FC Yelimay
Full nameFootball Club Yelimay
Елімай футбол клубы
Founded1964 (1964)
GroundSpartak Stadium
Semey, Kazakhstan
Capacity8,000
ChairmanAkhmedzhan Kazakbayev
ManagerSamat Smakov
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
2023Kazakhstan First Division, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

FC Yelimay (Kazakh: Елімай футбол клубы) is a Kazakh football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Yelimay Semipalatinsk (or simply "Yelimay") they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. However, they are currently in Premier League.

History

Yelimay most recently won the Kazakh league while the Football Federation of Kazakhstan were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to UEFA affiliation, Yelimay were relegated to the second-tier Kazakhstan First Division.

After the annex of former Semey Province to East Kazakhstan Province, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus all financial support from province went to FC Vostok, from Oskemen, the current province capital.

Names

  • 1964 : Founded as Tsementnik
  • 1971 : Renamed Spartak
  • 1994 : Renamed Yelimay
  • 1999 : Renamed AES-Yelimay
  • 2001 : Renamed Yelimay
  • 2004 : Renamed Semey
  • 2008 : Renamed Spartak
  • 2022 : Renamed Yelimay

Domestic history

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 14 26 5 3 18 25 60 13
1993 1st 17 24 13 4 7 32 35 30
1994 1st 1 30 20 7 3 70 29 47 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 16
1995 1st 1 30 21 4 5 68 23 67 Winners Kazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko 23
1996 1st 3 34 22 8 4 67 17 74 Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov 14
1997 1st 7 26 13 7 6 41 26 46 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 8
1998 1st 1 26 20 3 3 60 20 63 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 14
1999 1st 9 30 12 4 14 35 36 40
2000 1st 8 28 12 5 11 43 33 41 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 15
2001 1st 7 32 14 6 12 47 42 48 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 13
2002 1st 8 32 11 6 15 33 51 39
2003 1st 9 32 12 7 13 35 35 43
2004 1st 19 36 4 1 31 25 84 13
2005 2nd 2 24 18 5 1 76 17 59
2006 2nd 4 24 12 7 5 46 25 43
2007 2nd 9 26 7 8 11 29 49 29
2008 2nd 3 26 13 8 5 50 35 47 First round
2009 2nd 7 26 12 2 12 35 41 38 First round
2010 2nd 4 34 19 7 8 68 40 64 First round
2011 2nd 14 32 8 8 16 36 53 32 First round
2012 2nd 6 30 14 4 12 38 45 46 First round
2013 2nd 2 34 21 7 6 54 24 70 First round Uzbekistan Paul Puryshkin 13
2014 1st 12 32 7 7 18 30 52 21 First round Serbia Nemanja Jovanović 7 Kazakhstan Almas Kulshinbayev
2015 2nd 6 24 11 6 7 34 19 39 Second round

Continental history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Club Championship First round Uzbekistan Neftchi Fargʻona 1–3 4–1 5–4
Second round Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 0–1 0–31 0–41
1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round Kyrgyzstan AiK Bishkek 4–2 2–1 6–3
Second round Iran Persepolis 3–0 0–5 3–5

1 Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.

Current squad

As of 31 May 2023[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Rakhat Mavlikeev
3 MF Japan JPN Takuya Matsunaga
5 DF Belarus BLR Valery Karshakevich
6 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Altynbek Saparov
7 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Arman Nusip
8 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Nabi Mergazy
9 FW Georgia (country) GEO Beka Kavtaradze
10 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev
11 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Alibek Zhardemov
13 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Bakytzhan Malikov
14 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Doszhan Kenzhegulov
15 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Dmitriy Schmidt
17 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Berik Aytbaev
18 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Nursultan Sovetkazy
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Mokhammed Ensebaev
21 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Sultan Abilgazy
22 MF Russia RUS Magomed Rabadanov
23 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Berik Shaykhov
27 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Nikita Pivkin
33 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Daniyar Plotnikov
70 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Karim Smykov
76 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Tair Berdenov
77 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Alen Aymanov
78 GK Russia RUS Denis Kavlinov
80 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Aydyn Metallov
91 FW Russia RUS Pavel Yakovlev
99 FW Russia RUS Maksim Zhitnev

Honours

Notes

  1. "Футбол клубы «Елімай»". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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