FC Yelimay (Kazakh: Елімай футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, then named Yelimay Semey (or simply "Yelimay"), they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. They are currently in Premier League.

History

The club's predecessor is the Soviet team of masters of the local brick factory in Semey, hence the name Tsementnik (cement producer). The team of masters spent some 28 seasons in the Soviet Second League (Class B).

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, in the mid 1990s the club became one of the leaders of the Kazakhstani championship as Yelimay . Yelim-Ai (or Elim-ay) is the name of a historic poem of Kazakh people.

FC Yelimay most recently won the Kazakh league while the Football Federation of Kazakhstan were AFC affiliates. After Kazakhstan switched to UEFA affiliation, Yelimay were relegated to the second-tier Kazakhstan First Division.

After the merger of former Semey Province into East Kazakhstan Province in 1997, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus, all financial support from the former province went to Oskemen, the current province capital.

Names

  • 1964 : Tsementnik
  • 1971 : Spartak
  • 1994 : Yelimay
  • 1999 : AES-Yelimay
  • 2001 : Yelimay
  • 2004 : Semey
  • 2008 : Spartak
  • 2022 : Yelimay

Domestic history

SeasonLeagueKazakhstan CupTop goalscorerManager
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPNameLeague
19921st14265318256013
19931st17241347323530
19941st1302073702947Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov16
19951st1302145682367WinnersKazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko23
19961st3342284671774Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov14
19971st7261376412646Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko8
19981st1262033602063Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko14
19991st93012414353640
20001st82812511433341Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov15
20011st73214612474248Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov13
20021st83211615335139
20031st93212713353543
20041st19364131258413
20052nd2241851761759
20062nd4241275462543
20072nd9267811294929
20082nd3261385503547First round
20092nd72612212354138First round
20102nd4341978684064First round
20112nd14328816365332First round
20122nd63014412384546First round
20132nd2342176542470First roundUzbekistan Paul Puryshkin13
20141st12327718305221First roundSerbia Nemanja Jovanović7Kazakhstan Almas Kulshinbayev
20152nd6241167341939Second roundRussia Aleksei Petrushin
2016Did not participate in professional divisions
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
20232nd1282440761776Playoff stageGeorgia (country) Beka Kavtaradze19
20241st6241077353237Semi-finalsBelarus Nikita Korzun7Kazakhstan Andrey Karpovich
20251st4261466473148Quarter-finalsTogo Euloge Placca Fessou9Kazakhstan Andrey Karpovich

Continental history

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1995Asian Club ChampionshipFirst roundUzbekistan Neftchi Fargʻona1–34–15–4
Second roundSaudi Arabia Al-Nassr0–10–310–41
1996–97Asian Club ChampionshipFirst roundKyrgyzstan AiK Bishkek4–22–16–3
Second roundIran Persepolis3–00–53–5
2026–27UEFA Conference LeagueFirst qualifying roundTBD

1 Yelimay Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.

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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK KAZ Egor Tsuprikov 2 DF KAZ Adi Adambaev 3 DF BRA Higor Gabriel 4 DF KAZ Adilbek Zhumakhanov 5 DF CRO Marin Belančić 6 DF KAZ Ermek Abdulla 7 FW KAZ Roman Murtazayev 10 FW KAZ Zhan-Ali Payruz 11 FW KAZ Ivan Sviridov 14 FW COL Dubán Palacio 16 DF ALB Edison Ndreca 17 FW KAZ Akmal Bakhtiyarov 18 MF KAZ Ramazan OrazovNo. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW KAZ Aybar Zhaksylykov 20 MF KAZ Arsen Ashirbek 22 GK KAZ Nikita Pivkin 23 DF CRO Hrvoje Ilić 27 MF BLR Yevgeny Beryozkin 44 MF KAZ Almas Tyulyubay 50 DF SRB Ivan Miladinović 67 MF KAZ Artem Zhilin 77 FW TOG Euloge Placca Fessou 83 MF KAZ Alizhan Baygaliev 88 MF KAZ Asan Baygaliev 90 DF KAZ Sanzhar Sansyzbaev 99 GK POR Vladimir Stojković
1GKKAZEgor Tsuprikov
2DFKAZAdi Adambaev
3DFBRAHigor Gabriel
4DFKAZAdilbek Zhumakhanov
5DFCROMarin Belančić
6DFKAZErmek Abdulla
7FWKAZRoman Murtazayev
10FWKAZZhan-Ali Payruz
11FWKAZIvan Sviridov
14FWCOLDubán Palacio
16DFALBEdison Ndreca
17FWKAZAkmal Bakhtiyarov
18MFKAZRamazan Orazov
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19FWKAZAybar Zhaksylykov
20MFKAZArsen Ashirbek
22GKKAZNikita Pivkin
23DFCROHrvoje Ilić
27MFBLRYevgeny Beryozkin
44MFKAZAlmas Tyulyubay
50DFSRBIvan Miladinović
67MFKAZArtem Zhilin
77FWTOGEuloge Placca Fessou
83MFKAZAlizhan Baygaliev
88MFKAZAsan Baygaliev
90DFKAZSanzhar Sansyzbaev
99GKPORVladimir Stojković

Out on loan

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.NationPlayer
No. Pos. Nation PlayerNo. Pos. Nation Player
No.Pos.NationPlayer

Honours

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