# 2017 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season

The 2017 season was the 26th successive season that FC Irtysh Pavlodar played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Irtysh also participated in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.

## Season events

On 9 August, Dimitar Dimitrov resigned as manager of the club, with Sergei Klimov being appointed in a caretaker capacity the next day. Vyacheslav Hroznyi was appointed as the club's new manager on 17 August.

## Squad

    As of 11 July 2017.
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 | David Loria |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kislitsyn |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Béko Fofana (loan from Čukarički) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Artyom Popov |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Madiyar Ramazanov |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Serikbol Kapanov |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ilya Kalinin |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Valery Lenkov |
| 20 | FW | KAZ | Arman Smailov |
| 21 | GK | KAZ | Nikita Kalmykov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Yesimov |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov |
| 30 | DF | SRB | Stefan Živković |
| 33 | MF | KAZ | Kazbek Geteriev |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin |
| 38 | DF | SRB | Miloš Stamenković |
| 40 | MF | POR | Carlos Fonseca |
| 60 | MF | KAZ | Miras Tuliyev |
| 72 | DF | SRB | Mario Maslać |
| 84 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov |
| 89 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin |
| 94 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Ohirya |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov (from Taraz) |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Chernyshov |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kislitsyn (from Okzhetpes) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev (from Kairat) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António (from Bnei Sakhnin) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (from Altai Semey) |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Serge Bando N'Gambé (from Okzhetpes) |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Béko Fofana (loan from Čukarički) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ilia Kalinin (from Zhetysu) |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Franck Dja Djédjé (from Al-Shahania) |
| 21 | GK | KAZ | Nikita Kalmykov (from Kyzylzhar) |
| 30 | DF | SRB | Stefan Živković (from Zeta) |
| 34 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk (from Zorya Luhansk) |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin (from Atyrau) |
| 50 | DF | GEO | Lasha Dvali (loan from Śląsk Wrocław) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Yeldos Akhmetov (to Kairat) |
| 4 | DF | LTU | Georgas Freidgeimas (loan return to Žalgiris Vilnius) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov (from Aktobe) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Baye Djiby Fall (to Cincinnati) |
| 10 | FW | CHI | Ignacio Herrera (to Neftchi Baku) |
| 11 | MF | GEO | Shota Grigalashvili (to Olmaliq) |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Alibek Ayaganov (to Okzhetpes) |
| 15 | DF | BIH | Semir Kerla (to Željezničar Sarajevo) |
| 16 | MF | CZE | Tomáš Jirsák (to Hradec Králové) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Vitali Li (loan return to Kairat) |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Grigori Sartakov (to Tobol) |
| 20 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin (to Kaisar) |
| 45 | FW | KAZ | Roman Murtazayev (to Astana) |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Vladimir Vomenko |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov (from Aktobe) |
| 38 | DF | SRB | Miloš Stamenković (from Stal Kamianske) |
| 60 | MF | KAZ | Miras Tuliyev (from Atyrau) |
| 72 | DF | SRB | Mario Maslać (from Vojvodina) |
| 84 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov (from Zaria Bălți) |
| 89 | GK | KAZ | Anton Tsirin (from Kaisar) |
| 94 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Ohirya (from Oleksandriya) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov (to Taraz) |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Chernyshov |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (to Tobol) |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Franck Dja Djédjé (to Kaisar) |
| 34 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk (to Stal Kamianske) |
| 50 | DF | GEO | Lasha Dvali (loan return to Śląsk Wrocław) |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 June 2017 | FW | Serge Bando N'Gambé | | |
| 31 December 2017 | GK | David Loria | Aktobe | 27 February 2018 |
| 31 December 2017 | GK | Anton Tsirin | Kyzylzhar | |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Nursultan Alibayov | | |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Igor Nazarov | | |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Mario Maslać | Pafos | 26 January 2018 |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Stefan Živković | Atyrau | 10 January 2018 |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Rodrigo António | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Piraliy Aliev | Atyrau | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Yuri Chifin | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Tobol | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Damir Dautov | Ordabasy | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Kazbek Geteriev | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Dauren Orymbay | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Miras Tuliyev | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Bagdat Urazaliev | | |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Vladyslav Ohirya | Desna Chernihiv | |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Dmitri Rybalko | | |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Muratkhan Zeynollin | | |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | Igor Bugaiov | Milsami Orhei | |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan 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: 5 November 2017. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Kairat | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 78 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ordabasy | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 58 | |
| 4 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Tobol | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Kaisar | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 42 | |
* ↑ Kairat qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Kazakhstan Cup.
* ↑ Ordabasy would have qualified too, but they failed to obtain a licence, so Tobol took their place.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 5 November 2017

### 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 | David Loria | 34 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | 32 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev | 21 | 2 | 11+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev | 36 | 6 | 29+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rodrigo António | 38 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Béko Fofana | 35 | 5 | 23+6 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Artyom Popov | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ilya Kalinin | 21 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KAZ | Arman Smailov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KAZ | Nikita Kalmykov | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Yesimov | 23 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Damir Dautov | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SRB | Stefan Živković | 34 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | KAZ | Kazbek Geteriev | 19 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin | 22 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SRB | Miloš Stamenković | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | POR | Carlos Fonseca | 38 | 5 | 31+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | SRB | Mario Maslać | 17 | 1 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 84 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov | 19 | 2 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 94 | MF | UKR | Vladyslav Ohirya | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Irtysh Pavlodar on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Irtysh Pavlodar during the season: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Chernyshov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Serge Bando N'Gambé | 14 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Franck Dja Djédjé | 19 | 3 | 7+8 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | GEO | Lasha Dvali | 17 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Rodrigo António | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | MF | 7 | Aslan Darabayev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 40 | Carlos Fonseca | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Béko Fofana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | 30 | Stefan Živković | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | 19 | Franck Dja Djédjé | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Piraliy Aliev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 34 | Yevhen Tkachuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 84 | Igor Bugaiov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 2 | Ilya Vorotnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 38 | Miloš Stamenković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 72 | Mario Maslać | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 3 | 4 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | David Loria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ilya Vorotnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Vladislav Chernyshov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Piraliy Aliev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rodrigo António | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Serge Bando N'Gambé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Béko Fofana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ilya Kalinin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Franck Dja Djédjé | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ruslan Yesimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Stefan Živković | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Kazbek Geteriev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Pavel Shabalin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | Miloš Stamenković | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 40 | FW | Carlos Fonseca | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 50 | DF | Lasha Dvali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | FW | Igor Bugaiov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Vladyslav Ohirya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 3 |