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| Full name | FC Taraz | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground | Central Stadium Taraz, Kazakhstan | ||
| Capacity | 12,525 | ||
| Manager | Vardan Minasyan | ||
| League | Kazakhstan Premier League | ||
| 2019 | Kazakhstan Premier League, 10th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FC Taraz (Kazakh: Taraz Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.
History
After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz were reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.[1]
Names
- 1961 : Founded as Metallist
- 1967 : Renamed Voskhod
- 1968 : Renamed Energetik
- 1971 : Renamed Alatau
- 1975 : Renamed Khimik
- 1992 : Renamed Fosfor
- 1994 : Renamed Taraz
Domestic history
| Season | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 1992 | 1st | 5th | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 29 | Runners-up |  M.Syzdykov A.Litvinenko | 11 | Kurban Berdyev |
| 1993 | 1st | 14th | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 36 | Runners-up | Alexander Shmarikov | 28 | Kurban Berdyev |
| 1994 | 1st | 8th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 33 | Last 32 | A.Litvinenko | 20 | |
| 1995 | 1st | 2nd | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 34 | 62 | Semi-finals | Nurken Mazbaev | 19 | |
| 1996 | 1st | 1st | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 76 | Quarter-finals | G.Kainazarov | 12 | |
| 1997 | 1st | 2nd | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 18 | 56 | Last 16 | Nurken Mazbaev | 16 | |
| 1998 | 1st | 10th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 27 | Last 16 | B.Eirich | 9 | |
| 1999 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 64 | 23 | Last 16 | Murat Tleshev | 6 | Vakhid Masudov |
| 2000 | 1st | 12th | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 47 | 26 | Last 16 | B.Kenchimov A.Mironov | 3 | Vakhid Masudov |
| 2001 | 1st | 15th | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 57 | 21 | Last 16 | D.Nazarov / V.Yakovlev T.Sisenov / V.Valter | 4 | |
| 2002 | 2nd | 4th | Last 32 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1st | 12th | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 34 | Last 32 | Nazarov | 10 | Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov |
| 2004 | 1st | 7th | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 59 | Winners |  Oleh Mochulyak | 8 | Yuri Konkov |
| 2005 | 1st | 11th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 36 | Semi-finals | Nurken Mazbaev | 11 | Yuri Konkov |
| 2006 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 34 | 33 | Last 16 |  Wýaçeslaw Krendelew Oleh Mochulyak | 8 | Sergei Tagiyev |
| 2007 | 1st | 16th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 50 | 15 | Last 16 | Aleksey Shapurin | 4 | Sergei Tagiyev |
| 2008 | 2nd | 2nd | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 14 | 61 | First round | Vladimir Fomichyov | ||
| 2009 | 1st | 8th | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 33 | Second round |  Sergiu Epureanu | 7 | Vladimir Fomichyov |
| 2010 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 37 | Quarter-finals |  Anton Zemlianukhin  Milan Jovanović | 7 | Dmitry Ogai Igor Ursach Vait Talgayev |
| 2011 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 39 | 25 | Semi-finals | Nemanja Jovanović | 7 | Vait Talgayev |
| 2012 | 1st | 4th | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 46 | Second round | Miroslav Lečić | 7 | Ljupko Petrović |
| 2013 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 21 | Runners-up |  Obiora Odita | 5 | Ljupko Petrović Nurmat Mirzabayev Arno Pijpers |
| 2014 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | 25 | Quarter-finals | Aleksey Shchetkin Murat Tleshev | 7 | Arno Pijpers Evgeny Yarovenko |
| 2015 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 26 | Quarter-finals | Oleksandr Pyschur | 9 | Evgeny Yarovenko |
| 2016 | 1st | 11th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 35 | Last 16 |  Malick Mané | 13 | Nurmat Mirzabayev Yuriy Maksymov |
| 2017 | 1st | 11th | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | 26 | Last 16 | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 7 | Vait Talgayev |
| 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 27 | 67 | Last 16 | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 10th | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 29 | Quarterfinal |  Serge Nyuiadzi  Elguja Lobjanidze | 8 | Nurken Mazbaev |
| 2020 | 1st | 8th | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 23 | - |  Toni Silva | 4 | Vladimir Nikitenko |
Continental history
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Bye | |||
| Second round | Nisa Aşgabat | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | ||
Honours
- Kazakhstan Premier League: 1
- 1996
- 2004
Current squad
- As of 18 January 2021[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Kurban Berdyev (1986–89), (1991–92)
Vakhid Masudov (Aug 1999 – June 00)
Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003)- Yuri Konkov (Jan 1, 2004 – Aug 24, 2005)
- Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – May 7)
- Vladimir Fomichyov (2008–10)
- Dmitriy Ogai (Jan 1, 2010 – Nov 30, 2010)
Igor Ursachi (June 25, 2010 – Sept 1, 2010)- Vait Talgayev (2010–2011)
Ljupko Petrović (Nov 1, 2011 – May 14, 2013)- Nurmat Mirzabaev (interim) (May 16, 2013 – June 7, 2013)
Arno Pijpers (June 8, 2013 – June 10, 2014)
Evgeny Yarovenko (June 10, 2014 – Nov 11, 2015)- Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016)
- Yuriy Maksymov (15 May 2016-2017)
- Vladimir Nikitenko (left in 2021)
Vardan Minasyan (since 2 February 2021)
External links
References
- ^ "НовостиСостоялось внеочередное заседание Исполнительного комитета Федерации футбола Казахстана". pflk.kz (in Russian). Professional Football League Kazakhstan. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "ОСНОВНОЙ СОСТАВ". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2019.