FC Spartak Semey ( kk, Spartak Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakh

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club based in

Semey Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name ''Yelimay Semipalatinsk'' (or simply "Yelimay") they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. However, they are currently in First Division.

History

Yelimay most recently won the Kazakh league while the

Football Federation of Kazakhstan The Kazakhstan Football Federation (KFF, kz, Қазақстанның Футбол Федерациясы, Qazaqstannyñ Futbol Federatsıiasy; rus, Федерация Футбола Казахстана, r=Federatsiya Futbola Kazakhstana) is th ...

were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to

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affiliation, Yelimay were relegated to the second-tier

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 ...

. After the annex of former Semey Province to

East Kazakhstan Province East Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, translit=Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupi ...

, the city of

was no longer a province capital. Thus all financial support from province went to

FC Vostok FC Vostok ( kk, Восток Футбол Клубы, ''Vostok Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh football club from Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League in 1992. The club's best finish in the league was ...

, from

Oskemen Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

, the current province capital.

Names

*1964 : Founded as ''Tsementnik'' *1971 : Renamed ''Spartak'' *1993 : Renamed ''Yelimay'' *1999 : Renamed ''AES Yelimay'' for sponsorship reasons *2001 : Renamed ''Yelimay'' *2004 : Renamed ''Semey'' *2008 : Renamed ''Spartak''No Semey anymore
sport.gazeta.kz Mar.12, 2008

Domestic history

Continental history

¹ Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

Honours

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 ...

(3):

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, 1998 *

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

(1): 1995

Notes

External links

Official website
{{Kazakhstan Premier League teamlist Semey, FC 1964 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Association football clubs established in 1964 Semey