# FC Shakhter Karagandy

Football Club Shakhter (Kazakh: «Шахтер» футбол клубы / "Şahter" futbol kluby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakh: Қарағанды / Qarağandy ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They have won the championship 3 times.

## History

After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007, their first championship was won in 2011. Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union.
On 18 September 2006, Brazilian forward Nilton Pereira Mendes died after collapsing during a training session with the club.
On 19 September 2008, Shakhter and Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months. On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. Shakhter were deducted nine points, Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games will be counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents.
On 20 August 2013, Shakhter defeated Scottish champions Celtic by 2–0 at home in 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round first leg. However, Celtic won the return leg by 3–0 and Shakhter dropped into the Europa League – the first time a Kazakh club has progressed to the group stage of a European competition. Shakhter were eliminated from the Europa League by finishing fourth in a group containing PAOK, Maccabi Haifa and AZ which was so far, their only appearance in a group stage.
On 9 January 2018, Uladzimir Zhuravel was appointed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager. Zhuravel resigned as manager on 3 July 2018, with Andrei Finonchenko taking charge in a temporary manner. On 18 July 2018, Nikolay Kostov was confirmed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager. On 30 December 2019, Vyacheslav Hroznyi was announced as the new manager of Shakhter Karagandy, leaving on 17 June 2020 by mutual consent. The following day, 18 June 2020, Konstantin Gorovenka was announced as the clubs new manager. After Konstantin Gorovenka left the club at the end of the 2020 season, Shakhter Karagandy announced Ali Aliyev as their new manager on 20 January 2021. Less than three months later, and after suffering 5 defeats in 6 games, Aliyev resigned from his position on 10 April 2021 with Andrei Finonchenko being appoint as the clubs Caretaker Manager. Six days later, 16 April 2021, Shakhter Karagandy announced Magomed Adiyev as their new Head Coach. On 5 May 2022, Adiyev was appointed as manager of the Kazakhstan national team, with Vakhid Masudov returning as his replacement on 28 June 2022 after a period where Konstantin Emeljanov was acting head coach.

### Domestic history

| Season | Level | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Points | Domestic Cup | Top goalscorer |
| 1992 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 36 | First round | |
| 1993 | 1st | 6 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 22 | Quarter-final | |
| 1994 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 45 | 38 | 34 | Semi-final | |
| 1995 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 60 | Quarter-final | |
| 1996 | 1st | 8 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 52 | Quarter-final | Askar Abildaev – 14 |
| 1997 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 40 | 22 | 52 | Quarter-final | Ruslan Imankulov – 8 |
| 1998 | 1st | 9 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 32 | 28 | Quarter-final | |
| 1999 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 37 | Last 16 | |
| 2000 | 1st | 5 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 26 | 48 | Semi-final | Ruslan Imankulov – 12 |
| 2001 | 1st | 12 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 37 | 40 | Last 16 | Ruslan Imankulov – 11 |
| 2002 | 1st | 5 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 46 | Semi-final | Evgeniy Lunev – 16 |
| 2003 | 1st | 10 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 29 | 42 | Last 16 | Andrei Finonchenko – 16 |
| 2004 | 1st | 9 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 28 | 57 | Last 16 | |
| 2005 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 22 | 59 | Last 16 | Andrei Finonchenko – 11 |
| 2006 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 24 | 50 | Semi-final | Andrei Finonchenko – 16 |
| 2007 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 58 | Quarter-final | Mihails Miholaps – 8 |
| 2008 | 1st | 7 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 26 | 37 | Last 16 | |
| 2009 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 18 | 57 | Runners-up | Serhiy Kostyuk – 11 |
| 2010 | 1st | 6 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 30 | 41 | Runners-up | |
| 2011 | 1st | 1 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 29 | 42 | Quarter-final | Sergei Khizhnichenko – 16 |
| 2012 | 1st | 1 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 15 | 53 | Semi-final | Gediminas Vičius – 7 |
| 2013 | 1st | 5 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 45 | 26 | Winners | Ihar Zyankovich – 6 Andrei Finonchenko – 7 |
| 2014 | 1st | 6 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 21 | Semi-final | Mihret Topčagić – 10 |
| 2015 | 1st | 10 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 47 | 23 | Second round | Mihret Topčagić – 6 |
| 2016 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | 36 | Last 16 | Desley Ubbink – 6 |
| 2017 | 1st | 7 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 50 | 40 | Semi-final | Milan Stojanović – 10 |
| 2018 | 1st | 8 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 36 | Semi-final | Damir Kojašević – 8 |
| 2019 | 1st | 9 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 47 | 35 | Last 16 | Sergei Zenjov – 8 Ivan Pešić – 8 |
| 2020 | 1st | 4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 32 | - | Aydos Tattybaev – 5 Arsen Khubulov – 5 |
| 2021 | 1st | 6 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 33 | Runners-up | Aydos Tattybaev – 4 |
| 2022 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 32 | Quarterfinal | Roman Murtazayev – 6 |
| 2023 | 1st | 10 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 29 | Quarterfinal | Ivan Sviridov – 7 |
| 2024 | 1st | 13 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 45 | 10 | Round of 16 | Imeda Ashortia – 4 |

### European history

    As of match played 26 August 2021
| Competition | S | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 |
| UEFA Europa League | 4 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | –3 |
| UEFA Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | –2 |
| Total | 9 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 46 | –4 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2006 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–6 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Debrecen | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Ruch Chorzów | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Koper | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | St Patrick's Athletic | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Slovan Liberec | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | 3Q | Skënderbeu | 3–0 | 2–3 | 5–3 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | PO | Celtic | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Group L | AZ | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4th place |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Group L | PAOK | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4th place |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Group L | Maccabi Haifa | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4th place |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Shirak | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Atlantas | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Hajduk Split | 4–2 | 0–3 | 4–5 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | FCSB | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 0–1 | 2–2 (5–3 p) |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 3Q | Kolos Kovalivka | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | 0–0 | 0–0 (3–1 p) |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | PO | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 |

#### Notes

* 1R: First round
* 1Q: First qualifying round
* 2Q: Second qualifying round
* 3Q: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round

## Honours

* Kazakhstan Premier League: 2
       2011, 2012
* Kazakhstan Cup: 1
       2013
* Kazakhstan Super Cup: 1
       2013
* Soviet First League: 1
       1962

## Current squad

    As of February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Egor Alishauskas |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Ryzhuk |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Filip Stamenković |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Miloš Nikolić |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Maksym Drachenko |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Nazymkhanov |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Aydos Tattybayev |
| 10 | FW | GEO | Imeda Ashortia |
| 11 | FW | KAZ | Aybar Abdulla |
| 15 | DF | KAZ | Bogdan Savkiv |
| 16 | DF | KAZ | Eskendir Kybyray |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Ansar Altynkhan |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Dmitry Bachek |
| 21 | MF | BIH | Jovan Ilic |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Tutkyshev |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Shakhsultan Zubaydilda |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Daniyal Takhanov |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Layonel Adams |
| 40 | GK | KAZ | Yegor Tsuprikov |
| 44 | DF | KAZ | Almas Tyulyubay |
| 60 | DF | COL | Juan Asprilla (on loan from Dynamo Makhachkala) |
| 68 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Migunov |
| 88 | MF | COL | Roger Cañas |
| 95 | GK | KAZ | Danila Karpikov |
| 97 | FW | SRB | Milan Đokić |
| — | MF | KAZ | Yuriy Pertsukh |

## Managers

* Anatoly Krutikov (1977)
* Lev Burchalkin (1990–1991)
* Vakhid Masudov (2000)
* Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (2001–July 2003)
* Juha Malinen (2007)
* Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 Jan 2007 – 1 June 2008)
* Vladimir Cheburin (2009–2010)
* Viktor Kumykov (1 Jan 2011 – Dec 2014)
Information correct as of match played 28 November 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W |
| Vladimir Cheburin | Kazakhstan | 11 December 2014 | 6 May 2015 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 009.09 |
| Evgeny Sveshnikov | Kazakhstan | 6 May 2015 | 5 June 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 000.00 |
| Ihor Zakhariak | Ukraine | 5 June 2015 | December 2015 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 044.44 |
| Jozef Vukušič | Slovakia | 8 January 2016 | 3 August 2016 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 018.18 |
| Aleksei Yeryomenko | Russia | 4 August 2016 | 29 May 2017 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 36 | 033.33 |
| Saulius Širmelis | Lithuania | 2 June 2017 | 31 December 2017 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 047.62 |
| Uladzimir Zhuravel | Belarus | 9 January 2018 | 3 July 2018 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 025.00 |
| Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) | Kazakhstan | 3 July 2018 | 18 July 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 000.00 |
| Nikolay Kostov | Bulgaria | 18 July 2018 | 30 December 2019 | 49 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 61 | 026.53 |
| Vyacheslav Hroznyi | Ukraine | 30 December 2019 | 17 June 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 050.00 |
| Konstantin Gorovenka | Kazakhstan | 18 June 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 044.44 |
| Ali Aliyev | Kazakhstan | 20 January 2021 | 10 April 2021 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 016.67 |
| Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) | Kazakhstan | 10 April 2021 | 16 April 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 000.00 |
| Magomed Adiyev | Russia | 16 April 2021 | 5 May 2022 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 48 | 047.50 |
| Konstantin Emeljanov (Caretaker) | Kazakhstan | 5 May 2022 | 28 June 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 020.00 |
| Vakhid Masudov | Russia | 28 June 2022 | 31 December 2022 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 035.00 |
| Igor Soloshenko | Kazakhstan | 18 January 2023 | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 016.67 |
| Jiří Jarošík | Czech Republic | 5 November 2024 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
* Notes:
P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against %W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).