FC Okzhetpes

Okzhetpes Kokshetau
Full nameFootball Club Okzhetpes
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
GroundTorpedo Stadium
Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Capacity10,000
ChairmanSaparbek Kakishev
ManagerAbdukhalik Buribayev
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
2022Kazakhstan First Division, 1st (promoted)
Websitehttp://www.okzhetpes.kz/

Football Club Okzhetpes (Kazakh: Оқжетпес Футбол Клубы, Oqjetpes Kókshetaý Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

History

Although having finished only 9th in the 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, the club gained entry to the first qualifying round of the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa League because of the denial of licenses by UEFA and withdrawal of higher placed teams.

On 3 January 2019, Andrei Karpovich was announced as Okzhetpes manager for the 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League season.[1]

Names

  • 1957 : Founded as Torpedo
  • 1990 : Renamed Spartak
  • 1991 : Renamed Kokshetau
  • 1994 : Renamed Kokshe
  • 1997 : Renamed Avtomobilist and moved to Shortandy (Nur-Sultan suburb)
  • 1998 : Renamed Khimik and moved to Stepnogorsk
  • 1999 : Renamed Akmola
  • 2000 : Moved back to Kokshetau
  • 2001 : Renamed Esil
  • 2004 : Renamed Okzhetpes

Should not be mistaken with the defunct club FC Azhar also based in Kokshetau

Origin of name

The club takes its name from a cliff, Okzhetpes, which means 'an arrow won't reach'. According to fan club president Viktor Kruk:

"Eighteenth century Kazakh ruler Ablai Khan could not decide which of his warriors to give a captive girl to and so allowed her to choose a husband for herself. She climbed to the top of the highest cliff and said she would marry whoever hit her shawl with an arrow. Nobody managed it."[2]

Domestic history

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer[3] Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 20 18 2 2 14 12 61 8 Kazakhstan V.Gusev
Kazakhstan V.Kazankov 7		 7
1993 1st - - - - - - - - - - - -
1994 2nd 3 36 22 5 9 65 27 49 Kazakhstan A.Krivoruchko 11
1995 2nd 3 10 6 1 3 12 8 19 Kazakhstan N.Suleymenov 5
1996 1st 18 34 2 4 28 12 77 10 Kazakhstan Konstantin Kucherbaev 4
1997 1st 11 26 5 0 21 23 38 15 Second round
1998 1st 8 26 7 8 11 22 33 29 Quarter-final
1999 1st 16 30 2 4 24 19 68 10 First round
2000 1st 10 28 8 5 15 25 34 29 First round Kazakhstan S.Kondratsky 4
2001 1st 10 32 12 8 12 35 37 44 First round Russia Oleg Kirimov 8
2002 1st 12 32 6 6 20 25 56 24 Kazakhstan V.Karpov 7
2003 1st 17 32 4 9 19 13 42 15 Russia Arsen Tlekhugov
Kazakhstan M.Bielik
Russia Roman Babichev		 2
2004 1st 11 36 10 13 13 26 39 43 Russia Anatoli Malkov 5
2005 1st 9 30 11 4 15 26 32 37 Kazakhstan Serik Dosmanbetov 7
2006 1st 11 30 8 9 13 23 36 33 Turkmenistan Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew 3 Belarus S.Herasimets
2007 1st 15 30 8 5 17 26 56 29 Kazakhstan Serik Dosmanbetov
Turkmenistan Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew		 5
2008 1st 9 30 10 5 15 32 48 35 First round Kazakhstan Serik Dosmanbetov 7 Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Ledovskih
Kazakhstan Viktor Rymar
2009 1st 11 26 6 4 16 22 48 22 Second round Russia Anatoli Malkov 5 Belarus S.Herasimets
2010 1st 12 32 6 7 19 24 57 25 Second round Ukraine Yuri Dyak
Kazakhstan Khasan Abdukarimov		 5 Belarus S.Herasimets
2011 2nd 2 32 21 6 5 59 25 69 Quarter-final Kazakhstan Geysar Alekperzade 10 Kazakhstan V.Cheburin
2012 1st 14 26 3 2 21 20 56 11 Second round Georgia (country) Davit Chagelishvili 6 Ukraine V.Dohadailo
Kazakhstan V.Cheburin
2013 2nd 3 34 20 7 7 51 27 67 First round Kazakhstan Alibek Buleshev 14 Kazakhstan S.Abdualiyev
2014 2nd 1 28 21 1 6 59 33 64 First round Kazakhstan Alibek Buleshev 22 Kazakhstan S.Abdualiyev
Kazakhstan A.Ferapontov
2015 1st 8 32 12 6 14 36 41 29 Quarter-final Montenegro Luka Rotković 13 Russia V.Mukhanov
2016 1st 5 32 13 6 13 42 44 45 Quarter-final Cameroon Serge Bando N'Ganbe 9 Russia V.Mukhanov
2017 1st 12 33 7 3 23 28 61 24 Quarter-final Russia Aleksandr Kozlov
Kazakhstan Timur Dosmagambetov		 4 Russia V.Mukhanov
Ukraine V.Pasulko
2018 2nd 1 33 23 5 5 61 27 74 Last 16
2019 1st 7 33 11 7 15 44 49 40 Last 16 Serbia Milan Stojanović 7 Kazakhstan A.Karpovich
2020 1st 11 20 2 5 13 16 38 11 - Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev 5 Kazakhstan A.Karpovich

Continental history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 0–2 2–1 2–3
Notes
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round

Current squad

As of July 2024[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Russia RUS Vyacheslav Grab
4 DF Russia RUS Aleksei Tatayev
5 DF Ukraine UKR Dmytro Ryzhuk
6 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Beksultan Shamshi
8 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Viktor Gunchenko
9 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Shokhan Abzalov
10 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Adil Battalov
11 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Samat Sarsenov
14 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Samat Shamshi
15 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Niyaz Idrisov
16 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Meyrambek Kalmyrza
17 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Zhasulan Moldakarayev
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Sagi Sovet
20 MF Serbia SRB Srđan Dimitrov
27 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Beksultan Amangeldy
30 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Sanat Zhumakhanov
35 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Yaroslav Baginsky
71 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Dauren Zhumat
75 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Aleksandr Dovgal
77 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Mardan Tolebek
88 FW Russia RUS Ruslan Bolov
93 DF Ukraine UKR Ivan Tsyupa
94 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Benjamin Tatar

Managers

References

  1. ^ a b "Андрей Карпович – новый главный тренер "ФК Окжетпес"". okzhetpes.kz/ (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ More than a name in Kazakhstan Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine uefa.com, 12 February 2009
  3. ^ "ИСТОРИЯ ФУТБОЛЬНОГО КЛУБА ОКЖЕТПЕС". okzhetpes.kz (in Russian). FC Okzhetpes. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Футбольный клуб "Окжетпес"". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). PFLK. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Тренерский штаб почти сформирован – Футбольный клуб Окжетпес". www.okzhetpes.kz. Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Карпович после провала с "Окжетпесом" возглавил новый клуб" (in Russian). sportinfo.kz. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
  7. ^ "Сергей Попков вновь возглавил "Окжетпес"" (in Russian). sports.ru. 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2022-11-23.