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FC Astana
	Logo
Full name	FC Astana
Founded	1964
Ground	K.Munaitpasov Stadium ; Astana, Kazakhstan
Capacity	12,343
Chairman	Aleksandr Konochkin
Manager	Alexander Irkhin
League	Kazakhstan Super League
2007	8
	Home colours
	Home colours

FC Astana are a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. In 2008 they plan to move to new Astana Stadium. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League, and have never relegated to lower level divisions. The club is three time national champions and has already played in qualifying stages of European cups, losing in the second qualifying round of the 2007/8 Champions League to Norway's Rosenborg after overcoming Georgian champions FC Olimpi Rustavi in the first qualifying round 3-0 on aggregate.

Name History

2000, 2001, 2006

2001¹, 2002, 2005

The start of 2007 season, April^[1] & Summer 2007 transfers^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	KAZ	Sergei Boichenko
21	GK	KAZ	Vitaliy Demur
31	GK	KAZ	Evgeni Kusnetsov
2	DF	KAZ	Aidar Kumisbekov
3	DF	KAZ	Aleksandr Kuchma
5	DF	KGZ	Emil Kenzhesariev
20	DF	KAZ	Maksim Kaznacheev
22	DF	KAZ	Sergei Akhanov
6	MF	KAZ	Anton Chichulin
7	MF	KAZ	Eduard Sergienko
8	MF	KAZ	Pyrali Aliyev
11	MF	KAZ	Kuanysh Abdualiev
14	MF	KAZ	Zhambyl Kukeev


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	KAZ	Aleksandr Suchkov
16	MF	RUS	Igor Aksenov
17	MF	KAZ	Beket Baimbetov
19	MF	KAZ	Mikhail Sukhov
19	MF	KAZ	Evgeniy Semin
—	MF	RUS	Viktor Bulatov ^{(summer transfer from Alania)}
—	MF	BUL	Dian Genchev ^{(summer transfer from Cherno More)}
9	FW	KAZ	Murat Suyumagambetov
10	FW	KAZ	Dauren Kusainov
18	FW	KAZ	Maksim Asovskiy
23	FW	KAZ	Tugan Khamkhoyev
—	FW	KAZ	Arsen Tlekhugov ^{(summer transfer from Kairat)}