadam - Nissa 0:2
Merv - Lebap 2:0
Dagdan - Nebitchi 2:0 (Gulyan-1(pen))
Round 13
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Kopet-Dag - Lebap 3:0
Nebitchi - Merv 1:0
Shagadam - Bezmeyin 1:2
Nissa - Dagdan ppd december
Postponed Game
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Nissa - Nebitchi 2:0
Round 14
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Dagdan - Kopet-Dag 1:4
Merv - Shagadam 7:2
Lebap - Bezmeyin 1:0
Nebitchi - Nissa 1:2
Postponed Games
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Dagdan - Nissa 0:0
Nissa - Dagdan 2:0
Name change: Lebap to Jeykhun.
Round 15
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Kopet-Dag - Nissa 2-1
Bezmeyin - Nebitchi 2-3
Merv - Dagdan 0-2
Jeykhun - Shagadam 1-0
Round 16
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Kopet-Dag - Dagdan 3-2
Nissa - Nebitchi 2-0
Bezmeyin - Jeykhun 2-2
Shagadam - Merv 0-1
Round 17
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Merv - Nebitchi 1-1
Dagdan - Nissa 2-1
Bezmeyin - Shagadam 3-0
Round 18
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Jeykhun - Merv 3-6
Shagadam - Nissa 0-4
Round 19
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Merv - Kopet-Dag 0-1 [R.Mukhadov]
Dagdan - Jeykhun 5-0 [Kul'jagazov-3, ???]
Nebitchi - Shagadam 4-0
Nissa - Bezmeyin 3-0 [awarded]
Rescheduled Games
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Jeykhun - Kopet-Dag 0-2
Nebitchi - Dagdan 0-4 [Kul'jagazov-2, ???]
Round 20
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Shagadam - Kopet-Dag 0-7 [Annadurdyev-3, Chuychenko-2, ???]
Nebitchi - Jeykhun 2-0
Nissa - Merv 2-0
Dagdan - Bezmeyin 2-1
Table:
1.Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad 19 18 1 0 70-7 55
2.Nissa Ashkhabad 20 13 4 3 51-12 43
3.Dagdan Ashkhabad 20 13 1 6 44-18 40
4.Nebitchi Nebit-Dag 20 9 1 10 29-35 28
5.Jeykhun Charjou 20 7 2 11 21-42 23
6.Bezmeyin 19 5 4 10 19-30 19
7.Merv Mary 20 5 2 13 23-47 17
8.Shagadam Krasnovodsk 20 1 1 18 10-76 4
NB: Lebap Charjou changed name to Jeykhun Charjou during the winter break.
Dagdan is in fact Kopet-Dag's B-team.
Nebitchi Nebit-Dag = Nebitchi Balkanabat
Final table unavailable.
Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad won the championship with 4 matches to spare, having
a 16-point lead over Nissa.
Relegated: Bezmeyin
Promoted: Akhal Ak-Dashayak and Turan Tashauz
Top Scorers:
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17 - Agabayev (Nissa)
16 - Gulyan (Dagdan / Nebitchi)
15 - Kul'jagazov (Kopet-Dag / Dagdan)
Cup Final
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NISA Ashkhabad - Nebitchi Balkanabat 3-0
[Zheylitbayev 45 pen, Ponomaryov 85, Agabayev 90]
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Last updated: 5 Jan 2001
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