FK Atyrau

FK Atyrau
	FK Atyrau
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Basic data
Surname	Atyrau Football Club
Seat	Atyrau
founding	1978
Colours	blue yellow
president	Asylbek Shunterbayev
Website	rfcatyrau.kz
First soccer team
Head coach	Oleg Dulub
Venue	Munaischy Stadium
Places	8,690
league	First League
2019	▼ 11th place, Premjer League
home	Away

The FK Atyrau ( Kazakh : Атырау Футбол Клубы, Russian Атырау футбольный клуб ) is a Kazakh football club from the city of Atyrau in western Kazakhstan .

history

Name development

The association was founded in 1978 under the name Prikaspijez Gurjew (Прикаспиец Гурьев). In 2000 it was renamed FK Atyrau (ФК Атырау).

Soviet championship

In the first two years after it was founded, the club only took part in the regional championship. In 1980 the team was included in the third highest Soviet league. After two disappointing seasons, the club was dissolved again in 1981.

Kazakh championship

In 2000 the club was reactivated in the Kazakh second division . The club has played in the Kazakh premier league since 2001 . Two times in 2001 with eleven points on Schenis Astana and in 2002 with eight points behind Irtysh Pavlodar , the runner-up was won. In the following three seasons, the team slipped into mediocrity. In the years 2006 to 2008, FK Atyrau played to remain in the top Kazakh league. In the 2009 season, the team won sixth place. In the same year, the first national cup win was celebrated when Shakhtar Qaraghandy was defeated 1-0 in the final in the capital Astana Arena .

Stadion

The club plays its home games in the 8,690-seat Munaischy Stadium , which was built in 1954.

European Cup balance sheet

The club took part in qualifying for the 2002/03 UEFA Cup . In the first round, the team was eliminated against the Slovakian Matador Púchov after 0: 0 and 0: 2. The following season, the team were also knocked out in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup first qualifying round by Levski Sofia of Bulgaria after 4-1 and 2-0. The third appearance on the European stage ended unsuccessfully for the club from Atyrau when both games were lost against the Hungarian opponent Győri ETO FC .

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
2002/03	Uefa cup	qualification	Slovakia Matador Púchov	0: 2	0: 0 (H)	0: 2 (A)
2003/04	Uefa cup	qualification	Bulgaria Levski Sofia	1: 6	1: 4 (A)	0: 2 (H)
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	Hungary Győri ETO FC	0: 5	00: 3 (H) ¹	0: 2 (A)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 6 games, 1 draw, 5 defeats, 1:13 goals (goal difference −12)

¹ The first leg ended 2-0 for Győri ETO FC, but was rated 0-3 for Győri ETO FC as FK Atyrau used a suspended player.

successes

Championship successes

Kazakh runner-up : 2001 , 2002

Cup successes

Kazakh Cup Winner : 2009
Kazakh Cup Finalist: 2017,2018,2019
Kazakh Super Cup finalist: 2010

Current squad for the 2019 season

goalkeeper
number	player	nationality	Date of birth	With FK Atyrau since
31	Mikhail Golubnichi	Kazakhstan	January 31, 1995	2019
33	Antun Marković	Croatia	4th July 1992	2019
Defense
2	Dauren Maschitow	Kazakhstan	March 3, 1996	2017
27	Andrei Schabaev	Kazakhstan	February 15, 1987	2019
49	Vitaly Ustinov	Russia	May 3, 1991	2019
77	Eldar Abdrachmanov	Kazakhstan	January 16, 1987	2017
-	Ruslan Essatov	Kazakhstan	October 31, 1984	2015
midfield
6th	Boubacar Mansaly	Senegal	4th February 1988	2019
8th	Dauren Kairalliev	Kazakhstan	May 15, 1992	2017
11	Aléx Bruno	Brazil	October 7, 1993	2019
21st	Jacques Alberto Ngwem	Cameroon	3rd August 1992	2019
87	Eduard Sergienko	Kazakhstan	18th February 1981	2017
96	Ivan Antipov	Kazakhstan	January 14, 1996	2019
Storm
9	Alexei Rodionov	Kazakhstan	March 29, 1995	2018
10	Piotr Grzelczak	Poland	March 2nd, 1988	2019