«Arkadag» completed its performance in the Turkmenistan football championship among Premier League clubs with a victory, beating «Nebitchi» of Balkanabat 4:1 in the final, 28th round.
The match took place at «Nisa» stadium of the capital.
With the starting whistle from referee Merdan Shanazarov from Yoloten, team of Vladimir Bayramov seized the initiative and opened the scoring in the third minute. Resul Hojayev scored the opener. 10 minutes later, Didar Durdyev doubled the result, scoring his 27th goal in the current national championship. With this result, he became the top scorer of the 2025 Turkmenistan Championship for the third year in a row.
The second half had barely begun when Shamammet Hydyrov increased the lead of champions to three goals in the 47th minute.
In the 73rd minute, «Arkadag» was left with one man down after Ylyas Charyyev was sent off for a direct red card. Four minutes later, Seyitmammet Hojamammedov pulled one back. Diyargylych Urazov sealed the final score in the 88th minute.
In this way, having won 28 victories in 28 matches, the «Arkadag» football club completed the 2025 season of the top league of the Turkmenistan championship with perfect results. The representatives of «smart» city scored 84 points, scored 105 goals, conceded 15, and became national champions for the third time in a row. It is noteworthy that since its foundation in 2023, FC «Arkadag» has not lost a single point in the national championship. This year, the team from the city of the same name is also close to winning the Turkmenistan Cup for the third time.