Claim: In the 2017 FC Tobol season, teams Irtysh Pavlodar and Tobol receieved qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round, even though Irtysh Pavlodar had a change of management that year, and FC Tobol the previous year.
Evidence: Tobol Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round  Sergei Klimov (caretaker) 10 August 2017 17 August 2017 Vyacheslav Hroznyi 17 August 2017 16 November 2017 Vladimir Nikitenko
until 1 August 2018
Andrei Miroshnichenko (Caretaker)
1-6 August 2018
Marek Zub
from 6 August 2018