# 2019 FC Taraz season

The 2019 FC Taraz season was the club's first season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2017 season, and 28th season in total. Taraz finished the season in 10th position, qualifying for a two-legged Relegation play-off against FC Akzhayik. After a 0-0 draw in the first leg away in Oral, Taraz won the second leg 3-1 to retain their place in the Kazakhstan Premier League for the 2020 season. Taraz also participated in the Kazakhstan Cup, where they were defeated by FC Ordabasy in the Quarterfinals.

## Squad

    As of match played 18 November 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Almas Khamytbekov | GK | (1991-09-29)29 September 1991 (aged 28) | Makhtaaral | 2018 | | | |
| 32 | Samat Otarbayev | GK | (1990-02-18)18 February 1990 (aged 29) | Aktobe | 2018 | | | |
| 35 | Timurbek Zakirov | GK | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 23) | Kyzylzhar | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Mukhammejan Seisen | GK | (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2018 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Bekzat Shadmanov | DF | (1997-08-12)12 August 1997 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2017 | | | |
| 5 | Rakhymzhan Rozybakiev | DF | (1991-01-02)2 January 1991 (aged 28) | Okzhetpes | 2019 | | 22 | 0 |
| 6 | Lasha Kasradze | DF | (1989-07-28)28 July 1989 (aged 30) | Zhetysu | 2019 | | 18 | 0 |
| 12 | Igor Pikalkin | DF | (1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 27) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2019 | | 25 | 0 |
| 14 | Berik Aitbayev | DF | (1991-06-26)26 June 1991 (aged 28) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2018 | | | |
| 20 | Maksat Amirkhanov | DF | (1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 27) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2018 | | | |
| 21 | Mihailo Jovanović | DF | (1989-02-15)15 February 1989 (aged 30) | Neman Grodno | 2019 | | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Madiyar Nuraly | DF | (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (aged 24) | Lashyn | 2015 | | | |
| 46 | Vladislav Scheirer | DF | (2000-06-14)14 June 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Aleksandar Simčević | DF | (1987-02-15)15 February 1987 (aged 32) | Ordabasy | 2019 | 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Abzal Taubay | MF | (1995-02-18)18 February 1995 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 2015 | | | |
| 11 | Gavril Kan | MF | (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2018 | | | |
| 13 | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | MF | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 27) | Zhetysu | 2019 | | 102 | 8 |
| 17 | Dinmukhamed Karaman | MF | (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| 23 | Nemanja Subotić | MF | (1992-01-23)23 January 1992 (aged 27) | iClinic Sereď | 2019 | | 34 | 0 |
| 25 | Sheykhislam Kulakhmetov | MF | (1996-01-15)15 January 1996 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 2014 | | | |
| 37 | Pavel Shabalin | MF | (1988-10-23)23 October 1988 (aged 31) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2019 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Serge Nyuiadzi | MF | (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 28) | Žalgiris | 2019 | | 30 | 9 |
| 88 | Gian | MF | (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 (aged 26) | Cruzeiro | 2019 | | 33 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Alisher Suley | FW | (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 24) | Ordabasy | 2018 | | | |
| 19 | Abylayhan Zhumabek | FW | (2001-10-19)19 October 2001 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Samat Sarsenov | FW | (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 23) | loan from Kairat | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 1 |
| 80 | Elivelto | FW | (1992-01-02)2 January 1992 (aged 27) | RFS | 2019 | | 28 | 4 |
| 99 | Elguja Lobjanidze | FW | (1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 27) | Rustavi | 2019 | | 25 | 8 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | Bekzat Beisenov | MF | (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 31) | Ordabasy | 2018 | | | |
| 10 | Baūyrzhan Baytana | MF | (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 27) | Aktobe | 2018 | | | |
| 18 | Victor Kryukov | DF | (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 (aged 29) | Okzhetpes | 2019 | | 4 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Victor Kryukov | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Igor Pikalkin | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Rakhymzhan Rozybakiev | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Gian | Cruzeiro | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Serge Nyuiadzi | Žalgiris | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2019 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2019 | MF | Nemanja Subotić | iClinic Sereď | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2019 | FW | Elivelto | RFS | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2019 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | Rustavi | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2019 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | Aktobe | Free |
| 24 July 2019 | MF | Pavel Shabalin | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 24 July 2019 | FW | | Samat Sarsenov | Samat Sarsenov | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | Baūyrzhan Baytana | Shakhter Karagandy | 3 July 2019 |
| | DF | Victor Kryukov | | |
| | MF | Bekzat Beisenov | | |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Samat Otarbayev | Kyran | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | Torpedo Kutaisi | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Rakhymzhan Rozybakiev | Caspiy | 16 February 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Mihailo Jovanović | Inđija | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | Ordabasy | 11 February 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Gian | Okzhetpes | 27 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Pavel Shabalin | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Nemanja Subotić | Radnički Niš | |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Elivelto | Sogdiana Jizzakh | |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | Kaisar | 13 January 2020 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Serge Nyuiadzi | Caspiy | 11 February 2020 |

## 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: 11 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 33 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 37 | |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 35 | |
| 10 | Taraz (O) | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 29 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Atyrau (R) | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 26 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 12 | Aktobe (R) | 33 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 75 | −40 | 15 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* ↑ Aktobe had six points deducted on 18 February 2019 as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Dele Adeleye. On 14 March 2019, Aktobe were handed a further six point deduction for unpaid debts to former player Nemanja Nikolić.

#### Relegation play-off
### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 18 November 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Playoff | Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Almas Khamytbekov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov | 32 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Rakhymzhan Rozybakiev | 22 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | GEO | Lasha Kasradze | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Taubay | 28 | 5 | 17+8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Alisher Suley | 30 | 4 | 18+8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Gavril Kan | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Igor Pikalkin | 25 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 23 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev | 21 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Dinmukhamed Karaman | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Abylayhan Zhumabek | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Jovanović | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Madiyar Nuraly | 16 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Subotić | 33 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KAZ | Sheykhislam Kulakhmetov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Samat Sarsenov | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Timurbek Zakirov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | TOG | Serge Nyuiadzi | 29 | 9 | 23+3 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Scheirer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | GK | KAZ | Mukhammejan Seisen | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | BRA | Elivelto | 28 | 4 | 23+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Gian | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | GEO | Elguja Lobjanidze | 25 | 8 | 22+2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Taraz on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Taraz during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Bekzat Beisenov | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Baūyrzhan Baytana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Victor Kryukov | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 44 | Serge Nyuiadzi | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 99 | Elguja Lobjanidze | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Alisher Suley | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 80 | Elivelto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Abzal Taubay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Bekzat Shadmanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 29 | Samat Sarsenov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Gavril Kan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 3 | 2 | 33 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Playoff | Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Bekzat Shadmanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rakhymzhan Rozybakiev | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Lasha Kasradze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Abzal Taubay | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alisher Suley | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Gavril Kan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Igor Pikalkin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Berik Aitbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Dinmukhamed Karaman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Maksat Amirkhanov | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Mihailo Jovanović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Madiyar Nuraly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Nemanja Subotić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Samat Sarsenov | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Serge Nyuiadzi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 80 | FW | Elivelto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 87 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Gian | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Taraz during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Bekzat Beisenov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Victor Kryukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 81 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 8 |