FC Yelimay (Kazakh: Елімай футбол клубы) is a Kazakh football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Yelimay Semipalatinsk (or simply "Yelimay") they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. They are currently in Premier League.

FC Yelimay
Full nameFootball Club Yelimay
Елімай футбол клубы
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundSpartak Stadium
Semey, Kazakhstan
Capacity8,000[citation needed]
ChairmanAkhmedzhan Kazakbayev
ManagerAndrei Karpovich
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
2023Kazakhstan First Division, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

Yelimay most recently won the Kazakh league while the Football Federation of Kazakhstan were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to UEFA affiliation, Yelimay were relegated to the second-tier Kazakhstan First Division.

After the annex of former Semey Province to East Kazakhstan Province, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus all financial support from province went to FC Vostok, from Oskemen, the current province capital.

Names edit

  • 1964 : Founded as Tsementnik
  • 1971 : Renamed Spartak
  • 1994 : Renamed Yelimay
  • 1999 : Renamed AES-Yelimay
  • 2001 : Renamed Yelimay
  • 2004 : Renamed Semey
  • 2008 : Renamed Spartak
  • 2022 : Renamed Yelimay

Domestic history edit

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 14 26 5 3 18 25 60 13
1993 1st 17 24 13 4 7 32 35 30
1994 1st 1 30 20 7 3 70 29 47   Kairat Aubakirov 16
1995 1st 1 30 21 4 5 68 23 67 Winners   Andrei Miroshnichenko 23
1996 1st 3 34 22 8 4 67 17 74   Bolat Esmagambetov 14
1997 1st 7 26 13 7 6 41 26 46   Oleg Litvinenko 8
1998 1st 1 26 20 3 3 60 20 63   Oleg Litvinenko 14
1999 1st 9 30 12 4 14 35 36 40
2000 1st 8 28 12 5 11 43 33 41   Kairat Aubakirov 15
2001 1st 7 32 14 6 12 47 42 48   Kairat Aubakirov 13
2002 1st 8 32 11 6 15 33 51 39
2003 1st 9 32 12 7 13 35 35 43
2004 1st 19 36 4 1 31 25 84 13
2005 2nd 2 24 18 5 1 76 17 59
2006 2nd 4 24 12 7 5 46 25 43
2007 2nd 9 26 7 8 11 29 49 29
2008 2nd 3 26 13 8 5 50 35 47 First round
2009 2nd 7 26 12 2 12 35 41 38 First round
2010 2nd 4 34 19 7 8 68 40 64 First round
2011 2nd 14 32 8 8 16 36 53 32 First round
2012 2nd 6 30 14 4 12 38 45 46 First round
2013 2nd 2 34 21 7 6 54 24 70 First round   Paul Puryshkin 13
2014 1st 12 32 7 7 18 30 52 21 First round   Nemanja Jovanović 7   Almas Kulshinbayev
2015 2nd 6 24 11 6 7 34 19 39 Second round

Continental history edit

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Club Championship First round   Neftchi Fargʻona 1–3 4–1 5–4
Second round   Al-Nassr 0–1 0–31 0–41
1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round   AiK Bishkek 4–2 2–1 6–3
Second round   Persepolis 3–0 0–5 3–5

1 Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

Current squad edit

As of 11 February 2024[1]

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   KAZ Rakhat Mavlikeev
5 DF   RUS Dmitri Yashin
7 FW   KAZ Roman Murtazayev
8 MF   KAZ Yuriy Pertsukh
9 FW   SEN Sada Thioub
10 MF   KAZ Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev (captain)
11 FW   KAZ Ivan Sviridov
13 DF   KAZ Bakytzhan Malikov
15 DF   KAZ Dmitriy Schmidt
17 DF   KAZ Berik Aytbaev
20 FW   BRA China
21 DF   KAZ Sultan Abilgazy
22 FW   KAZ Zhan-Ali Payruz
23 MF   BRA Maicom David
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   CMR Robert Tambe
31 FW   KAZ Arman Smailov
35 DF   BLR Nikolay Zolotov
41 GK   RUS Miroslav Lobantsev
63 DF   BIH Ivan Šaravanja
76 GK   KAZ Tair Berdenov
77 DF   KAZ Dmitry Shomko
78 GK   RUS Denis Kavlinov
80 FW   KAZ Aydyn Metallov
81 MF   BLR Nikita Korzun
88 DF   RUS Dmitriy Yashin
91 FW   RUS Pavel Yakovlev
92 MF   FRA Quentin Cornette
99 FW   KAZ Alen Aymanov
DF   RUS Egor Sorokin

Honours edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Футбол клубы «Елімай»". pflk.kz (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

External links edit