The Turkmenistan U17 national team will play its first match of the 2026 Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) U17 Championship group stage against its counterpart from Tajikistan. The match will take place in Tashkent on April 6 at 17:00.

Five national youth teams are participating in the tournament. The competition is held in a single round-robin format, with the winner determined by the highest number of points. All tournament matches are broadcast live on the official CAFA YouTube channel.

This season, 44-year-old Azat Muhadov has taken over the Turkmenistan youth national team. His predecessor, Ahmed Allaberdyev, led the team to a historic result last year: at the 2025 CAFA Championship in Tashkent, the Turkmen footballers won their first-ever bronze medal, defeating Kyrgyzstan in a penalty shootout in the third-place match.

Tajikistan won the 2025 CAFA Championship, defeating hosts Uzbekistan 4-3 in the final.

Turkmenistan's match schedule for CAFA 2026:

• April 6 – Turkmenistan vs. Tajikistan (17:00)

• April 7 – Afghanistan vs. Turkmenistan (17:00)

• April 11 – Turkmenistan vs. Uzbekistan (17:00)

• April 13 – Kyrgyzstan vs. Turkmenistan (14:00)