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Turkmenistan national football team holds first match with African team

13:1307.06.2019
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Yesterday the national team of Turkmenistan held its first unofficial international match against a team from the African continent, the Uganda team became a rival to the Turkmen football players. The game ended 2-0 in favor of the Uganda national team.

This is the first match in the history of the Turkmenistan national football team with a team from the Confederation of African Football, previously our national team met only with teams from Asia and Europe.

The official friendly match of FIFA with the national team of Uganda, will be held on June 9 at the football stadium of New York University in Abu Dhabi, beginning at 20:00 local time.

The national football team of Turkmenistan is in Dubai (UAE) at a training camp, where they prepare for the qualifying games of the 2022 World Cup in the AFC zone. Turkmen footballers will stay in the UAE until June 11, after which they will return to Ashgabat.

The Ugandan national football team represents the state in East Africa - the Republic of Uganda at international football tournaments and in friendly matches. He has been a member of FIFA since 1960 and CAF since 1959. The highest achievement of the national team is reaching the final of the African Nations Cup in 1978. French specialist Sébastien Desabre is training the team. The national team is in 79th place in the FIFA rankings.

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