FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional

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club based at the Central Stadium in

Kostanay Kostanay ( kz, Қостанай, Qostanai ) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It was known as Nikolayevsk (russian: Николаевск) until 1895 and then as Kustanay (russian: Кустанай) until 1997. Kostanay ...

. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They won the Kazakhstan Premier League in 2010, and finished no lower than fourth place between the 2002 and 2010 seasons. In

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they won the title for the second time.

History

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the

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, manager

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 ...

left the club by mutual consent, with Oleg Lotov being appointed as interim manager on 30 April 2016. Lotov was replaced with

Omari Tetradze Omari Mikhaylovich Tetradze (russian: Омари Михайлович Тетрадзе, ka, ომარ თეთრაძე, el, Ομάρι Τετράντζε; born 13 October 1969 as Omari Mikhaylovich Osipov) is a Georgian-Russian professi ...

as the club's manager on 30 May 2016. Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as Tobol's manager following the expiration of Robert Yevdokimov's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the

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was appointed as Caretaker manager before Marek Zub was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018. On 31 December 2018, Zub left Tobol after his contract wasn't renewed, and Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager. Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July 2019 after Tobol were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by

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. On 14 December 2019,

Grigori Babayan Grigori Konstantinovich Babayan (russian: Григорий Константинович Бабаян; 2 April 1980) is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh football manager and a former player of Armenians, Armenian descent, who is currently Head Coach of FC Asta ...

was appointed as manager of FC Tobol. On 17 June 2021, Babayan left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent to take up a coaching role at

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. The following day, 18 June 2021, Alexander Moskalenko has appointed as Acting Head Coach. On 16 May 2022, Moskalenko left his role at Tobol, with Milan Milanović being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 20 May 2022.

Names

*1967 : Founded as ''Avtomobilist'' *1982 : Renamed ''Energetik'' *1990 : Renamed ''Kustanayets'' *1992 : Renamed ''Khimik'' *1995 : Renamed ''Tobol''

Domestic history

Continental history

Tobol performed remarkably in their first European appearance, reaching the third round of the Intertoto Cup 2003. They beat

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and

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, and lost to

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. In

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were hard nuts to crack for Tobol. They won the Intertoto Cup 2007, defeating

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and

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and advanced to 2nd qualifying round of

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. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

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 ...

:Winners (2):

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:Winners (1):

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:Winners (2):

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Current squad

Managers

Mykhaylo Olefirenko Mykhaylo Volodymyrovych Olefirenko (born 6 June 1960 in Mykolaiv) is a retired Ukraine, Ukrainian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. Olefirenko began his professional playing career with FC Dynamo Kyiv and he ...

(2002) *

Vladimir Mukhanov Vladimir Vasilievich Mukhanov ( Russian: Владимир Васильевич Муханов; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. He is the manager of FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan. Career He played 37 games in Sovie ...

(2003–04) *

(1 January 2005 – 31 December 2009) *

Ravil Sabitov Ravil Rufailovich Sabitov (russian: Равиль Руфаилович Сабитов; born 8 March 1968) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is a coach with Riga FC Academy. Club career As a player, he made his debut ...

(3 December 2009 – 22 May 2011) * Sergei Petrenko (1 June 2011 – 19 September 2011) *

Vyacheslav Hroznyi Vyacheslav Viktorovych Hrozny ( uk, В'ячеслав Вікторович Грозний; born 12 July 1956) is a Ukrainian football player and manager. Career He is a holder of the 1980 KFK Cup of the Ukrainian SSR as a player of FC Nyva Tern ...

(12 December 2011 – 31 December 2012) * Timur Urazov (1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013) * Sergei Maslenov (1 January 2014 – 22 April 2014) *

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 ...

(23 April 2014 – 16 April 2015) * Sergei Maslenov (16 April 2015 – December 2015) *

(21 December 2015 – 28 April 2016) * Oleg Lotov(Interim) (30 April 2016 – 30 May 2016) *

(30 May 2016 – 27 June 2017) * Robert Yevdokimov (7 July 2017 – 25 December 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 ...

(January 2018 – 1 August 2018) *

(1–6 August 2018) * Marek Zub (6 August 2018 – 31 December 2018) * Vladimir Gazzayev (31 December 2018 – 21 July 2019 ) * Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (22 July – 14 December 2019) *

(14 December 2019 - 17 June 2021) * Alexander Moskalenko (18 June 2021 – 16 May 2022) * Milan Milanović (20 May 2022 – )

References

External links

Official site
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