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Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in
Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
. They play in 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 ...
, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. The club colours, reflected in their badge and kit, are sky blue and yellow. Founded as ''Lokomotiv Astana'' in 2009, the club changed its name to Astana in 2011. They are members of the
Astana Presidential Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports of high achi ...
, an association of the main sports teams in the capital supported by the Sovereign Wealth Fund
Samruk-Kazyna Samruk-Kazyna ( kk, Самұрық-Қазына, translit=Samūryq-Qazyna), officially known as the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" ( kk, «Самұрық-Қазына» ұлттық әл-ауқат қоры» Акционерлік Қо� ...
. The short history of the club already boasts seven league titles, three
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� ...
s and five
Kazakhstan Super Cup The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner ...
s.


History


Founding and first years (2009–2014)

On 27 December 2008, football clubs from Almaty Megasport and
Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...
announced they would merge to found a new club. The club was named "FC Lokomotiv Astana" as the National Railway Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy became a general sponsor. Kazakhstan Temir Zholy in cooperation with City Council of Astana decided to move the club to the new building stadium in the capital of Kazakhstan.
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 ...
became the first head coach in the club's history. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to attract players of status to the club. Andrey Tikhonov and Yegor Titov first of all came from the
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. Several more followed such as Patrick Ovie and Baffour Gyan. Maksim Shatskikh later arrived from
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in the
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which was again a very high-profile capture for the club. The majority of their other players have arrived from other clubs of the
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, mostly on free transfers from the clubs which were absorbed to make the club and several which went into bankruptcy. On 8 March 2009, Lokomotiv played in the league's inaugural match against Kazakhmys in Satbayev. In March 2009, Vakhid Masudov was replaced by Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov. However, only two days after his appointment he was replaced by Russian specialist Sergei Yuran. The club earned silver medals in their first season of play. On 14 November 2010, Holger Fach guided Astana to their first
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� ...
success. However, they were ineligible for a UEFA license since they had not yet existed for at least three years. So they were not able to start in the
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. On 2 March 2011, Astana beat
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2–1 and won the
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for the first time. In 2012, Miroslav Beránek led Astana to win their second Kazakhstan Cup. In July 2013, the club made a debut in Europe playing in the first qualifying round of the
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against Botev Plovdiv. Astana lost both matches, 0–1 at home and 0–5 away. On 4 July 2013, Astana officially joined to newly created
Astana Presidential Sports Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a Sports club, multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports ...
, the organization supported by the Sovereign Wealth Fund
Samruk-Kazyna Samruk-Kazyna ( kk, Самұрық-Қазына, translit=Samūryq-Qazyna), officially known as the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" ( kk, «Самұрық-Қазына» ұлттық әл-ауқат қоры» Акционерлік Қо� ...
to combine the main sports teams in Astana.


Stoilov years: Domestic dominance and European breakthrough (2014–2018)

On 22 June 2014, the club announced that former Botev Plovdiv manager Stanimir Stoilov was appointed as new head coach. In 2014–15 European campaign, Astana played four ties in the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. In the first round they beat Pyunik 6–1 on aggregate, then raised more than a few eyebrows in the second round, beating Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–1 on aggregate thanks to a convincing home leg win. The third qualifying round saw Astana cruise past
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, with a 4–1 aggregate score. In the play-off round, Astana was defeated by
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. On 1 November 2014, Astana became Kazakhstan Premier League champions for the first time in their history, securing the championship with a 3–0 home win against Kaisar. On 1 March 2015, Astana won the 2015 Kazakhstan Super Cup, beating Kairat 3–2 in a
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after the match ended with the score 0–0. On 26 August 2015, the club became the first team from Kazakhstan to reach the
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of the UEFA Champions League, after beating APOEL 2–1 on aggregate in the play-off round. They were drawn in
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alongside Benfica, Atlético Madrid and
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, where they managed to obtain four points in six games after four draws and two losses. On 8 November 2015, Astana clinched their second Kazakhstan Premier League title beating
Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of K ...
1–0 at home in the last tour game. On 9 December 2015, the club extended their contract with Stanimir Stoilov for the next two years. In the 2016 season, Astana was eliminated from UEFA Champions League after two stages, being defeated by Celtic in the third qualifying round 3–2 on aggregate. However, the club qualified for the UEFA Europa League group stage, beating BATE in the play-off round. On 26 October 2016, Astana won their third straight championship under Stoilov's rule. On 19 November 2016, the club won the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup, defeating Kairat 1–0. Their 2017 Champions League bid was stopped short once again by Celtic, this time in the playoff round. Following an embarrassing 5–0 rout in Glasgow, they failed to reach the group stages in an 8–4 defeat on aggregate. However, Astana reached another milestone by reaching the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after finishing second in the group phase. Astana extended further its domestic dominance by winning fourth consecutive title in the 2017 season. On 8 January 2018, Stoilov signed a new contract with Astana, but left the club on 1 March 2018 to take over the vacant
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's manager position.


