FC Kyzylzhar

FC Kyzylzhar (Kazakh: Қызылжар футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani football club, playing in the Kazakh city of Petropavl at the Karasai Stadium. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League. Kyzylzhar is the name of a district in the city. They are two time runners-up of the Premier league (1999 and 2000).

Kyzylzhar

Full name	Football Club Kyzylzhar Қызылжар футбол клубы
Founded	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Ground	Karasai Stadium Petropavl, Kazakhstan
Capacity	11,000
Chairman	Loriya Grigoriy Otarovich
Coach	Ali Aliyev
League	Premier League
2024	Kazakhstan Premier League, 9th of 14
Website	fkqyzyljar.kz
Home colours Away colours

History

Names

• 1968 : Founded as Avangard
• 1970 : Renamed Metallist
• 1979 : Renamed Avangard
• 1990 : Renamed Metallist
• 1998 : Renamed Yesil
• 1999 : Renamed Aksess-Yesil
• 2000 : Renamed Aksess-Golden Greyn
• 2001 : Renamed Yesil-Bogatyr
• 2009 : Renamed Kyzylzhar

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	19	42	18	8	16	84	67	44	1/16	Radik Baiburin Sergei Kondratskiy	18	Artem Amirdzhanov
1998	2nd	4	4	0	2	2	1	4	2		Aidar Valeyev	1
1999	1st	2	30	23	3	4	56	19	37	Runners-up	Igor Avdeyev	13	Vladimir Strizhevskiy
2000	1st	2	28	24	2	2	59	10	74	1/2	Igor Avdeyev	10	Dmitriy Ogai
2001	1st	3	32	21	6	5	51	16	69	1/4	Aleksandr Shatskih	8	Dmitriy Ogai
2002	1st	9	32	10	7	15	31	35	37	1/8	Sergei Kondratskiy	10	Leonid Ostroushko Ravil Ramazanov
2003	1st	11	32	10	6	16	42	53	36	1/2	Viktor Zubarev	7	Vladimir Strizhevskiy Oirat Saduov
2004	1st	6	36	18	5	13	53	40	59	1/8	Aram Voskanyan	11	Oirat Saduov
2005	1st	7	30	15	3	12	38	25	48	1/4	Aram Voskanyan	9	Oirat Saduov
2006	1st	12	30	8	9	13	20	37	33	1/8	Aram Voskanyan	8	Oirat Saduov
2007	1st	11	30	8	13	9	24	28	37	1/8	Aram Voskanyan Evgeniy Averchenko	5	E.Yarovenko
2008	1st	13	30	4	12	14	21	42	24	1/4	Aram Voskanyan Evgeniy Averchenko	4	E.Yarovenko Bolat Esmagambetov
2009	1st	14	26	3	4	19	14	56	6	1/8	Ruslan Muhamedzhanov	3	Bolat Esmagambetov
2010	2nd	10	34	14	4	16	44	57	46	1/16	Stanislav Shulyak	8	Yuriy Chuhleba
2011	2nd	14	32	8	10	14	38	54	31	1/8	Roman Seliverstov	10	Yuriy Chuhleba
2012	2nd	11	30	11	7	12	36	43	40	1/16	Timur Muldinov	8	Yuriy Chuhleba Sergey Stoyakin
2013	2nd	4	34	20	5	9	52	35	65	1/16	Oleksandr Zgura	16	Vyacheslav Ledovskih
2014	2nd	9	28	12	1	15	41	45	37	1/8	David Chagelishvili	10	Eduard Glazunov Vladimir Linchevskiy
2015	2nd	4	24	14	4	6	41	19	46	1/16	David Chagelishvili	10	Vladimir Fomichev
2016	2nd	3	28	14	9	5	45	25	51	1/4	Boško Stupić	13	Vladimir Fomichev
2017	2nd	2	24	13	5	6	37	22	44	1/8	Boško Stupić	13	Vladimir Fomichev
2018	1st	11	33	10	5	18	27	48	35	Last 16	Timur Muldinov	8	Nikola Spasov Andrey Kucheryavykh
2019	2nd	1	26	17	7	2	58	15	58	Group Stage	Maksym Drachenko	13	Ali Aliyev
2020	1st	9	20	6	5	9	15	24	23	-	Timur Muldinov Maksym Drachenko Shota Grigalashvili	3	Veaceslav Rusnac
2021	1st	4	26	11	6	9	32	24	39	Quarterfinal	Alibek Kasym	7	Andrei Karpovich
2022	1st	10	26	7	9	10	33	32	30	Group Stage	Yuriy Bushman Elguja Lobjanidze	7	Andrei Karpovich Ali Aliyev
2023	1st	5	26	11	6	9	25	23	39	Quarter-finals	Maksim Chikanchy Luka Imnadze Pernambuco	4	Ali Aliyev
2024	1st	9	24	8	5	11	29	26	29	Quarter-finals	Yevgeny Beryozkin	7	Ali Aliyev

European history

Main article: Kazakhstan football clubs in European cups

As of match played 11 August 2022

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa Conference League	4	1	1	2	3	3
Total	4	1	1	2	3	3

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	Osijek	1–2	2–0	3–2
		3QR	APOEL	0–0	0–1	0–1

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round

Current squad

As of 11 July 2025^[1]

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 Dzhurakhon Babakhanov 2 DF  KAZ Aleksandr Lebedev 4 DF  KAZ Bekzat Shadmanov 5 MF  BRA Rafael Sabino 6 DF  MNE Ilija Martinović 7 FW  KAZ Timur Muldinov 8 MF  KAZ Andrey Ulshin 9 MF  KAZ Ruslan Valiullin 10 FW  KAZ Toktar Zhangylyshbay 11 MF  KAZ Artem Cheredinov 12 MF  KAZ Madi Zhakipbaev 14 MF  KAZ Samat Zharynbetov 15 FW  CIV Senin Sebai 17 DF  KAZ Miras Eleukin

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CIV Michelle Kao 21 MF  KAZ Arsen Buranchiev 22 DF  UKR Anatoliy Kozlenko 25 DF  CIV Abdoul Aziz Touré 28 MF  MNE Darko Zorić 32 GK  KAZ Vadim Petrov 41 GK  RUS Miroslav Lobantsev 44 DF  RUS Andrei Vasilyev 55 MF  UKR Oleksandr Noyok 77 DF  KAZ Dmitry Miroshnichenko 79 FW  KAZ Gleb Valgushev 84 MF  CIV Néné Gbamblé 99 DF  KAZ Elisey Gorshunov — FW  NGA Nnamdi Ahanonu (on loan from Astana)

External links

• Official website
• Web-page "V Contacte" (archived 26 June 2016)
• Return of "bogatyrs" or as football became a religion in Petropavlovsk
• Old fan's site
• Old unofficial site