FC Shakhter Karagandy
"FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar (disambiguation).
| Full name | Football Club Shakhter Karagandy Шахтёр Қарағанды Футбол Клубы |
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| Nickname(s) | Miners | |
| Founded | 1958 | |
| Ground | Shakhtyor Stadium Karagandy, Kazakhstan (capacity: 19,000) |
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| Chairman | Yerden Khalilin | |
| Manager | Viktor Kumykov | |
| League | Kazakhstan Premier League | |
| 2012 | 1st (champion) | |
| Website | Club home page | |
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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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