FC Vostok
The FK Vostok Öskemen ( Kazakh: Восток Өскемен Футбол Клубы; Russian « Восток » Усть - Каменогорск - Vostok Ust- Kamenogorsk ) is a Kazakh football club based in the east of Kazakhstan town Öskemen.
History
Soviet Championship
The club was founded in 1963. In the Soviet Championship, the club played mostly in the lowest leagues.
Kazakh Cup
Since independence, Kazakhstan 1991, the club played interrupted in the top division of the country. The best result was achieved in the years 1997 and 1998, each with the fifth. 1994 was celebrated the first major success at the national level, as the FK Aktobe was defeated 1-0 in the Kazakh Cup final. Vostok Östemen had been demoted to the bottom of the table due to a shifted game against Shakhtar Karaganda in 2008, but could still play in the top division in 2009. According to the 2009 season the team was relegated to the second Kazakh league due to financial difficulties and managed in the following season the chances of promotion. After the disappointing 2011 season, the renewed crash followed in the second division, but the immediate re- ascent was made in the following season.
Participation in AFC competitions
For the first time the club from Öskemen joined the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1995/96 season in appearance. In the West Asian group of Kyrgyz representatives Ak - Maral Tokmok was defeated in the first round. In the second round, the team lost to FC Bahman from Iran to a 2-2 home draw and subsequent 0-1 away defeat.
Stadium
The club plays its home matches at the 12,000 -seat Vostok Stadium, which was built in 1963.
Achievements
- Kazakh football Cup: Winner: 1994
- Finalist: 1996, 1998/99
Current squad for Season 2013
Status: February 2013
Well-known former players
Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan Renat Abdulin (2002-2003, 2011)
- Kazakhstan Sergei Chischnitschenko (2008-2009)
- Kazakhstan Alexander Kirov (2005)
- Kazakhstan Maksim Samtschenko (1998-2000)
- Kazakhstan Andrei Trawin (2001, 2008)
CIS
- Georgia Otar Chisaneischwili (2011)
- Moldova Serghei Rogaciov (2009)
Europe
- Serbia Saša Dobrić (2011)
Africa
- Jimmy Mulisa Rwanda (2011)