{{short description|Kazakh football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = FC Taraz | image = FC Taraz.png | upright = 0.65 | fullname = Football Club Taraz<br>Тараз футбол клубы | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|1960}} | ground = Central Stadium <br /> Taraz, Kazakhstan | capacity = 12,525 | captain = | manager = | league = Kazakhstan First League | season = 2024 | position = 8th | website = {{URL|https://tarazfc.kz/}} | current =
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'''FC Taraz''' ({{langx|kk|Тараз футбол клубы}}) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.
==History== After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|title=НовостиСостоялось внеочередное заседание Исполнительного комитета Федерации футбола Казахстана|url=http://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/3833/#league=12|website=pflk.kz|publisher=Professional Football League Kazakhstan|access-date=5 February 2017|language=ru|date=3 February 2017|archive-date=14 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114141825/https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/3833/#league=12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Names=== *1960 : Founded as ''Metallist'' *1967 : Renamed ''Voskhod'' *1968 : Renamed ''Energetik'' *1971 : Renamed ''Alatau'' *1975 : Renamed ''Khimik'' *1992 : Renamed ''Fosfor'' *1993 : Renamed ''Taraz''
===Domestic history=== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="9" | League ! rowspan="2" | Kazakhstan Cup ! colspan="2" | Top goalscorer ! rowspan="2" | Manager |- ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! P ! Name ! League |- |1992 |1st |'''5th''' |26 |12 |5 |9 |40 |29 |'''29''' |style="background:silver;"|'''Runners-up''' |{{flagicon|KAZ}} M.Syzdykov <br> {{flagicon|KAZ}} A.Litvinenko |11 |Kurban Berdyev |- |1993 |1st |'''14th''' |24 |16 |4 |4 |51 |29 |'''36''' |style="background:silver;"|'''Runners-up''' |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexander Shmarikov |28 |Kurban Berdyev |- |1994 |1st |'''8th''' |30 |12 |7 |11 |42 |34 |'''33''' |Last 32 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} A.Litvinenko |20 | |- |1995 |1st |style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' |30 |20 |2 |8 |61 |34 |'''62''' |Semi-finals |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nurken Mazbaev |19 | |- |1996 |1st |style="background:gold;"|'''1st''' |34 |23 |7 |4 |56 |14 |'''76''' |Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|KAZ}} G.Kainazarov |12 | |- |1997 |1st |style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' |26 |18 |2 |6 |49 |18 |'''56''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nurken Mazbaev |16 | |- |1998 |1st |'''10th''' |26 |7 |6 |13 |33 |35 |'''27''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} B.Eirich |9 | |- |1999 |1st |'''10th''' |30 |6 |5 |19 |25 |64 |'''23''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Murat Tleshev |6 |Vakhid Masudov |- |2000 |1st |'''12th''' |28 |7 |5 |16 |22 |47 |'''26''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} B.Kenchimov <br> {{flagicon|KAZ}} A.Mironov |3 |Vakhid Masudov |- |2001 |1st |style="background:pink;"|'''15th''' |32 |6 |3 |23 |26 |57 |'''21''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} D.Nazarov / {{flagicon|KAZ}} V.Yakovlev <br> {{flagicon|KAZ}} T.Sisenov / {{flagicon|KAZ}} V.Valter |4 | |- |2002 |2nd |'''4th''' | | | | | | |''' ''' |Last 32 | | | |- |2003 |1st |'''12th''' |32 |10 |4 |18 |35 |45 |'''34''' |Last 32 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nazarov |10 |Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov |- |2004 |1st |'''7th''' |36 |16 |11 |9 |35 |23 |'''59''' |style="background:gold;"|'''Winners''' |{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleh Mochulyak |8 |Yuri Konkov |- |2005 |1st |'''11th''' |30 |10 |6 |14 |32 |36 |'''36''' |Semi-finals |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Nurken Mazbaev |11 |Yuri Konkov |- |2006 |1st |'''10th''' |30 |9 |6 |15 |32 |34 |'''33''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|TKM}} Wýaçeslaw Krendelew <br> {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleh Mochulyak |8 |Sergei Tagiyev |- |2007 |1st |style="background:pink;"|'''16th''' |30 |3 |6 |21 |16 |50 |'''15''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Aleksey Shapurin |4 |Sergei Tagiyev |- |2008 |2nd |style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' |26 |19 |4 |3 |61 |14 |'''61''' |First round | | |Vladimir Fomichyov |- |2009 |1st |'''8th''' |26 |9 |6 |11 |37 |36 |'''33''' |Second round |{{flagicon|MDA}} Sergiu Epureanu |7 |Vladimir Fomichyov |- |2010 |1st |'''9th''' |32 |9 |10 |13 |36 |40 |'''37''' |Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|KGZ}} Anton Zemlianukhin <br> {{flagicon|SRB}} Milan Jovanović |7 |Dmitry Ogai <br> Igor Ursach <br> Vait Talgayev |- |2011 |1st |'''9th''' |32 |10 |5 |17 |30 |39 |'''25''' |Semi-finals |{{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Jovanović |7 |Vait Talgayev |- |2012 |1st |'''4th''' |26 |14 |4 |8 |32 |30 |'''46''' |Second round |{{flagicon|SRB}} Miroslav Lečić |7 |Ljupko Petrović |- |2013 |1st |'''10th''' |32 |7 |9 |16 |30 |38 |'''21''' |style="background:silver"|'''Runners-up''' |{{flagicon|NGR}} Obiora Odita |5 |Ljupko Petrović <br> Nurmat Mirzabayev <br> Arno Pijpers |- |2014 |1st |'''10th''' |32 |9 |7 |16 |32 |45 |'''25''' |Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Aleksey Shchetkin <br> {{flagicon|KAZ}} Murat Tleshev |7 |Arno Pijpers <br> Evgeny Yarovenko |- |2015 |1st |'''9th''' |32 |10 |8 |14 |25 |33 |'''26''' |Quarter-finals |{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Pyschur |9 |Evgeny Yarovenko |- |2016 |1st |'''11th''' |32 |10 |5 |17 |33 |42 |'''35''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|SEN}} Malick Mané |13 |Nurmat Mirzabayev <br> Yuriy Maksymov |- |2017 |1st |style="background:pink;"|'''11th''' |33 |8 |8 |17 |29 |50 |'''26''' |Last 16 |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Baktiyar Zaynutdinov |7 |Vait Talgayev |- |2018 |2nd |style="background:silver;"|'''2nd''' |33 |19 |10 |4 |61 |27 |'''67''' |Last 16 | | | |- |2019 |1st |'''10th''' |33 |7 |8 |18 |28 |60 |'''29''' |Quarterfinal |{{flagicon|TOG}} Serge Nyuiadzi <br> {{flagicon|GEO}} Elguja Lobjanidze |8 |Nurken Mazbaev |- |2020 |1st |'''8th''' |20 |5 |8 |7 |19 |23 |'''23''' |- |{{flagicon|GNB}} Toni Silva |4 |Vladimir Nikitenko |- |2021 |1st |'''10th''' |26 |7 |8 |11 |27 |34 |'''29''' |Quarterfinal |{{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Eugénio |7 |Vardan Minasyan |- |2022 |1st |'''12th''' |26 |6 |10 |10 |27 |29 |'''28''' |Semifinal |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Abylayhan Zhumabek |8 |Nurken Mazbayev |}
===Continental history=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- |rowspan="2"|1997–98 |rowspan="2"|Asian Club Championship |rowspan="1"|First round |colspan="4" align=center|Bye |- |rowspan="1"|Second round |{{flagicon|TKM}} Nisa Aşgabat |align=center|2–2 |align=center|0–2 |align=center|2–4 |}
==Honours== *'''Kazakhstan Premier League''' **'''Champions''' (1): 1996 **Runner-up: (2): 1995, 1997 *'''Kazakhstan Cup''' **'''Winners''' (1): 2004 **Runner-up: (3): 1992, 1993, 2013
==Current squad== {{updated|10 August 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Футбольный клуб "Тараз" |url=https://pflk.kz/rus/clubs/26#league=2 |website=pflk.kz/ |publisher=Football Federation of Kazakhstan |access-date=31 May 2023 |language=Russian |date=7 March 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316093656/https://pflk.kz/rus/clubs/26#league=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=KAZ|name=Erkebulan Rakhmetulla|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=KAZ|name=Azamat Erkinbek|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=KAZ|name=Ertore Zhanybekuly|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=KAZ|name=Madiyar Nuraly|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=KAZ|name=Erasyl Keulimzhay|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=KAZ|name=Dias Lesbek|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=KAZ|name=Merey Zhambyl|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=KAZ|name=Muslim Zhumat|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=KAZ|name=Ulugbek Khaytmuratov|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=KAZ|name=Olzhas