Football club «Aktobe» is one the of most titled clubs in Kazakhstan. A five-time champion of the country. Home arena is the Central Stadium, was opened in 1975. Nowadays, the stadium holds over 12 800 people and is unique in its kind. The football arena was one of the first in the USSR without treadmills. Club’s colors are red and white. The main fan movement is the organization called 13 SECTOR.
In the early 2000s, the club has participated in European tournaments for 11 years in a row. Starting with the qualifying rounds, the club several times stopped in a step from the group stage of the European Cup. There were 15 victories, 11 draws and 20 losses in 46 games, the overall goal difference was 54-64. The first match in the European Cup was held with the club «Liepājas Metalurgs». «Aktobe» won the first match against Austrian club named «Mattersburg». The biggest victory was achieved with a score of 4:0 (Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, Champions League 2009-10). The biggest loss was with a score of 1:5 (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine, European League 2013-14).
From the moment of its formation, FC «Aktobe» has changed its name five times.
1967-1995 – Aktyubinets
1996-1997 – Aktobemunai
1997-2000 – Aktobe
2000-2005 – Aktobe-Lento
Since 2005 – Aktobe
The Central Stadium is the main football arena of the city and home arena of the football club «Aktobe». It was built in 1975. August 28th became the opening day and this day, the match was between clubs «Aktyubinets» and «CSKA» (0:1), the goal was scored by Boris Kopeykin. The stadium is the country’s most visited place. It can accommodate up to 12 800 people.
Record holders for most matches
| No. | Player | Total | KC | KC | SCK | CL | EL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marat Khairullyn | 308 | 227 | 38 | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| 2 | Yuriy Logvinenko | 296 | 229 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | Andrei Sidelnikov | 259 | 202 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 4 | Samat Smakov | 238 | 184 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 5 | Petr Badlo | 233 | 177 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Emil Kenzhesariev | 191 | 139 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 | Alexandr Mitrofanov | 177 | 149 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 | Kairat Ashirbekov | 159 | 141 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Dmitriy Urist | 152 | 134 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Konstantin Golovskoy | 151 | 119 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
Record holders in number of goals
| No. | Player | Total | KC | KC | SCK | CL | EL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marat Khairullyn | 78 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Andrey Miroshnichenko | 60 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Samat Smakov | 47 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Dmitriy Urist | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kairat Ashirbekov | 44 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Konstantin Golovskoy | 43 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Murat Tleshev | 43 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Sergei Rogachev | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Marcos Pizzelli | 36 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sergei Strukov | 31 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
History of participation in European competitions
«Aktobe” has taken part in 11 draws of tournaments held under the auspices of the Union of European Football Associations: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. Starting with the qualifying rounds, the club several times stopped in a step from the group stage of the European Cup. There were 15 victories, 11 draws and 20 losses in 46 games, the overall goal difference was 54-64. The first match in the European Cup was held with the club «Liepājas Metalurgs». «Aktobe» won the first match against Austrian club named Mattersburg. The biggest victory was achieved with a score of 4:0 (Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, UCL 2009-10). The biggest loss was with a score of 1:5 (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine, UEL 2013-14).
Results against foreign clubs
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