FC Caspiy

Caspiy

Full name	Football Club Caspiy
Founded	1962 (1962) as Trud
Ground	Zhastar Stadium
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Baltileu Galymzhan
Manager	Sava Kovačević
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2019	2nd (promotion)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Caspiy (Kazakh: Каспий Футбол Клубы, Kaspıı Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea (Kazakh: Каспий теңізі). Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in the Premier League and reached the semi-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup. Since 2001, they were stuck in the First Division, until gaining direct promotion to the top division in the 2019 season.

Current squad

As of 14 March 2020

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	KAZ	Erlan Kadyrbaev
5	DF	KAZ	Mikhail Gabyshev
6	DF	KAZ	Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev
7	MF	KAZ	Bekzat Kabylan
8	MF	SRB	Stefan Bukorac
10	FW	KAZ	Almas Armenov
11	MF	SRB	Aleksandar Stanisavljević
13	MF	KAZ	Ruslan Sakhalbaev
14	DF	UKR	Taras Bondarenko
17	DF	KAZ	Ruslan Zhanysbaev
22	MF	KAZ	Marat Shakhmetov (on loan from Shakhter Karagandy)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	MF	KAZ	Amandyk Nabikhanov
26	DF	KAZ	Erkin Tapalov
30	MF	FRA	Billal Sebaihi
33	DF	KAZ	Ilya Vorotnikov
35	GK	KAZ	Olzhas Mukhanov
37	MF	RUS	Vladislav Sirotov
44	FW	TOG	Serge Nyuiadzi
51	GK	RUS	Denis Kavlinov
55	DF	RUS	Layonel Adams
91	GK	SRB	Marko Milošević
96	DF	KAZ	Karam Sultanov
97	FW	CRO	Branko Čubrilo

History

From 1979 – 1991, the team played in the Soviet second league. From 1992 onwards, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, they played in the championship of Kazakhstan. The best achievement – the 4th place in 1996.

Names

• 1962 : Founded as Trud
• 1990 : The club is renamed Aktau
• 1993 (July) : The club is renamed Munaishy
• 1999 : The club is renamed Aktau
• 2000 : The club is renamed Mangystau
• 2002 : The club is renamed Caspiy

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	15	32	17	3	12	62	46	54	First round	Eduard Glazunov	19	Degtyarov Alexander
1993	1st	20	48	23	5	20	84	77	74	First round	Erkin Sultanov	20
1994	2nd	1	36	30	2	4	62	23	92	Semi-final
1995	1st	16	30	1	5	24	15	107	8	Last 16
1996	1st	4	34	18	9	7	54	26	63	Semi-final	Eduard Glazunov	10
1997	Non League
1998	2nd	3	4	1	1	2	2	7	4
1999	2nd	8	3	0	0	3	2	9	0
2000	2nd	2	11	6	3	2	20	9	21
2001	1st	17	32	3	6	23	16	59	15	Last 16	Erlan Urazaev	5	Vladimir Fomichev
2002	2nd	6	24	8	6	10	25	28	30	Quarter-final
2003	2nd (SW)	3	20	12	1	7	33	21	37	First round
2004	2nd (SW)	3	24	17	2	5	50	17	53	First round
2005	2nd (SW)	5	22	10	6	6	31	17	36	First round	Fedor Siminidi	15
2006	2nd (SW)	2	26	19	3	4	63	20	60	First round	Talgat Sabalakov	14
2007	2nd (SW)	3	26	19	3	4	46	23	43	First round	Sergey Gridin	13
2008	2nd	9	26	11	1	14	42	55	34	First round
2009	2nd	10	26	5	8	13	26	40	23	First round			Anvarbek Sanbaev
2010	2nd	16	34	5	5	24	40	79	20	Second round	Erlan Murlikhanov	6	Mels Kushanov
2011	2nd	12	32	10	7	15	33	42	37	First round	Almas Armenov	9	Baurzhan Baimukhammedov
2012	2nd	8	30	11	7	12	39	31	40	First round	Almas Armenov	8	Radostin Dimov
2013	2nd	5	34	19	8	7	54	31	65	Second round	Igor Abdusheev	15	Igor Prokhnitskiy
2014	2nd	4	28	17	4	7	44	26	51	First round	Almas Armenov	13	Igor Prokhnitskiy
2015	2nd	5	24	12	7	5	35	18	43	First round	Vladimir Vyatkin	9	Kairat Aimanov
2016	2nd	4	28	12	7	9	38	29	43	Second round	Almas Armenov	7	Kairat Aimanov / Askar Kushikbaev
2017	2nd	8	24	3	6	15	14	36	15	First round	Moussa Limane	7	Askar Kushikbaev
2018	2nd	11	33	3	7	23	25	65	16	First round	Branko Čubrilo	5	Askar Keldjanov / Ivan Pudar
2019	2nd	2	26	17	5	4	48	21	56	Last 16	Aidos Tattybaev	19	Sava Kovačević
2020	1st												Sava Kovačević

Honours

• Kazakhstan First Division (1): 1994
• Kazakh SSR Top League (1): 1978
• Kazakh SSR Cup (3): 1964, 1977, 1978

External links

• fccaspy.kz Official site