The 2017

FC Aktobe Football Club Aktobe (), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional association football, football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Ka ...

season is the 23rd successive season that the club playing in the

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...

, the highest tier of

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in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also participate in the

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan Football (soccer), football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for club ...

Season events

Prior to the start of the season, Ihor Rakhayev replaced Yuri Utkulbayev as the club's manager. Aktobe's home games against

Atyrau Atyrau (, ; , ; ), known until 1991 as Guryev (), is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, west of Almaty and east o ...

on 16 April, and

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on 22 April where postponed as the pitch at their

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was not ready after an extended period of winter weather. On 13 May, Ihor Rakhayev was sacked as manager, with Igorya Prohnitskogo taking temporary charge. On 24 May,

Vladimir Mukhanov Vladimir Vasilyevich Mukhanov (; born 20 April 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former player. Career He played 37 games in Soviet Top League and scored 6 goals. He started his managerial career in 1992 and managed several Russian First ...

was announced as the club's new manager.

Squad

Transfers

Winter

In: Out: Trial:

Summer

In: Out:

Friendlies

Competitions

Kazakhstan Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="14", ''Players away from Aktobe on loan:'' , - , colspan="14", ''Players who left Aktobe during the season:''

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

External links

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Aktobe Aktobe (, ; ) is a major city located on the Ilek River in western Kazakhstan. It serves as the administrative center of the Aktobe Region and is an important cultural, economic, and industrial hub in the region. As of 2023, the city has a popu ...