FC Taraz (Kazakh: Taraz Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club based at the Taraz Central Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and Kazakhstan Cup winners in 2004.
| Full name | FC Taraz | ||
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| Founded | 1960; 62 years ago (1960) | ||
| Ground | Central Stadium Taraz, Kazakhstan | ||
| Capacity | 12,525 | ||
| Manager | Nurken Mazbaev | ||
| League | Kazakhstan Premier League | ||
| 2022 | Kazakhstan Premier League, 12th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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After initially being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, Taraz was reinstated on 3 February 2017 after the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League.[1]
| Season | League | Kazakhstan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 1992 | 1st | 5th | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 29 | Runners-up | 11 | Kurban Berdyev | |
| 1993 | 1st | 14th | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 36 | Runners-up | 28 | Kurban Berdyev | |
| 1994 | 1st | 8th | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 33 | Last 32 | 20 | ||
| 1995 | 1st | 2nd | 30 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 61 | 34 | 62 | Semi-finals | 19 | ||
| 1996 | 1st | 1st | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 14 | 76 | Quarter-finals | 12 | ||
| 1997 | 1st | 2nd | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 18 | 56 | Last 16 | 16 | ||
| 1998 | 1st | 10th | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 35 | 27 | Last 16 | 9 | ||
| 1999 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 64 | 23 | Last 16 | 6 | Vakhid Masudov | |
| 2000 | 1st | 12th | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 47 | 26 | Last 16 | 3 | Vakhid Masudov | |
| 2001 | 1st | 15th | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 57 | 21 | Last 16 | 4 | ||
| 2002 | 2nd | 4th | Last 32 | ||||||||||
| 2003 | 1st | 12th | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 34 | Last 32 | 10 | Vladimir Gulyamhaydarov | |
| 2004 | 1st | 7th | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 23 | 59 | Winners | 8 | Yuri Konkov | |
| 2005 | 1st | 11th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 36 | Semi-finals | 11 | Yuri Konkov | |
| 2006 | 1st | 10th | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 34 | 33 | Last 16 | 8 | Sergei Tagiyev | |
| 2007 | 1st | 16th | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 50 | 15 | Last 16 | 4 | Sergei Tagiyev | |
| 2008 | 2nd | 2nd | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 14 | 61 | First round | Vladimir Fomichyov | ||
| 2009 | 1st | 8th | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | 33 | Second round | 7 | Vladimir Fomichyov | |
| 2010 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 40 | 37 | Quarter-finals | 7 | Dmitry Ogai Igor Ursach Vait Talgayev | |
| 2011 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 39 | 25 | Semi-finals | 7 | Vait Talgayev | |
| 2012 | 1st | 4th | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 46 | Second round | 7 | Ljupko Petrović | |
| 2013 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 21 | Runners-up | 5 | Ljupko Petrović Nurmat Mirzabayev Arno Pijpers | |
| 2014 | 1st | 10th | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | 25 | Quarter-finals | 7 | Arno Pijpers Evgeny Yarovenko | |
| 2015 | 1st | 9th | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | 26 | Quarter-finals | 9 | Evgeny Yarovenko | |
| 2016 | 1st | 11th | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 35 | Last 16 | 13 | Nurmat Mirzabayev Yuriy Maksymov | |
| 2017 | 1st | 11th | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | 26 | Last 16 | 7 | Vait Talgayev | |
| 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 61 | 27 | 67 | Last 16 | |||
| 2019 | 1st | 10th | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 29 | Quarterfinal | 8 | Nurken Mazbaev | |
| 2020 | 1st | 8th | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 23 | - | 4 | Vladimir Nikitenko | |
| 2021 | 1st | 10th | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 29 | Quarterfinal | 7 | Vardan Minasyan | |
| 2022 | 1st | 12th | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 28 | Semifinal | 8 | Nurken Mazbayev | |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1997–98 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Bye | |||
| Second round | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | |||
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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