FC Elimai ( kk, Елімай футбол клубы) is a
Kazakh
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football
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club based in
Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name ''Elimai Semey'' (or simply "Elimai") they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. They are currently in Premier League.
History
Elimai most recently won the Kazakh league while the
Football Federation of Kazakhstan were
AFC
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affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to
UEFA affiliation, Elimai were relegated to the second-tier
Kazakhstan First Division.
After the annex of former Semey Province to
East Kazakhstan Province, the city of
Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus all financial support from province went to
FC Vostok, from
Oskemen, the current province capital.
Names
*1964 : Founded as ''Tsementnik''
*1971 : Renamed ''Spartak''
*1994 : Renamed ''Elimai''
*1999 : Renamed ''AES-Elimai''
*2001 : Renamed ''Elimai''
*2004 : Renamed ''Semey''
*2008 : Renamed ''Spartak''
*2022 : Renamed ''Elimai''
Domestic history
Continental history
1 Elimai Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.
Current squad
Out on loan
Honours
*
Kazakhstan Premier League (3):
1994
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1995
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
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Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1995
Notes
External links
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{{Kazakhstan Premier League teamlist
Elimai, FC
1964 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Association football clubs established in 1964
Semey