Football Club Aktobe ( kk, Aqtóbe Fýtbol Klýby), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional
football
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club based in
Aktobe
Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people.
Aktobe is located in the west of K ...
. They last played in the
Kazakhstan Premier League
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, 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
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; kk, Қазақ Сове ...
and three
Kazakhstan Super Cup
The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner ...
. The club has also won two
Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The leagu ...
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
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, 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 Soviet League existence, the club won Zone 8 Championship.
Following the
dissolution of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
, the club joined the newly formed
Kazakhstan Premier League
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. In 1994, Aktyubinets reached
Kazakhstan Cup
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; kk, Қазақ Сове ...
final, which they lost to
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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
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The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қа ...
. In the 2000 season, the club won Kazakhstan First Division and were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League.
On 20 July 2015,
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone (; born 15 March 1960) is a Romanian football coach and former player.
Club career
Ioan Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul" was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca and when he was 14 years old he played basketball and football simultane ...
was appointed as the club's manager. After finishing Third in the league, on 10 November 2015, Andone left the club after his contract wasn't extended.
On 22 December 2015,
Yuri Utkulbayev
Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev (russian: Юрий Анварович Уткульбаев; born 16 December 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Rubin Kazan.
Since December 2015 till 2016, he worked as a man ...
was announced as Aktobe new manager.
Ihor Rakhayev
Ihor Rakhayev ( uk, Ігор Володимирович Рахаєв; born 26 May 1973) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.
Career
From June 2011, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalist Kharkiv. And on 24 Februar ...
replaced Utkulbayev prior to the start of the
2017
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season.
Domestic history
European history
;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 current position of Aktobe in UEFA club ranking:
As of 1 June 2018.
Colours and crest
In March 2016, Aktobe announced
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as their new kit suppliers.
Honours
Source:
*
Kazakhstan Premier League
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**Champions (5):
2005
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,
2007
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,
2008
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,
2009
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,
2013
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*Kazakhstan Cup
**Champions:
2008
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*
Kazakhstan Super Cup
The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner ...
**Champions (3): 2008, 2010,
2014
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Current squad
Also under contract
Managerial history
* Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 1994 – 31 Dec 1994)
*
Vakhid Masudov
Vakhid Masudov (Kazakh: Вахид Юнусұлы Масудов, Vahid İunusūly Masudov) - Soviet and Kazakh footballer, midfielder. He played for the national team of Kazakhstan. Master of Sports of the USSR (1986). Has a coaching category ...
(2003)
*
Oleksandr Ishchenko
Oleksandr Ishchenko ( uk, Олександр Олексійович Іщенко, born 3 September 1953) is a former association football, football player and manager who is currently the head coach of the YFS Dynamo Kyiv of Valeriy Lobanovsky, D ...
(2003–04)
*
Vladimir Mukhanov
Vladimir Vasilievich Mukhanov ( Russian: Владимир Васильевич Муханов; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan.
Career
He played 37 games in Sovie ...
(1 July 2006 – 31 Dec 2012)
* Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 2013 – 8 July 2014)
*
Vladimir Gazzayev (10 July 2014 – 16 July 2015)
*
Ioan Andone
Ioan Andone (; born 15 March 1960) is a Romanian football coach and former player.
Club career
Ioan Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul" was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca and when he was 14 years old he played basketball and football simultane ...
(20 July 2015 – 10 November 2015)
*
Yuri Utkulbayev
Yuri Anvarovich Utkulbayev (russian: Юрий Анварович Уткульбаев; born 16 December 1969) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Rubin Kazan.
Since December 2015 till 2016, he worked as a man ...
(22 December 2015 – December 2016)
*
Ihor Rakhayev
Ihor Rakhayev ( uk, Ігор Володимирович Рахаєв; born 26 May 1973) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.
Career
From June 2011, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalist Kharkiv. And on 24 Februar ...
(December 2016 – May 2017)
*
Vladimir Mukhanov
Vladimir Vasilievich Mukhanov ( Russian: Владимир Васильевич Муханов; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan.
Career
He played 37 games in Sovie ...
(May 2017 – December 2018)
*
Aleksandr Sednyov (January 2019 – December 2019)
*
Vladimir Maminov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Maminov (russian: Владимир Александрович Маминов; born 4 September 1974) is a Russian-born football manager and a former player who represented Uzbekistan internationally.
Career
He played al ...
(January – February 2020)
*
Aleksei Petrushin
Aleksei Alekseyevich Petrushin (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Петрушин; born 29 January 1952) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.
Playing career
Petrushin made his professional debut as a playe ...
(February – September 2020)
*
Vladimir Zelenovskiy (October – December 2020)
*
Alyaksey Baha
Aleksey Anatolyevich Baga ( be, Аляксей Анатольевіч Бага; russian: Алексей Анатольевич Бага; born 4 February 1981) is a Belarusian professional football manager and former player.
Managerial career
Aft ...
(January 2021 – 5 May 2021)
*
Vladimir Zelenovskiy (5 May 2021 – 7 June 2021)
*
Vakhid Masudov
Vakhid Masudov (Kazakh: Вахид Юнусұлы Масудов, Vahid İunusūly Masudov) - Soviet and Kazakh footballer, midfielder. He played for the national team of Kazakhstan. Master of Sports of the USSR (1986). Has a coaching category ...
(7 June 2021 – 26 July 2021)
* Mukhtar Erimbetov (26 July 2021 – 4 August 2021)
*
Vladimir Mukhanov
Vladimir Vasilievich Mukhanov ( Russian: Владимир Васильевич Муханов; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan.
Career
He played 37 games in Sovie ...
(4 August 2021 – 28 April 2022)
*
Petr Badlo (28 April 2022 – 6 May 2022)
*
Andrei Karpovich (6 May 2022 – Present)
References
External links
*
FC Aktobea
{{Kazakhstan Premier League teamlist
1967 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Aktobe, FC
Aktobe, FC
Aktobe Region