FC Kaisar

FC Kaysar (Kazakh: Қайсар Футбол Клубы, Qaisar Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have missed only three seasons following relegations. The most successful was the season of 1998, where they won the Kazakhstan Cup and came fourth in the league.

FC Kaysar Kyzylorda

Full name	Football Club Kaysar
Nickname(s)	Қасқырлар (The Wolves) Қызыл шайтандар (Kazakhstan's Red Devils)
Founded	1968; 55 years ago (1968)
Ground	Gani Muratbayev Stadium Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Sadyk Mustafayev^[1]
Manager	Viktor Kumykov^[2]
League	Kazakhstan Premier League
2022	Kazakhstan First League, 2nd of 14 (Promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

History

Names

• 1968 : Founded as Volna
• 1969 : Renamed Avtomobilist
• 1974 : Renamed Orbita
• 1979 : Renamed Meliorator
• 1990 : Renamed Kaisar
• 1996 : Renamed Kaisar-Munai for sponsorship reasons
• 1997, July : Renamed Kaisar-Hurricane for sponsorship reasons
• 2001 : Renamed Kaisar again

Domestic history

Season	League									Kazakhstan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1992	1st	10	26	9	2	15	25	29	20		Sergei Kogai	21
1993	1st	21	48	15	6	27	52	85	36
1994	2nd	9
1995	2nd	1
1996	1st	7	34	15	11	8	39	25	56
1997	1st	8	26	13	5	8	39	23	44	Runners-up	Vladimir Loginov	12
1998	1st	4	26	16	5	5	42	17	53	Winner	Nurken Mazbaev	13
1999	1st	5	30	17	7	6	47	19	58		Nurken Mazbaev	11
2000	1st	6	28	12	7	9	36	23	43		Vladimir Loginov	12
2001	1st	11	32	11	7	14	33	40	40
2002	1st	10	32	10	2	20	31	55	32				M.Esmuratov
2003	1st	13	32	9	7	16	26	42	34
2004	1st	16	36	9	4	23	24	61	31
2005	2nd	1	22	17	4	1	51	10	55
2006	1st	15	30	8	4	18	29	53	28
2007	1st	10	30	10	7	13	27	37	37				S.Gorokhovodatskiy
2008	1st	4	30	13	10	7	29	22	49	Round of 16			V.Nikitenko
2009	1st	13	26	3	5	18	15	45	14	Quarter-final			K.Dyshekov /   S.Abildaev   T.Turmagambetov /   V.Linchevskiy
2010	2nd	2	34	25	6	3	74	23	81	First round			V.Linchevskiy
2011	1st	8	32	10	5	17	29	53	27	Second round	Ivan Perić	5	A.Liubinskas
2012	1st	9	26	8	6	12	21	33	30	Quarter-final	Gradimir Crnogorac	4	S.Kogai   V.Nikitenko
2013	2nd	1	34	23	8	3	77	20	74	Second round			S.Volgin
2014	1st	5	32	10	13	9	30	34	27	Second round	Rimo Hunt	8	D.Ogai
2015	1st	12	32	4	12	16	20	36	16	Quarter-final	Zhasulan Moldakaraev	6	D.Ogai /   F.Shcherbachenko
2016	2nd	1	28	20	7	1	49	9	67	Last 16
2017	1st	6	33	11	9	13	30	36	42	Last 16	Volodymyr Arzhanov   Mathias Coureur   Maksat Baizhanov	5	S.Mladenov
2018	1st	5	33	11	12	10	35	31	45	Quarter-final	Mathias Coureur	7	S.Mladenov
2019	1st	6	33	12	6	15	37	43	42	Winner	Tigran Barseghyan	12	S.Mladenov
2020	1st	7	20	6	6	8	20	23	24	-	Elguja Lobjanidze	8	S.Mladenov
2021	1st	13	26	4	7	15	24	44	19	Quarter-final	Karolis Laukžemis	8	S.Abildaev   V.Nikitenko
2022	2nd	2	26	17	5	4	60	26	56	Quarter-final	Mamadou Diallo	19	S.Abildaev

Continental history

As of match played 17 September 2020

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	6	1	2	3	6	8	-2
UEFA Europa League	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Total	7	1	2	4	7	12	−5

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Nisa Aşgabat	0–1	1–1	0–2
1999–2000	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Khujand	3–0	0–3	(p) 3–3
		2R	Navbahor Namangan	2–2	0–1	2–3
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	2QR	APOEL	1–4	—	—

Honours

• Kazakhstan Cup
  • Champions (2): 1998, 2019
• Kazakhstan First Division
  • Champions (4): 1995, 2005, 2013, 2016

Current squad

As of 2 August 2023^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   KAZ Abylaykhan Tolegenov 5 DF   KAZ Adilet Kenesbek 7 FW   KAZ Elzhas Altynbekov 8 MF   KAZ Alibi Tuzakbaev 9 MF   BLR Dzmitry Baradzin 10 MF   KAZ Didar Zhalmukan 11 FW   KAZ Bakdaulet Zulfikarov 13 MF   KAZ Ruslan Sakhalbaev 14 MF   KAZ Nurdaulet Amirbek 17 DF   KAZ Kuanysh Kalmuratov 18 DF   UKR Vitaliy Pryndeta 20 MF   MNE Goran Milojko 21 MF   KAZ Elisha Gorshunov

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   GNB Prosper Mendy 27 MF   GEO Giorgi Bukhaidze 29 MF   KAZ Orken Makhan 33 DF   KAZ Alibek Suleimean 34 GK   KAZ Nurymzhan Salaidin 44 DF   BFA Ben Aziz Zagré 45 FW   SRB Nikola Dišić 47 DF   MDA Vladimir Ghinaitis 55 MF   CIV Geo Danny Ekra 77 MF   BLR Vasily Sovpel 88 GK   MDA Ștefan Sicaci 99 DF   BRA João Pedro

Managers

•   Aleksandr Prokhorov (1981–82)
•   Marat Esmuratov (2002)
•   Bulat Esmagambetov (May 2003)
•   Tleuhan Turmagambetov (May 2003 – Oct 06)
•   Viktor Kumykov (2003 – Oct 04)
•   Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (2007)
•   Vladimir Nikitenko (Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008)
•   Khazret Dyshekov (April 2009)
•   Sultan Abildayev (April 2009 – Aug 09)
•   Tleuhan Turmagambetov (Aug 2009)
•   Vladimir Linchevskiy (Aug 2009 – Feb 11)
•   Algimantas Liubinskas (Jan 2011 – Feb 12)
•   Sergei Kogai (Jan 31, 2012 – April 24, 2012)
•   Vladimir Nikitenko (April 24, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012)
•   Sergei Volgin (Jan 18, 2013 – Nov 17, 2013)
•   Dmitriy Ogai (Nov 30, 2013 – July 23, 2015)
•   Fyodor Shcherbachenko (Aug 6, 2015 – Nov 10, 2015)
•   Stoycho Mladenov (Jan 1, 2017 – Nov 10, 2020)
•   Sultan Abildayev (Dec 15, 2020 – Dec 13, 2022)
•   Viktor Kumykov (Dec 13, 2022 – )

References

1. ""Кайсар" официально представил нового руководителя" (in Russian). sports.kz. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
2. "Виктор Кумыков официально возглавил клуб КПЛ" (in Russian). sports.kz. 2022-12-13.
3. "Футбольный клуб "Кайсар"". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Soccerway profile