# 2019 FC Atyrau season

The 2019 FC Atyrau season was the 19th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. They reached the Kazakhstan Cup Final for the third year in succession, losing to FC Kaisar, whilst finishing 11th in the Kazakhstan Premier League, being relegated for the first time.

## Season events

On 27 April, Viktor Kumykov left his role as manager of Atyrau by mutual consent, with Kuanysh Kuandulov being appointed as caretaker manager. Oleg Dulub was appointed as the club's permanent manager on 3 May.

## Squad

    As of match played 10 November 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Nurbolat Kalmenov | GK | (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34) | Caspiy | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Mikhail Golubnichy | GK | (1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29) | Aksu | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Antun Marković | GK | (1992-07-04) 4 July 1992 (age 32) | Slaven Belupo | 2019 | 11 | 0 |
| Defenders|- ||||||||| |
| 2 | Dauren Mazhitov | DF | (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2014 | 39 | 1 |
| 3 | Adilbek Zhumakhanov | DF | (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Mikhail Gabyshev | DF | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) | Caspiy | 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Rizvan Ablitarov | DF | (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 35) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2017 | 83 | 5 |
| 27 | Andrey Shabaev | DF | (1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 37) | Kyzylzhar | 2019 | 34 | 0 |
| 29 | Sultan Kabdrakhimov | DF | (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | Vitali Ustinov | DF | (1991-05-03) 3 May 1991 (age 33) | Rubin Kazan | 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| 75 | Kuanysh Yeltezerov | DF | (1995-09-22) 22 September 1995 (age 29) | Aktobe | 2017 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Boubacar Mansaly | MF | (1988-02-04) 4 February 1988 (age 36) | Salam Zgharta | 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Dauren Kayralliyev | MF | (1992-05-15) 15 May 1992 (age 32) | Caspiy | 2017 | 50 | 1 |
| 9 | Alexey Rodionov | MF | (1994-03-29) 29 March 1994 (age 30) | Astana | 2018 | 48 | 4 |
| 11 | Alex Bruno | MF | (1993-10-07) 7 October 1993 (age 31) | Londrina | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 18 | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | MF | (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2015 | 106 | 3 |
| 19 | Aybolat Makuov | MF | (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) | Olé Brasil | 2015 | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | Jacques Alberto Ngwem | MF | (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32) | Volos | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 40 | Sanzhar Satanov | MF | (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 74 | Rinat Dzhumatov | MF | (1997-10-13) 13 October 1997 (age 26) | Youth team | 2018 | 39 | 2 |
| 77 | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | MF | (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 37) | Akzhayik | 2017 | 68 | 5 |
| 83 | Eduard Sergienko | MF | (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41) | Akzhayik | 2017 | 75 | 2 |
| 88 | Rafail Ospanov | MF | (1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2016 | 28 | 0 |
| 96 | Ivan Antipov | MF | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) | Zhetysu | 2019 | 11 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Piotr Grzelczak | FW | (1988-03-02) 2 March 1988 (age 36) | Chojniczanka Chojnice | 2019 | 9 | 5 |
| 99 | Islamnur Abdulavov | FW | (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30) | Tom Tomsk | 2019 | 14 | 5 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Vladimir Loginovsky | GK | (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 39) | Taraz | 2018 | 39 | 0 |
| 4 | Ivica Žunić | DF | (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988 (age 36) | Chornomorets Odesa | 2019 | 21 | 2 |
| 6 | Željko Filipović | MF | (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988 (age 36) | Dynamo Brest | 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | František Kubík | DF | (1989-03-14) 14 March 1989 (age 35) | Žilina | 2018 | 19 | 3 |
| 10 | Josip Ivančić | FW | (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) | Ashdod | 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Malick Mané | FW | (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 35) | Laçi | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Vladimir Vomenko | MF | (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 (age 29) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2019 | 12 | 1 |
| 13 | Aibar Nurybekov | FW | (1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2017 | 100 | 6 |
| 16 | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | GK | (1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 31) | Kubanskaya Korona Shevchenko | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Andriy Tkachuk | MF | (1987-11-18) 18 November 1987 (age 36) | Akzhayik | 2019 | 20 | 0 |
| 31 | Darko Bjedov | FW | (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 (age 35) | Vojvodina | 2019 | 18 | 2 |
| 33 | Serhiy Zahynaylov | MF | (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33) | Sumy | 2019 | 16 | 0 |
| | Sebastijan Antić | DF | (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 32) | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 2019 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2019 | GK | Nurbolat Kalmenov | Caspiy | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | GK | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | Kubanskaya Korona Shevchenko | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Vladimir Vomenko | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Andriy Tkachuk | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Serhiy Zahynaylov | Sumy | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2019 | FW | Darko Bjedov | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2019 | DF | Andrey Shabaev | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2019 | FW | Josip Ivančić | Ashdod | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2019 | MF | Željko Filipović | Dynamo Brest | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2019 | DF | Ivica Žunić | Chornomorets Odesa | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2019 | MF | Boubacar Mansaly | Salam Zgharta | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Islamnur Abdulavov | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | Malick Mané | Laçi | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | GK | Antun Marković | Slaven Belupo | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | GK | Mikhail Golubnichy | Aksu | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | DF | Mikhail Gabyshev | Caspiy | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | Ivan Antipov | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2019 | DF | Sebastijan Antić | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2019 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | Rubin Kazan | Free |
| 23 August 2019 | FW | Piotr Grzelczak | Chojniczanka Chojnice | Free |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Alex Bruno | Londrina | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Jacques Alberto Ngwem | Volos | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| May 2019 | MF | Željko Filipović | | |
| 20 June 2019 | DF | František Kubík | | |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | Irtysh Pavlodar | |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | Serhiy Zahynaylov | | |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Josip Ivančić | | |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | Darko Bjedov | | |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | Aibar Nurybekov | | |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | Ivica Žunić | Gabala | 19 July 2019 |
| 18 July 2019 | MF | Andriy Tkachuk | Chornomorets Odesa | |
| Summer 2019 | GK | Vladimir Loginovsky | Atyrau | January 2020 |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Sebastijan Antić | Orijent 1919 | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Vladimir Vomenko | | |
| 16 August 2019 | FW | Malick Mané | | |

## 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### 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.

### Kazakhstan Cup
#### Final
## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Dauren Mazhitov | 21 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Adilbek Zhumakhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Gabyshev | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Rizvan Ablitarov | 34 | 2 | 29+1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SEN | Boubacar Mansaly | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Dauren Kayralliyev | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Alexey Rodionov | 29 | 2 | 10+16 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | POL | Piotr Grzelczak | 9 | 5 | 7+1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Alex Bruno | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | KAZ | Nurbolat Kalmenov | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | 36 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Aybolat Makuov | 16 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CMR | Jacques Alberto Ngwem | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Andrey Shabaev | 34 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | KAZ | Sultan Kabdrakhimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | CRO | Antun Marković | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | KAZ | Sanzhar Satanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | RUS | Vitali Ustinov | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Dzhumatov | 20 | 2 | 10+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 75 | DF | KAZ | Kuanysh Yeltezerov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KAZ | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | 20 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | KAZ | Eduard Sergienko | 31 | 2 | 23+4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Rafail Ospanov | 28 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Ivan Antipov | 11 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Islamnur Abdulavov | 14 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away from Atyrau on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Atyrau during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Loginovsky | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CRO | Ivica Žunić | 21 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SVN | Željko Filipović | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | SVK | František Kubík | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CRO | Josip Ivančić | 9 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SEN | Malick Mané | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Vladimir Vomenko | 12 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | UKR | Andriy Tkachuk | 20 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SRB | Darko Bjedov | 18 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Zahynaylov | 16 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 99 | Islamnur Abdulavov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Piotr Grzelczak | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Ivica Žunić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 31 | Darko Bjedov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Rizvan Ablitarov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 18 | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 74 | Rinat Dzhumatov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Alexey Rodionov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 83 | Eduard Sergienko | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 2 | Dauren Mazhitov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Josip Ivančić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 11 | Vladimir Vomenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 96 | Ivan Antipov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 24 | 4 | 28 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Dauren Mazhitov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Mikhail Gabyshev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Rizvan Ablitarov | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Boubacar Mansaly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Dauren Kayralliyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Alexey Rodionov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Piotr Grzelczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Alex Bruno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Nurbolat Kalmenov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Aybolat Makuov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Jacques Alberto Ngwem | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Andriy Tkachuk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Andrey Shabaev | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | Vitali Ustinov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 74 | MF | Rinat Dzhumatov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | Eduard Sergienko | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Rafail Ospanov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Ivan Antipov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Islamnur Abdulavov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Atyrau during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | Vladimir Loginovsky | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ivica Žunić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Željko Filipović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | František Kubík | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Josip Ivančić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vladimir Vomenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Aibar Nurybekov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Darko Bjedov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Serhiy Zahynaylov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 66 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 84 | 8 |