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FC Irtysh are a Kazakh

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 Pavlodar

Pavlodar

Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...

. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as Ansat), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower levels. They have participated in the AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League

The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001, and played in UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League 2003-04

The 2003–04 UEFA Champions League was the 12th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since its rebranding from the European Cup in 1992, and the 49th tournament overall...

qualifying round in 2003

UEFA Champions League 2003-04

Name History

1965 : Founded as Irtysh
1968 : Renamed Traktor
1993 : Renamed Ansat
1996 : Renamed Irtysh
1999 : Renamed Irtysh-Bastau for sponsorship reasons
2000 : Renamed Irtysh again

Achievements

Kazakhstan Premier League: 5

1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003

Kazakhstan Cup
Kazakhstan Cup
The 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...

: 1

1998

Performance in International Competitions

Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1995: Preliminary Round

1999: First Round

2000: Group Stage

2001: 4th place

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...

/Europa League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home Leg	Away Leg	Aggregate
2009–10 UEFA Cup 2009–10 The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, the competition previously known as UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years....	Q1	Haladás	2–1	0–1	2–2(a)
2011–12	Q1	Jagiellonia	2–0	0–1	2–1
2011–12	Q2	F.C. Rustavi Metalurgist	0–2	1–1	1–3

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...

Season	Round	Opponents	Home Leg	Away Leg	Aggregate
2003–04	Q1	Omonia Nicosia	1–2	0–0	1–2

Current squad

Reserve team

Former players

Daniel Robert de Jesus http://en.rian.ru/sports/20100410/158505939.html (†) Nilton Pereira Mendes

Nilton Pereira Mendes

Nilton Pereira Mendes or simply Mendes was a Brazilian professional footballer....

(†) Georgi Daskalov

Georgi Daskalov

Georgi Daskalov is a Bulgarian footballer, who currently plays for Kazakhstan Premier League side Irtysh Pavlodar as a striker.His first club was Pirin Blagoevgrad. He also played for Belasitsa Petrich and Velbazhd Kyustendil....

Slavi Kostenski

Slavi Kostenski is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for Botev Kozloduy as a defender. Kostenski have also Russian passport.-Career:...

Eduard Ratnikov

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Sabyrkhan Ibrayev Nurmat Mirzabaev

Nurmat Mirzabaev

Nurmat Mirzabaev is a retired football defender from Kazakhstan. He obtained a total number of sixteen caps for the Kazakhstan national football team during his career, scoring one goal.- References :**...

Murat Tleshev

Murat Tleshev is a Kazakh football forward born on 18 April 1980. He plays for the club FC Irtysh Pavlodar. He also plays for the Kazakhstan national football team....

Andrius Velička

Andrius Velicka

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Sergei Strukov

Sergei Stanislavovich Strukov is a Russian football forward. He plays for the club FC Kairat since 2011. Previously played for FC Irtysh.-Honours:* Kazakhstan Premier League Winner: 12008* Kazakhstan Cup Winner: 12008...

Oleg Veretennikov

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