FC Shakhter Karagandy

"FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar (disambiguation).

Football Club Shakhter (Kazakh: «Шахтер» футбол клубы / "Şahter" futbol kluby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakh: Қарағанды / Qarağandy [qɑrɑˈʁɑndə] ^ⓘ), is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They have won the championship 3 times.

Shakhter Karagandy

Full name	"Шахтер" футбол клубы Football Club Shakhter
Nickname(s)	Шахтерлер (The Miners)
Founded	1958; 67 years ago (1958)
Ground	Shakhter Stadium Karagandy, Kazakhstan
Capacity	19,000
Chairman	Erlan Urazaev[1]
Manager	Jiří Jarošík
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2024	13th of 13 (Relegated)
Website	shahter.kz
Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007, their first championship was won in 2011.^[2] Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union.

On 18 September 2006, Brazilian forward Nilton Pereira Mendes died after collapsing during a training session with the club.^[3]

On 19 September 2008, Shakhter and Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months.^[4] On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. Shakhter were deducted nine points, Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games will be counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents.^[5]

On 20 August 2013, Shakhter defeated Scottish champions Celtic by 2–0 at home in 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round first leg.^[6] However, Celtic won the return leg by 3–0 and Shakhter dropped into the Europa League – the first time a Kazakh club has progressed to the group stage of a European competition.^[7] Shakhter were eliminated from the Europa League by finishing fourth in a group containing PAOK, Maccabi Haifa and AZ which was so far, their only appearance in a group stage.

On 9 January 2018, Uladzimir Zhuravel was appointed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager.^[8] Zhuravel resigned as manager on 3 July 2018, with Andrei Finonchenko taking charge in a temporary manner.^[9] On 18 July 2018, Nikolay Kostov was confirmed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager.^[10] On 30 December 2019, Vyacheslav Hroznyi was announced as the new manager of Shakhter Karagandy,^[11] leaving on 17 June 2020 by mutual consent.^[12] The following day, 18 June 2020, Konstantin Gorovenka was announced as the clubs new manager.^[13] After Konstantin Gorovenka left the club at the end of the 2020 season, Shakhter Karagandy announced Ali Aliyev as their new manager on 20 January 2021.^[14] Less than three months later, and after suffering 5 defeats in 6 games, Aliyev resigned from his position on 10 April 2021 with Andrei Finonchenko being appoint as the clubs Caretaker Manager.^[15] Six days later, 16 April 2021, Shakhter Karagandy announced Magomed Adiyev as their new Head Coach.^[16] On 5 May 2022, Adiyev was appointed as manager of the Kazakhstan national team,^[17] with Vakhid Masudov returning as his replacement on 28 June 2022 after a period where Konstantin Emeljanov was acting head coach.^[18]

Domestic history

Andrei Finonchenko scored 104 league goals in 346 league appearances for Shakhter Karagandy.

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Points	Domestic Cup	Top goalscorer
1992	1st	7	26	8	12	6	24	22	36	First round
1993		6	22	8	6	8	25	29	22	Quarter-final
1994		6	30	11	12	7	45	38	34	Semi-final
1995		3	30	18	6	6	43	24	60	Quarter-final
1996		8	34	14	10	10	42	40	52	Quarter-final	Askar Abildaev – 14
1997		4	26	16	4	6	40	22	52	Quarter-final	Ruslan Imankulov – 8
1998		9	26	8	4	14	29	32	28	Quarter-final
1999		10	30	11	4	15	28	35	37	Last 16
2000		5	28	14	6	8	38	26	48	Semi-final	Ruslan Imankulov – 12
2001		12	32	10	10	12	31	37	40	Last 16	Ruslan Imankulov – 11
2002		5	32	13	7	12	37	40	46	Semi-final	Evgeniy Lunev – 16
2003		10	32	10	12	10	37	29	42	Last 16	Andrei Finonchenko – 16
2004		9	36	16	9	11	44	28	57	Last 16
2005		4	30	19	2	9	37	22	59	Last 16	Andrei Finonchenko – 11
2006		4	30	15	5	10	35	24	50	Semi-final	Andrei Finonchenko – 16
2007		3	30	17	7	6	45	23	58	Quarter-final	Mihails Miholaps – 8
2008		7	29	11	13	5	41	26	37	Last 16
2009		3	26	18	3	5	50	18	57	Runners-up	Serhiy Kostyuk – 11
2010		6	32	11	8	13	32	30	41	Runners-up
2011		1	32	19	6	7	52	29	42	Quarter-final	Sergei Khizhnichenko – 16
2012		1	26	17	2	7	48	15	53	Semi-final	Gediminas Vičius – 7
2013		5	32	12	7	13	43	45	26	Winners	Ihar Zyankovich – 6 Andrei Finonchenko – 7
2014		6	32	11	6	15	41	49	21	Semi-final	Mihret Topčagić – 10
2015		10	32	9	5	18	27	47	23	Second round	Mihret Topčagić – 6
2016		9	32	10	6	16	25	40	36	Last 16	Desley Ubbink – 6
2017		7	33	12	4	17	36	50	40	Semi-final	Milan Stojanović – 10
2018		8	33	8	12	13	29	36	36	Semi-final	Damir Kojašević – 8
2019		9	33	9	8	16	40	47	35	Last 16	Sergei Zenjov – 8 Ivan Pešić – 8
2020		4	20	9	5	6	29	22	32	-	Aydos Tattybaev – 5 Arsen Khubulov – 5
2021		6	26	9	6	11	25	34	33	Runners-up	Aydos Tattybaev – 4
2022		7	26	9	5	12	34	35	32	Quarterfinal	Roman Murtazayev – 6
2023		10	26	7	8	11	31	36	29	Quarterfinal	Ivan Sviridov – 7
2024		13	24	2	4	18	12	45	10	Round of 16	Imeda Ashortia – 4

