# 2014 FC Atyrau season

The 2014 FC Atyrau season was the 14th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Atyrau finished the season in 9th position and reached the Quarter-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup, where they lost to Kairat.

## Squad

As of 19 September 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Pavel Plaskonny |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Aleksey Shakin |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Valentin Chureyev |
| 10 | MF | GEO | George Peikrishvili |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Miloš Trifunović |
| 18 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Afanasyev |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Rinat Abdulin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Evgeny Kostrub |
| 28 | MF | BLR | Dmitri Parkhachev |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov (loan from Astana) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Marat Butuyev |
| 40 | FW | GHA | Dominic Adiyiah |
| 46 | MF | SRB | Marko Blažić |
| 50 | MF | KAZ | Bekzhan Onzhan |
| 90 | GK | KAZ | Nurbolat Kalmenov |
| 91 | DF | KAZ | Azamat Izbasarov |

### 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 |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame (at Astana) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Pavel Plaskonny (from Dinamo Minsk) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Kirill Pasichnik (from Astana) |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame (from Neman Grodno) |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Miloš Trifunović (from Liaoning Whowin) |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Gridin (from Aktobe) |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Mikhail Afanasyev (from Gomel) |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe (from Arsenal Kyiv) |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich (from Ordabasy) |
| 22 | MF | BLR | Filip Rudzik (from BATE Borisov) |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Evgeny Kostrub (from Akzhayik) |
| 28 | FW | BLR | Dmitri Parkhachev (from Slavia Mozyr) |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin (from Zhetysu) |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Marat Butuyev (from Alania Vladikavkaz) |
| 46 | MF | SRB | Marko Blažić (from Bunyodkor) |
| 77 | MF | GER | Savio Nsereko (from Viktoria Köln) |
| 86 | FW | BLR | Aliaksei Kuchuk (from Beira-Mar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Ovshinov (to Spartak Semey) |
| 4 | MF | SRB | Jovan Golić (to Taraz) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Samchenko (to Spartak Semey) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Beibut Tatishev (to Zhetysu) |
| 12 | MF | KAZ | Denis Rodionov (to Zhetysu) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Artyom Fomin |
| 20 | DF | KGZ | Sergey Kutsov (to Spartak Semey) |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Yerlan Turashbayev |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Oleksandr Stakhiv |
| 25 | MF | MNE | Miloš Stojčev (to Sarajevo) |
| 29 | GK | KAZ | Sergey Boychenko (to Spartak Semey) |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Plotnikov (to Zhetysu) |
| 41 | DF | SRB | Đorđe Tutorić |
| 55 | FW | SRB | Nenad Injac (to Rad) |
| 77 | DF | KAZ | Vitali Goloveshkin |
| 86 | DF | CRO | Robert Alviž (to DPMM) |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Nikola Milanković (to Napredak Kruševac) |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin (to Taraz) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov (loan from Astana) |
| 40 | FW | GHA | Dominic Adiyiah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Kirill Pasichnik |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame (loan to Astana) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Schetkin |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Gridin (to Ordabasy) |
| 22 | MF | BLR | Filip Rudzik (to Spartak Semey) |
| 77 | MF | GER | Savio Nsereko |
| 86 | FW | BLR | Aliaksei Kuchuk |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan 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: 20 November 2014. Source: Soccerway

##### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Atyrau | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Taraz | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Spartak Semey | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* 1 2 ATY 0–1 IRT ; IRT 0-1 ATY

#### Relegation 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: 9 November 2014. Source: Soccerway

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Tobol | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 25 | |
| 9 | Atyrau | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 25 | |
| 10 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 25 | |
| 11 | Taraz (O) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
* ↑ Tobol have had 3 point(s) deducted.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 9 November 2014

### 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 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Pavel Plaskonny | 25 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shakin | 14 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Valentin Chureyev | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | George Peikrishvili | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov | 16 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Miloš Trifunović | 34 | 15 | 31+1 | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | DF | BLR | Mikhail Afanasyev | 30 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich | 28 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Rinat Abdulin | 34 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Evgeny Kostrub | 29 | 0 | 22+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BLR | Dmitri Parkhachev | 26 | 2 | 13+10 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Marat Butuyev | 34 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | GHA | Dominic Adiyiah | 14 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | SRB | Marko Blažić | 33 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | KAZ | Zhaksylyk Khalelov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Atyrau on loan: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame | 21 | 3 | 17+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Atyrau that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Kirill Pasichnik | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Gridin | 7 | 2 | 0+6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | BLR | Filip Rudzik | 14 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GER | Savio Nsereko | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | FW | BLR | Aliaksei Kuchuk | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchetkin | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Miloš Trifunović | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Guy Essame | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Andrei Karpovich | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 20 | Michael Odibe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Dmitri Parkhachev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 17 | Sergey Gridin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 77 | Savio Nsereko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 22 | Filip Rudzik | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 46 | Marko Blažić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 23 | Rinat Abdulin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | Aibar Nurybekov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 40 | Dominic Adiyiah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Aleksey Shakin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 5 | 35 |

### 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 | Pavel Plaskonny | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kirill Pasichnik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Aleksey Shakin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Guy Essame | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Valentin Chureyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Aibar Nurybekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Miloš Trifunović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Mikhail Afanasyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Michael Odibe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Andrei Karpovich | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Filip Rudzik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Rinat Abdulin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Evgeny Kostrub | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Dmitri Parkhachev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Marat Butuyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Dominic Adiyiah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | Marko Blažić | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Savio Nsereko | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 1 |