Football Club Shakhter (), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( ), is a professional football club based in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. They had been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, but were relegated to the first division in 2024. They have won the championship twice.

History After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007, their first championship was won in 2011. Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union.

On 18 September 2006, Brazilian forward Nilton Pereira Mendes died after collapsing during a training session with the club.МЫ остались без Мендеса… , Наш спорт, 19 September 2006

On 19 September 2008, Shakhter and Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months. On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. Shakhter were deducted nine points, Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games will be counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents.Состоялось заседание Апелляционного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана.

On 20 August 2013, Shakhter defeated Scottish champions Celtic by 2–0 at home in 2013–14 UEFA Champions League play-off round first leg. However, Celtic won the return leg by 3–0 and Shakhter dropped into the Europa League – the first time a Kazakh club has progressed to the group stage of a European competition. Shakhter were eliminated from the Europa League by finishing fourth in a group containing PAOK, Maccabi Haifa and AZ which was so far, their only appearance in a group stage.

On 9 January 2018, Uladzimir Zhuravel was appointed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager. Zhuravel resigned as manager on 3 July 2018, with Andrei Finonchenko taking charge in a temporary manner. On 18 July 2018, Nikolay Kostov was confirmed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager. On 30 December 2019, Vyacheslav Hroznyi was announced as the new manager of Shakhter Karagandy, leaving on 17 June 2020 by mutual consent. The following day, 18 June 2020, Konstantin Gorovenka was announced as the clubs new manager. After Konstantin Gorovenka left the club at the end of the 2020 season, Shakhter Karagandy announced Ali Aliyev as their new manager on 20 January 2021. Less than three months later, and after suffering 5 defeats in 6 games, Aliyev resigned from his position on 10 April 2021 with Andrei Finonchenko being appoint as the clubs Caretaker Manager. Six days later, 16 April 2021, Shakhter Karagandy announced Magomed Adiyev as their new head coach. On 5 May 2022, Adiyev was appointed as manager of the Kazakhstan national team, with Vakhid Masudov returning as his replacement on 28 June 2022 after a period where Konstantin Emeljanov was acting head coach.

Domestic history

SeasonForAgainstPointsDomestic CupTop goalscorer 1992 1st 7268126242236First round 1993 622868252922Quarter-final 1994 63011127453834Semi-final 1995 3301866432460Quarter-final 1996 834141010424052Quarter-final Askar Abildaev – 14 1997 4261646402252Quarter-final Ruslan Imankulov – 8 1998 9268414293228Quarter-final 1999 103011415283537Last 16 2000 5281468382648Semi-final Ruslan Imankulov – 12 2001 1232101012313740Last 16 Ruslan Imankulov – 11 2002 53213712374046Semi-final Evgeniy Lunev – 16 2003 1032101210372942Last 16 Andrei Finonchenko – 16 2004 93616911442857Last 16 2005 4301929372259Last 16 Andrei Finonchenko – 11 2006 43015510352450Semi-final Andrei Finonchenko – 16 2007 3301776452358Quarter-final Mihails Miholaps – 8 2008 72911135412637Last 16 2009 3261835501857Runners-up Serhiy Kostyuk – 11 2010 63211813323041Runners-up 2011 1321967522942Quarter-final Sergei Khizhnichenko – 16 2012 1261727481553Semi-final Gediminas Vičius – 7 2013 53212713434526Winners Ihar Zyankovich – 6 Andrei Finonchenko – 7 2014 63211615414921Semi-final Mihret Topčagić – 10 2015 10329518274723Second round Mihret Topčagić – 6 2016 93210616254036Last 16 Desley Ubbink – 6 2017 73312417365040Semi-final Milan Stojanović – 10 2018 83381213293636Semi-final Damir Kojašević – 8 2019 9339816404735Last 16 Sergei Zenjov – 8 Ivan Pešić – 8 2020 420956292232- Aydos Tattybaev – 5 Arsen Khubulov – 5 2021 6269611253433Runners-up Aydos Tattybaev – 4 2022 7269512343532Quarterfinal Roman Murtazayev – 6 2023 10267811313629Quarterfinal Ivan Sviridov – 7 2024 13242418124510Round of 16 Imeda Ashortia – 4

European history

Competition UEFA Champions League 2 8 4 1 3 10 8 +2 UEFA Europa League 4 18 6 4 8 24 24 0 UEFA Europa Conference League 1 6 1 2 3 3 5 –3 UEFA Cup 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 2 1 0 1 4 6 –2 Total 9 36 12 8 16 42 46 –4 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1–5 3–1 4–6 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Debrecen 1–1 0–1 1–2 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Ruch Chorzów 1–2 0–1 1–3 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Koper 2–1 1–1 3–2 2Q St Patrick's Athletic 2–1 0–2 2–3 2012–13 UEFA Champions League 2Q Slovan Liberec 1–1 0–1 1–2 2013–14 UEFA Champions League 2Q BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 2–0 3Q Skënderbeu 3–0 2–3 5–3PO Celtic 2–0 0–3 2–3 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Group L AZ 1–1 0–1 4th place PAOK 0–2 1–2 Maccabi Haifa 2–2 1–2 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Shirak 4–0 2–1 6–1 2Q Atlantas 3–0 0–0 3–0 3Q Hajduk Split 4–2 0–3 4–5 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q FCSB 2–1 0–1 2–2 3Q Kolos Kovalivka 0–0 0–0 0–0 PO Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–2 0–2 1–4

Notes 1R: First round 1Q: First qualifying round 2Q: Second qualifying round 3Q: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round

Honours Kazakhstan Premier League: 2 2011, 2012

Kazakhstan Cup: 1 2013

Kazakhstan Super Cup: 1 2013

Soviet First League: 1 1962

Current squad

Managers Anatoly Krutikov (1977) Lev Burchalkin (1990–1991) Vakhid Masudov (2000) Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (2001–July 2003) Juha Malinen (2007) Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 Jan 2007 – 1 June 2008) Vladimir Cheburin (2009–2010) Viktor Kumykov (1 Jan 2011 – Dec 2014)

Information correct as of match played 28 November 2021. Only competitive matches are counted. NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotesVladimir Cheburin11 December 20146 May 2015Evgeny Sveshnikov6 May 20155 June 2015Ihor Zakhariak5 June 2015December 2015Jozef Vukušič8 January 20163 August 2016Aleksei Yeryomenko4 August 201629 May 2017Saulius Širmelis2 June 201731 December 2017Uladzimir Zhuravel9 January 20183 July 2018Andrei Finonchenko 3 July 201818 July 2018Nikolay Kostov18 July 201830 December 2019Vyacheslav Hroznyi30 December 201917 June 2020Konstantin Gorovenka18 June 202031 December 2020Ali Aliyev20 January 202110 April 2021Andrei Finonchenko 10 April 202116 April 2021Magomed Adiyev16 April 20215 May 2022Konstantin Emeljanov 5 May 202228 June 2022Vakhid Masudov28 June 202231 December 2022Igor Soloshenko18 January 2023Jiří Jarošík5 November 2024

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See also

Kazakhstani football clubs in European competitions

References

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