FC Vostok (, ''Vostok Fýtbol Klýby'') was a Kazakh

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club from Öskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), and a founding member of the

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in 1992. The club's best finish in the league was 5th place in 1997 and again in 1998.

History

On 19 September 2008, FC Shakhter and FC Vostok were found guilty of one count of

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. Coaches and management involved were banned from football for five years and both clubs were expelled from the

. On 2 October 2008, the

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revised these decisions. FC Vostok's expulsion was upheld, while FC Shakhter's punishment was reduced to a deduction of nine points. The result of the fixed match was annulled, and all remaining Vostok games were to be counted as won 3–0 by their opponents. However, the expulsion of FC Vostok from the Kazakhstan Cup 2008 was revoked.Состоялось заседание Апелляционного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана.
A new club, FC Altai Semey, was founded in January 2016 from the merger of FC Vostok and Spartak Semey.

Names

*1963 : Founded as ''Vostok'' *1997 : Renamed ''Vostok Adil'' *1998 : Renamed ''Vostok'' *1999 : Renamed ''Vostok Altyn'' *2003 : Renamed ''Vostok''

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

* Kazakhstan First Division **Champions (1):

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**Winners (1): 1994

Current squad

Previous managers

* Sergey Kvochkin (1973–75), (1976–78), (1984–86) * Vakhid Masudov (2002) * Aleksandr Piskaryov (2004) * Andrei Miroshnichenko (2009) * Pavel Saliy (2012) * Vladimir Fomichyov (Jan 2013) * Pavel Yevteyev (2014–2015)

References

External links

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Fan website
(archived 25 March 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vostok, Fc Defunct football clubs in Kazakhstan Association football clubs established in 1963 1963 establishments in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic