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Yelimay
File:FC Yelimay logo.png
Full nameFootball Club Yelimay
Елімай футбол клубы
Founded1964; 62 years ago (1964)
GroundSpartak Stadium
Semey, Kazakhstan
Capacity8,000[citation needed]
ChairmanAkhmedzhan Kazakbayev
ManagerAndrei Karpovich
LeagueKazakhstan Premier League
2025Kazakhstan Premier League, 4th of 13
Websitefcelimai.kz
Current season

FC Yelimay (Kazakh: Елімай футбол клубы, "Elimay" futbol kluby) 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

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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

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

Domestic history

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Season League Kazakhstan Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 14 26 5 3 18 25 60 13
1993 1st 17 24 13 4 7 32 35 30
1994 1st 1 30 20 7 3 70 29 47 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 16
1995 1st 1 30 21 4 5 68 23 67 Winners Kazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko 23
1996 1st 3 34 22 8 4 67 17 74 Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov 14
1997 1st 7 26 13 7 6 41 26 46 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 8
1998 1st 1 26 20 3 3 60 20 63 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko 14
1999 1st 9 30 12 4 14 35 36 40
2000 1st 8 28 12 5 11 43 33 41 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 15
2001 1st 7 32 14 6 12 47 42 48 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov 13
2002 1st 8 32 11 6 15 33 51 39
2003 1st 9 32 12 7 13 35 35 43
2004 1st 19 36 4 1 31 25 84 13
2005 2nd 2 24 18 5 1 76 17 59
2006 2nd 4 24 12 7 5 46 25 43
2007 2nd 9 26 7 8 11 29 49 29
2008 2nd 3 26 13 8 5 50 35 47 First round
2009 2nd 7 26 12 2 12 35 41 38 First round
2010 2nd 4 34 19 7 8 68 40 64 First round
2011 2nd 14 32 8 8 16 36 53 32 First round
2012 2nd 6 30 14 4 12 38 45 46 First round
2013 2nd 2 34 21 7 6 54 24 70 First round Uzbekistan Paul Puryshkin 13
2014 1st 12 32 7 7 18 30 52 21 First round Serbia Nemanja Jovanović 7 Kazakhstan Almas Kulshinbayev
2015 2nd 6 24 11 6 7 34 19 39 Second round Russia Aleksei Petrushin
2016 Did not participate in professional divisions
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023 2nd 1 28 24 4 0 76 17 76 Playoff stage Georgia (country) Beka Kavtaradze 19
2024 1st 6 24 10 7 7 35 32 37 Semi-finals Belarus Nikita Korzun 7 Kazakhstan Andrey Karpovich
2025 1st 4 26 14 6 6 47 31 48 Quarter-finals Togo Euloge Placca Fessou 9 Kazakhstan Andrey Karpovich

Continental history

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Club Championship First round Uzbekistan Neftchi Fargʻona 1–3 4–1 5–4
Second round Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 0–1 0–31 0–41
1996–97 Asian Club Championship First round Kyrgyzstan AiK Bishkek 4–2 2–1 6–3
Second round Iran Persepolis 3–0 0–5 3–5
1999–00 Asian Club Championship First round China Dalyan Vanda 3–0 3–0 6–0
Second round Maldives Valensya 3–0 16–0 19–0
Group stage South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–0 0–0
Japan Jubilo Iwata 0–1 0–1
Thailand Sintata 3–0 3–0
2025 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage Russia Dinamo Makhachkala 0–6 1-4 1–10
Uzbekistan Dinamo Samarkand 3–0 1-0 4–0
Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi 1–4 0-4 1–8
2026–27 UEFA Conference League First qualifying round TBD

1 Yelimay Semey withdrew after the 1st leg.

Current squad

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As of 15 August 2025[1]

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
2 DF  KAZ Adi Adambaev
3 DF File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA Samuel Odeyobo
4 DF  KAZ Adilbek Zhumakhanov
5 DF File:Flag of Croatia.svg CRO Marin Belančić
6 DF  KAZ Ermek Abdulla
7 FW  KAZ Roman Murtazayev
11 FW  KAZ Ivan Sviridov
15 DF File:Flag of Serbia.svg SRB Nemanja Ćalasan
17 FW  KAZ Zhan-Ali Payruz
18 MF  KAZ Ramazan Orazov (on loan from Silkeborg)
19 FW  KAZ Galymzhan Kenzhebek
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW  KAZ Akmal Bakhtiyarov
21 DF File:Flag of Uruguay.svg URU Kevin Rolón
22 GK  KAZ Nikita Pivkin
23 MF File:Flag of Brazil.svg BRA Maicom David
25 DF  KAZ Egor Tkachenko
27 MF File:Flag of Belarus.svg BLR Yevgeny Beryozkin
35 GK File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Maksym Koval
40 GK  KAZ Egor Tsuprikov
44 MF  KAZ Almas Tyulyubay
77 FW File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg TOG Euloge Placca Fessou
96 MF  KAZ Asan Baygaliev

Out on loan

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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
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Honours

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Notes

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