FC Tobol


FC Tobol is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They won the Kazakhstan Premier League in 2010, and finished no lower than fourth place between the 2002 and 2010 seasons.

History

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent, with Oleg Lotov being appointed as interim manager on 30 April 2016. Lotov was replaced with Omari Tetradze as the club's manager on 30 May 2016.
Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as Tobol's manager following the expiration of Robert Yevdokimov's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the Europa League. Andrei Miroshnichenko was appointed as Caretaker manager before Marek Zub was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018.
On 31 December 2018, Zub left Tobol after his contract wasn't renewed, and Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager. Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July 2019 after Tobol were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by Jeunesse Esch.
On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.

Names

Continental history

Tobol performed remarkably in their first European appearance, reaching the third round of the Intertoto Cup 2003. They beat Polonia Warszawa and Sint-Truiden, and lost to SV Pasching. In UEFA Cup 2006-07 FC Basel were hard nuts to crack for Tobol. They won the Intertoto Cup 2007, defeating FC Zestafoni, Slovan Liberec and OFI Crete and advanced to 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Cup 2007-08.
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%

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Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
SeasonCompetitionRoundOpponentHomeAwayAggregate
2003Intertoto Cup1R Polonia Warszawa2–13–05–1
2003Intertoto Cup2R Sint-Truidense1–02–03–0
2003Intertoto Cup3R SV Pasching0–10–30–4
2006–07UEFA Cup1Q FC Basel0–01–31–3
2007Intertoto Cup1R FC Zestafoni3–00–23–2
2007Intertoto Cup2R Slovan Liberec1–12–03–1
2007Intertoto Cup3R OFI Crete1–01–02–0
2007–08UEFA Cup2Q Dyskobolia Grodzisk0–10–20–3
2008–09UEFA Cup1Q Austria Wien1–00–21–2
2009–10UEFA Europa League2Q Galatasaray1–10–21–3
2010–11UEFA Europa League1Q Zrinjski Mostar1–21–22–4
2011–12UEFA Champions League2Q Slovan Bratislava1–10–21–3
2018–19UEFA Europa League1Q Samtredia2–01–03–0
2018–19UEFA Europa League2Q Pyunik2–10–12–2
2019–20UEFA Europa League1Q Jeunesse Esch1–10–01–1

Honours

Managers