FC Astana
The FK Astana ( Kazakh: Астана Футбол клубы, Russian: Футбольный клуб Астана ) is a Kazakh football club based in Astana, the capital of the country.
History
The football club was founded by the merger of two clubs from Almaty Alma- Aty FK and FK Mega Sports Almaty under the name FK Astana locomotive 2009. The team fought under the leadership of the Russian head coach Sergei Juran in his first season in second place. 2010, the German specialist Holger Fach was taken by his assistant coach Sascha Franz as new head coach under contract, who led the team to fourth place in the championship. Also in 2010, the first cup victory was celebrated, as Shakhtar Karaganda was defeated in the capital's Astana Arena in the final 1-0. However, the UEFA refused the club license to participate in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League 2011 /12.
On 2 March 2011 the first win of the Kazakhstan Supercup could be celebrated. Here, the champion was 2010 Tobyl Qostanai defeated by two goals from Igor Bugaiov 2-1 in the domestic Astana Arena in front of 4,100 spectators. On 20 May 2011 with the deletion of locomotive was made from the association name. With the regained the national Cup 2012, Astana qualified for a European competition for the first time, left in the UEFA Europa League 2013/14, however, already in the first qualifying round against Botev Plovdiv from.
Logo 2011-2012
Logo since 2013
Participations in UEFA competitions
Results of the home games are in bold.
Stadium
The club plays its home games since 2009 in the new Astana Arena. It can hold 30,000 spectators.
Current squad for the 2014 season
Status: February 2014
Coach
- 200900000: Russia Sergei Juran
- 2010-2011: Germany Holger Fach
- 201200000: Ukraine Oleg Protasov
- 2012-2013: Czech Republic Miroslav Beranek
- 201300000: Romania Ioan Andone
- 2014-0000: Uzbekistan Vadim Abramov
Achievements
Cup successes
- Runner-up: 2009, 2013
Cup successes
- Kazakh Cup Winners: 2010, 2012
- Kazakh Supercup winner: 2011
Sponsors
The main sponsor of the Association is the national railway company Kazakhstan Temir Kazakhstan Scholy. Supplier of FK Astana is the German sports goods manufacturer Adidas.
Well-known former players
Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan Renat Abdulin (2009-2010)
- Kazakhstan Kairat Aschirbekow (2009)
- Kazakhstan Maxim Asowski (2010-2011)
- Kazakhstan Maksat Baischanow (2009)
- Kazakhstan Sergei Chischnitschenko (2010)
- Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Heritage ( 2010)
- Kazakhstan Mark Gorman (2010-2011)
- Kazakhstan Sergei Gridin (2012 )
- Kazakhstan Andrei Karpovich (2009, 2011)
- Kazakhstan Zhambyl Kukejew (2009-2010)
- Kazakhstan Lorija Dawid (2009)
- Kazakhstan Mukhtar Muchtarow (2012 )
- Kazakhstan Maksim Samtschenko (2009-2010)
- Kazakhstan Maxim Schalmaghambetow (2011)
- Kazakhstan Dmitri Schomko (2011)
- Kazakhstan Nurbol Schumasqaliew (2011)
- Kazakhstan Murat Sujumaghambetow (2009)
CIS
- Moldova Igor Bugaiov (2010-2011)
- Moldova Anatolie Doroş (2011)
- Russia Roman Garrus (2010)
- Russia Andrei Tikhonov (2009)
- Russia Yegor Titov (2009)
- Turkmenistan Satubaldin Arslan (2010)
- Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskix (2009)
Europe
- Bobi Božinovski Macedonia (2010-2011)
- Macedonia Filip Ivanovski (2012-2013)
- Macedonia Vlade Lazarevski (2010)
- Montenegro Dragan Bogavac (2011)
- Romania Emil Dică (2012 )
- Serbia Danilo Belić (2011-2012)
- Serbia Dušan Petronijević (2012 )
Africa
- Nigeria Patrick Ovie (2009)