# 2017 FC Aktobe season

The 2017 FC Aktobe season is the 23rd successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season, Ihor Rakhayev replaced Yuri Utkulbayev as the club's manager.
Aktobe's home games against Atyrau on 16 April, and Shakhter Karagandy on 22 April where postponed as the pitch at their stadium was not ready after an extended period of winter weather.
On 13 May, Ihor Rakhayev was sacked as manager, with Igorya Prohnitskogo taking temporary charge. On 24 May, Vladimir Mukhanov was announced as the club's new manager.

## Squad

    As of 30 July 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan |
| 3 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Volovyk |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Baitana |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Igor Boychuk |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov |
| 24 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali |
| 30 | DF | SVK | Kristián Kolčák |
| 31 | MF | KAZ | Abay Zhunusov (loan from Astana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Faug-Porret |
| 45 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Simović |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov |
| 50 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić |
| 55 | GK | KAZ | Andrei Sidelnikov |
| 66 | MF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiyev |
| 77 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem |
| 80 | MF | KAZ | Anton Skvortsov |
| 86 | FW | MNE | Marko Obradović |
| 87 | FW | BLR | Ihar Zyankovich |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin |
| 95 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan (from Tobol) |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Volovyk (from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Juninho (from Coimbra) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Baitana (from Taraz) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Vitor Júnior (from Al-Qadisiyah) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Cassiano (loan from Internacional) |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev (from Atyrau) |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Chaco Torres (from Chacarita Juniors) |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet (from Astana) |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye (from Rostov) |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev (from Ordabasy, previously on loan) |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Yuri Mamute (loan from Grêmio) |
| 55 | GK | KAZ | Andrei Sidelnikov (from Kairat) |
| 66 | MF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev (from Akzhayik) |
| 73 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yermachenko (from Zugdidi) |
| 87 | FW | BLR | Ihar Zyankovich |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin (from Akzhayik) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Tamabay Mұhambet |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Marat Sitdikov (to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Kouassi Kouadja (to Slutsk) |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Viktor Kryukov |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov |
| 8 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin (loan return to Astana) |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan |
| 11 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan return to Rubin Kazan) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Sandro Tsveiba (to Krylia Sovetov) |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumashev |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Yegor Azovskiy |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Vuk Mitošević (to Javor Ivanjica) |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Stanislav Pavlov (to Tobol) |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov (to Ordabasy) |
| 72 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić (to Spartak Subotica) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin (loan return to Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | CIV | Cédric Gogoua |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane (from Okzhetpes) |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič (from Tobol) |
| 24 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin (from Akzhayik) |
| 30 | DF | SVK | Kristián Kolčák (from Gyirmót) |
| 31 | MF | KAZ | Abay Zhunusov (loan from Astana) |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Faug-Porret (from Servette) |
| 45 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Simović (from Hapoel Kfar Saba) |
| 50 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić (to Tobol) |
| 77 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem (from Qarabağ) |
| 86 | FW | MNE | Marko Obradović (from Radnik Bijeljina) |
| 95 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Juninho (to Vitória) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Vitor Júnior |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Cassiano (loan return to Internacional) |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov (to Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Chaco Torres |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Yuri Mamute (loan return to Grêmio) |
| 42 | GK | KAZ | Igor Trofimets |
| 70 | MF | KAZ | Abilkhan Abdukarimov |
| 73 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yermachenko |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 5 November 2017. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Shakhter Karagandy | 33 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 50 | −14 | 40 | |
| 8 | Atyrau | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 35 | |
| 9 | Aktobe | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Akzhayik (O) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Taraz (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* ↑ Atyrau started the season with –9 points as a punishment for unpaid debts to former manager Zoran Filipović. On 24 April 2017, Atyrau had six points returned to after they cleared their debt to Filipović, with three points retained due to debts to Jonathas.
* ↑ Taraz had six points deducted as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Obiora Odita.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 5 November 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Volovyk | 24 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov | 22 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Baitana | 23 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev | 21 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič | 14 | 5 | 13+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SVK | Kristián Kolčák | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | KAZ | Abay Zhunusov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Faug-Porret | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | SRB | Slobodan Simović | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov | 24 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić | 16 | 4 | 11+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | KAZ | Andrei Sidelnikov | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiyev | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem | 15 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | MNE | Marko Obradović | 14 | 2 | 2+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | BLR | Ihar Zyankovich | 32 | 9 | 21+9 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin | 17 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Totay | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Aktobe on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Aktobe during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | BRA | Juninho | 19 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Vitor Júnior | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Cassiano | 13 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Chaco Torres | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | BRA | Yuri Mamute | 16 | 3 | 10+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yermachenko | 7 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 87 | Ihar Zyankovich | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 18 | Tomáš Šimkovič | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 39 | Yuri Mamute | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 50 | Dušan Savić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Bauyrzhan Baitana | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Kirill Shestakov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 86 | Marko Obradović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 24 | Ruslan Valiullin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 3 | Joseph Nane | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 6 | Juninho | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 11 | Cassiano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 10 | Vitor Júnior | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 77 | Muarem Muarem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 38 | 0 | 38 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Rafkat Aslan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Joseph Nane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Oleksandr Volovyk | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Juninho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Bauyrzhan Baitana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Vitor Júnior | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Cassiano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Berik Aitbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Tomáš Šimkovič | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Chaco Torres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ardak Saulet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Kirill Shestakov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Ruslan Valiullin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sayat Zhumagali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Papa Gueye | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | DF | Kristián Kolčák | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Jérémy Faug-Porret | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Yuri Mamute | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | Slobodan Simović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Dušan Savić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Andrei Sidelnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiyev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Muarem Muarem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | Marko Obradović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | FW | Ihar Zyankovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Anton Shurigin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | Abylaykhan Totay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 81 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 87 | 3 |