About FC Okzhetpes

FC Okzhetpes is a Kazakh professional football club from Kokshetau in the north of the country, founded in 1957 as Torpedo. It takes its name from the Okzhetpes cliff in the nearby Burabay area, whose name means "an arrow won't reach". The club plays at the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau, which holds about 10,000 spectators.

Its history has been unusually restless. The club was renamed Spartak, Kokshetau, Kokshe, Avtomobilist, Khimik, Akmola and Esil, and in the late 1990s it briefly moved to Shortandy and then to Stepnogorsk before returning to Kokshetau in 2000. It has been known as Okzhetpes since 2004.

Although Okzhetpes finished only ninth in the 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League, it entered the first qualifying round of the inaugural 2009–10 UEFA Europa League because UEFA refused licences to higher-placed clubs and others withdrew. In that tie it won 2–1 away at Zimbru Chișinău but lost the return 2–0 at home. The club has since moved between the Premier League and the First Division.