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It became known who the Turkmenistan national football team will play against at the training camp in the UAE

09.10.2023 | 23:16 |
 It became known who the Turkmenistan national football team will play against at the training camp in the UAE

The national football team of Turkmenistan, which is on a training camp in the UAE, intends to hold two friendly matches against the clubs of the highest Emirati league.

On October 10, Turkmenistan will play against the representative of the UAE first division, Dubai United. This meeting will take place at the Dubai Sports City Stadium and will begin at 21:00 Ashgabat time.

And in five days, the Turkmen team will face the current champion of the UAE, Shabab Al-Ahli. This match will take place at the Al-Rashid Stadium in Dubai and will begin at 18:05 Ashgabat time.

Recall that the training camps of the national team of Turkmenistan started on October 8 and will last 10 days. The coaching staff headed by Mergen Orazov invited 24 football players to the training camp.

Recall that according to the results of the draw for the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualifying tournament, which took place in July, the Turkmenistan national team was in group "E", where it will play with the teams of Iran, Uzbekistan, as well as with the winner of the pair of the first qualifying round Hong Kong - Bhutan.

Already on November 16, the national team of Turkmenistan will begin its journey in the second round of the qualifying tournament of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a home match against the team of Uzbekistan.

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