# FC Irtysh Pavlodar

FC Irtysh (Kazakh: Ертіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as Ansat), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower levels before being dissolved. Irtysh had participated in the AFC Champions League a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001 (the final year of Kazakhstan's AFC affiliation), and played in UEFA Champions League qualifying round in 2003.

## History

On 9 August 2017, Dimitar Dimitrov resigned as manager of the club, with Sergei Klimov being appointed in a caretaker capacity the next day. Vyacheslav Hroznyi was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 17 August 2017, leaving the club at the end of the 2017 season. On 21 December 2017, Gerard Nus was appointed as the new manager of Irtysh Pavlodar on a two-year contract.
On 28 April 2018 Nus was sacked as the club's manager, with Dmitry Kuznetsov being appointed as Caretaker Manager. On 10 July 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the return of Dimitar Dimitrov on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
At the end of April 2019, rumors that manager Dimitar Dimitrov had left his role were downplayed by the club, but Dimitrov and his coaching staff subsequently went AWOL for Irtysh Pavlodar's match against Zhetysu on 1 May 2019. The following day, 2 May 2019, Dimitrov and his staff where summoned by club's leadership to explain their absence. Their explanation wasn't deemed valid by the club and Dimitrov was suspended. Sergey Klimov was appointed as caretaker manager. On 7 June 2019, Milan Milanović was announced as the club's new manager.
On 30 May 2020, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All of their matches were excluded from the league results.

## Naming history

* 1965 : Founded as Irtysh
* 1968 : Renamed Traktor
* 1993 : Renamed Ansat
* 1996 : Renamed Irtysh
* 1999 : Renamed Irtysh-Bastau
* 2000 : Renamed Irtysh

## Statistics
### 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 |
| 1992 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 22 | 36 | - | Rylov | 16 | Yaryshev |
| 1993 | 1st | 1 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 15 | 34 | - | Antonov | 20 | Yaryshev / Veretnov |
| 1994 | 1st | 2 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 14 | 41 | - | Abildaev | 14 | Veretnov |
| 1995 | 1st | 7 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 28 | 45 | - | Antonov / D.Malikov / Rylov | 8 | Chebotarev |
| 1996 | 1st | 2 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 22 | 74 | - | Antonov | 21 | Veretnov |
| 1997 | 1st | 1 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 15 | 56 | - | Zubarev | 10 | Veretnov |
| 1998 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 57 | Winners | Antonov | 10 | Talgayev / Berdalin |
| 1999 | 1st | 1 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 69 | 19 | 76 | - | Zubarev | 22 | Chernov / Linchevskiy |
| 2000 | 1st | 3 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 26 | 60 | - | Mendes | 21 | Linchevskiy |
| 2001 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 22 | 60 | Runners-up | Mendes | 9 | Nazarenko |
| 2002 | 1st | 1 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 14 | 71 | Runners-up | Shatskikh | 13 | Ogai |
| 2003 | 1st | 1 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 20 | 78 | - | Agaýew | 11 | Ogai |
| 2004 | 1st | 2 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 16 | 79 | - | Tleshev | 12 | Ogai |
| 2005 | 1st | 5 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 24 | 57 | - | Tleshev | 20 | Volgin |
| 2006 | 1st | 6 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 24 | 47 | - | Urazow | 10 | Volgin |
| 2007 | 1st | 4 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 52 | - | Strukov | 8 | Volgin |
| 2008 | 1st | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 58 | 28 | 62 | Quarter-finals | Tleshev | 13 | Saduov |
| 2009 | 1st | 9 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 31 | 29 | Quarter-finals | Daskalov | 5 | Saduov / Nazarenko |
| 2010 | 1st | 3 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 56 | Third round | Daskalov | 15 | Baisufinov |
| 2011 | 1st | 5 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 32 | Semi-finals | Maltsev | 10 | Baisufinov |
| 2012 | 1st | 2 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 51 | Runners-up | Bakayev | 14 | Baisufinov |
| 2013 | 1st | 4 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 39 | 27 | Semi-finals | Begalyn | 5 | Baisufinov |
| 2014 | 1st | 10 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 44 | 25 | Quarter-finals | Dudchenko | 11 | Baisufinov / Rüütli / Saduova / Cheryshev |
| 2015 | 1st | 6 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 39 | 25 | Second round | Dudchenko | 8 | Cheryshev / Klimov(caretaker) / Dimitrov |
| 2016 | 1st | 3 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | 49 | Semi-finals | Murtazayev | 18 | Dimitrov |
| 2017 | 1st | 4 | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 48 | Quarter-final | António / Darabayev / Fonseca | 5 | Dimitrov / Klimov (caretaker) / Hroznyi |
| 2018 | 1st | 10 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 45 | 35 | Semi-final | Shabalin | 5 | Nus / Kuznetsov (caretaker) / Saduov / Dimitrov |
| 2019 | 1st | 8 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 45 | 37 | Quarter-final | Manzorro | 6 | Dimitrov / Klimov (caretaker) / Milanović |
| 2020 | 1st | 12 | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | Withdrew after 2 rounds | n/a | Fonseca | 1 | Babayan |

