FC Elimai

FC Elimai
Full nameFootball Club Elimai
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)
Websitehttps://fcelimai.kz/
Current season

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

History

Elimai most recently won the Kazakh league while the Football Federation of Kazakhstan were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to UEFA affiliation, Elimai 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

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

Domestic history

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 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 16
1995 1st 1 30 21 4 5 68 23 67 Winners Kazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko 23
1996 1st 3 34 22 8 4 67 17 74 Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov 14
1997 1st 7 26 13 7 6 41 26 46 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 8
1998 1st 1 26 20 3 3 60 20 63 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 14
1999 1st 9 30 12 4 14 35 36 40
2000 1st 8 28 12 5 11 43 33 41 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 15
2001 1st 7 32 14 6 12 47 42 48 Kazakhstan 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 Uzbekistan Paul Puryshkin 13
2014 1st 12 32 7 7 18 30 52 21 First round Serbia Nemanja Jovanović 7 Kazakhstan Almas Kulshinbayev
2015 2nd 6 24 11 6 7 34 19 39 Second round

Continental history

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

1 Elimai Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.

Current squad

As of 6 October 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 Kazakhstan KAZ Rakhat Mavlikeev
3 DF Nigeria NGA Samuel Odeyobo
4 DF Russia RUS Daniil Penchikov
5 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Sergey Keiler
7 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Roman Murtazayev
8 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Yuriy Pertsukh
9 FW Russia RUS Islam Mashukov
10 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev (captain)
11 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Ivan Sviridov
12 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Aslan Darabayev
15 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Dmitriy Schmidt
18 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Nursultan Sovetkazy
19 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Mikhail Gabyshev
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Brazil BRA China
21 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Sultan Abilgazy
22 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Zhan-Ali Payruz
23 MF Brazil BRA Maicom David
24 MF Dominican Republic DOM Edarlyn Reyes
35 GK Ukraine UKR Maksym Koval
37 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Meyrdzhan Zhumadilov
63 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ivan Šaravanja
77 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Dmitry Shomko
78 GK Russia RUS Denis Kavlinov
81 MF Belarus BLR Nikita Korzun
88 DF Russia RUS Dmitri Yashin
92 MF France FRA Quentin Cornette

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Kazakhstan KAZ Bakytzhan Malikov (at Altai Oskemen until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Kazakhstan KAZ Arman Smailov (at Irtysh Pavlodar until 31 December 2024)

Honours

Notes

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