FC Irtysh () is a Kazakh professional

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club based at the Central Stadium in

Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...

. 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 in 2020. It entered Kazakhstan Second League in 2024 and was promoted to Kazakhstan First League for 2025. Irtysh had participated in the

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a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001 (the final year of Kazakhstan's AFC affiliation), and played in

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qualifying round in

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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

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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 On 30 May 2020, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial problems.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

Continental history

¹ Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players. *

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1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: Runners-up

UEFA coefficient

''The table shows the position of FC Irtysh Pavlodar (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking.'' As of 1 June 2018.

Honours

Domestic

*Kazakhstan Premier League (5):

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*Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1998 *Kazakh SSR Cup (1): 1988

International

( IFA) : Runners-up (1993)

Current squad

Managers

''Information correct as of match played 10 November 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.'' *Notes: