Football Club Atyrau (Kazakh: "Атырау" футбол клубы, "Atyraý" fýtbol klýby) is a professional football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 8,900-seat Munaishy Stadium, where they have played since their inception.

Atyrau
Full nameFootball Club Atyrau
Nickname(s)Мұнайшылар (The Oilers)
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
GroundMunaishy Stadium
Capacity8,900
ChairmanAlisher Apsalyamov[1]
ManagerVitaly Zhukovsky
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
20237th
Current season

History edit

Founded as Prikaspiets in 1980, they played only two seasons in the Soviet Second League. In 2000, the club was refounded as Akzhaiyk to play in the Kazakhstan First Division. Next season, they were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League with a new name Atyrau. The club colours, reflected in their badge and kit, are green and white. The club's crest is a green and white striped shield, with an oil drop in a ball form in the centre, incorporates the cities role in oil industry.

On 14 December 2016, Atyrau appointed Zoran Vulić as manager.[2]

On 8 January 2018, Vakhid Masudov was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager.[3] On 9 April 2018, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent,[4] with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April 2018.[5] Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July 2018,[6] with Viktor Kumykov being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July 2018.[7]

Domestic history edit

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Managers
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2001 1st 2 32 21 7 4 53 16 70   Makayev 17   Talgayev
2002 1st 2 32 19 6 7 43 22 63   Kitsak 11   Talgayev
2003 1st 4 32 16 5 11 48 42 53   Agabaýew 14   Holokolosov
2004 1st 5 36 20 11 5 49 31 71   Eremeev 14   Holokolosov
2005 1st 10 30 10 7 13 32 36 37   Holokolosov /   Timofeev
2006 1st 14 30 8 5 17 25 47 29   Averyanov
2007 1st 14 30 8 6 16 29 39 30   Yeremeyev /   Baiseitov
2008 1st 15 30 3 10 17 22 54 19 Second round   Volgin /   Yeremeyev /   Andreyev
2009 1st 6 26 11 7 8 37 29 40 Winners   Zubko 9   Shokh /   Masudov
2010 1st 5 32 13 5 14 36 44 44 Quarter-finals   Frunză 7   Masudov /   Pasulko
2011 1st 10 32 8 10 14 28 43 24 Second round   Danilyuk 5   Mammadov /   Azovskiy /   Filipović
2012 1st 11 26 7 6 13 16 32 27 First round   Sigurðsson 3   Filipović /   Konkov
2013 1st 8 32 10 11 11 26 38 28 First round   Nurybekov
  Shchotkin
4   Radulović
2014 1st 9 32 10 7 15 30 43 25 Quarter-finals   Trifunović 13   Yurevich &   Belyavskiy /   Nikitenko
2015 1st 5 32 11 12 9 31 33 27 Second round   Arzhanov
  Baizhanov
5   Nikitenko
2016 1st 8 32 10 9 13 35 39 39 Semi-final   Arzhanov 8   Nikitenko/   Konkov(Caretaker) /   Mladenov
2017 1st 8 33 10 8 15 34 54 35 Runners-up   Maksimović 7   Vulić/   Pavlov/   Kabdulov (Caretaker)
2018 1st 9 33 9 9 15 34 47 36 Runners-up   Adeniji 8   Masudov /   Sosnovschi /   Kumykov
2019 1st 11 33 6 8 19 25 58 26 Runners-up   Abdulavov 5   Kumykov /   Kuandulov (Caretaker) /   Dulub
2020 2nd 2 12 8 3 1 21 11 27 -
2021 1st 11 26 7 7 12 25 40 28 Group Stage   Grzelczak
  Bryan
5   Aram Voskanyan
2022 1st 11 26 7 8 11 30 39 29 Group Stage   Filipović 13   Gorovenko /   V.Bogatyrev /   Zhukovsky

Continental history edit

As of match played 22 July 2010
Competition GP W D L GF GA +/-
UEFA Cup/Europa League 6 0 1 5 1 13 -12
Total 6 0 1 5 1 13 -12
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 UEFA Cup 1Q   Matador Púchov 0–0 0–2 0–2
2003–04 UEFA Cup 1Q   Levski Sofia 1–4 0–2 1–6
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q   Győr 0–3 0–2 0–5

Honours edit

  • Kazakhstan Cup

Current squad edit

As of 5 March 2024[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BLR Yegor Khatkevich
2 DF   KAZ Adi Adambaev
4 DF   KAZ Adilbek Zhumakhanov
7 MF   SVN Jakob Novak
8 DF   RUS Soslan Takulov
9 MF   POR Pedro Eugénio
10 MF   KAZ Rinat Dzhumatov
11 FW   KAZ Aslan Adil
12 MF   GAM Lamine Jarjou (on loan from Grenoble)
13 FW   BLR Nikolay Signevich
15 FW   KAZ Edige Oralbay
16 DF   BRA Mateus Barbosa
17 FW   COD Joel Ngandu Kayamba
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   BLR Nikita Stepanov
19 DF   KAZ Gevorg Najaryan
20 MF   KAZ Yersultan Kaldybekov
21 MF   KAZ Nauryzbek Zhagorov
22 MF   BLR Igor Stasevich
26 DF   KAZ Olzhas Kerimzhanov
27 DF   KAZ Daniyar Urda
35 GK   KAZ Nurasyl Tokhtarov
55 MF   UKR Oleksandr Noyok
63 MF   TJK Fatkhullo Olimzoda
77 FW   KAZ Karym Smykov
90 GK   KAZ Vladislav Saenko
99 MF   KAZ Beybit Kereev

Managers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Клуб КПЛ назначил нового директора" (in Russian). vesti.kz. 2021-11-18. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ^ Зоран Вулич – главный тренер Атырау. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. ^ Вахид Масудов – главный тренер Атырау. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 8 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ^ Вахид Масудов подал в отставку с поста главного тренера ФК Атырау. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 9 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. ^ Андриан Сосновский – главный тренер Атырау. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. ^ Руководство клуба и тренерский штаб ФК "Атырау" покинули пост по собственному желанию. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  7. ^ Виктор Кумыков – главный тренер ФК "Атырау"!. rfcatyrau.kz (in Russian). FC Atyrau. 4 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Футбольный клуб «Атырау»". qfl.kz/ (in Russian). Kazakhstan Football League. Archived from the original on 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.

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