FC Tobol

Not to be confused with FC Tobol Kurgan or FC Tobol Tobolsk.

Tobol
Full nameFootball Club Tobol
Тобыл футбол клубы
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967)
GroundCentral Stadium
Kostanay, Kazakhstan
Capacity10,500
OwnerAlimzhan Kaldiyarov
ChairmanNikolay Panin
Head coachMilić Ćurčić[1]
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
20245th of 13
Websitehttps://fctobol.kz/
Current season

FC Tobol (Kazakh: Tobyl futbol kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. In 2007 they won UEFA Intertoto Cup. They won the Kazakhstan Premier League in 2010, and finished no lower than fourth place between the 2002 and 2010 seasons. In 2021 they won the title for the second time.

History

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent,[2] with Oleg Lotov being appointed as interim manager on 30 April 2016.[3] Lotov was replaced with Omari Tetradze as the club's manager on 30 May 2016.[4]

Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as Tobol's manager following the expiration of Robert Yevdokimov's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the Europa League.[5] Andrei Miroshnichenko was appointed as Caretaker manager before Marek Zub was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018.[6] On 31 December 2018, Zub left Tobol after his contract wasn't renewed,[7] and Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager.[8] Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July 2019 after Tobol were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by Jeunesse Esch.[9]

On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.[10] On 17 June 2021, Babayan left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent to take up a coaching role at CSKA Moscow.[11][12] The following day, 18 June 2021, Alexander Moskalenko has appointed as Acting Head Coach.[13] On 16 May 2022, Moskalenko left his role at Tobol, with Milan Milanović being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 20 May 2022.[14][15]

On 10 January 2023, Milić Ćurčić was appointed as the new Head Coach of Tobol.[16]

In July 2023 Andrei Kanchelskis was appointed General Director of Tobol.[17]

Names

  • 1967 : Founded as Avtomobilist
  • 1982 : Renamed Energetik
  • 1990 : Renamed Kustanayets
  • 1992 : Renamed Khimik
  • 1995 : Renamed Tobol

Domestic history

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 13 26 7 3 16 29 45 17 Kazakhstan V.Velman
1993 8 22 7 5 10 26 31 19 Kazakhstan Oleg Malyshev 19
1994 10 30 11 5 14 42 37 27 Kazakhstan Maksim Nizovtsev 20
1995 12 30 10 6 14 28 33 36 Kazakhstan Oleg Malyshev
1996 11 34 10 15 9 35 35 45 Kazakhstan Oleg Malyshev
1999 8 30 12 5 13 28 29 41 Kazakhstan E.Glazunov
2000 7 28 13 3 12 42 39 42 Kazakhstan A.Gornalev
2001 6 32 15 4 13 48 43 49 Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev 12
2002 3 32 15 7 10 45 43 52 Last 16 Kazakhstan Nurken Mazbaev 9 Ukraine Mykhaylo Olefirenko
2003 2 32 24 4 4 55 19 76 Runners-up Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev 16 Kazakhstan Vladimir Mukhanov
2004 3 36 22 11 3 87 27 60 Last 32 Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev 22 Kazakhstan Vladimir Mukhanov
2005 2 30 21 6 3 53 21 69 Last 16 Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev 15 Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
2006 3 30 16 8 6 43 22 56 Quarter-final Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev 14 Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
2007 2 30 19 7 4 60 20 64 Winners Kazakhstan Sergei Ostapenko 10 Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
2008 2 30 20 7 3 58 21 67 Semi-final Moldova Alexandru Golban Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
2009 4 26 14 9 3 54 23 51 Second round Turkmenistan Wladimir Baýramow 18 Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
2010 1 32 19 7 6 53 25 64 Quarter-final Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev 16 Russia Ravil Sabitov
2011 7 32 14 3 15 48 44 32 Runners-up Kazakhstan Sergey Gridin 12 Russia Ravil Sabitov
Russia Sergei Petrenko
2012 6 26 13 6 7 42 27 45 Quarter-final Kazakhstan Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev 8 Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi
2013 7 32 14 6 12 48 33 35 Quarter-final Moldova Igor Bugaiov 13 Kazakhstan Timur Urazov
2014 7 32 10 12 10 35 35 26 Quarter-final Austria Tomáš Šimkovič
Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Czech Republic Jiří Jeslínek		 5 Kazakhstan Sergei Maslenov
Armenia Vardan Minasyan
2015 7 32 12 6 14 32 42 30 Semi-final Austria Tomáš Šimkovič
Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Nigeria Uche Kalu		 5 Armenia Vardan Minasyan
Kazakhstan Sergei Maslenov
2016 7 32 12 5 15 40 10 41 Last 16 Kazakhstan Sergei Khizhnichenko 10 Kazakhstan Dmitry Ogai
Kazakhstan Oleg Lotov (Caretaker)
Russia Omari Tetradze
2017 5 33 12 11 10 36 26 47 Last 16 Kazakhstan Aleksey Shchotkin 10 Russia Omari Tetradze
Russia Robert Yevdokimov
2018 3 33 15 8 10 36 30 53 Quarter-final Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliev 8

