FC Tobol Kurgan
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club up the Tobol in KostanayKostanayKostanay , formerly known as Kustanay and Nikolayevsk , is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 301,317 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province.-Public institutions:In Kostanay there are 8 higher educational...
, see FC TobolFC TobolFC Tobol is a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, they won Kazakhstan Premier league on 2010, and ended up close in 2nd and 3rd positions in last seven seasons.- Name history :*1967 :...
. For the club down the river in TobolskTobolskTobolsk is a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh Rivers. It is a historic capital of Siberia. Population: -History:...
, see FC Tobol Tobolsk.
FC Tobol Kurgan is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n football team from Kurgan. As of 2009, it plays in the Amateur Football League. It played professionally in 1960-1975, 1986-2001 and 2003-2005. They played on the second-highest level in 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:...
from 1960 to 1962, where their best result was 8th place in Zone 5 in 1961.
Team name history
- 1960-1964: FC Stroitel Kurgan
- 1965-1966: FC Trud Kurgan
- 1967-1971: FC Zauralets Kurgan
- 1972-1985: FC Zauralye Kurgan
- 1986-1988: FC Torpedo Kurgan
- 1989-1990: FC Zauralye Kurgan
- 1991-1998: FC Sibir Kurgan
- 1999-2000: FC Kurgan
- 2000-2001: FC Spartak Kurgan
- 2002-present: FC Tobol Kurgan