FC Shakhter Karagandy

FC Shakhter Karagandy

"FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar (disambiguation).

FC Shakhter
ФК Шахтер
Full name Football Club Shakhter Karagandy
Шахтёр Қарағанды Футбол Клубы
Nickname(s) Miners
Founded 1958
Ground Shakhtyor Stadium
Karagandy, Kazakhstan
(capacity: 19,000)
Chairman Yerden Khalilin
Manager Viktor Kumykov
League Kazakhstan Premier League
2012 1st (champion)
Website Club home page
Home colours Away colours

FC Shakhter (Kazakh: Шахтёр Футбол Клубы) are a Kazakh football club based in the Shakhtyor Stadium in Karagandy. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992.

After reaching third place in 1995 and 2007 their first championship was won in 2011. Before this they were one of the leading Kazakh teams in the football of the Soviet Union.

On September 19, 2008, FC Shakhter and FC Vostok were disqualified from the Kazakhstan Premier League for playing a fixed match, club coaches and management involved were banned from football for 60 months. On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions. FC Shakhter were deducted nine points, FC Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games will be counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents.

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