FC Aktobe

Football Club Aktobe (Kazakh: Aqtóbe Fýtbol Klýby), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Formed as Aktyubinets in 1967, they became Aktobemunai in 1996, Aktobe in 1997, Aktobe-Lento in 2000 and finally Aktobe again in 2005. Their home ground is the 13,500 seat Central Stadium.

Aktobe

Full name	Football Club Aktobe
Nickname(s)	Red and Whites
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967) as Aktyubinets[1]
Ground	Central Stadium
Capacity	13,200[2]
Owner	Akimat of Aktobe Region
President	Askar Zhyrgalbekov
Manager	Vyacheslav Levchuk (caretaker)
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2024	3rd of 13
Website	fcaktobe.kz
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Aktobe have won five league titles, one Kazakhstan Cup and three Kazakhstan Super Cup. The club has also won two Soviet Second League titles in 1981 and 1991.

History

Aktobe was founded in 1967 as Aktyubinets. They played their first three seasons in the Class B Division, fourth tier of the Soviet League system. For the next 7 seasons, they were not active in official tournaments. In 1976, the club joined the Soviet Second League, to play in its Zone 7, and in 1981, they won the championship . In 1990, the team recorded a 10–0 victory over Bulat, which remains the club's biggest victory on record. In the 1991 season, the last year of Soviet League existence, the club won Zone 8 Championship.^[1]

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the club joined the newly formed Kazakhstan Premier League. In 1994, Aktyubinets reached Kazakhstan Cup final, which they lost to Vostok with a score of 0–1. In 1996, the club changed name to Aktobemunai. However, after one season they renamed again to Aktobe. As the result of reduction of league teams in 1997, Aktobe was relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division. In the 2000 season, the club won Kazakhstan First Division and were promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[1]

Vladimir Mukhanov managed the team between 2006 and 2012.

On 20 July 2015, Ioan Andone was appointed as the club's manager.^[3] After finishing Third in the league, on 10 November 2015, Andone left the club after his contract wasn't extended.^[4] On 22 December 2015, Yuri Utkulbayev was announced as Aktobe new manager.^[5] Ihor Rakhayev replaced Utkulbayev prior to the start of the 2017 season.^[6]

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	12	34	9	13	12	29	36	40	Round 2			V.Baburin
1993	1st	9	46	16	13	17	60	55	61	Round 1	Miroshnichenko	20	V.Baburin N.Akchurin
1994	1st	4	30	15	10	5	45	23	55	Runners-up	Miroshnichenko	19	N.Akchurin Nikitenko
1995	1st	14	30	9	5	16	26	45	32	Round 2			Lemenchuk
1996	1st	10	34	13	6	15	42	48	45	Round 2	Korolev	17	Lemenchuk
1997	1st	11	26	4	3	19	16	56	15	Round 2			Lemenchuk Pobirsky
2001	1st	8	32	13	6	13	33	40	45	Round 1			Pobirsky Linchevskiy
2002	1st	5	32	13	7	12	37	40	46	Quarter-finals	Yurist	9	Linchevskiy Masudov
2003	1st	5	32	13	12	7	40	29	51	Quarter-finals			Masudov Miroshnichenko Ishchenko
2004	1st	4	36	22	8	6	52	19	74	Quarter-finals			Ishchenko
2005	1st	1	30	22	4	4	50	27	70	Round 2	Ashirbekov	15	Ramazanov
2006	1st	2	30	18	6	6	48	21	60	Quarter-finals	Rogaciov	16	Mukhanov
2007	1st	1	30	22	6	2	55	12	72	Quarter-finals	Rogaciov	16	Mukhanov
2008	1st	1	30	20	7	3	61	18	67	Winners	Khairullin	11	Mukhanov
2009	1st	1	26	21	2	3	65	19	65	Semi-finals	Tleshev	18	Mukhanov
2010	1st	2	32	19	6	7	56	30	63	Quarter-finals	Tleshev	10	Mukhanov
2011	1st	3	32	15	9	8	53	31	54	Round 2	Mané	12	Mukhanov
2012	1st	3	32	15	5	6	44	22	50	Semi-finals	Khairullin Geynrikh	6	Mukhanov Nikitenko
2013	1st	1	32	20	6	6	46	22	66	Semi-finals	Khairullin	7	Nikitenko
2014	1st	2	32	17	10	5	52	31	40	Runners-up	Khairullin	9	Nikitenko Gazzayev
2015	1st	3	32	15	9	8	35	25	32	Semi-finals	Khizhnichenko	9	Gazzayev Andone
2016	1st	6	32	9	9	14	37	52	36	Last 16	Bocharov	7	Utkulbayev
2017	1st	9	33	8	9	16	38	46	33	Quarter-final	Zyankovich	9	Rakhayev Mukhanov
2018	1st	7	33	13	9	11	51	47	42	Last 16	Pizzelli	18	Mukhanov
2019	1st	11	33	7	6	20	35	75	15	Last 16	Aimbetov	16	Sednyov
2020	2nd	1	12	9	2	1	23	4	29	-
2021	1st	7	26	9	6	11	35	40	33	Group Stage	Sergeyev	7	Baha Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) Masudov Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) Mukhanov
2022	1st	2	26	16	4	6	43	28	52	Group Stage	Vidémont	8	Mukhanov Badlo (Caretaker) Karpovich
2023	1st	3	26	13	11	2	44	23	50	Round of 16	Kenesov	6	Karpovich
2024	1st	3	24	12	7	5	39	26	43	Winners	Idris Umayev	6	Parfyonov Leonov

European history

Main article: Kazakhstan football clubs in European cups

As of match played 11 July 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	16	7	4	5	22	18
UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League	30	8	7	15	31	46
UEFA Conference League	5	1	1	3	6	6
Total	51	16	12	23	59	70

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away		Aggregate
2006–07	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Liepājas Metalurgs	1–1	0–1		1–2
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	SV Mattersburg	1–0	2–4		3–4
2008–09	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	0–4		1–4
2009–10	UEFA Champions League	2Q	FH	2–0	4–0		6–0
		3Q	Maccabi Haifa	0–0	3–4		3–4
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	PO	Werder Bremen	0–2	3–6		3–8
2010–11	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Olimpi Rustavi	2–0	1–1		3–1
		3Q	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1–0	1–3		2–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	PO	AZ	2–1	0–2		2–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Kecskeméti	0–0	1–1		1–1(a)
		3Q	Alania Vladikavkaz	1–1	1–1		2–2(p)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	1–0	1–1		2–1
		2Q	Milsami Orhei	3–0	2–4		5–4
		3Q	Genk	1–2	1–2		2–4
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Gandzasar	2–1	2–1		4–2
		2Q	Hødd	2–0	0–1		2–1
		3Q	Breiðablik	1–0	0–1		1–1(p)
		PO	Dynamo Kyiv	2–3	1–5		3–8
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0	1–0		4–0
		3Q	Steaua București	2–2	1–2		3–4
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	PO	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–2		0–3
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Nõmme Kalju	0–1	0–0		0–1
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	MTK Budapest	1–1	0–2		1–3
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Torpedo Kutaisi	1–2	4–1		5–3
		3Q	Sepsi OSK	0–1	1–1		1–2
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	1Q	Sarajevo	0–1	3–2		3–3 (p)
2025–26	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Legia Warsaw	0–1	0–1		0–2
	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Sparta Prague	2–1	0–4		2–5

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round
• GS: Group stage

Further information: UEFA coefficient

The following list ranks the current position of Aktobe in UEFA club ranking:

Rank	Team	Points
274	Irtysh Pavlodar	3.625
275	Ordabasy	3.625
276	Aktobe	3.625
277	Shakhter Karagandy	3.625
278	Shkëndija	3.500

As of 1 June 2018.^[7]

Colours and crest

In March 2016, Aktobe announced Lotto as their new kit suppliers.^[8]

Honours

Source:^[9]

• Kazakhstan Premier League
  • Champions (5): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
• Kazakhstan Cup
  • Champions: 2008, 2024
• Kazakhstan Super Cup
  • Champions (3): 2008, 2010, 2014^[10]

Current squad

As of 11 July, 2025^[11]

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  KAZ Igor Trofimets 2 DF  KAZ Lev Skvortsov 4 MF  NGA Uche Agbo 5 DF  KAZ Bagdat Kairov 6 DF  KAZ Alibek Kasym 7 FW  NIG Daniel Sosah 10 FW  RUS Idris Umayev 11 FW  KAZ Artur Shushenachev 12 FW  GUI Amadou Doumbouya 14 MF  KAZ Vyacheslav Shvyryov 15 DF  CMR Gaby Kiki 18 FW  HAI Jayro Jean 19 FW  KAZ Oralkhan Omirtayev

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  KAZ Georgy Zhukov 22 MF  KAZ Yerkebulan Seydakhmet 23 DF  KAZ Talgat Kusyapov 25 GK  ROU Andrei Vlad 26 DF  SRB Nemanja Anđelković 29 MF  KAZ Daniyar Usenov (on loan from Tobol) 30 MF  BLR Nikita Korzun 31 DF  KAZ Adilkhan Tanzharikov 42 MF  KAZ Ayan Baydavletov 48 MF  KAZ Alisher Kenzhegulov 57 MF  KAZ Miras Umaniyazov 66 MF  NGA Mario Rabiu 88 DF  ROU Bogdan Vătăjelu 99 FW  PAN Freddy Góndola

Managerial history

• Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 1994 – 31 Dec 1994)
• Vakhid Masudov (2003)
• Oleksandr Ishchenko (2003–04)
• Vladimir Mukhanov (1 July 2006 – 31 Dec 2012)
• Vladimir Nikitenko (1 Jan 2013 – 8 July 2014)
• Vladimir Gazzayev (10 July 2014 – 16 July 2015)
• Ioan Andone (20 July 2015 – 10 November 2015)
• Yuri Utkulbayev (22 December 2015 – December 2016)
• Ihor Rakhayev (December 2016 – May 2017)
• Vladimir Mukhanov (May 2017 – December 2018)
• Aleksandr Sednyov (January 2019 – December 2019)
• Vladimir Maminov (January – February 2020)
• Aleksei Petrushin (February – September 2020)
• Vladimir Zelenovskiy (October – December 2020)
• Alyaksey Baha (January 2021 – 5 May 2021)^[12][13]
• Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) (5 May 2021 – 7 June 2021)^[13][14]
• Vakhid Masudov (7 June 2021 – 26 July 2021)^[14][15]
• Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) (26 July 2021 – 4 August 2021)^[15][16]
• Vladimir Mukhanov (4 August 2021 – 28 April 2022)^[16][17]
• Petr Badlo (Caretaker) (28 April 2022 – 6 May 2022)^[18]
• Andrei Karpovich (6 May 2022 – present)^[19]