Football Club Kairat is a professional football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, they became Urozhay in 1955 and Kairat in 1956. The club's home ground is the Central Stadium which has a capacity of 23,804. The club's home kit colours are yellow and black striped shirts, black shorts and black socks.
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The 2019 FC Kairat season was the 9th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat finished the season in 2nd place, 1 point behind champions Astana, reached the Second Qualifying Round of the Europa League, where runners-up in the Kazakhstan Super Cup were knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage.
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Abat Kayratuly Aymbetov is a Kazakhstani professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Adana Demirspor and the Kazakhstan national team.
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The 2020 FC Kairat season is the 10th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.
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The 2021 FC Kairat season was the 11th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat were defending Premier League Champions, and finished the season in Third place this time round. In the domestic cups, Kairat finished Third in the Super Cup and won the Kazakhstan Cup. In Europe, Kairat were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League in the Second qualifying round, the Europa League in the Third qualifying round and the Europa Conference League at the end of the group stage.
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