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FC Kairat Almaty (Kazakh: Қайрат Алматы Футбол Клубы) is a Kazakh football club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty.
Like many clubs in the Soviet Union they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai Almaty, before settling on Kairat. They were the leading Kazakh team during the Soviet era, the only ever club to compete at the Soviet Top League, and to win the Soviet First League (second tier of competition) in both 1976 and 1983. The team achieved an all time high Soviet Super League finish of 7th in 1986 and altogether spent 24 seasons in the Soviet top division, a record for a Central Asian team. During the existence of the USSR Kairat Almaty was a part of the Voluntary Sports Society Kairat.
FC Kairat Almaty was the first Soviet Team to win European Cup ever! It happened in 1971 in Almaty, where Fc Kairat beat FC Rapid Bucharest with 2-1 and won European Railworks Cup.
The club also has a highly successful Futsal team AFC Kairat, who has been Kazakh champions in 2003-2007 seasons and reached semi-finals of UEFA Futsal Cup in 2005-06 and 2007-08 seasons.
[edit] European stage
FC Kairat Almaty was the first Soviet Team to win European Cup ever! It happened in 1971 in Almaty, where Fc Kairat beat FC Rapid Bucharest with 2-1 and won European Railworks Cup
After the Football Union of Kazakhstan joined UEFA, Kairat played in three European cups, but never progressed to the next round. In 2005 FC Kairat won 2-0 at home against Artmedia, thanks to headers by Arturas Fomenko, and Vitalyi Artemov. The next year FC Kairat beat Videoton Fehervar 2-1 in Almaty.
In the end of 2006 season, the main sponsor of the club - Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (National railways company) withdrew. This precipitated a financial crisis which lasted until the very start of 2007 season. Consequently, most players switched to other teams. The club entered the 2007 season with an inexperienced young team. In July 2007 a group of private investors took over the club and invested around 4m USD. The club progressed to the quarter final of the National Cup of Kazakhstan that season.
[edit] Name History
- 1954 : Founded as Lokomotiv Almaty
- 1955 : Renamed Urozhai Almaty
- 1956 : Renamed Kairat Almaty
In 2001 : CSKA Almaty joined into Kairat Almaty.
[edit] CSKA Kairat
- 1992 : Founded as CSKA Almaty
- 1998 : Renamed as CSKA Kairat
- 2001 : Renamed as CSKA Almaty
[edit] Achievements
1992, 2004
1992, 1996,1999,2001, 2003
1976, 1983
1988
- European Railworks Cup: 1
1971
[edit] Current squad
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 3 |
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MF |
Arman Birkurmanov |
| 8 |
 |
MF |
Sinisa Brankovic |
| 40 |
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DF |
Maksim Fokin |
| 23 |
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MF |
Zahar Korobov |
| 11 |
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MF |
Vladimir Ribic |
| 7 |
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MF |
Ruslan Sakhalbayev |
| 17 |
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MF |
Serik Zheylitbaev |
| 10 |
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FW |
Alibek Buleshev |
| 9 |
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FW |
Maksim Shevchenko |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Rafael Urazbakhtin |
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[edit] Transfers
In
Out
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 1 |
|
GK |
Iliya Yurov (to ???) |
| 4 |
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MF |
Yuri Osipenko (to ???) |
| 5 |
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DF |
Vitali Artemov (to ???) |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Zhandos Orazaliyev (to ???) |
| 9 |
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FW |
Aydar Argimbaev (to FC Energetik) |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Almas Eszhanov (to ???) |
| 12 |
|
DF |
Azat Gabdullin (to ???) |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Adil Gabdullin (to ???) |
| 17 |
|
MF |
Raim Musayev (to ???) |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Konstantin Aleinikov (to ???) |
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| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 21 |
 |
MF |
Evgeniy Malinin (to ???) |
| 23 |
|
DF |
Timur Moldagaliyev (to ???) |
| 33 |
|
DF |
Evgeniy Nokhrin (to ???) |
| 31 |
|
GK |
Denis Solovyev (to ???) |
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|
DF |
Vladimir Velizhanin (to ???) |
| 10 |
|
FW |
Dauren Kusainov (to ???) |
| 16 |
|
FW |
Artem Gavrilenko (to ???) |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Rustem Kaliyev (to ???) |
| 25 |
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FW |
Oleg Tarasov (to ???) |
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GK |
Erlan Tlevkulov (to ???) |
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[edit] Notable past managers
[edit] Notable past players
[edit] External links
[edit] References
[edit] See also