Post Stoilov years: (2018–)

On the same day as Stoilov was announced as the new manager of Kazakhstan, 1 March 2018, Grigori Babayan was announced as the Astana's interim manager. On 1 June 2018, Astana announced Roman Hryhorchuk as the club's new manager. On 17 August 2018, Hryhorchuk left Astana on compassionate leave with Grigori Babayan again stepping in as Caretaker Manager. Astana announced on 3 January 2019 that Hryhorchuk would return to lead the team after missing the second half of the 2018 season due to family reasons. On 14 January 2019, Paul Ashworth was announced as the new executive director of FC Astana. Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent on 13 January 2020. The following day, 14 January 2020, Michal Bílek was announced as the new head coach of Astana. On 18 February 2020, Astana revealed a new logo to commemorate 10-years of the club. On 26 August 2020, with Astana 2nd in the league and having just being knocked out of the
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, Michal Bílek was sacked as manager, with Executive Director Paul Ashworth taking over in a caretaker capacity. Ashworth his role as caretaker manager and Executive Director by mutual consent on 7 October 2020. Two days later, 9 October, David Loria was announced as the clubs new Executive Director. On 16 October 2020, former captain Andrey Tikhonov was appointed as the clubs new manager. On 5 November 2021, Astana announced the departure of Andrey Tikhonov as their manager, with Srđan Blagojević being announced as the clubs new head coach on 21 November 2021. On 13 September 2022, Blagojević left Astana by mutual consent to become Head Coach of Debreceni, with Grigori Babayan returning to the club as their new Head Coach.


Stadium

Astana's current home venue is Astana Arena. The stadium has been Astana's home since the mid of the 2009 season, when the club moved from the Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium. The stadium holds 30,254 and has a retractable roof. The inaugural match at the new stadium was a 2–1 win over the
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in a
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. It is also serves as a national stadium for the
Kazakhstan national football team The Kazakhstan national football team ( kk, Қазақстан Ұлттық футбол құрамасы, ''Qazaqstan Ūlttyq Futbol qūramasy'') represents Kazakhstan in men's international football and it is governed by the Kazakhstan Footba ...
.


Colours and crest

The team's original crest was implemented in 2009 consisting of the team's name, Football Club Lokomotiv Astana, on a blue round frame and a blue coloured letter "L" in the center, meaning
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. As the result of renaming in 2011, the club adopted a new crest. The crest consisted of the team's name with uppercase letters on an image of the ball. This was accompanied by the words "football club" in Kazakh and Russian languages on the top and bottom of the crest. On 23 January 2013, the club presented a new crest, which replicated the style and colours of the Lokomotiv Astana crest. The crest consisted an image of the ball in a shanyrak style and two Kazakh national patterns on each side. The present club crest was introduced on 10 March 2014, and incorporated the
Astana Presidential Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports of high achi ...
crest's style and colours as well as
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, Astana Pro Team and
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. The crest consists of the team's name, Astana Football Club, under a flying ball. Blue and white were initially the club's primary colours, the team's nickname was the "Blue-and-White". Blue was used to accent the home jersey while white was the main colour of the team's away kit. During the 2012 season, Astana wore yellow and blue striped shirts and blue shorts as home kit and wholly blue away kit. In 2013, they retrieved original colours used from 2009 to 2011. In 2013, the club joined to
Astana Presidential Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports of high achi ...
and adopted its colours. The present club colours are sky blue and yellow. Astana's current shirt sponsor is Sovereign Wealth Fund
Samruk-Kazyna Samruk-Kazyna ( kk, Самұрық-Қазына, translit=Samūryq-Qazyna), officially known as the National Welfare Fund "Samruk-Kazyna" ( kk, «Самұрық-Қазына» ұлттық әл-ауқат қоры» Акционерлік Қо� ...
. The club's first kit sponsorship was from national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy who sponsored the club for a total of 4 years before ending the deal in 2013. The team's kit supplier is Adidas who have supplied the club kits since their inception.


