FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a

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professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They won the Kazakhstan Premier League in 2010, and finished no lower than fourth place between the 2002 and 2010 seasons. In 2021 they won the title for the second time.

History

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the

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, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent, with Oleg Lotov being appointed as interim manager on 30 April 2016. Lotov was replaced with Omari Tetradze as the club's manager on 30 May 2016. Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as Tobol's manager following the expiration of

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's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the

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. Andrei Miroshnichenko was appointed as Caretaker manager before

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was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018. On 31 December 2018, Zub left Tobol after his contract wasn't renewed, and

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was appointed as the club's new manager. Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July 2019 after Tobol were eliminated from the

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. On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol. On 17 June 2021, Babayan left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent to take up a coaching role at

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. The following day, 18 June 2021, Alexander Moskalenko has appointed as Acting Head Coach. On 16 May 2022, Moskalenko left his role at Tobol, with

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being appointed as the clubs new Head Coach on 20 May 2022.

Names

*1967 : Founded as ''Avtomobilist'' *1982 : Renamed ''Energetik'' *1990 : Renamed ''Kustanayets'' *1992 : Renamed ''Khimik'' *1995 : Renamed ''Tobol''

Domestic history

Continental history

Tobol performed remarkably in their first European appearance, reaching the third round of the Intertoto Cup 2003. They beat Polonia Warszawa and Sint-Truiden, and lost to SV Pasching. In

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were hard nuts to crack for Tobol. They won the

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, defeating FC Zestafoni,

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and OFI Crete and advanced to 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Cup 2007-08. Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Honours

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:Winners (2):

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, 2021 *

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* Kazakhstan Super Cup :Winners (2): 2021, 2022 *

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Current squad

Managers

* Mykhaylo Olefirenko (2002) * Vladimir Mukhanov (2003–04) * Dmitriy Ogai (1 January 2005 – 31 December 2009) * Ravil Sabitov (3 December 2009 – 22 May 2011) *

Sergei Petrenko Serhiy Anatoliiovych Petrenko (russian: Сергей Анатолъевич Петренко, uk, Сергіӣ Анатолійоович Петренко; born September 10, 1968) is a Ukrainian-Russian retired ice hockey left wing. He wa ...

(1 June 2011 – 19 September 2011) * Vyacheslav Hroznyi (12 December 2011 – 31 December 2012) * Timur Urazov (1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013) * Sergei Maslenov (1 January 2014 – 22 April 2014) * Vardan Minasyan (23 April 2014 – 16 April 2015) * Sergei Maslenov (16 April 2015 – December 2015) * Dmitriy Ogai (21 December 2015 – 28 April 2016) * Oleg Lotov(Interim) (30 April 2016 – 30 May 2016) * Omari Tetradze (30 May 2016 – 27 June 2017) *

(7 July 2017 – 25 December 2017) * Vladimir Nikitenko (January 2018 – 1 August 2018) * Andrei Miroshnichenko (1–6 August 2018) *

(6 August 2018 – 31 December 2018) *

(31 December 2018 – 21 July 2019 ) *

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev ( kk, Нұрбол Жұмасқалиев, ''Nūrbol Jūmasqaliev'') is a retired Kazakh football attacking midfielder and forward, and former manager of FC Tobol. Career Early career At the age of 11, Nurbol was selected ...

(22 July – 14 December 2019) * Grigori Babayan (14 December 2019 - 17 June 2021) * Alexander Moskalenko (18 June 2021 – 16 May 2022) *

(20 May 2022 – )

References

External links

Official site
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