# 2019 FC Zhetysu season

The 2019 FC Zhetysu season was the club's second season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, and 22nd season in total. Zhetysu finished the season in 5th position, whilst being knockout out of the Kazakhstan Cup at the Last 16 stage by Atyrau.

## 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 | Andrey Shabanov | GK | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37) | Atyrau | 2015 | | | |
| 25 | Dmitry Kolbuntsov | GK | (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28) | Altai Semey | 2017 | | | |
| 70 | Almat Bekbaev | GK | (1984-06-14) 14 June 1984 (age 40) | Zhetysu | 2018 | | 33 | 0 |
| 89 | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | GK | (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33) | Caspiy | 2018 | | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Maxim Chalkin | DF | (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | | | | |
| 3 | Andrey Lebedzew | DF | (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) | Dynamo Brest | 2018 | | 32 | 0 |
| 4 | Andrei Kharabara | DF | (1985-09-01) 1 September 1985 (age 39) | Rudansky | 2017 | | | |
| 13 | Yermek Kuantayev | DF | (1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 33) | Kairat | 2019 | | 48 | 0 |
| 23 | Nikita Naumov | DF | (1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 34) | Vitebsk | 2019 | | 30 | 4 |
| 26 | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | DF | (1989-05-16) 16 May 1989 (age 35) | Okzhetpes | 2017 | | | |
| 28 | Miram Sapanov | DF | (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38) | Akzhayik | 2019 | | 19 | 0 |
| 98 | Ruan Orynbasar | DF | (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2016 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | MF | (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32) | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2018 | | 58 | 6 |
| 8 | Aslan Darabayev | MF | (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2019 | | 17 | 2 |
| 10 | Raul Jalilov | MF | (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 30) | Tobol | 2018 | | 33 | 3 |
| 11 | Sabyrkhan Ibraev | MF | (1988-03-22) 22 March 1988 (age 36) | Makhtaaral | 2017 | | | |
| 12 | Yerkin Tapalov | MF | (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31) | Akzhayik | 2019 | | 22 | 0 |
| 14 | David Mawutor | MF | (1992-04-12) 12 April 1992 (age 32) | Istiklol | 2018 | | 61 | 2 |
| 21 | Nenad Adamović | MF | (1989-01-12) 12 January 1989 (age 35) | Vitebsk | 2019 | | 31 | 5 |
| 77 | Almir Mukhutdinov | MF | (1985-06-09) 9 June 1985 (age 39) | Tobol | 2018 | | 42 | 1 |
| 88 | Mantas Kuklys | MF | (1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 37) | Žalgiris | 2018 | | 55 | 7 |
| | Ablaykhan Makhambetov | MF | (1991-08-03) 3 August 1991 (age 33) | Kyran | 2019 | | 5 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Elzhas Altynbekov | FW | (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 30) | Kaisar | 2018 | | 46 | 7 |
| 9 | Aybar Zhaksylykov | FW | (1993-01-16) 16 January 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 24 | 6 |
| 18 | Rifat Nurmugamet | FW | (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28) | loan from Kairat | 2019 | 2019 | | |
| 27 | Ruslan Stepanyuk | FW | (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32) | Veres Rivne | 2018 | | 44 | 8 |
| 33 | Oleg Hromțov | FW | (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 41) | Kaisar | 2017 | | | |
| 90 | Martin Toshev | FW | (1990-08-15) 15 August 1990 (age 34) | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2019 | | 14 | 9 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 96 | Ivan Antipov | MF | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) | Akzhayik | 2019 | | 6 | 0 |
| 99 | Ivaylo Dimitrov | FW | (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 35) | loan from Ararat-Armenia | 2019 | | 6 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| | DF | Nikita Naumov | Vitebsk | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Yermek Kuantayev | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| | DF | Miram Sapanov | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Ivan Antipov | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Ablaykhan Makhambetov | Kyran | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Nenad Adamović | Vitebsk | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2019 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |
| Summer 2019 | FW | Martin Toshev | CSKA 1948 Sofia | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | | Ivan Antipov | Atyrau | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 22 February 2019 | FW | | Ivaylo Dimitrov | Ararat-Armenia | Summer 2019 | |
| 12 July 2019 | FW | | Rifat Nurmugamet | Kairat | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | Caspiy | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Ivan Sadownichy | Kaisar | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | Taraz | 28 January 2019 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Temirlan Adilkhanov | | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Serik Sagyndykov | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | Petrolul Ploiești | 27 January 2019 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | Taraz | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Server Djeparov | Metallurg Bekabad | 16 January 2019 |

### Trial

| Date From | Date To | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Ref. |

## Competitions
### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Kaisar | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Okzhetpes | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 40 | |
* ↑ Kaisar qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019 Kazakhstan Cup.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Maxim Chalkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Andrey Lebedzew | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | RUS | Andrei Kharabara | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 27 | 5 | 24+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Elzhas Altynbekov | 27 | 5 | 16+11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev | 17 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 24 | 6 | 4+20 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KGZ | Raul Jalilov | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Sabyrkhan Ibraev | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KAZ | Yerkin Tapalov | 22 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Yermek Kuantayev | 27 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | David Mawutor | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Rifat Nurmugamet | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Nenad Adamović | 31 | 5 | 28+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Nikita Naumov | 29 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KAZ | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 21 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 32 | 4 | 30+2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Miram Sapanov | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MDA | Oleg Hromțov | 15 | 1 | 1+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | KAZ | Almat Bekbaev | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Almir Mukhutdinov | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | LTU | Mantas Kuklys | 24 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | KAZ | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BUL | Martin Toshev | 14 | 9 | 13+1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | KAZ | Ablaykhan Makhambetov | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Zhetysu on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zhetysu during the season: ||||||||||
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Ivan Antipov | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BUL | Ivaylo Dimitrov | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 90 | Martin Toshev | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Elzhas Altynbekov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 5 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Nenad Adamović | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | 23 | Nikita Naumov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 27 | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 88 | Mantas Kuklys | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Aslan Darabayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 8 | Ablaykhan Makhambetov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 33 | Oleg Hromțov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 26 | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 45 | 0 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andrey Shabanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andrey Lebedzew | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Elzhas Altynbekov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sabyrkhan Ibraev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Yerkin Tapalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Yermek Kuantayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | David Mawutor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Nenad Adamović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Nikita Naumov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 27 | FW | Ruslan Stepanyuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Miram Sapanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | Almat Bekbaev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Almir Mukhutdinov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Mantas Kuklys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Zhetysu during the season: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Ablaykhan Makhambetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Ivaylo Dimitrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 3 |