FC Caspiy

Caspiy Football Club (Kazakh: Футбольный клуб «Каспий») is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea (Kazakh: Каспий теңізі), on whose eastern shore Aktau is located. Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup. Since 2001, they were stuck in the First Division, until gaining direct promotion to the top division in the 2019 season.

Caspiy

Full name	Caspiy Football Club
Nickname(s)	Sailors
Founded	1962; 63 years ago (1962), as Trud
Ground	Zhastar Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Erzhan Dzhambirov
Manager	Vladimir Nikitenko
League	First League (II)
2024	3rd
Website	caspiyfc.kz
Home colours Away colours

History

From 1979 – 1991, the team played in the Soviet second league. From 1992 onwards, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, they played in the championship of Kazakhstan. The best achievement – the 4th place in 1996.

Premier league return

Caspiy returned to the Kazakhstan Premier League for the first time in 19 seasons in 2020, with head coach Srdjan Blagojevic guiding them to a 10th-place finish. The following season, 2021, Blagojevic sealed an 8th-place finish before leaving to join Astana, with Nikolay Kostov being appointed as his replacement on 31 December 2021.^[1][2] On April 17, 2023, a Macedonian specialist, Igor Angelovski, was announced as the new head coach.^[3]

In 2021, the club rebranded itself, changing the logo, primary club colors, and sports kit.^[4]

The top scorer in the club's history, with more than 60 goals (as of April 19, 2022), is the forward, and club alumnus Almas Nurbergenovich Armenov.

Names

• 1962 : Founded as Trud
• 1990 : The club is renamed Aktau
• 1993 (July) : The club is renamed Munaishy
• 1999 : The club is renamed Aktau
• 2000 : The club is renamed Mangystau
• 2002 : The club is renamed Caspiy

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts		Name	League
1992	1st	15	32	17	3	12	62	46	54	First round	Eduard Glazunov	19	Degtyarov Alexander
1993	1st	20	48	23	5	20	84	77	74	First round	Erkin Sultanov	20
1994	2nd	1	36	30	2	4	62	23	92	Semi-final
1995	1st	16	30	1	5	24	15	107	8	Last 16
1996	1st	4	34	18	9	7	54	26	63	Semi-final	Eduard Glazunov	10
1997	Non League
1998	2nd	3	4	1	1	2	2	7	4
1999	2nd	8	3	0	0	3	2	9	0
2000	2nd	2	11	6	3	2	20	9	21
2001	1st	17	32	3	6	23	16	59	15	Last 16	Erlan Urazaev	5	Vladimir Fomichev
2002	2nd	6	24	8	6	10	25	28	30	Quarter-final
2003	2nd (SW)	3	20	12	1	7	33	21	37	First round
2004	2nd (SW)	3	24	17	2	5	50	17	53	First round
2005	2nd (SW)	5	22	10	6	6	31	17	36	First round	Fedor Siminidi	15
2006	2nd (SW)	2	26	19	3	4	63	20	60	First round	Talgat Sabalakov	14
2007	2nd (SW)	3	26	19	3	4	46	23	43	First round	Sergey Gridin	13
2008	2nd	9	26	11	1	14	42	55	34	First round
2009	2nd	10	26	5	8	13	26	40	23	First round			Anvarbek Sanbaev
2010	2nd	16	34	5	5	24	40	79	20	Second round	Erlan Murlikhanov	6	Mels Kushanov
2011	2nd	12	32	10	7	15	33	42	37	First round	Almas Armenov	9	Baurzhan Baimukhammedov
2012	2nd	8	30	11	7	12	39	31	40	First round	Almas Armenov	8	Radostin Dimov
2013	2nd	5	34	19	8	7	54	31	65	Second round	Igor Abdusheev	15	Igor Prokhnitskiy
2014	2nd	4	28	17	4	7	44	26	51	First round	Almas Armenov	13	Igor Prokhnitskiy
2015	2nd	5	24	12	7	5	35	18	43	First round	Vladimir Vyatkin	9	Kairat Aimanov
2016	2nd	4	28	12	7	9	38	29	43	Second round	Almas Armenov	7	Kairat Aimanov / Askar Kushikbaev
2017	2nd	8	24	3	6	15	14	36	15	First round	Moussa Limane	7	Askar Kushikbaev
2018	2nd	11	33	3	7	23	25	65	16	First round	Branko Čubrilo	5	Askar Keldjanov / Ivan Pudar
2019	2nd	2	26	17	5	4	48	21	56	Last 16	Aidos Tattybaev	19	Sava Kovačević
2020	1st	10	20	5	2	13	15	34	17	-	Billal Sebaihi	4	Srdjan Blagojevic
2021	1st	8	26	8	8	10	35	35	32	Quarterfinal	David Karayev	6	Srdjan Blagojevic
2022	1st	9	26	9	4	13	26	42	31	Group Stage	Ruan Teles	6	Nikolay Kostov
2023	1st	13	26	4	8	14	28	44	20	Round of 16	Giorgi Pantsulaia	6	Kakhaber Tskhadadze / Igor Angelovski / Konstantin Gorovenko

Current squad

As of December 2024^[5]

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 Nurlybek Ayazbaev 2 DF  KAZ Erkebulan Chinzhirbek 3 DF  KAZ Anuar Bekmyrza 4 DF  KAZ Erlan Kadyrbaev 5 DF  KAZ Kasymzhan Taipov 7 MF  KAZ Bekzat Kabylan 8 DF  KAZ Viktor Dmitrenko 9 FW  KAZ Nurasyl Abilkairov 10 FW  KAZ Bakdaulet Konlimkos 11 FW  KAZ Bakdaulet Zulfikarov 12 GK  KAZ Olzhas Mukhanov 13 DF  KAZ Maksat Taykenov 14 MF  KAZ Daulet Zaynetdinov 17 DF  KAZ Samat Shamsi 21 FW  KAZ Damir Marat

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  KAZ Amandyk Nabikhanov 27 FW  KAZ Alibi Mukhit 28 FW  KAZ Nikita Strizhkov 30 FW  KAZ Sanat Zhumakhanov 35 GK  KAZ Aleksandr Mokin 46 MF  KAZ Ali Kuantay 47 FW  KAZ Arman Nusip 48 MF  KAZ Erlik Zhumabay 66 MF  KAZ Aleksey Doronin 68 FW  KAZ Madiyar Bekeshov 70 MF  KAZ Sultan Tazhikenov 71 DF  KAZ Ramazan Karimov 77 FW  KAZ Alen Aymanov 78 MF  KAZ Murodzhon Khalmatov 90 MF  KAZ Nurmukhammed Islam

Honours

• Kazakhstan First Division (1): 1994
• Kazakh SSR Top League (1): 1978
• Kazakh SSR Cup (3): 1964, 1977, 1978