# 2019 FC Kairat season

The 2019 FC Kairat season was the 9th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat finished the season in 2nd place, 1 point behind champions Astana, reached the Second Qualifying Round of the Europa League, where runners-up in the Kazakhstan Super Cup were knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup at the Quarterfinal stage.

## Season events

On 25 November 2018, Kairat presented Aleksey Shpilevsky as their new manager.
Following the conclusion of the season, on 14 November, Aderinsola Eseola signed a new two-year contract with Kairat, whilst Sergey Keyler extended his contract for another two season with the option of an additional third season. On 25 November, Kairat announced that both Aybol Abiken and Stas Pokatilov had both signed new three-year contracts with the club.

## Squad

    As of match played 10 November 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Vladimir Plotnikov | GK | (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 37) | Zhetysu | 2015 | | 113 | 0 |
| 27 | Stas Pokatilov | GK | (1992-12-08)8 December 1992 (aged 26) | Rostov | 2017 | 2022 | 97 | 0 |
| 30 | Danil Ustimenko | GK | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Yeldos Akhmetov | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 29) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2017 | | 56 | 1 |
| 4 | Nuraly Alip | DF | (1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | | 42 | 0 |
| 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | DF | (1990-08-19)19 August 1990 (aged 29) | Ordabasy | 2016 | | 124 | 8 |
| 6 | Syarhey Palitsevich | DF | (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 29) | Gençlerbirliği | 2018 | | 21 | 0 |
| 16 | Sergey Keyler | DF | (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 25) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2021 | 23 | 0 |
| 20 | Rade Dugalić | DF | (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 27) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2019 | 2020 | 35 | 6 |
| 24 | Dino Mikanović | DF | (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 25) | AGF | 2019 | 2020 | 36 | 1 |
| 37 | Madi Aitore | DF | (1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Islambek Kuat | MF | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 26) | Astana | 2014 | | 174 | 14 |
| 8 | Georgy Zhukov | MF | (1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2017 | | 88 | 6 |
| 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | MF | (1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 26) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2014 | | 222 | 63 |
| 13 | Han Jeong-uh | MF | (1998-12-26)26 December 1998 (aged 20) | Sungsil University | 2019 | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Aybol Abiken | MF | (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 23) | Academy | 2015 | 2022 | 56 | 5 |
| 17 | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | MF | (1995-01-14)14 January 1995 (aged 24) | Ordabasy | 2019 | 2021 | 16 | 0 |
| 18 | Konrad Wrzesiński | MF | (1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 26) | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2019 | 2020 | 30 | 3 |
| 22 | Nebojša Kosović | MF | (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 24) | Partizan | 2019 | 2020 | 18 | 0 |
| 26 | Ramazan Orazov | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | | 31 | 1 |
| 35 | Aibarr Nurdaliyev | MF | (1999-08-12)12 August 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Adam Adakhadzhiev | MF | (1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | FW | (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 19) | Ufa | 2019 | 2022 | 15 | 1 |
| 11 | Aderinsola Eseola | FW | (1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (aged 28) | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 2018 | 2021 | 54 | 33 |
| 19 | Márton Eppel | FW | (1991-10-26)26 October 1991 (aged 28) | Budapest Honvéd | 2018 | 2019 | 49 | 25 |
| 23 | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | FW | (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 18) | Academy | 2018 | | 29 | 3 |
| 39 | Sultanbek Astanov | FW | (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 12 | 2 |
| 47 | Damir Bitussupov | FW | (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Artur Shushenachev | FW | (1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | | 8 | 1 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 15 | Aleksandr Sokolenko | DF | (1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 22) | Kyzylzhar | 2017 | | 31 | 2 |
| 25 | Samat Sarsenov | FW | (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 23) | Orenburg | 2017 | | 15 | 1 |
| 28 | Rifat Nurmugamet | FW | (1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 23) | Academy | 2013 | | 6 | 1 |
| | Nurlan Dairov | MF | (1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 24) | Academy | 2012 | | 3 | 0 |
| | Magomed Paragulgov | FW | (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 25) | Academy | 2012 | | 33 | 5 |
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Yan Vorogovskiy | DF | (1996-08-07)7 August 1996 (aged 23) | Kaisar | 2016 | | 70 | 3 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Sokolenko (at Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 25 | FW | KAZ | Samat Sarsenov (at Taraz) |
| 28 | FW | KAZ | Rifat Nurmugamet (at Zhetysu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KAZ | Nurlan Dairov (at Okzhetpes) |
| — | FW | KAZ | Magomed Paragulgov (at Irtysh Pavlodar) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 7 January 2019 | MF | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2019 | DF | Rade Dugalić | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Free |
| 22 January 2019 | MF | Konrad Wrzesiński | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2019 | MF | Han Jeong-uh | Gyeongnam | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2019 | DF | Dino Mikanović | AGF | Undisclosed |
| 2 April 2019 | MF | Nebojša Kosović | Partizan | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2019 | FW | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | Ufa | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 29 June 2019 | DF | | Yan Vorogovskiy | K Beerschot VA | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | Nurlan Dairov | Okzhetpes | End of season |
| 27 February 2019 | FW | Magomed Paragulgov | Irtysh Pavlodar | End of season |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Sokolenko | Irtysh Pavlodar | End of season |
| 12 July 2019 | FW | Rifat Nurmugamet | Zhetysu | End of season |
| 24 July 2019 | FW | Samat Sarsenov | Taraz | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 December 2019 | MF | Islambek Kuat | Orenburg | 1 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Syarhey Palitsevich | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 16 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Yeldos Akhmetov | Kaisar | 11 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | Al Ain | 31 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Georgy Zhukov | Wisła Kraków | 1 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Márton Eppel | Cercle Brugge | 14 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Magomed Paragulgov | | |

