Okzhetpes Kokshetau

Football Club Okzhetpes (Kazakh: Оқжетпес Футбол Клубы, Oqjetpes Kokshetay Fytbol Klyby) is a Kazakhstani professional football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League.

History

Although having finished only 9th in the 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, the club gained entry to the first qualifying round of the inaugural season of the UEFA Europa League because of the denial of licenses by UEFA and withdrawal of higher placed teams.

On 3 January 2019, Andrei Karpovich was announced as Okzhetpes manager for the 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League season.

Names

• 1957 : Founded as Torpedo
• 1990 : Renamed Spartak
• 1991 : Renamed Kokshetau
• 1994 : Renamed Kokshe
• 1997 : Renamed Avtomobilist and moved to Shortandy (Nur-Sultan suburb)
• 1998 : Renamed Khimik and moved to Stepnogorsk
• 1999 : Renamed Akmola
• 2000 : Moved back to Kokshetau
• 2001 : Renamed Esil
• 2004 : Renamed Okzhetpes

Should not be mistaken with the defunct club FC Azhar also based in Kokshetau

Origin of name

The club takes its name from a cliff, Okzhetpes, which means 'an arrow won't reach'. According to fan club president Viktor Kruk:

Domestic history

Continental history

Notes

• 1Q: First qualifying round
• 2Q: Second qualifying round
• 3Q: Third qualifying round
• PO: Play-off round

This page also has a version in other languages :  Окжетпес (russian)