FC Elimai (Kazakh: Елімай футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Elimai Semey (or simply "Elimai") they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. They are currently in Premier League.
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| Full name | Football Club Elimai Елімай футбол клубы | ||
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| Founded | 1964 2022 | ||
| Dissolved | 2016 | ||
| Ground | Spartak Stadium Semey, Kazakhstan | ||
| Capacity | 8,000[citation needed] | ||
| Chairman | Akhmedzhan Kazakbayev | ||
| Manager | Andrei Karpovich | ||
| League | Kazakhstan Premier League | ||
| 2024 | Kazakhstan Premier League 6th of 13 | ||
| Website | https://fcelimai.kz/ | ||
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History
editThe club's predecessor is the Soviet team of masters of the local brick factory in Semey, hence the name Tsementnik (cement producer). The team of masters spent some 28 seasons in the Soviet Second League (Class B).
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in mid 1990s the club as Elimai became one of the leaders of the Kazakhstani championship. Yelim-Ai (or Elim-ay) is the name of a historic poem of Kazakh people.
FC Elimai most recently won the Kazakh league while the Football Federation of Kazakhstan were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to UEFA affiliation, Elimai were relegated to the second-tier Kazakhstan First Division.
After the merger of former Semey Province into East Kazakhstan Province in 1997, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus, all financial support from former province went to Oskemen, the current province capital.
Names
edit- 1964 : Founded as Tsementnik
- 1971 : Renamed Spartak
- 1994 : Renamed Elimai
- 1999 : Renamed AES-Elimai
- 2001 : Renamed Elimai
- 2004 : Renamed Semey
- 2008 : Renamed Spartak
- 2016 : merger (along with FC Vostok) into FC Altai
- 2022 : Reestablished anew Elimai
Domestic history
edit| Season | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 1992 | 1st | 14 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 60 | 13 | ||||
| 1993 | 1st | 17 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 30 | ||||
| 1994 | 1st | 1 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 47 |  Kairat Aubakirov
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| 1995 | 1st | 1 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 23 | 67 | Winners | Andrei Miroshnichenko
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| 1996 | 1st | 3 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 67 | 17 | 74 | Bolat Esmagambetov
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| 1997 | 1st | 7 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 46 | Oleg Litvinenko
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| 1998 | 1st | 1 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20 | 63 | Oleg Litvinenko
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| 1999 | 1st | 9 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 36 | 40 | ||||
| 2000 | 1st | 8 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 33 | 41 | Kairat Aubakirov
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| 2001 | 1st | 7 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 42 | 48 | Kairat Aubakirov
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| 2002 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 39 | ||||
| 2003 | 1st | 9 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 35 | 43 | ||||
| 2004 | 1st | 19 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 84 | 13 | ||||
| 2005 | 2nd | 2 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 17 | 59 | ||||
| 2006 | 2nd | 4 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 43 | ||||
| 2007 | 2nd | 9 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 49 | 29 | ||||
| 2008 | 2nd | 3 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 35 | 47 | First round | |||
| 2009 | 2nd | 7 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 41 | 38 | First round | |||
| 2010 | 2nd | 4 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 40 | 64 | First round | |||
| 2011 | 2nd | 14 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 53 | 32 | First round | |||
| 2012 | 2nd | 6 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 45 | 46 | First round | |||
| 2013 | 2nd | 2 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 24 | 70 | First round |  Paul Puryshkin
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| 2014 | 1st | 12 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 52 | 21 | First round |  Nemanja Jovanović
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| 2015 | 2nd | 6 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 19 | 39 | Second round |  Aleksei Petrushin
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Continental history
edit| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | First round | Neftchi Fargʻona
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1–3 | 4–1 | 5–4 |
| Second round |  Al-Nassr
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0–1 | 0–31 | 0–41 | ||
| 1996–97 | Asian Club Championship | First round |  AiK Bishkek
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4–2 | 2–1 | 6–3 |
| Second round |  Persepolis
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3–0 | 0–5 | 3–5 |
1 Elimai Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.
Current squad
edit- As of 6 October 2024[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
edit- Kazakhstan Premier League (3):1994, 1995, 1998
- Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1995
Notes
edit- ^ "Футбол клубы "Елімай"". pflk.kz (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.