FC Irtysh Pavlodar
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FC Irtysh (Kazakh: Ертіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 (as Ansat), 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. The club was also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower levels before being dissolved in 2020. It entered Kazakhstan Second League in 2024 and was promoted to Kazakhstan First League for 2025. Irtysh had participated in the AFC Champions League a number of times, reaching the semi-finals in 2001 (the final year of Kazakhstan's AFC affiliation), and played in UEFA Champions League qualifying round in 2003.
History
On 9 August 2017, Dimitar Dimitrov resigned as manager of the club, with Sergei Klimov being appointed in a caretaker capacity the next day. Vyacheslav Hroznyi was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 17 August 2017, leaving the club at the end of the 2017 season. On 21 December 2017, Gerard Nus was appointed as the new manager of Irtysh Pavlodar on a two-year contract.
On 28 April 2018 Nus was sacked as the club's manager, with Dmitry Kuznetsov being appointed as Caretaker Manager. On 10 July 2018, Irtysh Pavlodar announced the return of Dimitar Dimitrov on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
At the end of April 2019, rumors that manager Dimitar Dimitrov had left his role were downplayed by the club, but Dimitrov and his coaching staff subsequently went AWOL for Irtysh Pavlodar's match against Zhetysu on 1 May 2019. The following day, 2 May 2019, Dimitrov and his staff where summoned by club's leadership to explain their absence. Their explanation wasn't deemed valid by the club and Dimitrov was suspended. Sergey Klimov was appointed as caretaker manager. On 7 June 2019, Milan Milanović was announced as the club's new manager.
On 30 May 2020, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial problems. All of their matches were excluded from the league results.
Naming history
- 1965 : Irtysh
- 1968 : Traktor
- 1993 : Ansat
- 1996 : Irtysh
- 1999 : Irtysh-Bastau
- 2000 : Irtysh
Statistics
Domestic history
Continental history
1 Irtysh were ejected from the competition for using two ineligible players.
1993: Runners-up
UEFA coefficient
The table shows the position of FC Irtysh Pavlodar (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking.
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 272 | Belarus Minsk | 3.725 |
| 273 | Kazakhstan Kairat | 3.625 |
| 274 | Kazakhstan Irtysh | 3.625 |
| 275 | Kazakhstan Ordabasy | 3.625 |
| 276 | Kazakhstan Aktobe | 3.625 |
As of 1 June 2018.
Honours
Domestic
- Kazakhstan Premier League (5): 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
- Kazakhstan Cup (1): 1998
- Kazakh SSR Cup (1): 1988
International
- IFA Shield (IFA) : Runners-up (1993)
Current squad
As of 8 March, 2026.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK KAZ Miras Rikhard 4 DF BLR Ruslan Khadarkevich 5 DF KAZ Bakhtiyar Toleuov 6 MF JPN Yushi Shimamura 7 MF BLR Vladislav Klimovich 8 MF KAZ Samat Zharynbetov 9 MF KAZ Miras Omatay 10 FW KAZ Tamerlan Agimanov 11 FW KAZ Maksim Fedin 12 DF KAZ Ramazan Karimov (on loan from Kairat) 13 MF KAZ Nurdaulet Baybosynov (on loan from Taraz) 14 MF KAZ Vyacheslav Raskatov 16 GK RUS Vitali Botnar (on loan from SKA-Khabarovsk) | No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW KAZ Miras Turlybek 18 MF KAZ Vyacheslav Shvyryov 19 DF KAZ Artem Popov 20 DF KAZ Adilet Usenov 21 MF KAZ Arsen Buranchiev 22 DF NGA Godfrey Bitok 26 DF SEN Mamadou Mbodj 27 DF BLR Danila Nechayev 31 GK KAZ Erkebulan Rakhmetulla 33 DF GHA Fard Ibrahim 41 GK KAZ Daniil Efremenko 77 FW KAZ Alkham Nurlan 97 FW CIV Jean Morel Poé 98 MF BLR Pavel Sedko | ||
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Miras Rikhard |
| 4 | DF | BLR | Ruslan Khadarkevich |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bakhtiyar Toleuov |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Yushi Shimamura |
| 7 | MF | BLR | Vladislav Klimovich |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Miras Omatay |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Tamerlan Agimanov |
| 11 | FW | KAZ | Maksim Fedin |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ramazan Karimov (on loan from Kairat) |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Nurdaulet Baybosynov (on loan from Taraz) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Vyacheslav Raskatov |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Vitali Botnar (on loan from SKA-Khabarovsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Miras Turlybek |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Vyacheslav Shvyryov |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Artem Popov |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Adilet Usenov |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Arsen Buranchiev |
| 22 | DF | NGA | Godfrey Bitok |
| 26 | DF | SEN | Mamadou Mbodj |
| 27 | DF | BLR | Danila Nechayev |
| 31 | GK | KAZ | Erkebulan Rakhmetulla |
| 33 | DF | GHA | Fard Ibrahim |
| 41 | GK | KAZ | Daniil Efremenko |
| 77 | FW | KAZ | Alkham Nurlan |
| 97 | FW | CIV | Jean Morel Poé |
| 98 | MF | BLR | Pavel Sedko |
Managers
Information correct as of match played 10 November 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RussiaLeonid Nazarenko | 2001 | ||||||||||
| KazakhstanDmitriy Ogai | 2002 | 2004 | |||||||||
| KazakhstanSergei Volgin | 2005 | 2007 | |||||||||
| RussiaLeonid Nazarenko | 21 May 2009 | 31 December 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | ||
| KazakhstanSerik Abdualiev | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | ||
| KazakhstanTalgat Baysufinov | 1 January 2011 | 17 February 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | !— | ||
| EstoniaTarmo Rüütli | 6 March 2014 | 2 May 2014 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 022.22 | ||
| KazakhstanOirat Saduov | 2 May 2014 | 27 October 2014 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 032.00 | ||
| RussiaDmitri Cheryshev | 27 October 2014 | 8 May 2015 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 014.29 | ||
| KazakhstanSergey Klimov | 8 May 2015 | 1 June 2015 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 033.33 | ||
| BulgariaDimitar Dimitrov | 1 June 2015 | 9 August 2017 | 82 | 36 | 19 | 27 | 111 | 91 | 043.90 | ||
| KazakhstanSergei Klimov (caretaker) | 10 August 2017 | 17 August 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 000.00 | ||
| UkraineVyacheslav Hroznyi | 17 August 2017 | 16 November 2017 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 030.00 | ||
| SpainGerard Nus | 21 December 2017 | 28 April 2018 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 042.86 | ||
| KazakhstanDmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker) | 28 April 2018 | 13 June 2018 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 057.14 | ||
| KazakhstanOirat Saduov | 13 June 2018 | 10 July 2018 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 016.67 | ||
| BulgariaDimitar Dimitrov | 10 July 2018 | 2 May 2019 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 031.03 | ||
| KazakhstanSergey Klimov (Caretaker) | 2 May 2019 | 7 June 2019 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 028.57 | ||
| SerbiaMilan Milanović | 7 June 2019 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 036.84 |
- Notes:
P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against %W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).