Full name | Football Club Spartak Semey |
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Founded | 1964 |
Ground | Spartak Stadium Semey, Kazakhstan |
Capacity | 8,000 |
Manager | Aleksei Petrushin |
League | Kazakhstan First Division |
2015 | 6th |
Website | Club home page |
FC Spartak Semey is a Kazakh football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Yelimay they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998. However, they are currently in First Division.
As Yelimay they were the easternmost club to become champion of a UEFA top flight division.
After the annex of former Semey Province to East Kazakhstan Province, the city of Semey was no longer a province capital. Thus all financial support from province went to FC Vostok, from Oskemen, the current province capital.
1 Yelimay Semipalatinsk withdrew after the 1st leg.