Unbeatable! Turkmenistan’s FC Arkadag And The ‘Regime Superclubs’ Of Central Asian Soccer

What do you give the perfect ruler after building the perfect town and then naming it in his honor? A perfect soccer team to play its matches there!

Arkadag, the “smart city” built in the image of Turkmenistan’s “Leader of the Nation,” Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov — the all-powerful father of President Serdar Berdymukhammedov — is just 6 months old.

And yet the new team that plays its matches there, FC Arkadag, has already managed to run away with the Turkmen league title, registering 22 wins in 22 games with just two games left…