FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе Футбол Клубы) are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.

Name history

• 1967: Founded as Aktyubinets
• 1996: Renamed Aktobemunai
• 1997: Renamed Aktobe
• 2000: Renamed Aktobe-Lento
• 2005: Renamed Aktobe once again

League results

Achievements

• Kazakhstan Premier League
  • Winners (4): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
  • Runners-up (2): 2006, 2010

• Kazakhstan Cup
  • Winners (1): 2008
  • Runners-up (1): 1994

• Kazakhstan Super Cup
  • Winners (2): 2008, 2010

• Kazakhstan First Division
  • Winners (1): 2000

• Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 2009, 2010

European Cup History

Aktobe became national champions for the first time in 2005, gaining a place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League 2006/07.

However, they did not manage to advance through the First qualifying round, after losing to Latvian champions FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1–2 on aggregate.

They qualified for the UEFA Cup the following season and started positively with a 1–0 win over SV Mattersburg in the first leg of their first qualfying round tie. However, the return leg in Austria saw a 4–2 victory for the home side and thus Aktobe's elimination from the competition.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

See also

• Kazakhstan football clubs in European cups

References

External links

• Official website
• Fan site