FC Shakhter Karagandy


Football Club Shakhter, commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy, is a professional football club based in Karagandy, Kazakhstan. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992.

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.
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.
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.
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.

Club culture

Shakhter sacrifice a sheep the day before matches, as a tradition. This has led the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to petition UEFA President Michel Platini for a ban on animal slaughter in European football. Laws regarding animal slaughter have made the custom impossible when playing away in some countries.

Domestic history

SeasonForAgainstPointsDomestic CupTop goalscorer
19921st7268126242236First round
19931st622868252922Quarter-final
19941st63011127453834Semi-final
19951st3301866432460Quarter-final
19961st834141010424052Quarter-final Askar Abildaev – 14
19971st4261646402252Quarter-final Ruslan Imankulov – 8
19981st9268414293228Quarter-final
19991st103011415283537Last 16
20001st5281468382648Semi-final Ruslan Imankulov – 12
20011st1232101012313740Last 16 Ruslan Imankulov – 11
20021st53213712374046Semi-final Evgeniy Lunev – 16
20031st1032101210372942Last 16 Andrei Finonchenko – 16
20041st93616911442857Last 16
20051st4301929372259Last 16 Andrei Finonchenko – 11
20061st43015510352450Semi-final Andrei Finonchenko – 16
20071st3301776452358Quarter-final Mihails Miholaps – 8
20081st72911135412637Last 16
20091st3261835501857Runners-up Serhiy Kostyuk – 11
20101st63211813323041Runners-up
20111st1321967522942Quarter-final Sergei Khizhnichenko – 16
20121st1261727481553Semi-final Gediminas Vičius – 7
20131st53212713434526Winners Ihar Zyankovich – 6
Andrei Finonchenko – 7
20141st63211615414921Semi-final Mihret Topčagić – 10
20151st10329518274723Second round Mihret Topčagić – 6
20161st93210616254036Last 16 Desley Ubbink – 6
20171st73312417365040Semi-final Milan Stojanović – 10
20181st83381213293636Semi-final Damir Kojašević – 8
20191st9339816404735Last 16 Sergei Zenjov – 8
Ivan Pešić – 8

Continental history

Last updated: 7 August 2014.
Competition
UEFA Champions League28413108+2
UEFA Europa League41864824240
UEFA Cup1201112–1
UEFA Intertoto Cup1210146–2
Total730116133940-1

;Notes

Former players

Information correct as of match played 10 November 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.
NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Vladimir Cheburin11 December 20146 May 2015
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Evgeny Sveshnikov6 May 20155 June 2015
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Ihor Zakhariak5 June 2015December 2015
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Jozef Vukušič8 January 20163 August 2016
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Aleksei Yeryomenko4 August 201629 May 2017
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Saulius Širmelis2 June 201731 December 2017
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Uladzimir Zhuravel9 January 20183 July 2018
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Andrei Finonchenko 3 July 201818 July 2018
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Nikolay Kostov18 July 201830 December 2019
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Vyacheslav Hroznyi30 December 2019
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