# 2017 FC Kairat season

The 2017 FC Kairat season is the 7th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat will participate in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and the Europa League as well as the Kazakhstan Cup and Premier League.
On 21 July, Kakhaber Tskhadadze resigned as manager following Kiarat's elimination from the Europa League,. with Sergei Labodovsky being placed in temporary charge on 23 July. On 26 July, Carlos Ferrer was announced as Kairats new permanent manager, agreeing a deal until the end of the 2017 season.

## Squad

    As of match played 5 November 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Vladimir Plotnikov | GK | (1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 31) | Zhetysu | 2015 | 94 | 0 |
| 27 | Stas Pokatilov | GK | (1992-12-08)8 December 1992 (aged 24) | Rostov | 2017 | 32 | 0 |
| 30 | Oleg Grubov | GK | (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Vladimir Groshev | GK | (1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 22) | Academy | 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Timur Rudoselskiy | DF | (1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 22) | Academy | 2013 | 76 | 0 |
| 4 | Yeldos Akhmetov | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 27) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2017 | 30 | 1 |
| 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | DF | (1990-08-19)19 August 1990 (aged 27) | Ordabasy | 2016 | 59 | 5 |
| 6 | Žarko Marković | DF | (1987-01-28)28 January 1987 (aged 30) | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2014 | 109 | 9 |
| 13 | Yermek Kuantayev | DF | (1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 27) | Tobol | 2014 | 96 | 6 |
| 14 | César Arzo | DF | (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 31) | AEK Athens | 2014 | 49 | 3 |
| 19 | Stanislav Lunin | DF | (1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 24) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2014 | 75 | 1 |
| 29 | Sheldon Bateau | DF | (1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 26) | loan from Krylia Sovetov | 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 31 | Cédric Gogoua | DF | (1994-07-10)10 July 1994 (aged 23) | Riga | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Alibek Kassym | DF | (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Yeskendir Kybyray | DF | (1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Dilshat Musayev | DF | (1995-01-09)9 January 1995 (aged 22) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Aybol Abiken | DF | (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2015 | 5 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 3 | Yan Vorogovskiy | MF | (1996-08-07)7 August 1996 (aged 21) | Kaisar | 2016 | 26 | 0 |
| 7 | Islambek Kuat | MF | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 24) | Astana | 2014 | 109 | 11 |
| 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | MF | (1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 24) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2014 | 155 | 47 |
| 10 | Isael | MF | (1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 29) | Krasnodar | 2014 | 136 | 29 |
| 15 | Baurzhan Turysbek | MF | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 26) | Zhetysu | 2016 | 33 | 6 |
| 16 | Oybek Baltabaev | MF | (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 23) | Academy | 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Ivo Iličević | MF | (1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 31) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017 | 26 | 9 |
| 23 | Georgy Zhukov | MF | (1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 23) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2017 | 29 | 2 |
| 25 | Ákos Elek | MF | (1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 29) | Diósgyőri | 2017 | 35 | 0 |
| 28 | Andrey Arshavin | MF | (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 36) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2016 | 71 | 21 |
| 38 | Ramazan Orazov | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Zhandos Soltan | MF | (1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Akmal Bakhtiyarov | MF | (1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Aleksandr Sokolenko | MF | (1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | Aleksandr Starodubov | MF | (1997-09-20)20 September 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Maksim Kotov | MF | (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| | Nurlan Dairov | MF | (1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 22) | Academy | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 11 | Gerard Gohou | FW | (1988-12-29)29 December 1988 (aged 28) | Krasnodar | 2014 | 137 | 99 |
| 21 | Chuma Anene | FW | (1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 24) | Amkar Perm | 2017 | 29 | 4 |
| 55 | Artur Shushenachev | FW | (1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Samat Sarsenov | FW | (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 21) | Orenburg | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Magomed Paragulgov | FW | (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 23) | Academy | 2012 | 9 | 1 |
| | Rifat Nurmugamet | FW | (1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| | Mohamed Konaté | FW | (1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (aged 19) | Babīte | 2017 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 18 November 2016 | DF | Yeldos Akhmetov | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| 5 December 2016 | MF | Georgy Zhukov | Ural Yekaterinburg | Undisclosed |
| 13 December 2016 | GK | Stas Pokatilov | Rostov | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2017 | MF | Ivo Iličević | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| 8 March 2017 | MF | Ákos Elek | Diósgyőr | Undisclosed |
| 13 March 2017 | FW | Chuma Anene | Amkar Perm | Undisclosed |
