FC Taraz

FC Taraz (Тараз футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.

History
After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.

Names

 * 1960 : Founded as Metallist
 * 1967 : Renamed Voskhod
 * 1968 : Renamed Energetik
 * 1971 : Renamed Alatau
 * 1975 : Renamed Khimik
 * 1992 : Renamed Fosfor
 * 1993 : Renamed Taraz

Honours

 * Kazakhstan Premier League
 * Champions (1): 1996
 * Runner-up: (2): 1995, 1997
 * Kazakhstan Cup
 * Winners (1): 2004
 * Runner-up: (3): 1992, 1993, 2013

Managers

 * 🇹🇲 Kurban Berdyev (1986–89; 1991–92)
 * 🇰🇿 Vakhid Masudov (Aug 1999 – June 00)
 * 🇹🇯 Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov (2003)
 * 🇰🇿 Yuri Konkov (1 January 2004 – 24 August 2005)
 * 🇰🇿 Sergei Tagiyev (2006 – 7 May)
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Fomichyov (2008–10)
 * 🇰🇿 Dmitriy Ogai (1 January 2010 – 30 November 2010)
 * 🇲🇩 Igor Ursachi (25 June 2010 – 1 September 2010)
 * 🇰🇿 Vait Talgayev (2010–2011)
 * 🇷🇸 Ljupko Petrović (1 November 2011 – 14 May 2013)
 * 🇰🇿 Nurmat Mirzabaev (interim) (16 May 2013 – 7 June 2013)
 * 🇳🇱 Arno Pijpers (8 June 2013 – 10 June 2014)
 * 🇺🇦 Evgeny Yarovenko (10 June 2014 – 11 November 2015)
 * 🇰🇿 Nurmat Mirzabayev (January – May 2016)
 * 🇺🇦 Yuriy Maksymov (15 May 2016 – 2017)
 * 🇺🇦 Vladimir Nikitenko (left in 2021)
 * 🇦🇲 Vardan Minasyan (2 February 2021 – 26 October 2021)
 * 🇰🇿 Nurken Mazbayev (13 January 2022 – 21 October 2022)
 * 🇰🇿 Nurmat Mirzabayev(2022)