# 2019 FC Aktobe season

The 2018 FC Aktobe season was the 25th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe finished the season in 12th and were relegated from the Premier League for the first time. In the Kazakhstan Cup, they were knocked out by Irtysh Pavlodar at the Last 16 stage.

## Season events

On 9 January, Aleksandr Sednyov was appointed as the club's manager.
On 18 February, Aktobe were deducted 6-points by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan due to debts owed to former player Dele Adeleye. On 14 March, Aktobe were handed a further six point deduction for unpaid debts to former player Nemanja Nikolić.

### New Contracts

On 3 January, Marcos Pizzelli extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.
On 4 January, Saša Marjanović extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.
On 9 January, Aslanbek Kakimov extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.
On 11 January, Vitali Volkov extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.
On 25 January, Milan Radin extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.
On 30 January, Hrvoje Miličević extended his contract with Aktobe until the end of 2019.

## Squad

    As of match played 10 November 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 13 | Ramil Nurmukhametov | GK | (1987-12-21) 21 December 1987 (age 36) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 32 | 0 |
| 32 | Mukhambet Tamabay | GK | (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | Igor Trofimets | GK | (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 36 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | Bagdat Kairov | DF | (1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 109 | 2 |
| 6 | Rustam Temirkhan | DF | (1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 28 | 1 |
| 17 | Esen Zhasanov | DF | (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 29 | 1 |
| 18 | Rustam Uksumbaev | DF | (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Sayat Zhumagali | DF | (1995-04-25) 25 April 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2014 | | 48 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 2 | Adilkhan Tanzharikov | MF | (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 27) | