FC Shakhter Karagandy

Shakhter Karagandy

Full name	Football Club Shakhter
Nickname(s)	Шахтерлер (The Miners)
Founded	1958
Ground	Shakhter Stadium Karagandy, Kazakhstan
Capacity	19,000
Chairman	Sergei Yegorov
Manager	Jozef Vukušič
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2015	10th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Shakhter (Kazakh: «Шахтер» футбол клубы), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakh: Қарағанды/Qarağandı [qɑɾɑˈʁɑndə]), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992.

History

After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007 their first championship was won in 2011.^[1] Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union.

On 19 September 2008, Shakhter and Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months.^[2] On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. Shakhter were deducted nine points, Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games will be counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents.^[3]

On 20 August 2013, Shakhter defeated Scottish champions Celtic by 2–0 at home in 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round first leg.^[4] However, Celtic won the return leg by 3–0 and Shakhter dropped into the Europa League - the first time a Kazakh club has progressed to the group stage of a European competition.^[5] Shakhter were eliminated from the Europa League by finishing fourth in a group containing PAOK, Maccabi Haifa and AZ.

Club culture

Shakhter sacrifice a sheep the day before matches, as a tradition. This has led the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to petition UEFA President Michel Platini for a ban on animal slaughter in European football.^[6] Laws regarding animal slaughter have made the custom impossible when playing away in some countries.^[7]

Domestic history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Points	Domestic Cup	Top goalscorer
1992	1st	7	26	8	12	6	24	22	36	First Round
1993		6	22	8	6	8	25	29	22	Quarterfinal
1994		6	30	11	12	7	45	38	34	Semifinal
1995		3	30	18	6	6	43	24	60	Quarterfinal
1996		8	34	14	10	10	42	40	52	Quarterfinal	Askar Abildaev – 14
1997		4	26	16	4	6	40	22	52	Quarterfinal	Ruslan Imankulov – 8
1998		9	26	8	4	14	29	32	28	Quarterfinal
1999		10	30	11	4	15	28	35	37	Last 16
2000		5	28	14	6	8	38	26	48	Semifinal	Ruslan Imankulov – 12
2001		12	32	10	10	12	31	37	40	Last 16	Ruslan Imankulov – 11
2002		5	32	13	7	12	37	40	46	Semifinal	Evgeniy Lunev – 16
2003		10	32	10	12	10	37	29	42	Last 16	Andrei Finonchenko – 16
2004		9	36	16	9	11	44	28	57	Last 16
2005		4	30	19	2	9	37	22	59	Last 16	Andrei Finonchenko – 11
2006		4	30	15	5	10	35	24	50	Semifinal	Andrei Finonchenko – 16
2007		3	30	17	7	6	45	23	58	Quarterfinal	Mihails Miholaps – 8
2008		7	29	11	13	5	41	26	37	Last 16
2009		3	26	18	3	5	50	18	57	Runners-Up	Serhiy Kostyuk – 11
2010		6	32	11	8	13	32	30	41	Runners-Up
2011		1	32	19	6	7	52	29	42	Quarterfinal	Sergei Khizhnichenko – 16
2012		1	26	17	2	7	48	15	53	Semifinal	Gediminas Vičius – 7
2013		5	32	12	7	13	43	45	26	Winners	Ihar Zyankovich – 6 Andrei Finonchenko – 7
2014		6	32	11	6	15	41	49	21	Semifinal	Mihret Topčagić – 10
2015		10	32	9	5	18	27	47	23	Second Round	Mihret Topčagić – 6

Continental history

Last updated: 31 July 2014.

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	2	8	4	1	3	10	8	+2
UEFA Europa League	4	17	6	4	7	24	21	+3
UEFA Cup	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	2	1	0	1	4	6	–2
Total	7	29	11	6	12	39	37	+2

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	1–5	3–1	4–6
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Debrecen	1–1	0–1	1–2
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ruch Chorzów	1–2	0–1	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Koper	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	0–2	2–3
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Slovan Liberec	1–1 (aet)	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	BATE Borisov	1–0	1–0	2–0
		3Q	Skënderbeu Korçë	3–0	2–3	5–3
		PO	Celtic	2–0	0–3	2–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Group L	AZ	1–1	0–1	4th place
			PAOK	0–2	1–2
			Maccabi Haifa	2–2	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shirak	4–0	2–1	6–1
		2Q	Atlantas	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3Q	Hajduk Split	4–2	0–3	4–5

Notes

• 1R: First round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round

Honours

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2

2011, 2012

• Kazakhstan Cup: 1

2013

• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 1

2013

• Soviet First League: 1

1962

Current squad

As of 17 March 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 1 GK Yaroslav Baginskiy 4 DF Mikhail Gabyshev 5 DF Robert Arzumanyan (loan from Amkar Perm) 7 MF Desley Ubbink 9 FW Aidos Tattybaev 10 MF Erfan Zeneli 11 MF Maksat Baizhanov 14 FW Andrei Finonchenko 15 DF Gregory Dubkov 16 FW Sergey Vetrov 17 MF Aibar Nurybekov 19 DF Yevgeny Tarasov

No. Position Player 20 DF Ivan Sadownichy 22 MF Sergei Skorykh 24 DF Oleksiy Kurylov 25 GK Serhiy Tkachuk 27 MF Július Szöke 30 GK Igor Shatsky 34 DF Igor Pikalkin 44 MF Kuanysh Ermekov 77 DF Yevgeni Goryachi 88 MF Vladislav Vasiliev 97 MF Moshtagh Yaghoubi (loan from Spartaks Jūrmala) 98 FW Oralkhan Omirtaev

Reserve team

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

No. Position Player 12 GK Marlene Imagambetov 15 MF Akhat Zholshorin 24 DF Arman Sakhimov 27 MF Nursultan Zhusupov 28 DF Marat Rakishev 29 FW Khamid Nurmukhametov 33 DF Vladlen Antoshhuk 37 DF Aleksandr Zemtsov

No. Position Player 38 DF Aleksandr Nuikin 39 DF Aleksandr Matyshev 40 MF Anton Olenich 42 MF Sergey Vetrov 43 DF Dmitry Moiseev 44 MF Kuanysh Ermekov 47 MF Aslanbek Arshkenov

Managers

• Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (2001–July 3)
• Juha Malinen (2007)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (Jan 1, 2007–June 1, 2008)
• Vladimir Cheburin (2009–10)
• Viktor Kumykov (Jan 1, 2011– Dec 2014)
• Vladimir Cheburin (11 Dec 2014 – May 2015)
• Evgeny Sveshnikov (May 2015 – June 2015)
• Igor Zaharyak (June 2015 – December 2015)
• Jozef Vukušič (8 January 2016 –)^[9]

See also

• Kazakhstani football clubs in European competitions

References

1. "Shakhter Karagandy claim first Kazakh title". UEFA. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
2. Two clubs disqualified from the Kazakhstani League
3. Состоялось заседание Апелляционного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана. (Russian)
4. "Shakhter Karagandy 2 Celtic 0". Daily Telegraph. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
5. Campbell, Alan (28 August 2013). "James Forrest scores late to fire Celtic to win over Shakhter Karagandy". The Guardian (London).
6. Uefa urged to ban animal slaughter in European competition after Shakhter Karagandy kill sheep
7. "Champions Lge: Shakhter will not repeat sheep sacrifice in Glasgow". BBC Sport. 28 August 2013.
8. Состав команды. http://shahter.kz/ (in Russian). Shakhter Karagandy. Retrieved 3 March 2016. External link in |website= (help)
9. "ЙОЗЕФ ВУКУШИЧ – ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ШАХТЕР". http://shahter.kz (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016. External link in |website= (help)

External links

• Official website