FC Aktobe
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FC Aktobe are a Kazakh
football
club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe
. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division
– in 2000.
Aktobe became national champions for the first time in 2005, gaining a place in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League
2006/07.
However, they did not manage to advance through the First qualifying round, after losing to Latvia
n champions FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1–2 on aggregate.
They qualified for the UEFA Cup
the following season and started positively with a 1–0 win over SV Mattersburg
in the first leg of their first qualfying round tie. However, the return leg in Austria
saw a 4–2 victory for the home side and thus Aktobe's elimination from the competition.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe
Aktobe
Aktobe , formerly known as Aktyubinsk , is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 277,700, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks...
. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division
Kazakhstan First Division
The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...
– in 2000.
Name history
- 1967: Founded as Aktyubinets
- 1996: Renamed Aktobemunai
- 1997: Renamed Aktobe
- 2000: Renamed Aktobe-Lento
- 2005: Renamed Aktobe once again
Achievements
- Kazakhstan Premier League
- Winners (4): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Runners-up (2): 2006, 20102010 Kazakhstan Premier LeagueThe 2010 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 19th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. It started on 22 March 2010 and the regular season ended on 14 August 2010. The playoff rounds began on 22 August 2010 and ended on 6 November 2010...
- Kazakhstan CupKazakhstan CupThe Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Union of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR but did not become a proper national competition until 1992.-Winners of Kazakh SSR Cup...
- Winners (1): 2008
- Runners-up (1): 1994
- Kazakhstan Super CupKazakhstan Super CupThe Kazakhstan Super Cup is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner...
- Winners (2): 2008, 2010
- Kazakhstan First DivisionKazakhstan First DivisionThe Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...
- Winners (1): 2000
- Commonwealth of Independent States CupCommonwealth of Independent States CupThe Commonwealth of Independent States Cup is a tournament for football clubs which was set up after the split of the Soviet Union. It is open to all the national champions of the successor states of the Union, i.e., the Commonwealth of Independent States member states, as well as Estonia, Latvia,...
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 20102010 Commonwealth of Independent States CupThe XVIII Commonwealth of Independent States Cup took place in Moscow beginning January 15, 2010.-Participants:1 Rubin Kazan, Dynamo Kyiv, Pyunik and Bunyodkor were represented by either reserve, youth or other non-main squad....
- Runners-up (2): 2009, 2010
European Cup History
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
2006/07.
However, they did not manage to advance through the First qualifying round, after losing to Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n champions FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1–2 on aggregate.
They qualified for the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
the following season and started positively with a 1–0 win over SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg....
in the first leg of their first qualfying round tie. However, the return leg in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
saw a 4–2 victory for the home side and thus Aktobe's elimination from the competition.
| Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | UEFA Champions League UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It... |
1Q | Liepājas Metalurgs | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup UEFA Cup The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League... |
1Q | Mattersburg SV Mattersburg SV Mattersburg is an Austrian association football club from Mattersburg, Burgenland. For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently also known as SV Bauwelt Koch Mattersburg.... |
1–0 | 2–4 | 3–4 | |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sheriff Tiraspol FC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club... |
1–0 | 0–4 | 1–4 | |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | FH Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar, commonly referred to as FH, is Icelandic football club based in Hafnarfjörður.- Overview :The team are perhaps best known outside Iceland for beating Scottish side Dunfermline in the qualifying rounds of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup 4–3 on aggregate... |
2–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | |
| 3Q | Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa F.C. Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups... |
0–0 | 3–4 | 3–4 | |||
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off | Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
0–2 | 3–6 | 3–8 | |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Olimpi Rustavi FC Metalurgi Rustavi FC Metalurgi Rustavi is a Georgian football team, which are playing in Rustavi. The club play their home games at Poladi Stadium. After FC Tbilisi merged with second division club FC Rustavi in 2006, FC Olimpi Rustavi was established. In 2007, FC Olimpi Rustavi won their first Georgian Premier... |
2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
| 3Q | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | |||
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | Play-off | AZ | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
| 2011–12 2011–12 UEFA Europa League The 2011–12 UEFA Europa League is the third season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. It began on 30 June 2011 with the first legs of the first qualifying round, and will end on 9 May 2012 with the final to be held at Stadionul Național in Bucharest, Romania... |
UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Kecskeméti Kecskeméti TE Kecskeméti TE is a club, most famous for its football team. It hails from the city of Kecskemét, Bacs-Kiskun, Hungary and is currently competing in the NB I, the top league of Hungarian football... |
0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| 3Q | Alania Vladikavkaz | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (2–4 PSO) |