Caspiy
Full nameCaspiy Football Club
Nickname(s)Sailors
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962), as Trud
GroundZhastar Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanErzhan Dzhambirov
ManagerVladimir Nikitenko
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
20229th
WebsiteClub website

Caspiy Football Club (Kazakh: Футбольный клуб «Каспий») 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.

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.

Premier league return

Caspiy returned to the Kazakhstan Premier League for the first time in 19 seasons in 2020, with Head Coach Srdjan Blagojevic guiding them to a 10th-place finish. The following season, 2021, Blagojevic sealed an 8th-place finish before leaving to join Astana, with Nikolay Kostov being appointed as his replacement on 31 December 2021.[1][2] On April 17, 2023, a Macedonian specialist, Igor Angelovski, was announced as the new head coach.[3]

Names

Domestic history

Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. P W D L F A Pts Name League
1992 1st 15 32 17 3 12 62 46 54 First round Kazakhstan Eduard Glazunov 19 Kazakhstan Degtyarov Alexander
1993 1st 20 48 23 5 20 84 77 74 First round Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan Erlan Urazaev 5 Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan Fedor Siminidi 15
2006 2nd (SW) 2 26 19 3 4 63 20 60 First round Kazakhstan Talgat Sabalakov 14
2007 2nd (SW) 3 26 19 3 4 46 23 43 First round Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan Anvarbek Sanbaev
2010 2nd 16 34 5 5 24 40 79 20 Second round Kazakhstan Erlan Murlikhanov 6 Kazakhstan Mels Kushanov
2011 2nd 12 32 10 7 15 33 42 37 First round Kazakhstan Almas Armenov 9 Kazakhstan Baurzhan Baimukhammedov
2012 2nd 8 30 11 7 12 39 31 40 First round Kazakhstan Almas Armenov 8 Bulgaria Radostin Dimov
2013 2nd 5 34 19 8 7 54 31 65 Second round Kazakhstan Igor Abdusheev 15 Kazakhstan Igor Prokhnitskiy
2014 2nd 4 28 17 4 7 44 26 51 First round Kazakhstan Almas Armenov 13 Kazakhstan Igor Prokhnitskiy
2015 2nd 5 24 12 7 5 35 18 43 First round Kazakhstan Vladimir Vyatkin 9 Kazakhstan Kairat Aimanov
2016 2nd 4 28 12 7 9 38 29 43 Second round Kazakhstan Almas Armenov 7 Kazakhstan Kairat Aimanov / Askar Kushikbaev
2017 2nd 8 24 3 6 15 14 36 15 First round Central African Republic Moussa Limane 7 Kazakhstan Askar Kushikbaev
2018 2nd 11 33 3 7 23 25 65 16 First round Croatia Branko Čubrilo 5 Kazakhstan Askar Keldjanov / Croatia Ivan Pudar
2019 2nd 2 26 17 5 4 48 21 56 Last 16 Kazakhstan Aidos Tattybaev 19 Montenegro Sava Kovačević
2020 1st 10 20 5 2 13 15 34 17 - France Billal Sebaihi 4 Serbia Srdjan Blagojevic
2021 1st 8 26 8 8 10 35 35 32 Quarterfinal Russia David Karayev 6 Serbia Srdjan Blagojevic
2022 1st 9 26 9 4 13 26 42 31 Group Stage Brazil Ruan Teles 6 Bulgaria Nikolay Kostov
2023 1st 13 26 4 8 14 28 44 20 Round of 16 Georgia (country) Giorgi Pantsulaia 6 Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tskhadadze / North Macedonia Igor Angelovski / Kazakhstan Konstantin Gorovenko

Current squad

As of December 2023[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Nurlybek Ayazbaev
2 DF North Macedonia MKD Stefan Kocev
3 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Anuar Bekmyrza
4 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Erlan Kadyrbaev
5 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Miras Tuliev
6 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Timur Redzhepov
7 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Bekzat Kabylan
9 FW Russia RUS Mikhail Chernomyrdin
10 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Daniyar Usenov
11 MF Armenia ARM Solomon Udo
12 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Olzhas Mukhanov
17 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Darkhan Berdibek
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Maksat Taykenov
21 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Amandyk Nabikhanov
22 DF Kazakhstan KAZ Talgat Kusyapov (on loan from Astana)
27 MF Albania ALB Shqiprim Taipi
30 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Aslan Gabiden
34 DF Slovenia SVN Ziga Ovsenek
66 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Zhandos Zhumabekov
67 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Zhaner Zhazmagambetov
77 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Madiyar Bekeshov
91 FW Serbia SRB Filip Avric
92 FW Kazakhstan KAZ Almas Armenov

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Официально: Срджан Благоевич – главный тренер Астаны". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Николай Костов – "Каспий" футбол клубының жаңа бас бапкері атанды". vk.com/caspiyfc (in Kazakh). Caspiy FC VK. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ Фидан, Коминовски (17 April 2023). "Igor Angelovski is the new coach of Caspian from Kazakhstan". Слободен Печат.
  4. ^ "Футбольный клуб «Каспий»". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). dsf sdf. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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