# 2019 FC Tobol season

The 2019 FC Tobol season was the 21st successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season in 4th position, reached the Semifinals of the Kazakhstan Cup and were knocked out of the Europa League at the first qualifying round.

## Season Events

On 31 December 2018, Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager. Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July, after Tobol were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by Jeunesse Esch. On 22 July, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev was appointed as Caretaker manager of Tobol.

### New Contracts

On 22 November 2018, Tobol signed new two-year contracts with Sultan Busurmanov, Sultan Abilgazy, Nika Kvekveskiri and Jaba Kankava.
On 14 December 2018, Azat Nurgaliev signed a new one-year contract with Tobol, with Samat Zharynbetov signing a new two-year contract on 27 December 2018.
On 13 January 2019, Grigori Sartakov signed a new two-year contract with Tobol, whilst Viktor Dmitrenko and Artūras Žulpa both signed new one-year contracts on 18 January 2019. Aleksandr Zhukov signed a new one-year contract with Tobol on 26 January.

## 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 | Sultan Busurmanov | GK | (1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 23) | Academy | 2015 | 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 12 | Emil Balayev | GK | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 25) | Sabail | 2019 | 2020 | 36 | 0 |
| 16 | Zhasur Narzikulov | GK | (1984-04-13)13 April 1984 (aged 35) | | 2019 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Fernander Kassaï | DF | (1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 32) | Slavia Sofia | 2016 | | 125 | 4 |
| 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | DF | (1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 27) | Aktobe | 2016 | | 117 | 3 |
| 8 | Viktor Dmitrenko | DF | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 28) | Aktobe | 2016 | 2019 | 99 | 1 |
| 19 | Grigori Sartakov | DF | (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 25) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2017 | 2020 | 34 | 2 |
| 21 | Sultan Abilgazy | DF | (1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 22) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2020 | 25 | 1 |
| 25 | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | DF | (1990-10-08)8 October 1990 (aged 29) | Sūduva | 2019 | | 12 | 0 |
| 30 | Roman Asrankulov | DF | (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Daniyar Semchenkov | DF | (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2019 | | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Aleksandr Zhukov | DF | (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2018 | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | Nika Kvekveskiri | MF | (1992-05-29)29 May 1992 (aged 27) | Gabala | 2017 | 2020 | 68 | 5 |
| 11 | Ruslan Valiullin | MF | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 25) | Aktobe | 2019 | 2020 | 38 | 1 |
| 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | MF | (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 33) | Ordabasy | 2018 | 2019 | 219 | 42 |
| 14 | Samat Zharynbetov | MF | (1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 25) | Ekibastuz | 2017 | 2020 | 52 | 2 |
| 20 | Jaba Kankava | MF | (1986-03-18)18 March 1986 (aged 33) | | 2018 | 2020 | 67 | 3 |
| 44 | Artūras Žulpa | MF | (1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 29) | Aktobe | 2016 | 2019 | 120 | 7 |
| 46 | Artem Sherstov | MF | (1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 15 | 1 |
| 69 | Nikita Bocharov | MF | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 27) | Ordabasy | 2019 | 2020 | 20 | 1 |
| 88 | Roman Ukhanov | MF | (1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 21) | Kyzylzhar | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Maxim Fedin | MF | (1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 23) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | | 73 | 11 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 15 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | FW | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 28) | Kairat | 2018 | | 71 | 16 |
| 23 | Senin Sebai | FW | (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 (aged 25) | Tambov | 2019 | | 29 | 8 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 22 | Andrey Pasechenko | GK | (1987-08-09)9 August 1987 (aged 32) | Atyrau | 2019 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 24 | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | DF | (1995-11-02)2 November 1995 (aged 24) | Tom Tomsk | 2019 | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | MF | (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 (aged 30) | BATE Borisov | 2019 | 2020 | 20 | 3 |

### 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 |
| 22 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Pasechenko (at Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 27 December 2018 | GK | Andrey Pasechenko | Atyrau | Undisclosed |
| 27 December 2018 | MF | Mikhail Gordeichuk | BATE Borisov | Undisclosed |
| 27 December 2018 | DF | Ruslan Valiullin | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2019 | MF | Nikita Bocharov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2019 | GK | Emil Balayev | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Senin Sebai | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2019 | GK | Zhasur Narzikulov | | Free |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | Sūduva | €20,000 |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | Roman Ukhanov | Kyzylzhar | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 December 2018 | MF | | Aslan Darabayev | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | | Juan Lescano | Anzhi Makhachkala | 15 January 2019 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 26 June 2019 | GK | | Andrey Pasechenko | Irtysh Pavlodar | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Ionuț Larie | Gaz Metan |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| 26 July 2019 | MF | Mikhail Gordeichuk | Dynamo Brest |
| 12 December 2019 | GK | Zhasur Narzikulov | Aktobe |
| 15 December 2019 | DF | Fernander Kassaï | Gaz Metan |

### Trial

| Date From | Date To | Position | Nationality | Name | Last Club | Ref. |
| 3 February 2019 | | FW | | Senin Sebai | Tambov | |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W |
| Position/ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

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

### 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 | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï | 33 | 2 | 27+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 26 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko | 37 | 0 | 25+6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri | 26 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin | 38 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | AZE | Emil Balayev | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Azat Nurgaliev | 37 | 12 | 30+2 | 10 | 2+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov | 18 | 0 | 2+13 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 35 | 11 | 15+15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Sultan Abilgazy | 17 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CIV | Senin Sebai | 29 | 8 | 14+12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | LTU | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | KAZ | Roman Asrankulov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | KAZ | Daniyar Semchenkov | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Zhukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa | 35 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | KAZ | Artem Sherstov | 15 | 1 | 0+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov | 20 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin | 39 | 7 | 32+1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Tobol on loan: ||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Pasechenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Gordeichuk | 20 | 3 | 10+4 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 15 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | FW | 23 | Senin Sebai | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | 96 | Maxim Fedin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 62 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 44 | Artūras Žulpa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Nika Kvekveskiri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Fernander Kassaï | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 69 | Nikita Bocharov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 11 | Ruslan Valiullin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 46 | Artem Sherstov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 21 | Sultan Abilgazy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 45 | 10 | 1 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Fernander Kassaï | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Viktor Dmitrenko | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ruslan Valiullin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Emil Balayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Azat Nurgaliev | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Samat Zharynbetov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jaba Kankava | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sultan Abilgazy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Senin Sebai | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 46 | MF | Artem Sherstov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | Nikita Bocharov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Maxim Fedin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | Aleksandr Kleshchenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | Mikhail Gordeichuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 70 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 84 | 3 |