FC Spartak Semey are a Kazakhstan

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...

i 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 based in Semey

Semey

Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...

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

After the annex of former Semey Province to East Kazakhstan Province, the city of Semey

Semey

Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...

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

FC Vostok

FC Vostok is a Kazakh football club from Oskemen , a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League since 1992. The club's biggest achieved position in the league is the 5th place in 1997 and 1998...

, from Oskemen

Oskemen

Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:...

, the current province capital.

Name History

• 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

Achievements

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 3

1994

Kazakhstan Premier League 1994

-Promotion and relegation of 1993 season:No new teams were accepted to the leagueEight teams were relegated at the end of last season:* FC Karachaganak* FC Namys* FC Dinamo* FC Dostyk* FC Yenbek* FC Azhar* FC Munaishy* FC Kaisarand...

, 1995

Kazakhstan Premier League 1995

-Promotion and relegation of 1994 season:Two teams relegated were:* FC Uralets-Arma* FC YassiTwo teams promoted were:* FC Munaishy * FC Kainar-Final standings:...

, 1998

Kazakhstan Premier League 1998

-Promotion and relegation of 1997 season:Two teams relegated:* FC Aktobe* FC UlytauTwo teams promoted:* FC Nasha Kompaniya* FC NarynAlso FC Kairat was replaced by FC CSKA Kairat at the start of this season-Final standings:...

• Kazakhstan Cup
  Kazakhstan Cup
  The 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...
  
  : 1

1995

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1996: Second Round

1997: Second Round

Current squad

(captain)

Notable past players

Yuri Puntus

Yuri Puntus

Yuri Puntus is a Belarusian football player and football manager. He quit playing football in 1987 because of an injury. Graduated from two universities: Belarusian Technological Institute in 1983 and Belarusian State University of Physical Culture in 1996...

 (1986) Oleg Litvinenko

Oleg Litvinenko

Oleg Litvinenko 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh football forward from Taraz. He has scored 147 goals in Kazakhstan Premier League and he is the all-time top scorer of the tournament. He has been unarguably one of the best players of National team...

 (1995–98), (2002–03), 2006) 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...

 (1997–98), (2003) 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...

(1998–00)

External links

• Unofficial website
• klisf.info Statistical record