2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup Explained

The XIV Turkmen President’s Cup took place in Ashgabat beginning February 21, 2008

Group stage

Group A

Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
1. Mika FC	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
2. Turkish collective	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	-1
3. Şagadam Türkmenbaşy	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3

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Mika FC	0 - 0	Turkish collective
Şagadam	0 - 1	Turkish collective
Mika	2 - 0	Şagadam

Group B

Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
1. HTTU Aşgabat	6	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
2. Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	1	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1
3. Rubin-2	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1

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Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	1 - 2	HTTU Aşgabat
Rubin-2	0 - 1	HTTU Aşgabat
Dordoi-Dynamo Naryn	1 - 1	Rubin-2

Group C

Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD
1. FC Aşgabat	9	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
2. Iran U-23	6	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4
3. Vakhsh Qurghonteppa	3	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3
4. Nebitçi Balkanabat	0	3	0	0	3	1	4	-3

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Vakhsh	2 - 1	Nebitçi Balkanabat
FC Aşgabat	1 - 0	Iran U-23
Nebitçi Balkanabat	0 - 1	Iran U-23
FC Aşgabat	3 - 1	Vakhsh
Iran U-23	4 - 0	Vakhsh
FC Aşgabat	1 - 0	Nebitçi Balkanabat

Elimination round

Final

• HTTU kept hold of the Turkmenistan President’s Cup after coming from a goal down to defeat Turkmen league champions 2–1 in the final of the ten-team tournament.
• AFC President’s Cup qualifiers Ashgabat took the lead in the 13th minute through Arif Mirzoev but for the second successive final HTTU would come from behind to take the trophy.
• The Students, who twice fought back to defeat Aşgabat 3-2 and win the 2007 Turkmenistan President’s Cup, got on level terms when Perkhat Podarov equalised before Berdi Şamyradow scored three minutes into the second-half with the goal that gave HTTU the trophy and the US$20,000 winners’ cheque.