Almaty United Football Club
Sponsored by Fan-Club Football.KZ Ltd, Almaty city, Kazakstan.
Established as an analogue of Joint-Stock Venture in February, 2008.
You can buy unlimited number of "rights-on shares" and vote on club issues. See more details at www.yourfootballclub.org
This year Almaty United starts in Division Two, Almaty City B-League.
Champion of City B-League is promoted to Almaty City A-League - this is current objective of "Almaty United".
Winner of Almaty City A-League plays in Division Two play-offs and two finalist teams get promotion to Division One.
Teams of Division One are allowed to play in Kazakstan Cup so in three years from now Almaty United could reach UEFA Cup if we win Kazakstan Cup! And finally, two top teams of Division One are promoted to Kazakstani Premiership. Winner of Premiership participates in Champions League (usually in 1st qualification round).
Thus, our long-term goal (5-10 years) is to play in Champions League! Where in Europe you can find a club with such a great opportunity and relatively low cost? Annual budget of Division Two club is $2,000-5,000! In Division One it increases significantly because it is proffesional division - $100, 000 - $300,000.
In season of 2007 (in Kazakstan the season starts in spring and finishes in autumn) the budget of the champions, FC Aktobe, was $12mln, and they played in UEFA Cup 1st qualification round versus FC Magdeburg, Austria,(1-0, 2-4).
Almaty United is not the first club to be owned and managed by own supporters. For the football management simulators fans it is brilliant opportunity to start with probably lowest league european club - for those fans who loves to challenge hardest tasks and succeed!
Best regards,
Serik Jumanov,
Captain of the Team,
Almaty United Football Club
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