FC Ekibastuzets
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FC Ekibastuzets are a Kazakhstani
football
club based at the Shakhtyor Stadium
in Ekibastuz
. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League
. They have missed only three seasons of the competition: In 2000 withdrew because of financial reasons, in 2002 in the First Division
because of relegation and in 2008 because of disqualification for non-sportsmanship performance in previous season.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club based at the Shakhtyor Stadium
Shakhtyor Stadium (Ekibastuz)
Shakhtyor Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Ekibastuzets....
in Ekibastuz
Ekibastuz
Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar Province, northeastern Kazakhstan. it had a population of 141,000. It is served by Ekibastuz Airport.-History:...
. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League
Kazakhstan Super League
The Kazakhstan Premier League is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division, starting spring and finishing in late fall, making each championship correspond to a...
. They have missed only three seasons of the competition: In 2000 withdrew because of financial reasons, in 2002 in the First Division
Kazakhstan First Division
The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...
because of relegation and in 2008 because of disqualification for non-sportsmanship performance in previous season.
Ekibastuzets
- 1979 : Founded as Ugolshik
- 1980 : Renamed Ekibastuzets
- 1993 : Renamed Batyr
- 2001 : Renamed Ekibastuzets-NK because of joint with Nasha Kompaniya
- 2002 : Renamed Ekibastuzets