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Olympic Stadium (Ashgabat)

Olympic Stadium is a stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 45,000.

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Olympic Stadium
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Key facts

Olympic Stadium is a stadium in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan that opened in 2003. Its recorded capacity is 45,000. No current owner is recorded. It is operated by Management of the Olympic Town and Ashgabat City. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 3 names in total, including Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium, Olympic Stadium. Current tenants are Turkmenistan men's national football team, FK Arkadag, Turkmenistan men's national football team, FC Aşgabat.

Location
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Type
Stadium
Capacity
45,000
Opened
2003
Status
Active
Current owner
Not recorded
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
2
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium is at latitude 37.904425, longitude 58.377086, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Olympic Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude37.904425
Longitude58.377086
CityAshgabat
RegionAshgabat
CountryTurkmenistan
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Olympic Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Olympic Stadium
200320152026Olympic Stadium (2003 to 2013)

Olympic Stadium has carried 3 recorded names. Saparmurat Turkmenbashy (no sponsor) ran Present. Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium (no sponsor) ran Unknown. Olympic Stadium (no sponsor) ran 2003 to 2013. The average tenure of a name here is 10 years.

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Every recorded name of Olympic Stadium, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Saparmurat TurkmenbashyNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic StadiumNoneUnknownNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia, with citationSource
Olympic StadiumNone2003 to 2013Not publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Olympic Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OperatorManagement of the Olympic TownPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorAshgabat CityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Olympic Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Turkmenistan men's national football teamNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
FK ArkadagNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Turkmenistan men's national football teamNot mapped2003 to presentCurrentSource
FC AşgabatNot mapped2003 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

23 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Olympic Stadium
DateTableFieldFromToMonth
2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set21162026-10
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
28 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-232026-09-282026-09
24 September 2026org_aliases(deleted)Government of Ashgabatnot set2026-09
24 September 2026venue_roles(deleted)34422not set2026-09
23 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set344222026-09
23 September 2026org_aliases(created)not set26022026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venue_namessource_date2026-09-202026-09-232026-09
23 September 2026venuescapacity30000450002026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722284162026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleSaparmurat_Turkmenbashy_Olympic_StadiumSaparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setOlympic Stadium2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setSaparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium2026-09
20 September 2026venue_names(created)not setSaparmurat Turkmenbashy2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set210752026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set210742026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set210732026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set210722026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set113602026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set113592026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Saparmurat Turkmenbashy Olympic Stadium (revision 1372228416). Wikidata item: Q2343636.

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