FC Taraz (Kazakh: Taraz Fytbol Klyby) 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
- 1961 : Founded as Metallist
- 1967 : Renamed Voskhod
- 1968 : Renamed Energetik
- 1971 : Renamed Alatau
- 1975 : Renamed Khimik
- 1992 : Renamed Fosfor
- 1994 : Renamed Taraz
Domestic history
Continental history
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