# 2011 FC Astana season

The 2011 FC Astana season was the third successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. It was their first season competing as FC Astana having changed their name from Lokomotiv Astana, finishing the season in fourth place in the league and reaching the Second Round of the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Squad

    As of match played 29 October 2011
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Nenad Erić | GK | (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 29) | Kairat | 2011 | 32 | 0 |
| 37 | Vyacheslav Kotlyar | GK | (1982-03-03)3 March 1982 (aged 29) | Kazakhmys | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Aleksei Belkin | GK | (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 29) | Volga Tver | 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 77 | Aleksandr Konochkin | GK | (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 17) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Rimas Martinkus | GK | (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 18) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Aleksandr Sidorov | GK | (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 16) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Damir Dautov | DF | (1990-03-03)3 March 1990 (aged 21) | Academy | 2009 | 53 | 2 |
| 4 | Maksim Zhalmagambetov | DF | (1983-07-11)11 July 1983 (aged 28) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2011 | 11 | 1 |
| 5 | Piraliy Aliev | DF | (1984-01-13)13 January 1984 (aged 27) | Atyrau | 2011 | 26 | 1 |
| 6 | Kairat Nurdauletov | DF | (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 28) | Tobol | 2010 | 53 | 2 |
| 19 | Mark Gorman | DF | (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 22) | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 2010 | 49 | 1 |
| 20 | Dmitri Shomko | DF | (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 21) | loan from Irtysh Pavlodar | 2011 | 12 | 0 |
| 27 | Mikhail Rozhkov | DF | (1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 27) | Rostov | 2010 | 63 | 4 |
| 30 | Radmir Moksinov | DF | (1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 19) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Zhanat Zakirov | DF | (1992-09-22)22 September 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Anuar Tokenov | DF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Pavel Khalezov | DF | (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 17) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Erbol Musabaev | DF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | Ivan Navrotsky | DF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Andrei Karpovich | MF | (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 30) | Dynamo Moscow | 2011 | 35 | 2 |
| 9 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | MF | (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 30) | Tobol | 2011 | 33 | 10 |
| 17 | Bobi Bozhinovski | MF | (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 30) | Rabotnički | 2010 | 35 | 1 |
| 18 | Maksim Azovskiy | MF | (1990-04-02)2 April 1990 (aged 21) | Zhetysu | 2010 | 59 | 0 |
| 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | MF | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 22) | Alma-Ata | 2009 | 77 | 4 |
| 23 | Serik Zaynalov | MF | (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Azat Smagulov | MF | (1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Maksim Shaubert | MF | (1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Zhumazhan Musabekov | MF | (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 (aged 18) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Bauyrzhan Seisenbekov | MF | (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 22) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Rinat Khairullin | MF | (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 16) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Arsen Inkarbekov | MF | (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Anatolie Doroș | FW | (1983-03-21)21 March 1983 (aged 28) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2011 | 13 | 0 |
| 10 | Igor Bugaiov | FW | (1984-06-26)26 June 1984 (aged 27) | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2010 | 64 | 26 |
| 11 | Dragan Bogavac | FW | (1980-04-07)7 April 1980 (aged 31) | Mainz 05 | 2011 | 28 | 12 |
| 14 | Roman Pakholyuk | FW | (1988-09-20)20 September 1988 (aged 23) | Taraz | 2009 | 60 | 7 |
| 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev | FW | (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 24) | Ordabasy | 2011 | 26 | 7 |
| 25 | Aisultan Nazarbayev | FW | (1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 21) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Timur Bakhriden | FW | (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 17) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Yerzhan Mukhamedin | FW | (1990-09-02)2 September 1990 (aged 21) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Denis Prokopenko | FW | (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | Jaba Jamarishvili | FW | (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan |||||||||
| 7 | Ulan Konysbayev | MF | (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 21) | Taraz | 2011 | 13 | 0 |
| 13 | Danilo Belić | FW | (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 (aged 30) | Zhetysu | 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Islambek Kuat | MF | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 18) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season |||||||||
| 3 | Aleksandr Kirov | DF | (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (aged 27) | Atyrau | 2010 | 45 | 3 |
| 8 | Ivan Shevchenko | DF | (1987-09-10)10 September 1987 (aged 24) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2010 | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Zaurbek Pliyev | DF | (1991-09-27)27 September 1991 (aged 20) | Spartak Nalchik | 2011 | 22 | 1 |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Nenad Erić (from Kairat) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev (from Atyrau) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev (from Taraz) |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich (from Aktobe) |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (from Tobol) |
| 11 | FW | MNE | Dragan Bogavac (from Mainz 05) |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Zaurbek Pliyev (from Spartak Nalchik) |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Danilo Belić (from Zhetysu) |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Tanat Nusserbayev (from Ordabasy) |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Shomko (loan from Irtysh) |
| 37 | GK | KAZ | Vyacheslav Kotlyar (from Kazakhmys) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TKM | Arslan Satubaldin (to Kaisar) |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Vlade Lazarevski (to Amiens) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Samchenko (to Zhetysu) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Zhambyl Kukeyev (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 8 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Khizhnichenko (to Shakhter Karagandy, previously on loan to Atyrau) |
| 9 | MF | MDA | Valeriu Andronic (to SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk) |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Roman Pakholyuk (to Taraz) |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Vyacheslav Erbes (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Roman Tsyganovkin (to Astana-1964) |
| 21 | GK | KAZ | Beybitzhan Mamraimov |
| 23 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Ostapenko (to Zhetysu) |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Olzhas Spanov (to Ak Bulak) |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat (loan to Okzhetpes) |
| 38 | MF | KAZ | Askat Baimuldaev |
| 41 | FW | KAZ | Stanislav Miroshnichenko |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Askat Baimuldaev |
| 45 | MF | KAZ | Anuar Isaev |
| 46 | DF | KAZ | Abdumutam Zholdasov |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Dmitry Kaminsky |
| 49 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Sazonov |
| 51 | FW | KAZ | Bimuhamed Bukeev |
| 53 | FW | KAZ | Yerlan Turashbaev (to Kaisar) |
| 77 | GK | RUS | Roman Gerus (to Dynamo Bryansk) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Zhalmagambetov (from Irtysh) |
| 7 | FW | MDA | Anatolie Doroș (from Irtysh) |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Roman Pakholyuk (from Taraz) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev (loan to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Ivan Shevchenko (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Zaurbek Pliyev (to Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Danilo Belić (loan to Taraz) |

## Competitions
### Premier League
#### First round
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 July 2011. Source: See Results

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zhetysu | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 49 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 2 | Astana | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 45 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 3 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 4 | Aktobe | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 41 | Qualification for the championship group |
| 5 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 36 | Qualification for the championship group |
* ↑ Astana began the season as "Lokomotiv Astana" before being renamed in May 2011.

#### Championship Round
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 October 2011. Source: See Results

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Zhetysu | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 31 | +22 | 34 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Astana | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 33 | |
| 5 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 32 | |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 28 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
* 1 2 The winners of the 2011 Kazakhstan Cup competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Astana began the season as "Lokomotiv Astana" before being renamed in May 2011.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 29 October 2011

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SRB | Nenad Erić | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov | 23 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Zhalmagambetov | 11 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev | 26 | 1 | 23+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Kairat Nurdauletov | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MDA | Anatolie Doroș | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 33 | 10 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov | 28 | 10 | 25+1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | MNE | Dragan Bogavac | 28 | 12 | 25+1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | UKR | Roman Pakholyuk | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Bobi Božinovski | 17 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Tanat Nusserbayev | 26 | 7 | 21+4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy | 24 | 0 | 9+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman | 33 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Shomko | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov | 29 | 3 | 26+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Rozhkov | 28 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | KAZ | Denis Prokopenko | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Belkin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Astana on loan: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Danilo Belić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Astana that left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Ivan Shevchenko | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | RUS | Zaurbek Pliyev | 22 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Dragan Bogavac | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 9 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Igor Bugaiov | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | FW | 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Ulan Konysbayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 27 | Mikhail Rozhkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Piraliy Aliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 12 | Zaurbek Pliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 19 | Mark Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Kairat Nurdauletov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Maksim Zhalmagambetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 2 | 53 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Nenad Erić | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup | Kazakhstan Super Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Nenad Erić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Damir Dautov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Maksim Zhalmagambetov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Piraliy Aliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Kairat Nurdauletov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Anatolie Doroș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Andrei Karpovich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Igor Bugaiov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Dragan Bogavac | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Roman Pakholyuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Bobi Božinovski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Tanat Nusserbayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Mark Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Dmitri Shomko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marat Shakhmetov | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Mikhail Rozhkov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Players who left Astana during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Ulan Konysbayev | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Ivan Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Zaurbek Pliyev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 |