According to UEFA rules, a club is eligible to participate in European competitions only after five years. Thus, Astana шs debut in European competitions was postponed until June 2013. In 2009, former players of the Russian national team Andrei Tikhonov and Egor Titov, as well as forward of the national team of Uzbekistan and Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh were invited to the club. In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver.
The team won its first trophy in 2010. Despite the unsuccessful game in the championship (fourth place), the wards of the German specialist Holger Fah won the Kazakhstan Cup. The capital is team beat Shakhter Karaganda in the final with a score of 1:0. Astana residents also got off to a successful start next season, beating Kostanay Tobol 2-1 in the match for the Kazakhstan Super Cup and winning another trophy. In 2012, Astana won the Kazakhstan Cup again, and in 2013 won the silver medal of the championship. The club's "golden" era began in 2014, when Stanimir Stoilov held the reins of the team. The team reached the Europa League playoffs on the first attempt. Along the way, Astana beat Armenian Pyunik, Israeli Maccabi and Swedish AIK. He won the long-awaited Gold Prize in the championship.
Over the next five years, Astana did not concede first place to anyone, winning three titles with Stanimir Stoilov, one title with Grigory Babayan, and in 2019 the club became the national champion for the sixth time in a row. Everything started successfully in European competitions, too. In the first qualifying stages of the Champions League, the capital's team beat Maribor, Finnish HJK and Cypriot APOEL. Thus, for the first time in the history of Kazakhstani football, Astana reached the group stage of the Champions League, which is one of the main ones on the Old Continent, and played in the same group with Benfica, Galatasaray and Atletico Madrid.
The Astana Football Club was established in 2009
According to UEFA rules, a club is eligible to participate in European competitions only after five years. Thus, Astana debut in European competitions was postponed until June 2013.
In 2009, former players of the Russian national team Andrei Tikhonov and Egor Titov, as well as forward of the national team of Uzbekistan and Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh were invited to the club. In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver.
The Istanbul Miracle
In the 2016/2017 season, Astana defeated Cyprus APOEL 2-1 and won the group stage for the first time in the history of Kazakhstani football. The following year, Astana again achieved a historic result in the Europa League, playing in the same group with Czech Slavia, Israeli Maccabi and Spanish Villarreal. The team met with Portuguese Sporting in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League.
Before the 2018/2019 Champions League season, Ukrainian specialist Roman Grigorchuk took over the reins of the team. This year, the team also reached the group stage and played in the same group with French Rennes, Czech Jablonec and Ukrainian Dynamo.
In the 2018/19 season, Astana Football Club once again reached the group stage of the Europa League. The rivals of the capital's team this year were the most famous club in Europe, Manchester United, as well as Serbian Patrizan and Dutch Az Alkmaar.
The Istanbul Miracle
Before the 2020 season, Michal Bilek (Czech Republic) was appointed head coach of the team. He played the first match of the season with Kaysar, beating the Kyzylorda team and achieving the Kazakhstan Super Cup. And the national championship has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the Champions League, the capital's club will play with Dynamo Brest, and in the Europa League it will lose to the Montenegrin Buducnost. At that time, Mikhail Bilek was replaced by Russian Andrei Tikhonov. All the matches of the Kazakhstan championship were held in one place, at the end of the season Astana won the bronze medal.Before the 2020 season, Michal Bilek (Czech Republic) was appointed head coach of the team. He played the first match of the season with Kaysar, beating the Kyzylorda team and achieving the Kazakhstan Super.
The club has a task to defend at a high level.
In order to optimize the work and change the structure of the organizational department of the Astana Football Club, the Board of Directors was abolished, and a new collegial body, the Supervisory Board, was created in its place. This season, the "capital" guys, led by Srdjan Blagojevich (Serbia), still occupy the second place in the table of the championship of Kazakhstan. In the second qualifying round of the Conference League, the meeting with the Polish Rakow failed.
In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver. In 2009, former players of the Russian national team Andrei Tikhonov and Egor Titov, as well as forward of the national team of Uzbekistan and Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh were invited to the club. In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver.
In 2009, former players of the Russian national team Andrei Tikhonov and Egor Titov, as well as forward of the national team of Uzbekistan and Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh were invited to the club. In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver.
In 2009, former players of the Russian national team Andrei Tikhonov and Egor Titov, as well as forward of the national team of Uzbekistan and Dynamo Kyiv Maxim Shatskikh were invited to the club. In addition, the best Kazakhstani football players were selected for the team. They failed to win gold on their first attempt, and the team won silver.
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