FC Taraz () is a Kazakhstani professional

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club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in

Taraz Taraz ( ; also historically known as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the border with Kyrgyzstan. It had a populatio ...

. A leading club in the early years of the

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, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.

History

After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the

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ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.

Names

*1960 : Founded as ''Metallist'' *1967 : Renamed ''Voskhod'' *1968 : Renamed ''Energetik'' *1971 : Renamed ''Alatau'' *1975 : Renamed ''Khimik'' *1992 : Renamed ''Fosfor'' *1993 : Renamed ''Taraz''

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

**Champions (1):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

**Runner-up: (2):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

* Kazakhstan Cup **Winners (1): 2004 **Runner-up: (3):

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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 ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Current squad

Managers

* Kurban Berdyev (1986–89; 1991–92) * Vakhid Masudov (Aug 1999 – June 00) * Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003) * Yuri Konkov (1 January 2004 – 24 August 2005) * Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – 7 May) * Vladimir Fomichyov (2008–10) * Dmitriy Ogai (1 January 2010 – 30 November 2010) * Igor Ursachi (25 June 2010 – 1 September 2010) * Vait Talgayev (2010–2011) * Ljupko Petrović (1 November 2011 – 14 May 2013) * Nurmat Mirzabaev ''(interim)'' (16 May 2013 – 7 June 2013) * Arno Pijpers (8 June 2013 – 10 June 2014) * Evgeny Yarovenko (10 June 2014 – 11 November 2015) * Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016) * Yuriy Maksymov (15 May 2016 – 2017) * Vladimir Nikitenko (left in 2021) *

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(2 February 2021 – 26 October 2021) * Nurken Mazbayev (13 January 2022 – 21 October 2022) * Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taraz, Fc Football clubs in Kazakhstan Association football clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic