# FC Kyzylzhar

FC Kyzylzhar (Kazakh: Қызылжар футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani football club, playing in the Kazakh city of Petropavl at the Karasai Stadium. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League. Kyzylzhar is the name of a district in the city. They are two time runners-up of the Premier league (1999 and 2000).

## History
### Names

* 1968 : Founded as Avangard
* 1970 : Renamed Metallist
* 1979 : Renamed Avangard
* 1990 : Renamed Metallist
* 1998 : Renamed Yesil
* 1999 : Renamed Aksess-Yesil
* 2000 : Renamed Aksess-Golden Greyn
* 2001 : Renamed Yesil-Bogatyr
* 2009 : Renamed Kyzylzhar

### Domestic history

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Kazakhstan Cup | Name | League | Manager |
| 1992 | 1st | 19 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 84 | 67 | 44 | 1/16 | Radik Baiburin Sergei Kondratskiy | 18 | Artem Amirdzhanov |
| 1998 | 2nd | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | | Aidar Valeyev | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1st | 2 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 19 | 37 | Runners-up | Igor Avdeyev | 13 | Vladimir Strizhevskiy |
| 2000 | 1st | 2 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 10 | 74 | 1/2 | Igor Avdeyev | 10 | Dmitriy Ogai |
| 2001 | 1st | 3 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 16 | 69 | 1/4 | Aleksandr Shatskih | 8 | Dmitriy Ogai |
| 2002 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 1/8 | Sergei Kondratskiy | 10 | Leonid Ostroushko Ravil Ramazanov |
| 2003 | 1st | 11 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 53 | 36 | 1/2 | Viktor Zubarev | 7 | Vladimir Strizhevskiy Oirat Saduov |
| 2004 | 1st | 6 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 59 | 1/8 | Aram Voskanyan | 11 | Oirat Saduov |
| 2005 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 25 | 48 | 1/4 | Aram Voskanyan | 9 | Oirat Saduov |
| 2006 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 33 | 1/8 | Aram Voskanyan | 8 | Oirat Saduov |
| 2007 | 1st | 11 | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 37 | 1/8 | Aram Voskanyan Evgeniy Averchenko | 5 | E.Yarovenko |
| 2008 | 1st | 13 | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 24 | 1/4 | Aram Voskanyan Evgeniy Averchenko | 4 | E.Yarovenko Bolat Esmagambetov |
| 2009 | 1st | 14 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 1/8 | Ruslan Muhamedzhanov | 3 | Bolat Esmagambetov |
| 2010 | 2nd | 10 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 44 | 57 | 46 | 1/16 | Stanislav Shulyak | 8 | Yuriy Chuhleba |
| 2011 | 2nd | 14 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 38 | 54 | 31 | 1/8 | Roman Seliverstov | 10 | Yuriy Chuhleba |
| 2012 | 2nd | 11 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 40 | 1/16 | Timur Muldinov | 8 | Yuriy Chuhleba Sergey Stoyakin |
| 2013 | 2nd | 4 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 35 | 65 | 1/16 | Oleksandr Zgura | 16 | Vyacheslav Ledovskih |
| 2014 | 2nd | 9 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 41 | 45 | 37 | 1/8 | David Chagelishvili | 10 | Eduard Glazunov Vladimir Linchevskiy |
| 2015 | 2nd | 4 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 19 | 46 | 1/16 | David Chagelishvili | 10 | Vladimir Fomichev |
| 2016 | 2nd | 3 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 51 | 1/4 | Boško Stupić | 13 | Vladimir Fomichev |
| 2017 | 2nd | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 22 | 44 | 1/8 | Boško Stupić | 13 | Vladimir Fomichev |
| 2018 | 1st | 11 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 48 | 35 | Last 16 | Timur Muldinov | 8 | Nikola Spasov Andrey Kucheryavykh |
| 2019 | 2nd | 1 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 58 | Group Stage | Maksym Drachenko | 13 | Ali Aliyev |
| 2020 | 1st | 9 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 23 | - | Timur Muldinov Maksym Drachenko Shota Grigalashvili | 3 | Veaceslav Rusnac |
| 2021 | 1st | 4 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 39 | Quarterfinal | Alibek Kasym | 7 | Andrei Karpovich |
| 2022 | 1st | 10 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 30 | Group Stage | Yuriy Bushman Elguja Lobjanidze | 7 | Andrei Karpovich Ali Aliyev |
| 2023 | 1st | 5 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 39 | Quarter-finals | Maksim Chikanchy Luka Imnadze Pernambuco | 4 | Ali Aliyev |
| 2024 | 1st | 9 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 26 | 29 | Quarter-finals | Yevgeny Beryozkin | 7 | Ali Aliyev |

### European history

    As of match played 11 August 2022
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Agg. |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Osijek | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 3QR | APOEL | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |

#### Notes

* QR: Qualifying round

## Current squad

    As of 3 March 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 | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Rafael Sabino |
| 6 | DF | MNE | Ilija Martinović |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Timur Muldinov |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Andrey Ulshin |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Toktar Zhangylyshbay |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Artem Cheredinov |
| 12 | MF | KAZ | Madi Zhakipbaev |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Senin Sebai |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Miras Eleukin |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Asylbek Asan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CIV | Michelle Kao |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Arsen Buranchiev |
| 22 | DF | UKR | Anatoliy Kozlenko |
| 25 | DF | CIV | Abdoul Aziz Touré |
| 28 | MF | MNE | Darko Zorić |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Vadim Petrov |
| 41 | GK | RUS | Miroslav Lobantsev |
| 44 | DF | RUS | Andrei Vasilyev |
| 55 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Noyok |
| 77 | DF | KAZ | Dmitry Miroshnichenko |
| 79 | FW | KAZ | Gleb Valgushev |
| 84 | MF | CIV | Néné Gbamblé |
| 99 | DF | KAZ | Elisey Gorshunov |