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.

FC Elimai
Full nameFootball Club Elimai
Елімай футбол клубы
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
2022; 2 years ago (2022)
Dissolved2016; 8 years ago (2016)
GroundSpartak Stadium
Semey, Kazakhstan
Capacity8,000[citation needed]
ChairmanAkhmedzhan Kazakbayev
ManagerAndrei Karpovich
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
2024Kazakhstan Premier League 6th of 13
Websitehttps://fcelimai.kz/
Current season

History

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The 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

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  • 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

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Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
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 16
1995 1st 1 30 21 4 5 68 23 67 Winners   Andrei Miroshnichenko 23
1996 1st 3 34 22 8 4 67 17 74   Bolat Esmagambetov 14
1997 1st 7 26 13 7 6 41 26 46   Oleg Litvinenko 8
1998 1st 1 26 20 3 3 60 20 63   Oleg Litvinenko 14
1999 1st 9 30 12 4 14 35 36 40
2000 1st 8 28 12 5 11 43 33 41   Kairat Aubakirov 15
2001 1st 7 32 14 6 12 47 42 48   Kairat Aubakirov 13
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 13
2014 1st 12 32 7 7 18 30 52 21 First round   Nemanja Jovanović 7   Almas Kulshinbayev
2015 2nd 6 24 11 6 7 34 19 39 Second round   Aleksei Petrushin

Continental history

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Club Championship First round   Neftchi Fargʻona 1–3 4–1 5–4
Second round   Al-Nassr 0–1 0–31 0–41
1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round   AiK Bishkek 4–2 2–1 6–3
Second round   Persepolis 3–0 0–5 3–5

1 Elimai Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.

Current squad

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   KAZ Rakhat Mavlikeev
3 DF   NGA Samuel Odeyobo
4 DF   RUS Daniil Penchikov
5 DF   KAZ Sergey Keiler
7 FW   KAZ Roman Murtazayev
8 MF   KAZ Yuriy Pertsukh
9 FW   RUS Islam Mashukov
10 MF   KAZ Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev (captain)
11 FW   KAZ Ivan Sviridov
12 MF   KAZ Aslan Darabayev
15 DF   KAZ Dmitriy Schmidt
18 DF   KAZ Nursultan Sovetkazy
19 DF   KAZ Mikhail Gabyshev
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   BRA China
21 DF   KAZ Sultan Abilgazy
22 FW   KAZ Zhan-Ali Payruz
23 MF   BRA Maicom David
24 MF   DOM Edarlyn Reyes
35 GK   UKR Maksym Koval
37 MF   KAZ Meyrdzhan Zhumadilov
63 DF   BIH Ivan Šaravanja
77 DF   KAZ Dmitry Shomko
78 GK   RUS Denis Kavlinov
81 MF   BLR Nikita Korzun
88 DF   RUS Dmitri Yashin
92 MF   FRA Quentin Cornette

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   KAZ Bakytzhan Malikov (at Altai Oskemen until 31 December 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW   KAZ Arman Smailov (at Irtysh Pavlodar until 31 December 2024)

Honours

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Футбол клубы "Елімай"". pflk.kz (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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