With a 7:1 victory over Merw in the first round of the new season, the Arkadag team achieved an utterly unbelievable feat of 100 consecutive wins in their domestic league. Arkadag from Turkmenistan has just accomplished a unique achievement in world football. They have won 100 consecutive matches in Turkmen football. In fact, they have never gone without a victory at the national level.
Arkadag has won every league match in their history. Their first season was in 2023, when they won 24 out of 24 matches. The following year, they won 30 out of 30, and in 2025, 28 out of 28. They started the 2026 season with a 7-1 win over Merw. If you're wondering where the other 17 wins come from, they were in the Turkmenistan Cup. They also won every match in the Super Cup and TFF Cup, but if we count only league and cup competitions, they have exactly 100 wins.
The roots of Arkadag's success lie in the identity of their founder, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the former ruler of Turkmenistan. Arkadag means 'protector,' as Berdimuhamedov is known. After giving the green light for the construction of a "smart city" in the south of the country, which cost five billion dollars (estimates vary), he decided he needed a football club.
Thus, Arkadag was subsequently founded on April 1, 2023. They immediately brought in all the best Turkmen talents in a nation with no foreigners, buying key players from their rivals. Fans of other clubs have accused them of match-fixing, allegedly killing interest in the sport in the country.
The Turkmenistan team has never entered the Guinness Book of World Records. This is due to major questions about the regularity of the competition, issues with league management, match integrity, and the monopolization of talent in the domestic championship.
Unlike domestic competitions, Arkadag also plays in continental tournaments in Asia and is not as successful. Of course, this confirms the weaker quality of Turkmen football. Arkadag recently played a two-legged match against Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr in the AFC Champions League playoff (second tier), and in the end, the Saudis celebrated with 1:0 victories in both encounters.