FC AGMK

FC AGMK
Full name Professional Football Club AGMK
Nickname(s) Miners
Metallurgists
Founded 2004
Ground AGMK Stadium (Almalyk)
Capacity 12,000
Chairman Uzbekistan Alexandr Farmanov
Head coach Russia Viktor Kumykov
League Uzbekistan Super League
2017 8th
Website Club website
FC Almalyk logo 2009—2017

Football Club AGMK (Uzbek: OKMK futbol klubi / ОКМК футбол клуби; Russian: Футбольный клуб АГМК) — is a professional football club based in Almalyk (Tashkent Region), Uzbekistan. Participant of the Uzbekistan Super League.

History

Football club AGMK founded in 2004. The general sponsor and the team owner — JSC «Almalyk mining and metallurgical plant». The official name the football club AGMK is the abbreviation which comes from the name of the company in Russian (Russian: Алмалыкский горно-металлургический комбинат / Almalykskiy gorno-mettalurgichesky kombinat). «Almalyk mining and metallurgical plant» as successor to the disbanded football club «Metallurg Almalyk» who participated in 1966–1988 years in the Second League of the USSR championship. In the early years of founding, the club was called the AGMK.

In 2004, the AGMK plant has applied to participate in the Uzbekistan First League (today called Uzbekistan Pro League) and soon the offer was accepted. In his debut season, AGMK finished sixth. In the season 2005-2006, the club finished in tenth place. At the end of the 2007 season, AGMK finished in seventh place in the Uzbekistan First League but were allowed to participate in the Uzbekistan High League (today called Uzbekistan Super League) due to the fact that two clubs who were supposed to participate in the High League refused to participate for financial reasons.

In his debut season in the High League, the club finished in tenth place out of sixteen teams and reached the semi-finals of the Uzbekistan Cup. In that season, the top scorer of the club became the Lithuanian Arturas Fomenka scored six goals. In 2009, the club changed its name to Almalyk chief coach of the club was appointed a prominent Uzbek football player and aspiring coach Igor Shkvyrin. In that season, Almalyk set your best performance in their history of appearances in the High League — fourth place.

In the season 2010 and 2011, the Almalyk took eleventh place in the High League. In 2012, the club finished in eighth place, and the following season in fifth place. In the season of 2014, Almalyk took the sixth place in the championship. In 2015, he repeated his success of 2014 and was again the sixth. In the 2016 season unexpectedly at the end of the season took 13-th place, and by the end of the 2017 season became the seventh team in the High League.

In early January 2018, the club announced a return to the old and original name AGMK, under which he performed from 2004 to 2008, before renaming in FK Olmaliq in 2009.

Stadium

Olmaliq FK played plays its matches at the Metallurg Stadium. Metallurg Stadium was built in 1960 and holds 11,000 spectators. In 2011 club started with building of new modern 12.000-all-seater stadium, New Olmaliq Stadium located not far from Metallurg Stadium.[1][2] The sporting complex also includes indoor courts for volleyball, handball, basketball, kurash and outdoor and indoor tennis courts. The construction works were finished in February 2014. The old stadium remains and will be renovated.[1] The whole sporting compplex with New Olmaliq Stadium was officially named OKMK Sport majmuasi or AGMK Sporting complex and stadium AGMK Stadium.

The opening ceremony of the stadium was held on 16 March 2014 with the first official of 2014 Uzbek League match Olmaliq-Metallurg Bekabad ended with 3:2 win of Olmaliq FK.[3][4]

On 27 May 2014 AGMK Stadium hosted the first international match, friendly match Uzbekistan – Oman ended with score 0:1.[5]

Football Club names changes

2004—2008AGMK
2009—2017Olmaliq
2018—AGMK

League history

Year Div. Pos. Cup Top scorer (League)
2004 1st L 6th PR
2005 10th GS
2006 10th PR
2007 14th R32
2008 UzL 10th 1/2 Lithuania Artūras Fomenka – 6
2009 4th R16
2010 11th R16 Uzbekistan Nosirbek Otakuziev – 13
2011 11th R32 Uzbekistan Muiddin Mamazulunov – 16
2012 8th R16 Uzbekistan Zafar Polvonov – 7
2013 5th R16 Uzbekistan Zafar Polvonov – 14
2014 6th 1/4 Uzbekistan Diyorjon Turapov
Tunisia Chaker Zouagi – 4
2015 6th R32 Serbia Nemanja Jovanović – 9
2016 13th R16 Uzbekistan Muiddin Mamazulunov – 6
2017 8th R16 Belarus Uladzislaw Kasmynin – 6

Players

Current squad

As of 17 May 2018[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Uzbekistan DF Abdukakhkhor Khojiakbarov
3 Uzbekistan DF Mirjalol Miryusupov
4 Uzbekistan DF Khurshidbek Mukhtarov
5 Uzbekistan MF Dilshod Juraev
7 Uzbekistan MF Sanjar Rixsiboev
8 Uzbekistan MF Muzaffar Muzaffarov
9 Uzbekistan FW Zafar Polvonov
10 Uzbekistan FW Shokhnazar Norbekov
12 Uzbekistan GK Roman Abdulov
13 Uzbekistan MF Lutfulla Turaev
15 Serbia DF Vladimir Bubanja
16 Serbia FW Miloš Trifunović
17 Uzbekistan FW Kamoliddin Murzoev
No. Position Player
18 Uzbekistan MF Kakhramon Bakhodyrov
19 Belarus DF Uladzislaw Kasmynin
20 Uzbekistan MF Ibrokhim Numonov
21 Uzbekistan MF Gulomkhaydar Gulyamov
22 Uzbekistan FW Abdumalik Abdullayev
23 Serbia MF Jovan Đokić
24 Uzbekistan DF Javlon Guseynov
33 Kyrgyzstan GK Pavel Matyash
46 Uzbekistan GK Khurshid Khodjaev
77 Uzbekistan MF Otabek Zokirov
87 Moldova FW Vadim Cemîrtan
99 Uzbekistan GK Nizomiddin Ziyovutdinov

Managers

PeriodHead coach
2004—2007Uzbekistan Rafael Fabarisov
2008—2016Uzbekistan Igor Shkvyrin
2016—Russia Viktor Kumykov

References

  1. 1 2 "У "Алмалыка" теперь новый современный стадион". sports.uz. 2014-01-20.
  2. ↑ "В Алмалыке построен современный стадион". vesti.uz. 2014-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Olmaliq vs. Metallurg, 2014-03-15". soccerway. 2014-03-15.
  4. ↑ "В Алмалыке открыт новый стадион". Champioanat.asia. 2014-03-16.
  5. ↑ "Сегодня состоится первая товарищеская встреча между командами Узбекистана и Омана". sports.uz. 2014-05-27.
  6. ↑ "FIRST TEAM". fc-olmaliq.uz. FC AGMK. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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