Adil|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=KAZ|name=Zhandos Umirzakov|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=KAZ|name=Abzal Mukanbetzhanov|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=KAZ|name=Nuraydar Askerbek|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=KAZ|name=Yerkebulan Toybekov|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=KAZ|name=Miras Zhaksymbetov|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=KAZ|name=Azamat Erden|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=KAZ|name=Stanislav Samoylov|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=KAZ|name=Maksat Amirkhanov|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=KAZ|name=Shanzar Kemelbek|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=KAZ|name=Zhalgas Zhaksylykov|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=KAZ|name=David Dertsap|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=50|nat=KAZ|name=Tair Nurseitov|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=KAZ|name=Ersultan Bayten|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=71|nat=KAZ|name=Dias Andyrmash|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=74|nat=KAZ|name=Madiyar Mergenbaev|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=KAZ|name=Alisher Suley|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=79|nat=KAZ|name=Daulet Musretbek|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=82|nat=KAZ|name=Adilet Omey|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=91|nat=KAZ|name=Zhandar Zhangaliev|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=95|nat=KAZ|name=Sanzhar Rakhmatilya|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=KAZ|name=Azizzhon Berdiev|pos=MF}} {{Fs end}}
==Managers== *{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} Kurban Berdyev (1986–89; 1991–92) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Vakhid Masudov (Aug 1999 – June 00) *{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Yuri Konkov (1 January 2004 – 24 August 2005) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – 7 May) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Vladimir Fomichyov (2008–10) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Dmitriy Ogai (1 January 2010 – 30 November 2010) *{{flagicon|Moldova}} Igor Ursachi (25 June 2010 – 1 September 2010) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Vait Talgayev (2010–2011) *{{flagicon|Serbia}} Ljupko Petrović (1 November 2011 – 14 May 2013) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Nurmat Mirzabaev ''(interim)'' (16 May 2013 – 7 June 2013) *{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Arno Pijpers (8 June 2013 – 10 June 2014) *{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Evgeny Yarovenko (10 June 2014 – 11 November 2015) *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016) *{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Yuriy Maksymov (15 May 2016 – 2017) *{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Vladimir Nikitenko (left in 2021) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Vardan Minasyan (2 February 2021 – 26 October 2021){{citation needed|date=November 2022}} *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Nurken Mazbayev (13 January 2022 – 21 October 2022)<ref>{{cite web|title="Тараз" объявил о назначении главного тренера|url=https://www.sports.kz/news/taraz-obyyavil-onaznachenii-glavnogo-trenera|access-date=16 November 2022|language=ru|date=13 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Официально: Нуркен Мазбаев покинул "Тараз"|url=http://kazfootball.kz/news/67923|access-date=16 November 2022|language=ru|date=21 October 2022}}</ref> *{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)<ref>{{cite web|title=Нурмат Мирзабаев рассказал, чего не хватило "Таразу" для победы в матче с "Каспием"|url=https://news.myseldon.com/ru/news/index/273917079|access-date=16 November 2022|language=ru|date=24 October 2022}}</ref>
==External links== * {{official website|https://tarazfc.kz/}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Kazakhstan Premier League}}
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