The match will be held at Nebitchi's hometown Balkanbat, some 500 kilometres away from capital Ashgabat on April 6.

Coach Shafiqul Islam Manik already left yesterday and will be joined by the rest of the team in Bangkok.

Despite making a bright start with a 0-0 away draw against Indian giants East Bengal, the Dhaka Federation Cup champions must have to win their away fixture if they are to keep their hopes alive following a 3-0 thrashing at home to Jordan's Al Faisaly last month.

The Reds, however, will miss key defender Rajani, who was sent off against Al Faisaly in Dhaka.

The squad includes two foreign defenders, Rwandan Harry and Ghansah of Ghana.

Muktijoddha's football secertary Sheikh Ataur Rahman, one of the three officials of the touring party, informed that they have made a request through the Bangladesh Football Federation to their Turkmenistan counterparts to stage the game in Ashgabat.

"Making the trip to Balkanbat will cost us extra three to four thousand dollars as we will have to overstay in Turkmenistan. We will have to pay the air fare to and from the capital as well as the first three days' hotel accommodation," told Ataur.

"We played another top Turkmenistan club Nisa last year and believe both clubs are of equal strength. Although we lost both matches to Nisa by 1-0, I am hopeful of a better result this time because we are taking a stronger squad," he added.

Muktijoddha will host East Bengal in Dhaka on May 11 and play the last match against Faisaly in Amman on May 25.

SQUAD
Aminul (captain), Titumir, Titu, Belal, Saiful, Harry, Ghansah, Pappu, Arman, Amin Rana, Enamul, Biddyut, Moni and Kanchan.