FC Irtysh Pavlodar

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FC Irtysh (Kazakh: Ертіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as Ansat), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower levels before being dissolved in 2020. It entered Kazakhstan Second League in 2024 and was promoted to Kazakhstan First League for 2025. Irtysh had participated in the AFC Champions League a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001 (the final year of Kazakhstan's AFC affiliation), and played in UEFA Champions League qualifying round in 2003.

FC Irtysh

Full name	Football Club Irtysh Ертіс футбол клубы
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965)
Ground	Central Stadium Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Roman Skljar
Manager	Vacant
League	Kazakhstan First League
2024	Kazakhstan Second League (promoted)
Website	fcirtysh.kz
Home colours Away colours

History

On 9 August 2017, Dimitar Dimitrov resigned as manager of the club,^[1] with Sergei Klimov being appointed in a caretaker capacity the next day.^[2] Vyacheslav Hroznyi was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 17 August 2017,^[3] leaving the club at the end of the 2017 season.^[4] On 21 December 2017, Gerard Nus was appointed as the new manager of Irtysh Pavlodar on a two-year contract.^[5]

On 28 April 2018 Nus was sacked as the club's manager, with Dmitry Kuznetsov being appointed as Caretaker Manager.^[6] On 10 July 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the return of Dimitar Dimitrov on a two-and-a-half-year contract.^[7]

At the end of April 2019, rumors that manager Dimitar Dimitrov had left his role were downplayed by the club,^[8] but Dimitrov and his coaching staff subsequently went AWOL for Irtysh Pavlodar's match against Zhetysu on 1 May 2019. The following day, 2 May 2019, Dimitrov and his staff where summoned by club's leadership to explain their absence. Their explanation wasn't deemed valid by the club and Dimitrov was suspended. Sergey Klimov was appointed as caretaker manager.^[9] On 7 June 2019, Milan Milanović was announced as the club's new manager.^[10]

On 30 May 2020, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All of their matches were excluded from the league results.^[11]

Naming history

• 1965 : Founded as Irtysh
• 1968 : Renamed Traktor
• 1993 : Renamed Ansat
• 1996 : Renamed Irtysh
• 1999 : Renamed Irtysh-Bastau
• 2000 : Renamed Irtysh

Statistics

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	3	26	14	8	4	39	22	36	-	Rylov	16	Yaryshev
1993	1st	1	22	14	6	2	43	15	34	-	Antonov	20	Yaryshev / Veretnov
1994	1st	2	30	17	7	6	57	14	41	-	Abildaev	14	Veretnov
1995	1st	7	30	12	9	9	38	28	45	-	Antonov / D.Malikov / Rylov	8	Chebotarev
1996	1st	2	34	23	5	6	60	22	74	-	Antonov	21	Veretnov
1997	1st	1	26	17	5	4	46	15	56	-	Zubarev	10	Veretnov
1998	1st	3	26	17	6	3	44	15	57	Winners	Antonov	10	Talgayev / Berdalin
1999	1st	1	30	24	4	2	69	19	76	-	Zubarev	22	Chernov / Linchevskiy
2000	1st	3	28	19	3	6	50	26	60	-	Mendes	21	Linchevskiy
2001	1st	4	32	17	9	6	48	22	60	Runners-up	Mendes	9	Nazarenko
2002	1st	1	32	21	8	3	63	14	71	Runners-up	Shatskikh	13	Ogai
2003	1st	1	32	25	3	4	59	20	78	-	Agaýew	11	Ogai
2004	1st	2	36	24	7	5	56	16	79	-	Tleshev	12	Ogai
2005	1st	5	30	18	3	9	51	24	57	-	Tleshev	20	Volgin
2006	1st	6	30	13	8	9	34	24	47	-	Urazow	10	Volgin
2007	1st	4	30	16	4	10	34	27	52	-	Strukov	8	Volgin
2008	1st	3	30	18	8	4	58	28	62	Quarter-finals	Tleshev	13	Saduov
2009	1st	9	26	8	5	13	24	31	29	Quarter-finals	Daskalov	5	Saduov / Nazarenko
2010	1st	3	32	16	8	8	39	30	56	Third round	Daskalov	15	Baisufinov
2011	1st	5	32	15	5	12	50	50	32	Semi-finals	Maltsev	10	Baisufinov
2012	1st	2	26	15	6	5	46	20	51	Runners-up	Bakayev	14	Baisufinov
2013	1st	4	32	12	8	12	41	39	27	Semi-finals	Begalyn	5	Baisufinov
2014	1st	10	32	9	7	16	39	44	25	Quarter-finals	Dudchenko	11	Baisufinov / Rüütli / Saduova / Cheryshev
2015	1st	6	32	10	10	12	37	39	25	Second round	Dudchenko	8	Cheryshev / Klimov(caretaker) / Dimitrov
2016	1st	3	32	14	7	11	52	36	49	Semi-finals	Murtazayev	18	Dimitrov
2017	1st	4	33	12	12	9	35	32	48	Quarter-final	António / Darabayev / Fonseca	5	Dimitrov / Klimov (caretaker) / Hroznyi
2018	1st	10	33	10	5	18	28	45	35	Semi-final	Shabalin	5	Nus / Kuznetsov (caretaker) / Saduov / Dimitrov
2019	1st	8	33	11	4	18	30	45	37	Quarter-final	Manzorro	6	Dimitrov / Klimov (caretaker) / Milanović
2020	1st	12	Withdrew after 2 rounds							n/a	Fonseca	1	Babayan

Continental history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1994–95	Asian Club Championship	Preliminary round	Neftchi Fargʻona	0–3
			Köpetdag Aşgabat	0–2
			Sitora Dushanbe	4–0
			Alga Bishkek	0–1
1998–99	Asian Club Championship	First round	Köpetdag Aşgabat	1–4	3–0	4–41
1999–2000	Asian Club Championship	First round	Pakhtakor Tashkent	7–0	2–5	9–5
		Second round	Varzob Dushanbe	4–0	1–0	5–0
		Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	0–2
			Persepolis	0–1
			Al Shorta	2–3
2000–01	Asian Club Championship	First round	Nisa Aşgabat	3–1	2–1	5–2
		Second round	Varzob Dushanbe	4–1	3–2	7–3
		Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	0–0
			Persepolis	0–0
			Al-Ittihad	2–1
		Semi-final	Júbilo Iwata	0–1
		Third place Playoff	Persepolis	0–2
2003–04	UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round	Omonia Nicosia	1–2	0–0	1–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Haladás	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Jagiellonia	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second qualifying round	Metalurgi Rustavi	0–2	1–1	1–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Levski Sofia	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Second qualifying round	Široki Brijeg	3–2	0–2	3–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	Dunav Ruse	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Second qualifying round	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	FK Trakai	0–1	0−0	0–1

¹ Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.

• IFA Shield

1993: Runners-up

UEFA coefficient

Further information: UEFA coefficient

The table shows the position of FC Irtysh Pavlodar (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking.

Rank	Team	Points
272	Minsk	3.725
273	Kairat	3.625
274	Irtysh	3.625
275	Ordabasy	3.625
276	Aktobe	3.625

As of 1 June 2018.^[12]

Honours

Domestic

• Kazakhstan Premier League (5): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
• Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1998
• Kazakh SSR Cup (1): 1988

International

• IFA Shield (IFA)^[a] : Runners-up (1993)^[13]

Current squad

As of 1 March 2025.^[14]

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 Miras Rikhard 3 DF  KAZ Bakhtiyar Toleuov 4 DF  KAZ Daniil Nyrkov 7 FW  KAZ Vladimir Vomenko 8 FW  KAZ Georgiy Zakharenko 9 FW  KAZ Matvey Gerasimov 10 FW  KAZ Tamerlan Agimanov 11 FW  KAZ Maksim Fedin 12 FW  KAZ Aleksandr Bovkun 14 MF  KAZ Vyacheslav Raskatov 15 DF  KAZ Rauan Orynbasar 18 FW  KAZ Maksim Vaganov 19 DF  KAZ Artem Popov 20 MF  KAZ Anatoliy Krasotin

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  KAZ Rakhat Usipkhanov 23 DF  KAZ Adilkhan Dobay 25 DF  KAZ Ruslan Esimov 27 MF  KAZ Erasyl Baydrakhmanov 35 GK  KAZ Nikita Kalmykov 40 DF  KAZ Azamat Kanat 41 GK  KAZ Daniil Efremenko 55 DF  KAZ Nuraly Elemes 77 MF  KAZ Vladislav Bogdanov 80 FW  KAZ Miram Kikbaev 97 FW  KAZ Arman Smailov 99 GK  KAZ Madiyar Toleubek — DF  KAZ Gafurzhan Suyumbayev

Managers

Information correct as of match played 10 November 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Ref.
Leonid Nazarenko		2001
Dmitriy Ogai	2002	2004
Sergei Volgin	2005	2007
Leonid Nazarenko	21 May 2009	31 December 2009	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Serik Abdualiev	1 January 2010	31 December 2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Talgat Baysufinov	1 January 2011	17 February 2014	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Tarmo Rüütli	6 March 2014	2 May 2014	9	2	2	5	9	14	022.22
Oirat Saduov	2 May 2014	27 October 2014	25	8	8	9	33	32	032.00
Dmitri Cheryshev	27 October 2014	8 May 2015	14	2	6	6	14	17	014.29		[15][16]
Sergey Klimov	8 May 2015	1 June 2015	3	1	1	1	6	5	033.33		[17]
Dimitar Dimitrov	1 June 2015	9 August 2017	82	36	19	27	111	91	043.90		[1]
Sergei Klimov (caretaker)	10 August 2017	17 August 2017	1	0	1	0	0	0	000.00		[2]
Vyacheslav Hroznyi	17 August 2017	16 November 2017	10	3	4	3	10	10	030.00		[3][4]
Gerard Nus	21 December 2017	28 April 2018	7	3	1	3	6	11	042.86		[5]
Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker)	28 April 2018	13 June 2018	7	4	1	2	12	3	057.14		[6]
Oirat Saduov	13 June 2018	10 July 2018	6	1	0	5	3	13	016.67
Dimitar Dimitrov	10 July 2018	2 May 2019	29	9	5	15	25	35	031.03		[7]
Sergey Klimov (Caretaker)	2 May 2019	7 June 2019	7	2	0	5	3	12	028.57		[9]
Milan Milanović	7 June 2019		19	7	4	8	22	21	036.84		[10]

• Notes:

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Notes

1. Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

External links

• Official website