| 27 March 2017 | FW | Samat Sarsenov | Orenburg | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2017 | DF | Cédric Gogoua | Riga | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2017 | FW | Mohamed Konaté | Babīte | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 26 November 2016 | FW | Léandre Tawamba | Partizan Belgrade | Undisclosed |
| 29 December 2016 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2017 | MF | Mikhail Bakayev | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 27 June 2017 | DF | | Sheldon Bateau | Krylia Sovetov | End of season | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 11 February 2017 | DF | | Nurlan Dairov | Okzhetpes | End of season | |
| 1 March 2017 | FW | | Rifat Nurmugamet | Zhetysu | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 March 2017 | DF | Bruno Soares | Haugesund | 7 March 2017 |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Gerson Acevedo | Deportes Iquique | 1 July 2017 |
| 13 November 2017 | DF | Žarko Marković | Inđija | |
| 13 November 2017 | FW | Gerard Gohou | Beijing Enterprises | 5 February 2018 |
| 21 November 2017 | DF | César Arzo | Gimnàstic | 29 December 2017 |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Timur Rudoselskiy | Zhetysu | |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Super Cup
### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Astana (C) | 33 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 21 | +53 | 79 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 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 |
* ↑ 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Plotnikov | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Timur Rudoselskiy | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | KAZ | Yan Vorogovskiy | 18 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Yeldos Akhmetov | 30 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 41 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Žarko Marković | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat | 37 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 34 | 12 | 24+3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Isael | 40 | 8 | 29+2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Gerard Gohou | 40 | 31 | 30+2 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Yermek Kuantayev | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | César Arzo | 33 | 2 | 24+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 21 | 5 | 3+11 | 5 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KAZ | Oybek Baltabaev | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Stanislav Lunin | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 26 | 9 | 10+8 | 4 | 3+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 21 | FW | NOR | Chuma Anene | 29 | 4 | 4+16 | 4 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Georgy Zhukov | 29 | 2 | 13+10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | HUN | Ákos Elek | 35 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | RUS | Andrey Arshavin | 34 | 10 | 19+6 | 7 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | DF | TRI | Sheldon Bateau | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Oleg Grubov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Groshev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | FW | KAZ | Artur Shushenachev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | KAZ | Aybol Abiken | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | KAZ | Aleksandr Sokolenko | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | KAZ | Magomed Paragulgov | 9 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kairat on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Bakayev | 25 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Gerard Gohou | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| 2 | MF | 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Andrey Arshavin | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Ivo Iličević | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Isael | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | 21 | Chuma Anene | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 6 | Žarko Marković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 23 | Georgy Zhukov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Islambek Kuat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 14 | César Arzo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | 4 | Yeldos Akhmetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 63 | Magomed Paragulgov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 57 | Aybol Abiken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 75 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 94 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Vladimir Plotnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Yan Vorogovskiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Yeldos Akhmetov | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Žarko Marković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Islambek Kuat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Mikhail Bakayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Isael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Gerard Gohou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | César Arzo | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | MF | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ivo Iličević | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Chuma Anene | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Georgy Zhukov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Ákos Elek | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Stas Pokatilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Andrey Arshavin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Sheldon Bateau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | Aybol Abiken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | Aleksandr Sokolenko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 63 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 8 |