FC Tobol are a Kazakhstanifootball club based at the Trudoviye rezervy stadium in Kostanai. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Superleague since its foundation in 1992, but have yet to win the championship. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... // Kostanai Official spelling - Kostanai (ÐоÑÑанай) . Some maps use spelling Kostanay, Qostanay or Qostanai. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Tobol defeated the leaders in October to close the gap, but look likely to come up short having previously drawn crucial games against FC Kairat Almaty, FC Zhenis Astana and FC Ekibastuzets.
Neither Tobol nor Aktobe has won the domestic league before, with the latter having never finished higher than fourth, while defending champions Kairat Almaty can no longer win the title and will probably end up a disappointing third.
At the bottom, FC Alma-Ata have secured their top-flight status next season at the expense of FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan, who will finish in 15th position.
FC Volendam assumed the leadership of Group A with a resounding 4-1 win at home to VVV Venlo, Charles Dissel scoring twice and Sebastiaan Steur and Maarten Woudenberg also finding the net.
FC BanĂk Ostrava made amends for their defeat in the Czech Cup final a year ago by overcoming 1.
The 33-year-old Spaniard was dismissed against FC Volendam on Saturday for striking Jeroen Ketting, while he has also received a further one-game suspension after receiving a second yellow card of the play-off tournament in Tuesday's goalless draw against Stormvogels/Telstar.