Akzhayik | |
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City | Oral, Kazakhstan |
League | Russian Bandy Supreme League |
Division | Group 2 |
Home arena | Yunost Stadium |
Website | sc-akzhayik |
Akzhayik Sports Club (Kazakh: Aqjаi'yq spоrt kly'by) is a bandy team in Kazakhstan,[1] which is the only professional team in the country and plays in the second highest division of Russia, the Russian Bandy Supreme League.[2]
Their home arena is Stadion Yunost (Stadion Zhastar in Kazakh), which was supposed to become equipped for artificial ice in 2015,[3] however, the project got delayed.[4] In October 2016, works with the aim of finishing the project started «Жастар» на реконструкции - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России. Therefore, in the season 2016-17 their home arena was Stadion Stenovik in Zashagan (Zachagansk in Russian), a nearby village administered by the city of Oral.Информация о стадионе «Стеновик», Уральск - Реестр - Федерация хоккея с мячом России By July 2017 the schedule was that the works at Stadion Yunost should be completed before the end of the year.Каток в Уральске сдадут до конца 2017 года - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России In October the date of opening was pinpointed to the 16th of December.[5] Still the first home matches of the season was played on Stenovik[6] and now it was presumed that Stadion Yunost could not be used before the 2018-19 season.[7] In 2018 it officially was ready for use.[8] All the players of the Youth-23 national team in the 2013-14 season came from this club.[9] In September 2017 Kazakhstan Bandy Federation bought the club.[10] The club colours are yellow, white and blue.[11]
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