FC Atyrau

Football Club Atyrau (Kazakh: «Атырау» футбол клубы / "Atyrau" futbol kluby) is a professional football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 8,900-seat Munaishy Stadium, where they have played since their inception.

Atyrau

Full name	Football Club Atyrau
Nickname(s)	Мұнайшылар ('The Oilers')
Founded	1980; 45 years ago (1980)
Ground	Munaishy Stadium
Capacity	8,900
Chairman	Alisher Apsalyamov[1]
Manager	Vitaly Zhukovsky
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2024	7th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Founded as Prikaspiets in 1980, they played only two seasons in the Soviet Second League. In 2000, the club was refounded as Akzhaiyk to play in the Kazakhstan First Division. 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 oil industry.

On 14 December 2016, Atyrau appointed Zoran Vulić as manager.^[2]

On 8 January 2018, Vakhid Masudov was appointed as FC Atyrau's new manager.^[3] On 9 April 2018, Masudov left Atyrau by mutual consent,^[4] with Adrian Sosnovschi being appointed as Atyrau's new manager on 11 April 2018.^[5] Adrian Sosnovschi and his coaching team resigned on 1 July 2018,^[6] with Viktor Kumykov being appointed as Atyrau's third manager of the season on 4 July 2018.^[7]

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2001	1st	2	32	21	7	4	53	16	70		Makayev	17	Talgayev
2002	1st	2	32	19	6	7	43	22	63		Kitsak	11	Talgayev
2003	1st	4	32	16	5	11	48	42	53		Agabaýew	14	Holokolosov
2004	1st	5	36	20	11	5	49	31	71		Eremeev	14	Holokolosov
2005	1st	10	30	10	7	13	32	36	37				Holokolosov / Timofeev
2006	1st	14	30	8	5	17	25	47	29				Averyanov
2007	1st	14	30	8	6	16	29	39	30				Yeremeyev / Baiseitov
2008	1st	15	30	3	10	17	22	54	19	Second round			Volgin / Yeremeyev / Andreyev
2009	1st	6	26	11	7	8	37	29	40	Winners	Zubko	9	Shokh / Masudov
2010	1st	5	32	13	5	14	36	44	44	Quarter-finals	Frunză	7	Masudov / Pasulko
2011	1st	10	32	8	10	14	28	43	24	Second round	Danilyuk	5	Mammadov / Azovskiy / Filipović
2012	1st	11	26	7	6	13	16	32	27	First round	Sigurðsson	3	Filipović / Konkov
2013	1st	8	32	10	11	11	26	38	28	First round	Nurybekov Shchotkin	4	Radulović
2014	1st	9	32	10	7	15	30	43	25	Quarter-finals	Trifunović	13	Yurevich & Belyavskiy / Nikitenko
2015	1st	5	32	11	12	9	31	33	27	Second round	Arzhanov Baizhanov	5	Nikitenko
2016	1st	8	32	10	9	13	35	39	39	Semi-final	Arzhanov	8	Nikitenko/ Konkov(Caretaker) / Mladenov
2017	1st	8	33	10	8	15	34	54	35	Runners-up	Maksimović	7	Vulić/ Pavlov/ Kabdulov (Caretaker)
2018	1st	9	33	9	9	15	34	47	36	Runners-up	Adeniji	8	Masudov / Sosnovschi / Kumykov
2019	1st	11	33	6	8	19	25	58	26	Runners-up	Abdulavov	5	Kumykov / Kuandulov (Caretaker) / Dulub
2020	2nd	2	12	8	3	1	21	11	27	-
2021	1st	11	26	7	7	12	25	40	28	Group Stage	Grzelczak Bryan	5	Aram Voskanyan
2022	1st	11	26	7	8	11	30	39	29	Group Stage	Filipović	13	Gorovenko / V.Bogatyrev / Zhukovsky
2023	1st	7	26	8	10	8	24	27	34	Semifinal	Kozlov	8	Zhukovsky
2024	1st	7	24	9	8	7	28	20	35	Runners-up	Signevich	10	Zhukovsky

Continental history

As of match played 22 July 2010

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
UEFA Cup/Europa League	6	0	1	5	1	13	-12
Total	6	0	1	5	1	13	-12

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	UEFA Cup	1Q	Matador Púchov	0–0	0–2	0–2
2003–04	UEFA Cup	1Q	Levski Sofia	1–4	0–2	1–6
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Győr	0–3	0–2	0–5

Honours

• Kazakhstan Cup
  • Winners (1): 2009

Current squad

As of 11 July, 2025

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BLR Yegor Khatkevich 3 DF  BLR Ruslan Khadarkevich 4 MF  KAZ Vadim Afanasenko 5 MF  MNE Goran Milojko 6 DF  BLR Ruslan Yudenkov 7 FW  BLR Igor Stasevich 8 MF  GHA Rashid Abubakar 9 FW  RUS Luka Zgursky 10 MF  KAZ Rinat Dzhumatov 11 FW  COD Joel Kayamba 14 DF  KAZ Eskendir Kybyray

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  RUS Konstantin Dorofeyev (on loan from Krasnodar) 18 FW  KAZ Yan Trufanov (on loan from Kairat) 19 MF  KAZ Vadim Yakovlev 21 DF  KAZ Bauyrzhan Akhaev 23 MF  BLR Vasily Sovpel 26 DF  KAZ Yusuf Saidaliev 31 GK  KAZ Alisher Suleymen 33 FW  BUL Tsvetelin Chunchukov 35 GK  KAZ Nurasyl Tokhtarov 37 DF  KAZ Olzhas Kerimzhanov 77 MF  KAZ Karym Smykov

Managers

• Alibek Amirov (1980–81)
• Kairat Aimanov (2000)
• Vait Talgayev (2000–02)
• Oleksandr Holokolosov (2002–05)
• Sergey Timofeev (2005)
• Aleksandr Averyanov (2006)
• Murat Munbayev (2006)
• Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (2007)
• Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (2007)
• Sergei Volgin (2008)
• Sergey Andreyev (2008)
• Anton Shokh (2009)
• Vakhid Masudov (2009–10)
• Viktor Pasulko (2010)
• Kairat Aimanov (2010)
• Ramiz Mammadov (2010–11)
• Zoran Filipović (2011–12)
• Yuri Konkov (2012)
• Miodrag Radulović (2012–13)
• Anatoliy Yurevich (2013–14)
• Vladimir Nikitenko (2014–16)
• Stoycho Mladenov (2016)
• Zoran Vulić (2016–17)
• Sergei Pavlov (2017)
• Vakhid Masudov (2018)
• Adrian Sosnovschi (2018)
• Viktor Kumykov (2018–19)
• Kuanysh Kabdulov (Caretaker) (2019)
• Oleg Dulub (2019)
• Kuanysh Kabdulov (Caretaker) (2019–20)
• Aram Voskanyan (2020–2021)
• Konstantin Gorovenko (2021–2022)
• Vitaly Zhukovsky (2022)