Football Club Atyrau () is a professional

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club based in

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 ...

, who last played in the

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, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 8,900-seat

Munaishy Stadium Munayshy Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Atyrau Football Club Atyrau () is a professional football club based in Atyrau, who last played in th ...

, where they have played since their inception.

History

Founded as Prikaspiets in 1980, they played only two seasons in the

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. In 2000, the club was refounded as Akzhaiyk to play in the

Kazakhstan First Division The Kazakhstan First Division () is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Q ...

. Next season, they were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League with a new name Atyrau. The club colours, reflected in their badge and kit, are green and white. The club's crest is a green and white striped shield, with an oil drop in a ball form in the centre, incorporates the cities role in

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. On 14 December 2016, Atyrau appointed

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as manager. On 8 January 2018,

Vakhid Masudov Vakhid Masudov (; born 10 October 1959) is a Kazakh football coach and a former midfielder who is the head coach of Aksu. He played for the national team of Kazakhstan. Master of Sports of the USSR (1986). Has a coaching category "A". Caree ...

was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager. On 9 April 2018, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent, with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April 2018. Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July 2018, with

Viktor Kumykov Viktor Balyutovich Kumykov (; born 25 June 1963) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is the manager of the Kazakh club Kaisar. Managerial career Kumykov resigned as Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakht ...

being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July 2018.

Domestic history

Continental history

Honours

*Kazakhstan Cup **Winners (1):

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Current squad

Managers

* Alibek Amirov (1980–81) * Kairat Aimanov (2000) *

Vait Talgayev Vait Abdul-Khamidovich Talgayev (first name also spelled Voit; ; born 11 May 1953) is a Kazakhstani football coach and former player. Honours As a player FC Kairat * Soviet First League: 1976 As a manager FC Taraz * Kazakhstan Premier League ...

(2000–02) * Oleksandr Holokolosov (2002–05) *

Sergey Timofeev Sergey Anatolyevich Timofeyev (; born 5 March 1965) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. He played for Kairat Almaty in the Soviet Top League as well as FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Alania Vladikavkaz in the Russian Pre ...

(2005) * Aleksandr Averyanov (2006) * Murat Munbayev (2006) * Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (2007) * Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (2007) *

Sergei Volgin Sergei Volgin (; born 5 May 1960) is a Kazakhstani football coach and a former player. Playing career Volgin played 174 games in Soviet Top League and scored 34 goals. His position was midfielder. Managerial career Volgin started his coaching ...

(2008) *

Sergey Andreyev Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev (; born 16 May 1956) is a football manager and a former Soviet and Russian player. International career Andreyev earned 26 caps and scored 8 goals for the USSR national team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World ...

(2008) *

Anton Shokh Anton Rokhusovich Shokh (; born 5 January 1960 in Dzhambul, now Taraz; died 7 March 2009 in Oskemen) was a Kazakhstani professional football player and coach. He also held Russian citizenship. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top Lea ...

(2009) *

(2009–10) * Viktor Pasulko (2010) * Kairat Aimanov (2010) *

Ramiz Mammadov Ramiz Mammadov (born 15 August 1968) is an Azerbaijani former football player. Sometimes he is confused with his Muscovite colleague Ramiz Mamedov. He played between 1992 and 2005, for teams such as FC Kapaz (Ganja), Garabag (Agdam), Kur (Ming ...

(2010–11) *

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Fe ...

(2011–12) * Yuri Konkov (2012) *

Miodrag Radulović Miodrag Radulović (; born 23 October 1967) is a Montenegrin professional football manager and former player who is the coach of the Lebanon national team. Club career Born in Titograd, Montenegro, his football career began in 1980 at Budućno ...

(2012–13) * Anatoliy Yurevich (2013–14) * Vladimir Nikitenko (2014–16) *

Stoycho Mladenov Stoycho Dimitrov Mladenov (; born 12 April 1957 in Ploski, Blagoevgrad Province) is a Bulgarian former football player and manager. He has 212 matches and 107 goals for CSKA. With the club he won the national title 6 times, 4 as a player and ...

(2016) *

(2016–17) * Sergei Pavlov (2017) *

(2018) * Adrian Sosnovschi (2018) *

(2018–19) * Kuanysh Kabdulov (2019) * Oleg Dulub (2019) * Kuanysh Kabdulov (2019–20) *

Aram Voskanyan Aram Voskanyan (; born 26 August 1975) is an Armenian football manager and former player who manages Ararat Yerevan. Playing career A striker, Aram was a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 10 international matches s ...

(2020–2021) * Konstantin Gorovenko (2021–2022) * Vitaly Zhukovsky (2022)

References

External links

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on

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