European history

Main article: FC Shakhter Karagandy in European football

As of match played 26 August 2021

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	2	8	4	1	3	10	8	+2
UEFA Europa League	4	18	6	4	8	24	24	0
UEFA Europa Conference League	1	6	1	2	3	3	5	–3
UEFA Cup	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup	1	2	1	0	1	4	6	–2
Total	9	36	12	8	16	42	46	–4

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2006	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	1–5	3–1	4–6
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Debrecen	1–1	0–1	1–2
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ruch Chorzów	1–2	0–1	1–3
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Koper	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	0–2	2–3
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Slovan Liberec	1–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	BATE Borisov	1–0	1–0	2–0
		3Q	Skënderbeu	3–0	2–3	5–3
		PO	Celtic	2–0	0–3	2–3
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Group L	AZ	1–1	0–1	4th place
			PAOK	0–2	1–2
			Maccabi Haifa	2–2	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shirak	4–0	2–1	6–1
		2Q	Atlantas	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3Q	Hajduk Split	4–2	0–3	4–5
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	FCSB	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1	2–2 (5–3 p)
		3Q	Kolos Kovalivka	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0	0–0 (3–1 p)
		PO	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–2	0–2	1–4

Notes

• 1R: First round
• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round

Honours

• Kazakhstan Premier League: 2

2011, 2012

• Kazakhstan Cup: 1

2013

• Kazakhstan Super Cup: 1

2013

• Soviet First League: 1

1962

Current squad

As of 6 March 2025^[19]

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 Vladislav Loshkarev 2 DF  KAZ Ramazan Alimkhan 3 MF  KAZ Azamat Erkinbek 4 DF  KAZ Shakhsultan Zubaydilda 7 FW  KAZ Arman Nusip 8 MF  KAZ Rafail Ospanov 9 FW  KAZ Aydos Tattybayev 10 FW  KAZ Dias Kalybaev 11 FW  KAZ Maksim Galkin 12 DF  KAZ Ualikhan Mukhametzhanov 13 DF  KAZ Aleksandr Migunov 15 DF  KAZ Bogdan Savkiv 16 GK  KAZ Nuraly Nurgaliev 17 DF  KAZ Elkhan Saidov (on loan from Kairat)

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  KAZ Ansar Altynkhan 20 FW  KAZ Maksim Komikov 21 MF  KAZ Mansur Dilmurat 22 MF  KAZ Roman Asylbaev 23 FW  KAZ Rifat Nurmugamet 24 DF  KAZ Rustam Zhankhaev 25 MF  KAZ Maksim Kholod 26 DF  KAZ Olzhas Kerimzhanov 27 MF  KAZ Miras Dilmurat 28 MF  KAZ Yury Pertsukh 29 FW  KAZ Daniyal Takhanov 30 GK  KAZ Igor Shatsky — DF  KAZ Mikhail Gabyshev

Managers

• Anatoly Krutikov (1977)
• Lev Burchalkin (1990–1991)
• Vakhid Masudov (2000)
• Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (2001–July 2003)
• Juha Malinen (2007)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 Jan 2007 – 1 June 2008)
• Vladimir Cheburin (2009–2010)
• Viktor Kumykov (1 Jan 2011 – Dec 2014)

Information correct as of match played 28 November 2021. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Vladimir Cheburin	Kazakhstan	11 December 2014	6 May 2015[20]	11	1	2	8	8	20	009.09
Evgeny Sveshnikov	Kazakhstan	6 May 2015[20]	5 June 2015[21]	4	0	0	4	0	8	000.00
Ihor Zakhariak	Ukraine	5 June 2015[21]	December 2015	18	8	3	7	19	21	044.44
Jozef Vukušič	Slovakia	8 January 2016[22]	3 August 2016[23]	22	4	6	12	8	31	018.18
Aleksei Yeryomenko	Russia	4 August 2016[24]	29 May 2017[25]	24	8	3	13	30	36	033.33
Saulius Širmelis	Lithuania	2 June 2017[26]	31 December 2017	21	10	1	10	23	27	047.62
Uladzimir Zhuravel	Belarus	9 January 2018[8]	3 July 2018[8]	20	5	6	9	15	20	025.00
Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker)	Kazakhstan	3 July 2018[8]	18 July 2018	2	0	0	2	1	4	000.00
Nikolay Kostov	Bulgaria	18 July 2018[10]	30 December 2019[11]	49	13	16	20	57	61	026.53
Vyacheslav Hroznyi	Ukraine	30 December 2019[11]	17 June 2020[12]	2	1	0	1	2	3	050.00
Konstantin Gorovenka	Kazakhstan	18 June 2020[13]	31 December 2020	18	8	5	5	27	19	044.44
Ali Aliyev	Kazakhstan	20 January 2021[14]	10 April 2021[15]	6	1	0	5	2	12	016.67
Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker)	Kazakhstan	10 April 2021[15]	16 April 2021	1	0	0	1	1	2	000.00
Magomed Adiyev	Russia	16 April 2021[16]	5 May 2022[17]	40	19	9	12	69	48	047.50
Konstantin Emeljanov (Caretaker)	Kazakhstan	5 May 2022	28 June 2022[27]	5	1	1	3	3	7	020.00
Vakhid Masudov	Russia	28 June 2022[27]	31 December 2022	20	7	4	9	30	33	035.00
Igor Soloshenko	Kazakhstan	18 January 2023[28]		6	1	1	4	8	11	016.67
Jiří Jarošík	Czech Republic	5 November 2024[29]		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

• 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).

See also

• Association football portal

• Kazakhstani football clubs in European competitions