Football Club Atyrau ( kk, "Атырау" футбол клубы, ''"Atyraý" fýtbol klýby'') is a professional

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club based in

Atyrau Atyrau ( kk, Атырау, ', ; russian: Атырау, ), known until 1991 as Guryev (russian: Гурьев, ), is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Cas ...

, who last played in the

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 8,690-seat

Munaishy Stadium Munayshy Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Atyrau Football Club Atyrau ( kk, "Атырау" футбол клубы, ''"Atyraý" fýtbol klýby ...

, where they have played since their inception.

History

Founded as Prikaspiets in 1980, they played only two seasons in the

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. In 2000, the club was refounded as Akzhaiyk to play in the

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. 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

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. On 14 December 2016, Atyrau appointed

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as manager. On 8 January 2018,

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 ...

was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager. On 9 April 2018, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent, with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April 2018. Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July 2018, with

Viktor Kumykov Viktor Balyutovich Kumykov (russian: Виктор Балютович Кумыков; born 25 June 1963) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of the Kazakh club Kaisar. Manager career Kumykov resig ...

being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July 2018.

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

;Kazakhstan Cup (1):

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Current squad

Out on loan

Managers

* Alibek Amirov (1980–81) * Kairat Aimanov (2000) *

Vait Talgayev Vait Abdul-Khamidovich Talgayev (first name also spelled Voit; russian: Ваит Абдул-Хамидович Талгаев; born 11 May 1953) is a Kazakhstani football coach and former player. He is an assistant coach with FC Taraz. Achievemen ...

(2000–02) * Oleksandr Holokolosov (2002–05) *

Sergey Timofeev Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeyev (russian: Сергей Анатольевич Тимофеев; born 5 March 1965) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well a ...

(2005) * Aleksandr Averyanov (2006) * Murat Munbayev (2006) * Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (2007) * Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (2007) * Sergei Volgin (2008) *

Sergey Andreyev Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev (russian: Сергей Васильевич Андреев; born 16 May 1956 in Luhansk) is a football manager and a former Soviet and Russian player. Honors * Olympic bronze: 1980. * Olympic tournament top scorer: ...

(2008) *

Anton Shokh Anton Rokhusovich Shokh (russian: Антон Рохусович Шох; born 5 January 1960 in Dzhambul, now Taraz; died 7 March 2009 in Oskemen) was a Kazakhstani professional football player and coach. He also held Russian citizenship. He m ...

(2009) *

(2009–10) *

Viktor Pasulko Viktor Vasylovych Pasulko ( uk, Віктор Васильович Пасулько; born 1 January 1961) is a Ukrainian association football, football manager and former player. He serves as head coach of FC Okzhetpes. Club career Pasulko was ...

(2010) * Kairat Aimanov (2010) *

Ramiz Mammadov Ramiz Mammadov (born 15 August 1968) is an Azerbaijani former football player. Sometimes he is confused with his Muscovite colleague Ramiz Mamedov. He played between 1992 and 2005, for teams such as FC Kapaz (Ganja), Garabag (Agdam), Kur (Min ...

(2010–11) *

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Febr ...

(2011–12) * Yuri Konkov (2012) *

Miodrag Radulović Miodrag Radulović (; born 23 October 1967) is a Montenegrin professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Montenegro national team. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, his football career began in 1980 at Bu ...

(2012–13) * Anatoliy Yurevich (2013–14) * Vladimir Nikitenko (2014–16) *

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov ( bg, Стойчо Димитpoв Младенов; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. Career Mladenov started from small teams like Dimitrovgrad an ...

(2016) *

(2016–17) * Sergei Pavlov (2017) *

(2018) * Adrian Sosnovschi (2018) *

(2018–19) * Kuanysh Kabdulov (2019) * Oleg Dulub (2019) * Kuanysh Kabdulov (2019–20) *

Aram Voskanyan Aram Voskanyan ( hy, Արամ Ոսկանյան, born 26 August 1975) is an Armenian retired football striker. He is the current manager of Armenian club Ararat Yerevan. Career Aram was also a member of the Armenia national team, and has part ...

(2020–2021) * Konstantin Gorovenko (2021–2022) * Vitaly Zhukovsky (2022)

References

External links

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