Kazakhstan Vladimir Nikitenko
Kazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko (Caretaker)
Poland Marek Zub

2019 4 33 19 6 8 45 27 63 Semi-final Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliev 10 Russia Vladimir Gazzayev
Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker)
2020 2 20 12 2 6 26 16 38 - Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliev 5 Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan
2021 1 26 18 7 1 54 18 61 Semi-final Serbia Nemanja Nikolić 8 Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan
Kazakhstan Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker)
2022 3 26 14 5 7 46 33 47 Group Stage Uzbekistan Igor Sergeyev 9

Kazakhstan Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker)
Serbia Milan Milanović

2023 8 26 9 7 10 29 33 34 Winners Ivory Coast Serges Déblé 7 Serbia Milic Curcic
2024 5 24 11 6 7 33 23 39 Semi-final Kazakhstan Islam Chesnokov 10 Serbia Milic Curcic
Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev

Continental history

In their first European appearance, Tobol reached the third round of the 2003 Intertoto Cup. They beat Polonia Warszawa and Sint-Truiden, and lost to SV Pasching. In UEFA Cup 2006-07 FC Basel were hard nuts to crack for Tobol. They won the Intertoto Cup 2007, defeating FC Zestaponi, Slovan Liberec and OFI Crete and advanced to 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Cup 2007-08.

As of match played 1 August 2024
Competition Played Won Drew Lost GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League 4 0 2 2 2 8 −6 000.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 18 5 4 9 14 23 −9 027.78
UEFA Conference League 18 6 2 10 17 26 −9 033.33
UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 8 1 3 16 8 +8 066.67
Total 52 18 9 25 48 66 −18 034.62

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2003 Intertoto Cup 1R Poland Polonia Warszawa 2–1 3–0 5–1
2R Belgium Sint-Truidense 1–0 2–0 3–0
3R Austria SV Pasching 0–1 0–3 0–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Switzerland FC Basel 0–0 1–3 1–3
2007 Intertoto Cup 1R Georgia (country) FC Zestaponi 3–0 0–2 3–2
2R Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 1–1 2–0 3–1
3R Greece OFI Crete 1–0 1–0 2–0
2007–08 UEFA Cup 2Q Poland Dyskobolia Grodzisk 0–1 0–2 0–3
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Austria Austria Wien 1–0 0–2 1–2
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 2Q Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 0–2 1–3
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–2 1–2 2–4
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 2Q Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 1–1 0–2 1–3
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Georgia (country) Samtredia 2–0 1–0 3–0
2Q Armenia Pyunik 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Croatia Hajduk Split 4–1 (a.e.t.) 0–2 4–3
3Q Slovakia Žilina 0–1 0–5 0−6
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1Q Hungary Ferencváros 0–0 1–5 1−5
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 1–0 3−0
3Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 1–1 0–1 1−2
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Finland Honka 2–1 0–0 2−1
2Q Switzerland Basel 1–2 3–1 4−3
3Q Republic of Ireland Derry City 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.) 1−1 (6–5 p)
PO Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–2 0–3 1–5
2024–25 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovakia Ružomberok 1–0 2–5 3–5
UEFA Conference League 2Q Switzerland St. Gallen 0–1 1–4 1–5

Honours

Current squad

As of 1 August, 2024[19]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Stas Pokatilov
3 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Roman Asrankulov
4 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Ermek Abdulla
5 DF France FRA Pape-Alioune Ndiaye
6 MF Nigeria NGA Ededem Essien
7 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Zhaslan Zhumashev
8 MF Morocco MAR Ahmed El Messaoudi
10 MF Serbia SRB Igor Ivanović
11 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Islam Chesnokov
12 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Sultan Busurmanov
13 MF Georgia (country) GEO Tsotne Mosiashvili
15 DF Russia RUS Albert Gabarayev
16 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Yerkin Tapalov
17 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Timur Zhakupov
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Ruslan Valiullin
20 FW Portugal POR Rui Costa
21 MF Bulgaria BUL Radoslav Tsonev
23 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Nurgaini Buribaev
25 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Roman Bozhko
35 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Yuri Melikhov
36 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Shakhmurza Adyrbekov
38 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Amanzhol Bakitzhanov
47 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Vyacheslav Kulpeisov
51 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Beybit Galym
55 DF Serbia SRB Ivan Miladinović
77 FW Togo TOG David Henen
99 MF Portugal POR Pedro Eugénio

Managers

See also

References

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