FC Taraz
Kazakh football club
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FC Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.
Full nameFootball Club Taraz
Тараз футбол клубы
Тараз футбол клубы
Founded1960
GroundCentral Stadium
Taraz, Kazakhstan
Taraz, Kazakhstan
Capacity12,525
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| Full name | Football Club Taraz Тараз футбол клубы | ||
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| Founded | 1960 | ||
| Ground | Central Stadium Taraz, Kazakhstan | ||
| Capacity | 12,525 | ||
| League | Kazakhstan First League | ||
| 2024 | 8th | ||
| Website | tarazfc | ||
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History
After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.[1]
Names
- 1960 : Founded as Metallist
- 1967 : Renamed Voskhod
- 1968 : Renamed Energetik
- 1971 : Renamed Alatau
- 1975 : Renamed Khimik
- 1992 : Renamed Fosfor
- 1993 : Renamed Taraz
Domestic history
| Season | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 1992 | 1st | 5th | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 29 | Runners-up |  M.Syzdykov A.Litvinenko |
11 | Kurban Berdyev |
| 1993 | 1st | 14th | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 36 | Runners-up | Alexander Shmarikov |
28 | Kurban Berdyev |
| 1994 | 1st | 8th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 33 | Last 32 | A.Litvinenko |
20 | |
| 1995 | 1st | 2nd | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 34 | 62 | Semi-finals | Nurken Mazbaev |
19 | |
| 1996 | 1st | 1st | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 76 | Quarter-finals | G.Kainazarov |
12 | |
| 1997 | 1st | 2nd | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 18 | 56 | Last 16 | Nurken Mazbaev |
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| 1998 | 1st | 10th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 27 | Last 16 | B.Eirich |
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| 1999 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 64 | 23 | Last 16 | Murat Tleshev |
6 | Vakhid Masudov |
| 2000 | 1st | 12th | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 47 | 26 | Last 16 | B.Kenchimov A.Mironov |
3 | Vakhid Masudov |
| 2001 | 1st | 15th | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 57 | 21 | Last 16 | D.Nazarov / V.Yakovlev T.Sisenov / V.Valter |
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| 2002 | 2nd | 4th | Last 32 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1st | 12th | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 34 | Last 32 | Nazarov |
10 | Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov |
| 2004 | 1st | 7th | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 59 | Winners |  Oleh Mochulyak |
8 | Yuri Konkov |
| 2005 | 1st | 11th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 36 | Semi-finals | Nurken Mazbaev |
11 | Yuri Konkov |
| 2006 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 34 | 33 | Last 16 |  Wýaçeslaw Krendelew Oleh Mochulyak |
8 | Sergei Tagiyev |
| 2007 | 1st | 16th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 50 | 15 | Last 16 | Aleksey Shapurin |
4 | Sergei Tagiyev |
| 2008 | 2nd | 2nd | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 14 | 61 | First round | Vladimir Fomichyov | ||
| 2009 | 1st | 8th | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 33 | Second round |  Sergiu Epureanu |
7 | Vladimir Fomichyov |
| 2010 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 37 | Quarter-finals |  Anton Zemlianukhin  Milan Jovanović |
7 | Dmitry Ogai Igor Ursach Vait Talgayev |
| 2011 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 39 | 25 | Semi-finals | Nemanja Jovanović |
7 | Vait Talgayev |
| 2012 | 1st | 4th | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 46 | Second round | Miroslav Lečić |
7 | Ljupko Petrović |
| 2013 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 21 | Runners-up |  Obiora Odita |
5 | Ljupko Petrović Nurmat Mirzabayev Arno Pijpers |
| 2014 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | 25 | Quarter-finals | Aleksey Shchetkin Murat Tleshev |
7 | Arno Pijpers Evgeny Yarovenko |
| 2015 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 26 | Quarter-finals | Oleksandr Pyschur |
9 | Evgeny Yarovenko |
| 2016 | 1st | 11th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 35 | Last 16 |  Malick Mané |
13 | Nurmat Mirzabayev Yuriy Maksymov |
| 2017 | 1st | 11th | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | 26 | Last 16 | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov |
7 | Vait Talgayev |
| 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 27 | 67 | Last 16 | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 10th | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 29 | Quarterfinal |  Serge Nyuiadzi  Elguja Lobjanidze |
8 | Nurken Mazbaev |
| 2020 | 1st | 8th | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 23 | - |  Toni Silva |
4 | Vladimir Nikitenko |
| 2021 | 1st | 10th | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 29 | Quarterfinal |  Pedro Eugénio |
7 | Vardan Minasyan |
| 2022 | 1st | 12th | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 28 | Semifinal | Abylayhan Zhumabek |
8 | Nurken Mazbayev |
Continental history
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1997–98 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Bye | |||
| Second round | Nisa Aşgabat |
2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | ||
Honours
Current squad
- As of 10 August 2025[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
Kurban Berdyev (1986–89; 1991–92)
Vakhid Masudov (Aug 1999 – June 00)
Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003)- Yuri Konkov (1 January 2004 – 24 August 2005)
- Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – 7 May)
- Vladimir Fomichyov (2008–10)
- Dmitriy Ogai (1 January 2010 – 30 November 2010)
Igor Ursachi (25 June 2010 – 1 September 2010)- Vait Talgayev (2010–2011)
Ljupko Petrović (1 November 2011 – 14 May 2013)- Nurmat Mirzabaev (interim) (16 May 2013 – 7 June 2013)
Arno Pijpers (8 June 2013 – 10 June 2014)
Evgeny Yarovenko (10 June 2014 – 11 November 2015)- Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016)
- Yuriy Maksymov (15 May 2016 – 2017)
- Vladimir Nikitenko (left in 2021)
Vardan Minasyan (2 February 2021 – 26 October 2021)[citation needed]- Nurken Mazbayev (13 January 2022 – 21 October 2022)[3][4]
- Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)[5]