### Continental history

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Neftchi Fargʻona | 0–3 |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 0–2 |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Sitora Dushanbe | 4–0 |
| 1994–95 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary round | Alga Bishkek | 0–1 |
| 1998–99 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Köpetdag Aşgabat | 1–4 | 3–0 | 4–4$^1$ |
| 1999–2000 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 7–0 | 2–5 | 9–5 |
| 1999–2000 | Asian Club Championship | Second round | Varzob Dushanbe | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 1999–2000 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Al-Hilal | 0–2 |
| 1999–2000 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Persepolis | 0–1 |
| 1999–2000 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Al Shorta | 2–3 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Nisa Aşgabat | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Second round | Varzob Dushanbe | 4–1 | 3–2 | 7–3 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Al-Hilal | 0–0 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Persepolis | 0–0 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Quarter-finals | Al-Ittihad | 2–1 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Semi-final | Júbilo Iwata | 0–1 |
| 2000–01 | Asian Club Championship | Third place Playoff | Persepolis | 0–2 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Champions League | First qualifying round | Omonia Nicosia | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Haladás | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 (a) |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Jagiellonia | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Metalurgi Rustavi | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Levski Sofia | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Široki Brijeg | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | Dunav Ruse | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | Second qualifying round | Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | First qualifying round | FK Trakai | 0–1 | 0−0 | 0–1 |
$^1$ Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.
* IFA Shield
       1993: Runners-up

#### UEFA coefficient

The table shows the position of FC Irtysh Pavlodar (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking.
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 272 | Minsk | 3.725 |
| 273 | Kairat | 3.625 |
| 274 | Irtysh | 3.625 |
| 275 | Ordabasy | 3.625 |
| 276 | Aktobe | 3.625 |
As of 1 June 2018.

## Honours
### Domestic

* Kazakhstan Premier League (5): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
* Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1998
* Kazakh SSR Cup (1): 1988

### International

* IFA Shield (IFA) : Runners-up (1993)

## Last squad

    As of 26 June 2020.
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 | Aleksandr Zarutskiy |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Danil Kuznetsov |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Marko Tomić |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Artem Popov |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Serikbol Kapanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Izat Kulzhanov |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Yesimov |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Arman Nusip |
| 77 | MF | AUT | Kristijan Dobras |

## Managers

Information correct as of match played 10 November 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W |
| Leonid Nazarenko | | 2001 | | | | | | | |
| Dmitriy Ogai | 2002 | 2004 | | | | | | | |
| Sergei Volgin | 2005 | 2007 | | | | | | | |
| Leonid Nazarenko | 21 May 2009 | 31 December 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Serik Abdualiev | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Talgat Baysufinov | 1 January 2011 | 17 February 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— |
| Tarmo Rüütli | 6 March 2014 | 2 May 2014 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 022.22 |
| Oirat Saduov | 2 May 2014 | 27 October 2014 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 032.00 |
| Dmitri Cheryshev | 27 October 2014 | 8 May 2015 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 014.29 |
| Sergey Klimov | 8 May 2015 | 1 June 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 033.33 |
| Dimitar Dimitrov | 1 June 2015 | 9 August 2017 | 82 | 36 | 19 | 27 | 111 | 91 | 043.90 |
| Sergei Klimov (caretaker) | 10 August 2017 | 17 August 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 000.00 |
| Vyacheslav Hroznyi | 17 August 2017 | 16 November 2017 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 030.00 |
| Gerard Nus | 21 December 2017 | 28 April 2018 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 042.86 |
| Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker) | 28 April 2018 | 13 June 2018 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 057.14 |
| Oirat Saduov | 13 June 2018 | 10 July 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 016.67 |
| Dimitar Dimitrov | 10 July 2018 | 2 May 2019 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 031.03 |
| Sergey Klimov (Caretaker) | 2 May 2019 | 7 June 2019 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 028.57 |
| Milan Milanović | 7 June 2019 | | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 036.84 |
* 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).