FC Caspiy
Kazakhstani club based in Aktau, named after the Caspian Sea.
Caspiy Football Club (Футбольный клуб «Каспий») is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea (Каспий теңізі), on whose eastern shore Aktau is located. 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.
Quick Facts
- Club
- Caspiy
- Full name
- Caspiy Football Club
- Nickname
- Sailors
- Founded
- 1962, as Trud
- Ground
- Zhastar Stadium
- Capacity
- 5,000
- Chairman
- Nurtas Kurgulin
- Manager
- Piraliy Aliev
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History
FC Caspiy began its competitive run in the Soviet second league from 1979 until 1991. After the Soviet Union dissolved, the team joined Kazakhstan’s national championship starting in 1992, and its highest finish came in 1996 when it placed fourth. The club made a return to the Kazakhstan Premier League in 2020 after a 19-year absence, with Srdjan Blagojevic as head coach leading them to tenth place. Blagojevic then secured an eighth-place finish in 2021 before departing for Astana; Nikolay Kostov took over on December 31, 2021. On April 17, 2023, Macedonian coach Igor Angelovski was named the new manager. In 2021, the club underwent a rebrand, updating its logo, primary colors, and kit. The all-time leading scorer, with over 60 goals as of April 19, 2022, is forward and former player Almas Nurbergenovich Armenov. The club was originally founded in 1962 as Trud, then renamed Aktau in 1990, Munaishy in July 1993, back to Aktau in 1999, Mangystau in 2000, and finally Caspiy in 2002.
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