FC Atyrau

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
20247th
Current season

Football Club Atyrau (Kazakh: «Атырау» футбол клубы / "Atyrau" futbol kluby) 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.

History

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

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 Kazakhstan Makayev 17 Kazakhstan Talgayev
2002 1st 2 32 19 6 7 43 22 63 Kazakhstan Kitsak 11 Kazakhstan Talgayev
2003 1st 4 32 16 5 11 48 42 53 Turkmenistan Agabaýew 14 Ukraine Holokolosov
2004 1st 5 36 20 11 5 49 31 71 Russia Eremeev 14 Ukraine Holokolosov
2005 1st 10 30 10 7 13 32 36 37 Ukraine Holokolosov / Russia Timofeev
2006 1st 14 30 8 5 17 25 47 29 Russia Averyanov
2007 1st 14 30 8 6 16 29 39 30 Russia Yeremeyev / Kazakhstan Baiseitov
2008 1st 15 30 3 10 17 22 54 19 Second round Kazakhstan Volgin / Russia Yeremeyev / Russia Andreyev
2009 1st 6 26 11 7 8 37 29 40 Winners Russia Zubko 9 Kazakhstan Shokh / Kazakhstan Masudov
2010 1st 5 32 13 5 14 36 44 44 Quarter-finals Moldova Frunză 7 Kazakhstan Masudov / Ukraine Pasulko
2011 1st 10 32 8 10 14 28 43 24 Second round Kazakhstan Danilyuk 5 Azerbaijan Mammadov / Kazakhstan Azovskiy / Montenegro Filipović
2012 1st 11 26 7 6 13 16 32 27 First round Iceland Sigurðsson 3 Montenegro Filipović / Kazakhstan Konkov
2013 1st 8 32 10 11 11 26 38 28 First round Kazakhstan Nurybekov
Kazakhstan Shchotkin		 4 Montenegro Radulović
2014 1st 9 32 10 7 15 30 43 25 Quarter-finals Serbia Trifunović 13 Belarus Yurevich & Belarus Belyavskiy / Kazakhstan Nikitenko
2015 1st 5 32 11 12 9 31 33 27 Second round Ukraine Arzhanov
Kazakhstan Baizhanov		 5 Kazakhstan Nikitenko
2016 1st 8 32 10 9 13 35 39 39 Semi-final Ukraine Arzhanov 8 Kazakhstan Nikitenko/ Kazakhstan Konkov(Caretaker) / Bulgaria Mladenov
2017 1st 8 33 10 8 15 34 54 35 Runners-up Serbia Maksimović 7 Croatia Vulić/ Russia Pavlov/ Kazakhstan Kabdulov (Caretaker)
2018 1st 9 33 9 9 15 34 47 36 Runners-up Nigeria Adeniji 8 Kazakhstan Masudov / Moldova Sosnovschi / Russia Kumykov
2019 1st 11 33 6 8 19 25 58 26 Runners-up Russia Abdulavov 5 Russia Kumykov / Kazakhstan Kuandulov (Caretaker) / Belarus Dulub
2020 2nd 2 12 8 3 1 21 11 27 -
2021 1st 11 26 7 7 12 25 40 28 Group Stage Poland Grzelczak
Brazil Bryan		 5 Armenia Aram Voskanyan
2022 1st 11 26 7 8 11 30 39 29 Group Stage Croatia Filipović 13 Kazakhstan Gorovenko / Kazakhstan V.Bogatyrev / Belarus Zhukovsky
2023 1st 7 26 8 10 8 24 27 34 Semifinal Russia Kozlov 8 Belarus Zhukovsky
2024 1st 7 24 9 8 7 28 20 35 Runners-up Belarus Signevich 10 Belarus Zhukovsky

Continental history

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 Slovakia Matador Púchov 0–0 0–2 0–2
2003–04 UEFA Cup 1Q Bulgaria Levski Sofia 1–4 0–2 1–6
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q Hungary Győr 0–3 0–2 0–5

Honours

  • Kazakhstan Cup

Current squad

As of 12 July 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 Belarus BLR Yegor Khatkevich
2 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Adi Adambaev
4 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Adilbek Zhumakhanov
7 MF Slovenia SVN Jakob Novak
8 DF Russia RUS Soslan Takulov
9 FW Tajikistan TJK Khusrav Toirov (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
10 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Rinat Dzhumatov
11 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Aslan Adil
13 FW Belarus BLR Nikolay Signevich
15 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Edige Oralbay
16 DF Brazil BRA Mateus Barbosa
17 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Joel Ngandu Kayamba
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Belarus BLR Nikita Stepanov
19 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Gevorg Najaryan
20 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Yersultan Kaldybekov
21 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Nauryzbek Zhagorov
22 MF Belarus BLR Igor Stasevich
26 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Olzhas Kerimzhanov
35 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Nurasyl Tokhtarov
55 MF Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Noyok
63 MF Tajikistan TJK Fatkhullo Olimzoda
77 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Karym Smykov
90 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Vladislav Saenko

Managers

References

  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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