Players


First team squad


Out on loan

''For recent transfers, see 2022 FC Astana season.''


Retired numbers


Non-playing staff


Management


Coaching staff


Notable managers

The following managers won at least one trophy when in charge of Astana:


Honours

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:Winners (7):
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:Winners (3): 2010,
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*Runner-up:(1) 2015 *
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:Winners (5): 2011, 2015,
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*Runners-up: (4)
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Statistics


Seasons

;Key Rank = Rank in the
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; P = Played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; Cup =
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; CL =
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; EL =
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; ECL =
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.
''in'' = Still in competition; — = Not attended; 1R = 1st round; 2R = 2nd round; 3R = 3rd round; 1QR = 1st qualifying round; 2QR = 2nd qualifying round; 3QR = 3rd qualifying round; PO = Play-off round; GS = Group stage; ; R32 = Round of 32; R16 = Round of 16; QF = Quarterfinals; SF = Semifinals; F = Final.


European record

;Key 1QR = 1st qualifying round; 2QR = 2nd qualifying round; 3QR = 3rd qualifying round; PO = Play-off round; GS = Group stage; R32 = Round of 32.


UEFA coefficient

''The table shows the position of FC Astana (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to FC Astana's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).'' As of 23 April 2021.


Records

As of match played 23 April 2021 *Record European victory 4–0 ''v.''
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(19 October 2017) *Record European defeat  6–0 ''v.'' AZ (24 October 2019) * Record League victory – 7–0 ''v.'' Atyrau (9 September 2017) * Record League defeat – 0–5 ''v.''
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(26 May 2011) * Most League wins in a row – 8, 7 April 2009 – 30 April 2009 * Most League appearances – 227,
Nenad Erić Nenad Erić ( sr-cyr, Ненад Ерић; born 26 May 1982) is a Serbian-born Kazakh goalkeeper who last played and captained Astana in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Career Club On 2 March 2021, Astana confirmed that Erić had left the club af ...
2011–2020 * Most appearances overall – 318, Nenad Erić 2011–2020 * Most goals scored in a League season – 19,
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2017 & Marin Tomasov 2019 * Most goals scored in a season overall – 26, Marin Tomasov 2019 * Youngest first-team player – Madi Zhakypbayev, 15 years, 11 months, 21 days * Oldest first-team player – Andrey Tikhonov, 39 years, 9 days


Most appearances

''Players played over 50 competitive, professional matches only. Appearances as substitute (goals in parentheses) included in total.''


Top goalscorers

:''Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.''


Partnerships

* Real Sociedad (2013–present) :On 11 November 2013 it was announced that Astana had partnered with the
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team Real Sociedad to cooperate in terms of exchange of skills and knowledge, organization of friendly matches, training camps for youth development and grassroots football. * Galatasaray S.K. (2014–present) :On 29 April 2014 it was announced that
Astana Presidential Club The 'Astana' Presidential Club ( kk, Astana Prezidenttik Kluby) is a multi-sports club established under the initiative of Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2012. The main aim of the Club is to support and develop professional sports and sports of high achi ...
had signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Galatasaray Sports Club. The memorandum chiefly provides for cooperation between the Astana and Galatasaray S.K. football departments.


References


External links

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