FC Okzhetpes

Okzhetpes Kokshetau

Full name	Football Club Okzhetpes
Founded	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Ground	Torpedo Stadium Kokshetau, Kazakhstan
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Saparbek Kakishev
Manager	Andrey Ferapontov
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2024	Kazakhstan First Division, 1st (promoted)
Website	http://www.okzhetpes.kz/
Home colours Away colours

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		V.Gusev V.Kazankov 7	7
1993	1st	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	2nd	3	36	22	5	9	65	27	49		A.Krivoruchko	11
1995	2nd	3	10	6	1	3	12	8	19		N.Suleymenov	5
1996	1st	18	34	2	4	28	12	77	10		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	S.Kondratsky	4
2001	1st	10	32	12	8	12	35	37	44	First round	Oleg Kirimov	8
2002	1st	12	32	6	6	20	25	56	24		V.Karpov	7
2003	1st	17	32	4	9	19	13	42	15		Arsen Tlekhugov M.Bielik Roman Babichev	2
2004	1st	11	36	10	13	13	26	39	43		Anatoli Malkov	5
2005	1st	9	30	11	4	15	26	32	37		Serik Dosmanbetov	7
2006	1st	11	30	8	9	13	23	36	33		Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	3	S.Herasimets
2007	1st	15	30	8	5	17	26	56	29		Serik Dosmanbetov Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew	5
2008	1st	9	30	10	5	15	32	48	35	First round	Serik Dosmanbetov	7	Vyacheslav Ledovskih Viktor Rymar
2009	1st	11	26	6	4	16	22	48	22	Second round	Anatoli Malkov	5	S.Herasimets
2010	1st	12	32	6	7	19	24	57	25	Second round	Yuri Dyak Khasan Abdukarimov	5	S.Herasimets
2011	2nd	2	32	21	6	5	59	25	69	Quarter-final	Geysar Alekperzade	10	V.Cheburin
2012	1st	14	26	3	2	21	20	56	11	Second round	Davit Chagelishvili	6	V.Dohadailo V.Cheburin
2013	2nd	3	34	20	7	7	51	27	67	First round	Alibek Buleshev	14	S.Abdualiyev
2014	2nd	1	28	21	1	6	59	33	64	First round	Alibek Buleshev	22	S.Abdualiyev A.Ferapontov
2015	1st	8	32	12	6	14	36	41	29	Quarter-final	Luka Rotković	13	V.Mukhanov
2016	1st	5	32	13	6	13	42	44	45	Quarter-final	Serge Bando N'Ganbe	9	V.Mukhanov
2017	1st	12	33	7	3	23	28	61	24	Quarter-final	Aleksandr Kozlov Timur Dosmagambetov	4	V.Mukhanov 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	Milan Stojanović	7	A.Karpovich
2020	1st	11	20	2	5	13	16	38	11	-	Artjom Dmitrijev	5	A.Karpovich

Continental history

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	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 23 July 2024[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  KAZ Zhalgas Zhaksylykov 4 DF  KAZ Viktor Zyabko 6 MF  KAZ Olzhas Adil 7 DF  KAZ Dmitry Miroshnichenko 8 MF  KAZ Miras Tuliev 9 FW  KAZ Shakhmarz Arsamakov 10 FW  KAZ Dauren Zhumat 11 FW  KAZ Batyrkhan Tazhibay 13 FW  KAZ Igor Gagaev 14 DF  KAZ Alikhan Serikbay 15 DF  KAZ Niyaz Idrisov 16 GK  KAZ Kazhymukan Tolepbergen 17 MF  KAZ Salamat Zhumabekov 19 FW  KAZ Zikrillo Sultaniyazov (on loan from Ordabasy)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  KAZ Maksat Amirkhanov 21 MF  KAZ Kobylandy Kamariden 22 MF  KAZ Nikita Mikhailov 23 DF  KAZ Elisey Gorshunov 24 GK  KAZ Ruslan Abzhanov 27 MF  KAZ Nurdaulet Izbasarov 30 FW  KAZ Raul Allakhverdiev (on loan from Zhenis) 31 GK  KAZ Danil Podymskiy 35 DF  KAZ Beksultan Shamshi 44 DF  KAZ Danial Kadysh 77 MF  KAZ Zakhar Porokh 79 FW  KAZ Khaknazar Kabiev 96 FW  KAZ Aliyar Mukhammed

Managers

• Syarhyey Hyerasimets (2006), (2009–10)
• Vladimir Cheburin (January 2011 – December 2011)
• Viktor Dohadailo (December 2011 – March 2012)
• Viktor Semenov (interim) (March 2012– May 2012)
• Vladimir Cheburin (May 2012 – Feb 2013)
• Vladimir Mukhanov (December 2014 – May 2017)
• Viktor Semenov (interim) (May 2017– May 2017)
• Viktor Pasulko (May 2017 – September 2017)
• Sergey Popkov (December 2017 – December 2017)[5]
• Andrei Karpovich (January 2019 –December 2020)[1][6]
• Sergei Popkov (January 2021 – present)[7]

External links

• Official website

References

1. "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.