FC Aktobe

Aktobe
Full nameFootball Club Aktobe
Nickname(s)Red Whites
Founded1967; 57 years ago (1967) as Aktyubinets[1]
GroundCentral Stadium
Capacity12,729[2]
OwnerAkimat of Aktobe Region
PresidentAskar Zhyrgalbekov
ManagerDmytro Parfyonov
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
20233rd of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Football Club Aktobe (Kazakh: Aqtóbe Fýtbol Klýby), commonly referred to as FC Aktobe or simply Aktobe, is a professional football club based in Aktobe. They last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Formed as Aktyubinets in 1967, they became Aktobemunai in 1996, Aktobe in 1997, Aktobe-Lento in 2000 and finally Aktobe again in 2005. Their home ground is the 13,500 seat Central Stadium.

Aktobe have won five league titles, one Kazakhstan Cup and three Kazakhstan Super Cup. The club has also won two Soviet Second League titles in 1981 and 1991.

  1. ^ История [History] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ^ Стадион [Stadium] (in Russian). FC Aktobe. Archived from the original on 29 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2014.