# FC Atyrau

Football Club Atyrau (Kazakh: «Атырау» футбол клубы / "Atyrau" futbol kluby) is a professional football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 8,900-seat Munaishy Stadium, where they have played since their inception.

## History

Founded as Prikaspiets in 1980, they played only two seasons in the Soviet Second League. In 2000, the club was refounded as Akzhaiyk to play in the Kazakhstan First Division. Next season, they were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League with a new name Atyrau. The club colours, reflected in their badge and kit, are green and white. The club's crest is a green and white striped shield, with an oil drop in a ball form in the centre, incorporates the cities role in oil industry.
On 14 December 2016, Atyrau appointed Zoran Vulić as manager.
On 8 January 2018, Vakhid Masudov was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager. On 9 April 2018, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent, with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April 2018. Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July 2018, with Viktor Kumykov being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July 2018.

### Domestic history

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Managers |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Kazakhstan Cup | Name | League | Managers |
| 2001 | 1st | 2 | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 16 | 70 | | Makayev | 17 | Talgayev |
| 2002 | 1st | 2 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 63 | | Kitsak | 11 | Talgayev |
| 2003 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 42 | 53 | | Agabaýew | 14 | Holokolosov |
| 2004 | 1st | 5 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 31 | 71 | | Eremeev | 14 | Holokolosov |
| 2005 | 1st | 10 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 36 | 37 | | | | Holokolosov / Timofeev |
| 2006 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 47 | 29 | | | | Averyanov |
| 2007 | 1st | 14 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 39 | 30 | | | | Yeremeyev / Baiseitov |
| 2008 | 1st | 15 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 54 | 19 | Second round | | | Volgin / Yeremeyev / Andreyev |
| 2009 | 1st | 6 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 40 | Winners | Zubko | 9 | Shokh / Masudov |
| 2010 | 1st | 5 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 44 | 44 | Quarter-finals | Frunză | 7 | Masudov / Pasulko |
| 2011 | 1st | 10 | 32 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 24 | Second round | Danilyuk | 5 | Mammadov / Azovskiy / Filipović |
| 2012 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 27 | First round | Sigurðsson | 3 | Filipović / Konkov |
| 2013 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 28 | First round | Nurybekov Shchotkin | 4 | Radulović |
| 2014 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 43 | 25 | Quarter-finals | Trifunović | 13 | Yurevich & Belyavskiy / Nikitenko |
| 2015 | 1st | 5 | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 33 | 27 | Second round | Arzhanov Baizhanov | 5 | Nikitenko |
| 2016 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | 39 | Semi-final | Arzhanov | 8 | Nikitenko/ Konkov(Caretaker) / Mladenov |
| 2017 | 1st | 8 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 54 | 35 | Runners-up | Maksimović | 7 | Vulić/ Pavlov/ Kabdulov (Caretaker) |
| 2018 | 1st | 9 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 47 | 36 | Runners-up | Adeniji | 8 | Masudov / Sosnovschi / Kumykov |
| 2019 | 1st | 11 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 58 | 26 | Runners-up | Abdulavov | 5 | Kumykov / Kuandulov (Caretaker) / Dulub |
| 2020 | 2nd | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 27 | - | | | |
| 2021 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 28 | Group Stage | Grzelczak Bryan | 5 | Aram Voskanyan |
| 2022 | 1st | 11 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 29 | Group Stage | Filipović | 13 | Gorovenko / V.Bogatyrev / Zhukovsky |
| 2023 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 34 | Semifinal | Kozlov | 8 | Zhukovsky |
| 2024 | 1st | 7 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 35 | Runners-up | Signevich | 10 | Zhukovsky |

### Continental history

    As of match played 22 July 2010
| Competition | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- |
| UEFA Cup/Europa League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -12 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -12 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2002–03 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Matador Púchov | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Levski Sofia | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Győr | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 |

## Honours

* Kazakhstan Cup
** Winners (1): 2009

## Current squad

    As of 27 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 |
| 2 | DF | TJK | Fakhriddin Akhtamov |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Gia Chaduneli |
| 5 | MF | POR | Guilherme Morais |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Mateus Barbosa |
| 7 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov |
| 8 | MF | GEO | Zaza Tsitskishvili |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Bakdaulet Zulfikarov |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Dzhumatov |
| 11 | FW | KAZ | Edige Oralbay |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Miram Sapanov |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Eskendir Kybyray |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Shokhan Abzalov |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Yan Trufanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Yersultan Kaldybekov |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Ravil Atykhanov |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Amandyk Nabikhanov |
| 31 | GK | KAZ | Sanzhar Erniyazov |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Nurasyl Tokhtarov |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Giorgi Gadrani |
| 45 | GK | RUS | Arsen Siukayev |
| 55 | MF | BLR | Nikita Kaplenko |
| 72 | DF | KAZ | Mikael Askarov |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Karym Smykov |
| 79 | MF | KAZ | Roman Chirkov |
| — | FW | GEO | Giorgi Nikabadze |

## Managers

* Alibek Amirov (1980–81)
* Kairat Aimanov (2000)
* Vait Talgayev (2000–02)
* Oleksandr Holokolosov (2002–05)
* Sergey Timofeev (2005)
* Aleksandr Averyanov (2006)
* Murat Munbayev (2006)
* Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (2007)
* Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (2007)
* Sergei Volgin (2008)
* Sergey Andreyev (2008)
* Anton Shokh (2009)
* Vakhid Masudov (2009–10)
* Viktor Pasulko (2010)
* Kairat Aimanov (2010)
* Ramiz Mammadov (2010–11)
* Zoran Filipović (2011–12)
* Yuri Konkov (2012)
* Miodrag Radulović (2012–13)
* Anatoliy Yurevich (2013–14)
* Vladimir Nikitenko (2014–16)
* Stoycho Mladenov (2016)
* Zoran Vulić (2016–17)
* Sergei Pavlov (2017)
* Vakhid Masudov (2018)
* Adrian Sosnovschi (2018)
* Viktor Kumykov (2018–19)
* Kuanysh Kabdulov (Caretaker) (2019)
* Oleg Dulub (2019)
* Kuanysh Kabdulov (Caretaker) (2019–20)
* Aram Voskanyan (2020–2021)
* Konstantin Gorovenko (2021–2022)
* Vitaly Zhukovsky (2022)