Football Club Okzhetpes Kokshetau are a Kazakhstan

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...

i 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...

 based in the Torpedo Stadium

Torpedo Stadium (Koksetau)

Okzhetpes Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Okzhetpes....

 in Kokshetau

Kokshetau

Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards...

. The club currently play in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

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 for the reason of some denied licenses and withdraw of higher placed teams.

Name History

• 1968 : Founded as Torpedo
• 1990 : Renamed Spartak
• 1991 : Renamed Kokshetau
• 1994 : Renamed Kokshe
• 1997 : Renamed Avtomobilist and moved to Shortandy (Astana suburb)
  Astana
  Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...
  
  
• 1998 : Renamed Khimik and moved to Stepnogorsk
  Stepnogorsk
  Stepnogorsk is a town in Akmola Province, Kazakhstan. It was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200km North-East of Astana. It was first established as a secret town with code names Tselinograd-25 , Makinsk-2 . The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site...
  
  
• 1999 : Renamed Akmola
• 2000 : Moved back to Kokshetau
  Kokshetau
  Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards...
  
  
• 2001 : Renamed Esil
• 2004 : Renamed Okzhetpes

Should not be mistaken with the defunct club FC Azhar

FC Azhar

FC Azhar were a Kazakhstani football based in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. They were members of the Kazakhstan Super League in just two seasons 1992 and 1993-Name History:*1992 : Founded as Zenit Kokshetau*1993 : The club is renamed Azhar Kokshetau...

 also based in Kokshetau

Kokshetau

Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards...

Name Origin

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."

Current squad

External links

• Official website
• Klisf.info Club statistics