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.