FC Balkan is a Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club based in Balkanabat

Balkanabat

Balkanabat , formerly Nebit Dag, is a city in western Turkmenistan, and the capital of Balkan Province. It is located at , at an altitude of 17 meters, some 400 kilometers from Ashgabat. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 87,822. Balkanabat lies at the foot of the Balkan...

. They play in the top division in Turkmenistan football, the Turkmenistan Higher League. Their home stadium is Balkanabat Stadium

Balkanabat Stadium

Balkanabat Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Balkanabat, Turkmenistan . It is currently used mostly for football matches and serves as the home for Nebitçi Balkanabat and Gara Altyn Balkanabat. The stadium holds 10,000 people, but it has been known to accommodate crowds as large as 21,000....

 which can hold 10,000 people. In May 2010, the club changed its name to Balkan from Nebitçi Balkanabat by the decision of Turkmenistan Football Federation.

Current squad

As on July 2011

Honours

• Turkmenistan League
  Turkmenistan League
  The Ýokary Liga is the top tier of football in Turkmenistan and is organised by the Football Association of Turkmenistan, and was created in 1992.The season runs between April and November.-Turkmenistan League Clubs :-Soviet time champions:...
  
  (2)
  • Winner : 2004, 2010
• Turkmenistan Cup
  Turkmenistan Cup
  The Turkmenistan Cup is an annually held football tournament for Turkmen football clubs and is the second most important national title in Turkmen football after the Ýokary Liga title.The cup has been contested since 1993....
  
  (3)
  • Winner : 2003, 2004, 2010
  • Runner-up : 1998, 1999, 2001
• Turkmenistan Super Cup
  Turkmenistan Super Cup
  The Turkmenistan Super Cup is a knockout tournament of the Turkmenistan football, formed in 2005.-Winners & Results:*2005 : HTTU Aşgabat 4-1 Merw Mary*2006 : FC Balkan 3-2 HTTU Aşgabat...
  
  (1)
  • Winner: 2006

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Cup
  AFC Cup
  The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their...
  
  : 3 appearances

2004

AFC Cup 2004

The 2004 AFC Cup was the 1st edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.-Qualification:...

: Group Stage

2005

AFC Cup 2005

The 2005 AFC Cup was the 2nd edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.-Qualification:...

: Group Stage

2007

AFC Cup 2007

The 2007 AFC Cup was the 4th edition of the AFC Cup, playing between clubs from nations who are members of the Asian Football Confederation.-Qualification:...

: Group Stage

• AFC President's Cup
  AFC President's Cup
  The AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Competition format:...
  
  : 1 appearance

2011

2011 AFC President's Cup

The 2011 AFC President's Cup was the seventh edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition for "emerging countries" by the Asian Football Confederation.Teams from 12 member associations competed...

:

• Asian Cup Winners Cup
  Asian Cup Winners Cup
  The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...
  
  : 1 appearance

2000/01: Second Round

Season-by-season

The table below chronicles the achievements of Nebitçi in various competitions since 1992.

Season	League	League Finishing Position (No: of teams)	Turkmenistan Cup Turkmenistan Cup The Turkmenistan Cup is an annually held football tournament for Turkmen football clubs and is the second most important national title in Turkmen football after the Ýokary Liga title.The cup has been contested since 1993....	AFC Cup AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation . Qualification to the competition is to clubs from AFC-affiliated countries which fall into the AFC's 'developing nations' category as laid out in their... /Cup Winners' Cup/AFC President's Cup AFC President's Cup The AFC President's Cup is an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Competition format:...
1992	Ýokary Liga	2nd (15)
1993	Ýokary Liga	3rd (10)
1994	Ýokary Liga	7th (10)	1/2 Semifinal
1995	Ýokary Liga	3rd
1996	Ýokary Liga	6th
1998	Ýokary Liga	4th (12)	Final
1999	Ýokary Liga	4th (9)	Final
2000	Ýokary Liga	2nd (11)
2001	Ýokary Liga	3rd (9)	Final	Second Round
2002	Ýokary Liga	5th (9)	1/4 Quarterfinal
2003	Ýokary Liga	2nd (10)	Cup
2004	Ýokary Liga	1st (Champions) (10)	Cup	Group Stage
2005	Ýokary Liga	3rd (9)	1/4 Quarterfinal	Group Stage
2006	Ýokary Liga	2nd (8)	1/2 Semifinal
2007	Ýokary Liga	3rd (8)	1/2 Semifinal	Group Stage
2008 Turkmenistan League 2008 The Turkmenistan League 2008 is the 16th season of the Turkmenistan League, Turkmenistan's premier football league. It began on 12 April 2008.*FC Bagtyýarlyk, FC Ahal, Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Altyn Asyr make up the four teams promoted to Turkmenistan’s top flight.*Conspicuous by their absence...	Ýokary Liga	3rd (11)	1/4 Quarterfinals
2009 Turkmenistan League 2009 Ýokary Liga 2009 is the 17th season of top-tier football in Turkmenistan. It began on 25 April 2009 with the first round of games and ended on 7 November 2009 with the 18th round of matches. FC Aşgabat are the defending champions. The first half of season finished on 27 June 2009...	Ýokary Liga	2nd (9)	1/2 Semifinal
2010	Yokary Liga	1st (10)	Cup