### Trial

| Date From | Date To | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Ref. |
| January 2019 | | DF | | Giannis Kargas | Dynamo Brest | |

## Competitions
### Super Cup
### 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: 10 November 2019. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Astana (C) | 33 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 28 | +39 | 69 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Kairat | 33 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 24 | +28 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Tobol | 33 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 63 | |
| 5 | Zhetysu | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 56 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 10 November 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Plotnikov | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Yeldos Akhmetov | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Nuraly Alip | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 30 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BLR | Syarhey Palitsevich | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat | 32 | 1 | 21+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Georgy Zhukov | 30 | 2 | 25+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 27 | 7 | 18+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 16 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Aderinsola Eseola | 32 | 21 | 21+6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Han Jeong-uh | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Aybol Abiken | 35 | 4 | 22+6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | KAZ | Sergey Keyler | 16 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | 16 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | POL | Konrad Wrzesiński | 30 | 3 | 23+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | HUN | Márton Eppel | 31 | 16 | 19+9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Rade Dugalić | 35 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | MNE | Nebojša Kosović | 18 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | KAZ | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 13 | 2 | 0+10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Dino Mikanović | 36 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KAZ | Ramazan Orazov | 26 | 1 | 12+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | KAZ | Aibarr Nurdaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | KAZ | Adam Adakhajiev | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Madi Aitore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | KAZ | Sultanbek Astanov | 12 | 2 | 6+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | KAZ | Damir Bitussupov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | KAZ | Artur Shushenachev | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kairat on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Sokolenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | KAZ | Samat Sarsenov | 7 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | KAZ | Rifat Nurmugamet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Yan Vorogovskiy | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Aderinsola Eseola | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Márton Eppel | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 20 | Rade Dugalić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | Aybol Abiken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Konrad Wrzesiński | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | 23 | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 8 | Georgy Zhukov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 39 | Sultanbek Astanov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | 28 | Rifat Nurmugamet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 24 | Dino Mikanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 10 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 54 | Artur Shushenachev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 25 | Samat Sarsenov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 26 | Ramazan Orazov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Islambek Kuat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 65 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Vladimir Plotnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Yeldos Akhmetov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Nuraly Alip | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Syarhey Palitsevich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Islambek Kuat | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Georgy Zhukov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aderinsola Eseola | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Han Jeong-uh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Aybol Abiken | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Sergey Keyler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Konrad Wrzesiński | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Márton Eppel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Rade Dugalić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Nebojša Kosović | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Dino Mikanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ramazan Orazov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Stas Pokatilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Sultanbek Astanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | FW | Samat Sarsenov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Rifat Nurmugamet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Yan Vorogovskiy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 97 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 126 | 8 |