Football Club Caspiy ( kk, Каспий Ақтау Футбол Клубы, ''Kaspıı Aqtaý Fýtbol Klýby'') is a

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club based at the

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Aktau Aktau ( kk, Aqtau, Ақтау , russian: Актау) is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Its current name means "white mountain" in Kazakh, which may be due to its cliffs that overlook the Caspian. From 1964 to ...

. The club name derived from

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( kk, Каспий теңізі). Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in the

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and reached the semi-finals of the

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. Since 2001, they were stuck in the First Division, until gaining direct promotion to the top division in the 2019 season.

History

From 1979 – 1991, the team played in the Soviet second league. From 1992 onwards, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, they played in the championship of Kazakhstan. The best achievement – the 4th place in 1996.

Premier league return

Caspiy returned to the

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for the first time in 19 seasons in

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, with Head Coach Srdjan Blagojevic guiding them to a 10th-place finish. The following season,

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, Blagojevic sealed an 8th-place finish before leaving to join

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, with

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being appointed as his replacement on 31 December 2021.

Names

*1962 : Founded as ''Trud'' *1990 : The club is renamed ''Aktau'' *1993 (July) : The club is renamed ''Munaishy'' *1999 : The club is renamed ''Aktau'' *2000 : The club is renamed ''Mangystau'' *2002 : The club is renamed ''Caspiy''

Domestic history

Current squad

Honours

Kazakhstan First Division The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қа ...

(1):

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Kazakh SSR Top League Kazakh, Qazaq or Kazakhstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kazakhstan * Kazakhs, an ethnic group * Kazakh language *The Kazakh Khanate *Kazakh cuisine *Qazakh Rayon, Azerbaijan *Qazax, Azerbaijan *Kazakh Uyezd, administrative di ...

(1): 1978 *

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(3): 1964, 1977, 1978

References

External links

fccaspy.kz
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326115441/http://www.fccaspy.kz/ , date=26 March 2012 Official site Caspiy Aktau 1962 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic