FC Kairat Almaty
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FC Kairat Almaty is a Kazakh
football
club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium
, Almaty
.
Like many clubs in the Soviet Union
they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai Almaty, before settling on Kairat. They were the leading Kazakh team during the Soviet era, the only ever club to compete at the Soviet Top League
, and to win the Soviet First League
(second tier of competition) in both 1976 and 1983. The team achieved an all time high Soviet Super League finish of 7th in 1986 and altogether spent 24 seasons in the Soviet top division, a record for a Central Asian team. During the existence of the USSR Kairat Almaty was a part of the Voluntary Sports Society Kairat.
The club also has a highly successful Futsal
team AFC Kairat
, who has been Kazakh champions in 2003-2008 seasons and reached semi-finals of UEFA Futsal Cup
in three recent seasons.
In May 2011, Armand Masimzhanov was banned for life by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan
after launching an aggressive high Kung Fu-style kick into the back of FC Lokomotiv Astana
's Radmir Muksinova during a game.
After the Football Union of Kazakhstan joined UEFA
, Kairat played in qualifying rounds of European cups
three times, but never progressed a single round.
Notes: Home matches in bold
In November, 2009, Kairat has become the Champion of First Division and got back into Kazakhstani Premier League.
In 2001 : CSKA Almaty joined into Kairat Almaty.
1992, 2004
1992, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003
2009
1976, 1983
1988
1971
Mark Švets
Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis
Ali Aliyev
Ruslan Baltiev
Andrei Karpovich
Vakhid Masudov
Samat Smakov
Sergey Timofeev
Sergei Volgin
Valeriy Yablochkin
Vlado Danilov Ion Lutu
Oleg Dolmatov
Aleksandr Khapsalis
Sergei Kvochkin Vladimir Niederhaus
Leonid Ostroushko
Timur Segizbayev Yuri Semin
Sergei Stukashov
Voit Talgaev Evgeni Yarovenko Gurban Berdiýew Jafar Irismetov
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, playing in Almaty Central Stadium
Almaty Central Stadium
The Almaty Central Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium is shared by FC Kairat Almaty. It also serves the home stadium for the Kazakhstan national football team....
, Almaty
Almaty
Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
.
Like many clubs in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
they went through a number of name changes in their history. They were known Dinamo Almaty when founded in 1952, before changing in 1954 to Lokomotiv Almaty, and later Urozhai Almaty, before settling on Kairat. They were the leading Kazakh team during the Soviet era, the only ever club to compete at the Soviet Top League
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League since 1970 was officially known as the Supreme League serving as the top division of Soviet Union football since 1936.It was one of the best football leagues in Europe ranking second among the UEFA members in 1988-1989 seasons...
, and to win the Soviet First League
Soviet First League
The Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:...
(second tier of competition) in both 1976 and 1983. The team achieved an all time high Soviet Super League finish of 7th in 1986 and altogether spent 24 seasons in the Soviet top division, a record for a Central Asian team. During the existence of the USSR Kairat Almaty was a part of the Voluntary Sports Society Kairat.
The club also has a highly successful Futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
team AFC Kairat
AFC Kairat
AFC Kairat is a futsal club based in Almaty, the biggest city of Kazakhstan.The club was founded in 1995. The club is one of the strongest team in Europe, having reached UEFA Futsal Cup semi finals four times in last six seasons.-Achievements:...
, who has been Kazakh champions in 2003-2008 seasons and reached semi-finals of UEFA Futsal Cup
UEFA Futsal Cup
The UEFA Futsal Cup is an annual futsal competition for European club teams. It was founded in 2001–02, replacing the Futsal European Clubs Championship, a former competition never recognized as official, despite their 15 editions. The final of the 1st edition was disputed as a single game in...
in three recent seasons.
In May 2011, Armand Masimzhanov was banned for life by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Football Federation of Kazakhstan
The Football Federation of Kazakhstan is the governing body of football in Kazakhstan. It organizes the football league, the Kazakhstan Premier League, and the Kazakhstan national football team...
after launching an aggressive high Kung Fu-style kick into the back of FC Lokomotiv Astana
FC Lokomotiv Astana
FC Astana is a Kazakh football club based at the Astana Arena.-History:The club formed as the result of a merger between FC Alma-Ata and Megasport in the beginning of 2009. Later they moved to newly build Astana Arena. The club has benefited from a high salary role which has enabled them to...
's Radmir Muksinova during a game.
European stage
FC Kairat Almaty was the first Soviet Team to win a European Cup. It happened in 1971 in Almaty, when Kairat beat FC Rapid Bucharest with 2-1 and clinched European Railworks Cup, a defunct club tournament now.After the Football Union of Kazakhstan joined UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
, Kairat played in qualifying rounds of European cups
Kazakhstan football clubs in European cups
This page is dedicated to summarize the results of performance of Kazakhstan football clubs in European football tournaments. It all started in the season of 2002–03, the year when Football Federation of Kazakhstan became the 52nd member of UEFA. Astana was the first club to advance from first...
three times, but never progressed a single round.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002/03 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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0-2, 0-3 | |
| 2005/06 UEFA Champions League 2005-06 The 2005–06 UEFA Champions League was the 51st staging of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, and the 14th since it was rebranded from the European Cup in 1992. 74 teams from 50 football associations took part, starting with the first qualifying round played... |
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FC Artmedia Petržalka | 2-0, 1-4 (aet) |
| 2006/07 UEFA Cup 2006-07 The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time... |
UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
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FC Fehérvár | 0-1, 2-1(a Away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal... ) |
Notes: Home matches in bold
2007-09
In the end of 2006 season, the main sponsor of the club - Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (National railways company) withdrew. This precipitated a financial crisis which lasted until the very start of 2007 season. Consequently, most players switched to other teams. The club entered the 2007 season with an inexperienced young team. In July 2007 a group of private investors took over the club and invested around 4m USD. The club progressed to the quarter final of the National Cup of Kazakhstan and was very close from relegation finishing 13th position that season. In the beginning of 2009 the club declared itself bankrupt and relegated to First Division.In November, 2009, Kairat has become the Champion of First Division and got back into Kazakhstani Premier League.
Name History
- 1954 : Founded as Lokomotiv Almaty
- 1955 : Renamed Urozhai Almaty
- 1956 : Renamed Kairat Almaty
In 2001 : CSKA Almaty joined into Kairat Almaty.
CSKA Kairat
- 1992 : Founded as CSKA Almaty
- 1998 : Renamed as CSKA Kairat
- 2001 : Renamed as CSKA Almaty
Achievements
- Kazakhstan Premier League: 2
1992, 2004
- Kazakhstan CupKazakhstan CupThe Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Union of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR but did not become a proper national competition until 1992.-Winners of Kazakh SSR Cup...
: 5
1992, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003
- Kazakhstan First DivisionKazakhstan First DivisionThe 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, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...
: 1
2009
- Soviet First LeagueSoviet First LeagueThe Soviet First League was the second highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet Top League. The division lasted from the inception of Soviet league football in 1936 to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.-Overview:...
: 2
1976, 1983
- USSR Federation CupUSSR Federation CupThe Cup of Football Federation of USSR was the official name for a short-lived premier Soviet football competition similar to the USSR Cup that exclusively featured Soviet Top League competitors...
: 1
1988
- European Railworks Cup: 1
1971
Current Squad
Reserve team
Notable past managers
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Notable past players
Yuri ShukanovYuri Shukanov
Yuri Vladimirovich Shukanov is a Belarusian professional football coach and former player. As of May 2009, he works as a general director with FC Dinamo Minsk...
Mark Švets
Mark Švets
Mark Švets is a former Estonian international footballer.-Club career:In a much-travelled career, Švets has played for various clubs in Estonia, Russia and Kazakhstan, winning the domestic league title in the latter country...
Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis
Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis
Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis, also known as Yevstafi Alkiviadorovich Pekhlevanidi is a retired Soviet and Greek professional football player. He is of Greek ethnic origin and immigrated from the Soviet Union to Greece in 1990....
Ali Aliyev
Ali Aliyev (footballer)
Ali Aliyev is a Kazakhstani football midfielder. He has played 9 seasons for his alma mater Kairat, before transfer to Turkish clubs.-Club career stats:Last update: 16 October 2010-Honours:* Kazakhstan Champion: 2004* Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 2001, 2003...
Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Baltiev
Ruslan Tahirovich Baltiev is a Kazakh football midfielder who currently plays for Kazakhstani club FC Kairat. He is a former Kazakh international whom is the most capped player and the top goalscorer of all-time for.-Club career:...
Andrei Karpovich
Andrei Karpovich
Andrei Vladimirovich Karpovich is a Kazakh footballer, who currently plays for FC Lokomotiv Astana.-Career:Karpovich started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for a number of different teams, finally signing for Russian side FC Dinamo Moskva in 2007...
Vakhid Masudov
Vakhid Masudov
Vakhid Masudov is a Kazakh football coach and currently unemployed. He played 181 games in Soviet Top League and scored 19 goals. He started his coaching career in 1990 when he worked at Russian FC Terek Grozny as a playing coach. His first club to manage was FC Kairat of Kazakhstan Premier League...
Samat Smakov
Samat Smakov
- Club career :Smakov started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, including FC Rostov in Russian Premier League. He is a Four-time champion of Kazakhstan with four different clubs. Having a strong leadership qualities, he has captained...
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Timofeev
Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeev is a former Kazakh professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Mostovik-Primorye Ussuriysk.He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Premier League.Timofeev made five appearances...
Sergei Volgin
Sergei Volgin
Sergei Volgin is a Kazakh football coach and currently unemployed.He played 174 games in Soviet Top League and scored 34 goals. His position was midfielder....
Valeriy Yablochkin
Valeriy Yablochkin
Valeriy Yablochkin is a retired football forward from Kazakhstan. He obtained a total number of two caps for the Kazakhstan national football team during his career, scoring one goal.- References :*...
Vlado Danilov Ion Lutu
Ion Lutu
Ion Ionuţ Luţu is a retired Romanian footballer. His previous clubs include FC Kairat and FC Zhetysu in Kazakhstan, Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea, Progresul Bucureşti, Universitatea Craiova, Steaua Bucureşti, Rapid Bucureşti, Pandurii and Jiul Petroşani...
Oleg Dolmatov
Oleg Dolmatov
Oleg Vasilyevich Dolmatov is a former Russian footballer and a current manager.- Honors :* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 .* Soviet Cup winner: 1977....
Aleksandr Khapsalis
Aleksandr Khapsalis
Aleksandr Antonovich Khapsalis is a retired Soviet football player, of Greek descent.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1977, 1980, 1981.* Soviet Cup winner: 1978, 1982, 1984.-International career:...
Sergei Kvochkin Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Niederhaus
Vladimir Viktorovich Niederhaus is a retired Russian and Kazakhstani footballer of German descent.-Career:Niederhaus is best remembered for his time at Russian club, FC Rotor Volgograd, where he was the leading striker. To this day he is considered an iconic figure of FC Rotor Volgograd from the...
Leonid Ostroushko
Timur Segizbayev Yuri Semin
Yuri Semin
Yuri Syomin is a Russian football coach and the current manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. He is most notable for his former work as FC Lokomotiv Moscow manager and president.-Biography:...
Sergei Stukashov
Sergei Stukashov
Sergei Viktorovich Stukashov is a retired Soviet football player and a current Russian football manager.-Honours:* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1986.* UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship winner: 1978.* 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship runner-up....
Voit Talgaev Evgeni Yarovenko Gurban Berdiýew Jafar Irismetov
Jafar Irismetov
Jafar Irismetov is an Uzbekistan footballer currently playing for FK Samarqand-Dinamo.He has won 33 caps and scored 18 goals for the Uzbekistan national football team between 1997 and 2001 .*-Club: Dustlik Tashkent...
External links
- Official site
- Unofficial fans site South Cross, founded in 1987
- All time statistics
See also
- Kazakhstan football clubs in European cupsKazakhstan football clubs in European cupsThis page is dedicated to summarize the results of performance of Kazakhstan football clubs in European football tournaments. It all started in the season of 2002–03, the year when Football Federation of Kazakhstan became the 52nd member of UEFA. Astana was the first club to advance from first...