FC Taraz () 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.
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.
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 Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League19921st5th261259402929Runners-up M.Syzdykov A.Litvinenko11Kurban Berdyev19931st14th241644512936Runners-up Alexander Shmarikov28Kurban Berdyev19941st8th3012711423433Last 32 A.Litvinenko20 1995 1st2nd302028613462Semi-finals Nurken Mazbaev19 19961st1st342374561476Quarter-finals G.Kainazarov12 19971st2nd261826491856Last 16 Nurken Mazbaev16 19981st10th267613333527Last 16 B.Eirich9 19991st10th306519256423Last 16 Murat Tleshev6Vakhid Masudov20001st12th287516224726Last 16 B.Kenchimov A.Mironov3Vakhid Masudov20011st15th326323265721Last 16 D.Nazarov / V.Yakovlev T.Sisenov / V.Valter4 20022nd4th Last 32 20031st12th3210418354534Last 32 Nazarov10Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov20041st7th3616119352359Winners Oleh Mochulyak8Yuri Konkov20051st11th3010614323636Semi-finals Nurken Mazbaev11Yuri Konkov20061st10th309615323433Last 16 Wýaçeslaw Krendelew Oleh Mochulyak8Sergei Tagiyev20071st16th303621165015Last 16 Aleksey Shapurin4Sergei Tagiyev20082nd2nd261943611461First round Vladimir Fomichyov20091st8th269611373633Second round Sergiu Epureanu7Vladimir Fomichyov20101st9th3291013364037Quarter-finals Anton Zemlianukhin Milan Jovanović7Dmitry Ogai Igor Ursach Vait Talgayev20111st9th3210517303925Semi-finals Nemanja Jovanović7Vait Talgayev20121st4th261448323046Second round Miroslav Lečić7Ljupko Petrović20131st10th327916303821Runners-up Obiora Odita5Ljupko Petrović Nurmat Mirzabayev Arno Pijpers20141st10th329716324525Quarter-finals Aleksey Shchetkin Murat Tleshev7Arno Pijpers Evgeny Yarovenko20151st9th3210814253326Quarter-finals Oleksandr Pyschur9Evgeny Yarovenko20161st11th3210517334235Last 16 Malick Mané13Nurmat Mirzabayev Yuriy Maksymov20171st11th338817295026Last 16 Baktiyar Zaynutdinov7Vait Talgayev20182nd2nd3319104612767Last 16 20191st10th337818286029Quarterfinal Serge Nyuiadzi Elguja Lobjanidze8Nurken Mazbaev20201st8th20587192323- Toni Silva4Vladimir Nikitenko20211st10th267811273429Quarterfinal Pedro Eugénio7Vardan Minasyan20221st12th2661010272928Semifinal Abylayhan Zhumabek8Nurken Mazbayev
Continental history Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate1997–98Asian Club ChampionshipFirst roundByeSecond round Nisa Aşgabat2–20–22–4
Honours Kazakhstan Premier League Champions (1): 1996 Runner-up: (2): 1995, 1997 Kazakhstan Cup Winners (1): 2004 Runner-up: (3): 1992, 1993, 2013
Current squad
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) Nurken Mazbayev (13 January 2022 – 21 October 2022) Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)
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