FC Aktobe

Aktobe

Full name	Football Club Aktobe
Nickname(s)	The Red and Whites
Founded	1967 as Aktyubinets[1]
Ground	Central Stadium
Capacity	13,500[2]
Owner	Aktobe Region
President	Sagat Yensegenuly
Manager	Yuri Utkulbayev
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2015	Kazakhstan Premier League, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Aktobe (Kazakh: «Ақтөбе» футбол клубы), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional football club based in Aktobe. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Formed as Aktyubinets in 1967, they became Aktobemunai in 1996, Aktobe in 1997, Aktobe-Lento in 2000 and finally Aktobe again in 2005. Their home ground is the 13,500 seat Central Stadium.

Aktobe have won five league titles, one Kazakhstan Cup and three Kazakhstan Super Cup. The club has also won two Soviet Second League titles in 1981 and 1991.

History

Aktobe was founded in 1967 as Aktyubinets. They played their first three seasons in the Class B Division, fourth tier of the Soviet League system. For the next 7 seasons they were not active in official tournaments. In 1976, the club joined the Soviet Second League, to play in its Zone 7, and in 1981 they won the championship . In 1990, the team recorded a 10–0 victory over Bulat, which remains the club's biggest victory on record. In the 1991 season, the last year of Sovier League existence, the club won Zone 8 Championship.^[1]

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club joined the newly formed Kazakhstan Premier League. In 1994, Aktyubinets reached Kazakhstan Cup final, which they lost to Vostok with a score of 0–1. In 1996, the club changed name to Aktobemunai. However, after one season they renamed again to Aktobe. As the result of reduction of league teams in 1997, Aktobe was relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division. In the 2000 season, the club won Kazakhstan First Division and were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[1]

Vladimir Mukhanov managed the team between 2006 to 2012.

On 20 July 2015, Ioan Andone was appointed as the clubs manager.^[3] After finishing Third in the league, on 10 November 2015, Andone left the club after his contract wasn't extended.^[4] On 22 December 2015, Yuri Utkulbayev was announced as Aktobe new manager.^[5]

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	12	34	9	13	12	29	36	40	Round 2			V.Baburin
1993	1st	9	46	16	13	17	60	55	61	Round 1	Miroshnichenko	20	V.Baburin / N.Akchurin
1994	1st	4	30	15	10	5	45	23	55	Runners-up	Miroshnichenko	19	N.Akchurin / Nikitenko
1995	1st	14	30	9	5	16	26	45	32	Round 2			Lemenchuk
1996	1st	10	34	13	6	15	42	48	45	Round 2	Korolev	17	Lemenchuk
1997	1st	11	26	4	3	19	16	56	15	Round 2			Lemenchuk / Pobirsky
2001	1st	8	32	13	6	13	33	40	45	Round 1			Pobirsky / Linchevskiy
2002	1st	5	32	13	7	12	37	40	46	Quarterfinals	Yurist	9	Linchevskiy / Masudov
2003	1st	5	32	13	12	7	40	29	51	Quarterfinals			Masudov / Miroshnichenko / Ishchenko
2004	1st	4	36	22	8	6	52	19	74	Quarterfinals			Ishchenko
2005	1st	1	30	22	4	4	50	27	70	Round 2	Ashirbekov	15	Ramazanov
2006	1st	2	30	18	6	6	48	21	60	Quarterfinals	Rogaciov	16	Mukhanov
2007	1st	1	30	22	6	2	55	12	72	Quarterfinals	Rogaciov	16	Mukhanov
2008	1st	1	30	20	7	3	61	18	67	Winners	Khairullin	11	Mukhanov
2009	1st	1	26	21	2	3	65	19	65	Semifinals	Tleshev	18	Mukhanov
2010	1st	2	32	19	6	7	56	30	63	Quarterfinals	Tleshev	10	Mukhanov
2011	1st	3	32	15	9	8	53	31	54	Round 2	Mané	12	Mukhanov
2012	1st	3	32	15	5	6	44	22	50	Semifinals	Khairullin / Geynrikh	6	Mukhanov / Nikitenko
2013	1st	1	32	20	6	6	46	22	66	Semifinals	Khairullin	7	Nikitenko
2014	1st	2	32	17	10	5	52	31	40	Runners-up	Khairullin	9	Nikitenko / Gazzayev
2015	1st	3	32	15	9	8	35	25	32	Semifinals	Khizhnichenko	9	Gazzayev / Andone

