FC Taraz ( kk, Taraz Fýtbol Klýby) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...

. A leading club in the early years of 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 ...

, they were champions in 1996, and

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� ...

winners in 2004.

History

After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the

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season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after 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 ...

ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.

Names

*1961 : Founded as ''Metallist'' *1967 : Renamed ''Voskhod'' *1968 : Renamed ''Energetik'' *1971 : Renamed ''Alatau'' *1975 : Renamed ''Khimik'' *1992 : Renamed ''Fosfor'' *1994 : Renamed ''Taraz''

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

**Champions (1):

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**Runner-Up: (2):

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**Winners (1): 2004 **Runner-Up: (3):

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, 1993,

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Current squad

Managers

Kurban Berdyev Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev ( tk, Gurban Bekiýewiç Berdiýew, russian: Курбан Бекиевич Бердыев; born 25 August 1952) is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer. He is the manager of Russian club S ...

(1986–89), (1991–92) *

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 ...

(Aug 1999 – June 00) * Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003) * Yuri Konkov (Jan 1, 2004 – Aug 24, 2005) * Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – May 7) *

Vladimir Fomichyov Vladimir Alekseyevich Fomichyov (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Фомичёв; 15 August 1960 – 15 August 2019) was a Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 19 ...

(2008–10) *

Dmitriy Ogai Dmitry Alekseyevich Ogay (russian: Дмитрий Алексеевич Огай; born 14 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani professional football manager of Korean descent. He is one of the most successful coaches in Kazakhstan. Ogay played seven season ...

(Jan 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2010) * Igor Ursachi (June 25, 2010 – Sept 1, 2010) *

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 ...

(2010–2011) *

Ljupko Petrović Ljubomir "Ljupko" Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубомир "Љупко" Петровић; born 15 May 1947) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He also holds a Bosnian passport. As a manager, Petrović's biggest success wa ...

(Nov 1, 2011 – May 14, 2013) * Nurmat Mirzabaev ''(interim)'' (May 16, 2013 – June 7, 2013) *

Arno Pijpers Arnoldus Dick Pijpers (born 21 April 1959) is a Dutch football manager, who was the manager of Estonian top tier club Flora in 2018. He worked for the Royal Dutch Football Association as a youth coach, before taking up a dual role in being the ...

(June 8, 2013 – June 10, 2014) *

Evgeny Yarovenko Evgeny Yarovenko (born 17 August 1963) is a Soviet, Kazakhstani, and Ukrainian retired professional footballer and current manager of Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblas ...

(June 10, 2014 – Nov 11, 2015) * Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016) *

Yuriy Maksymov Yuriy Vilyovych Maksymov ( ua, Юрій Вільйович Максимов; born 8 December 1968) is a Ukrainian football coach and a former midfielder. His career achievements saw him inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2 ...

(15 May 2016-2017) *

Vladimir Nikitenko Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

(left in 2021) *

Vardan Minasyan Vardan Minasyan ( hy, Վարդան Մինասյան; born 5 January 1974) is a former Armenian footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the former football manager of FC Taraz in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Minasyan has been largely cred ...

(February 2, 2021 – October 26, 2021) * Nurken Mazbayev (January 13, 2022 – October 21, 2022) * Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)

External links

Official site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taraz, Fc Football clubs in Kazakhstan Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic