Full name | Football Club Altai Semey |
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Founded | 6 January 2016 |
Ground | Spartak Stadium, Semey |
Capacity | 8,000 |
Head Coach | Igor Vostrikov |
League | Kazakhstan Premier League |
2016 | Kazakhstan First Division 2nd, (Promoted) |
Football Club Altai (Kazakh: «Алтай» футбол клубы) is a Kazakh professional football club based in Semey. They play in the Kazakhstan First Division, the second level of Kazakh football.
The club was founded in January 2016 from the merger of two clubs, Spartak Semey and Vostok.
After initially being promoted to the Premier League at the end of the 2016 season, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled on 3 February 2017, that Altai did not meet the entry requirements for the Premier League and that FC Taraz would take their place for the 2017 season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.