Continental history

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1Q Liepājas Metalurgs 1–1 0–1 1–2 2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q SV Mattersburg 1–0 2–4 3–4 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 1Q Sheriff Tiraspol 1–0 0–4 1–4 2009–10 UEFA Champions League 2Q FH 2–0 4–0 6–0 3Q Maccabi Haifa 0–0 3–4 3–4 2009–10 UEFA Europa League PO Werder Bremen 0–2 3–6 3–8 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2Q Olimpi Rustavi 2–0 1–1 3–1 3Q Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–0 1–3 2–3 2010–11 UEFA Europa League PO AZ 2–1 0–2 2–3 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Kecskeméti 0–0 1–1 1–1(a) 3Q Alania Vladikavkaz 1–1 1–1 2–2(p) 2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q Torpedo Kutaisi 1–0 1–1 2–1 2Q Milsami Orhei 3–0 2–4 5–4 3Q Genk 1–2 1–2 2–4 2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Gandzasar 2–1 2–1 4–2 2Q Hødd 2–0 0–1 2–1 3Q Breiðablik 1–0 0–1 1–1(p) PO Dynamo Kyiv 2–3 1–5 3–8 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 2Q Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 1–0 4–0 3Q Steaua București 2–2 1–2 3–4 2014–15 UEFA Europa League PO Legia Warsaw 0–1 0–2 0–3 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Nõmme Kalju 0–1 0–0 0–1 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q  –  – – Notes 1Q: First qualifying round 2Q: Second qualifying round 3Q: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round GS: Group stage

The following list ranks the currient position of Aktobe in UEFA club ranking: Rank Team Points 185 Rapid București 8.076 186 Tromsø 8.050 187 Aktobe 7.975 188 Arsenal Kyiv 7.936 189 Kardemir Karabükspor 7.860 As of 5 November 2015.[6]

Colours and crest

In March 2016, Aktobe announced Lotto as their new kit suppliers.^[7]

Kit evolution

• Home

2012

2013

2014

2015

• Away

2012

2013

2014

2015

Honours

• Kazakhstan Premier League (5): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
• Kazakhstan First Division (1): 2000
• Soviet Second League (2): 1981 (Zone 7), 1991 (Zone 8)
• Kazakhstan Cup (1): 2008
• Kazakhstan Super Cup (3): 2008, 2010, 2014

Players

Current squad

As of 2 April 2016^[8]

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

No. Position Player 2 MF Marat Sitdikov 3 DF Kouassi Kouadja 4 DF Evgeni Levin 5 DF Bagdat Kairov 6 MF Viktor Kryukov 8 DF Samat Smakov 9 MF Abylaykhan Totay 10 MF Didar Zhalmukan 11 MF Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) 14 DF Sandro Tsveiba 16 GK Almat Bekbayev 17 MF Nurbol Zhumashev 19 FW Sergey Lisenkov 21 DF Yegor Azovskiy

No. Position Player 22 MF Kirill Shestakov 24 FW Mikhail Petrolay (loan from Rubin Kazan) 29 FW Toktar Zhangylyshbay 32 GK Samat Otarbayev 33 FW Rustam Sakhibov 35 GK Stanislav Pavlov 37 MF Islambek Kulekenov 47 MF Aslanbek Kakimov 69 MF Nikita Bocharov 80 MF Yegor Sorokin (loan from Rubin Kazan) 88 MF Alexander Volf 95 FW Abat Aimbetov FW Murat Tleshev FW Ilya Mikhalyov

Managers

• Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 1994 – 31 Dec 1994)
• Vakhid Masudov (2003)
• Oleksandr Ishchenko (2003–04)
• Vladimir Mukhanov (1 July 2006 – 31 Dec 2012)
• Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 2013 – 8 July 2014)
• Vladimir Gazzayev (10 July 2014 – 16 July 2015)
• Ioan Andone (20 July 2015– 10 November 2015)
• Yuri Utkulbayev (22 December 2015 – )

References

1. История [History] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
2. Стадион [Stadium] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
3. "Йоан Андоне представлен игрокам Актобе". http://www.sports.kz/ (in Russian). sports.kz. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
4. "По обоюдному согласию". http://fc-aktobe.kz/ (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. "Юрий Уткульбаев представлен коллективу". fc-aktobe.kz/ (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
6. "UEFA rankings for club competitions". UEFA.com. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
7. "Ақтөбе" ФК LOTTOмен жабдықталды". vk.com (in Kazakh). Aktobe VK. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
8. "Основной состав" [First Team Squad]. FC Aktobe. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

• Official website (Kazakh) / (Russian) / (English)
• FC Aktobe at UEFA.com