FC Aktobe
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| Full name | Football Club Aktobe | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red-Whites | ||
| Founded | 1967 as Aktyubinets[1] | ||
| Ground | Central Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 13,500[2] | ||
| Chairman | Sagat Yensegenuly | ||
| Manager | Vladimir Gazzayev | ||
| League | Kazakhstan Premier League | ||
| 2013 | 1st | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Football Club Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе Футбол Клубы) is a Kazakh association football club based in Aktobe that plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Founded as Aktyubinets in 1967, the club was renamed to Aktobemunai in 1996 and Aktobe in 1997. After relegation to Kazakhstan First Division in 1997, the club regained Kazakhstan Premier League status, winning it in 2000. They were renamed Aktobelento in 2000 for sposorship reasons, and they returned to their previous name Aktobe in 2005. The club's home arena is the 13,500 seat Central Stadium. Aktobe is the most successful team in Kazakhstan with 5 Kazakhstan Premier League titles. They also won the Kazakhstan Cup in 2008 and three Kazakhstan Super Cups.
History
USSR era
The first success of Aktobe came in 1966, when the team that was created as the Aktoberoentgen factory fitness club became the Kazakh SSR champions. The official history of FC Aktobe started in 1967, when Aktyubinets was given the status of a professional team. They played for three seasons. However, for the next seven seasons, they disappeared from view in lower divisions of USSR championships. The club finished as zonal champions of the Soviet Second League (Third tier) on two occasions.
Kazakhstan
After playing in the fourth tier of the Soviet championship, Aktobe was placed in the Kazakhstan Premier League. The team failed to achieve good results early on, as the club consistently finished in the lower half of the league table (places 9 through 14). The only success of that period came in 1994, when the club placed fourth in the national championship and reached the final of the national cup. In the final at the Almaty Central Stadium, in the presence of one thousand spectators, "Aktyubinets" faced "Vostok" Ust-Kamenogorsk and lost 0:1.
In the mid-nineties in Kazakhstan, many cities regained their previous names. In 1996 the club was renamed Aktyubinets, but a year later, it was renamed once more, this time to "Aktobe". The club was relegated in 1997, but it returned to the top flight in 2000. The team continued to rise, and under the name "Aktobe-Lento" the team won the league in 2001. In the next three seasons (2002–2004) the team placed 4th-5th. In the following season, the team returned to its previous name, "Aktobe".
In 2005 Aktobe won the Kazakh championship, and thereby qualified to the 14th Cup of Champions of the Commonwealth of CIS for 2006, and the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League.
Aktobe won the Kazakh league again in 2007.
Aktobe were runners-up in the CIS cup in 2009.
In 2009/10, Aktobe reached the 3rd Qualifying round of the Champions League.
In 2013 FC Aktobe won the Kazakh league title for the 4th time.[3]
Performance in Kazakhstan Premierleague
Season Pos. Pl. W D L GD P Сup Top Scorer (League) 1992 12 34 9 13 12 29–36 40 1/8 
Andrei Miroshnichenko – 51993 9 46 16 13 17 60–55 61 1/16 Andrei Miroshnichenko – 211994 4 30 15 10 5 45–23 55 style="background:silver;"|Final Andrei Miroshnichenko – 191995 14 30 9 5 16 26–45 32 1/8 Dmitriy Yurist – 121996 10 34 13 6 15 42–48 45 1/8 Valeriy Korolev – 171997 11 26 4 3 19 16–56 15 1/8 Rinat Urazaev – 42001 8 32 13 6 13 33–40 45 1/16 Andrei Miroshnichenko – 92002 5 32 13 7 12 37–40 46 1/4 Dmitriy Yurist – 82003 5 32 13 12 7 40–29 51 1/4 Rinat Urazbakhtin – 92004 4 36 22 8 6 52–19 74 1/4 Kairat Ashirbekov – 102005 style="background:gold;"|1 30 22 4 4 50–27 70 1/8 Kairat Ashirbekov – 152006 style="background:silver;"|2 30 18 6 6 48–21 60 1/4 
Serghei Rogaciov – 162007 style="background:gold;"|1 30 22 6 2 55–12 72 1/4 Serghei Rogaciov – 162008 style="background:gold;"|1 30 20 7 3 61–18 67 Win Marat Khairullin – 112009 style="background:gold;"|1 26 21 2 3 65–19 65 1/2 Murat Tleshev – 202010 style="background:silver;"|2 32 19 6 7 56–30 63 1/4 Murat Tleshev – 102011 style="background:#deb678;"|3 32 15 9 8 53–31 54 1/8 
Malick Mane – 122012 style="background:#deb678;"|3 32 15 5 6 44–22 50 1/2 
Geynrikh / Khairullin – 62013 style="background:gold;"|1 32 20 6 6 46–22 66 1/2 Geynrikh / Khairullin – 62014 style="background:#deb678;"|2 32 17 10 5 52–31 40 Final Marat Khairullin – 9
Achievements
- Kazakhstan Cup
- Winners: 2008
- Runners-up: 1994
- Kazakhstan Super Cup
- Winners: 2008, 2010, 2014
- Kazakhstan First Division
- Winners: 2000
European Cup history
After winning the Kazakhstan Premier League for the first time in 2005, Aktobe then qualified to the UEFA Champions League for the first time during the 2006–07 season. They entered at the First qualifying round stage and were eliminated by the champions of Latvia, Liepājas Metalurgs, 1–2 on aggregate.
The following year, they qualified for the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, where they were paired against SV Mattersburg of Austria. They won their first leg 1–0 in Kazakhstan, but they lost the second leg 4–2 in Austria to be eliminated 3–4 on aggregate.
Matches
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 Austria |
Mattersburg | |
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Moldova |
Sheriff Tiraspol | |
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 Iceland |
FH | |
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 Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | |
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 Germany |
Werder Bremen | |
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 Georgia |
Olimpi Rustavi | |
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Israel |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
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 Netherlands |
AZ | |
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| 2011–12 | |
 Hungary |
Kecskeméti | |
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 Russia |
Alania Vladikavkaz | |
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Georgia |
FC Torpedo Kutaisi | |
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Moldova |
FC Milsami | |
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K.R.C. Genk | |
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 Armenia |
Gandzasar FC | |
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 Norway |
Hødd | |
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Iceland |
Breiðablik | |
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 Ukraine |
Dynamo Kyiv | |
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| 2014–15 | |
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Georgia |
Dinamo Tbilisi | |
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 Romania |
Steaua București | |
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 Poland |
Legia Warsaw | |
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Current squad
- As of 4 January 2015[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
- Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 1994 – 31 Dec 1994)
- Vakhid Masudov (2003)
- Oleksandr Ishchenko (2003–04)
- Vladimir Mukhanov (1 July 2006 – 31 Dec 2012)
- Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 2013 – 8 July 2014)
- Vladimir Gazzayev (10 July 2014–)
See also
- Kazakhstan football clubs in European cups
References
- ↑ История [History] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ Стадион [Stadium] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ↑ Karel Stokkermans (6 November 2013). "Kazakhstan - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
- ↑ "Aktobe - UEFA.com". uefa.com. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Aktobe. |
- Official website (Kazakh) / (Russian) / (English)
- FC Aktobe on UEFA.com
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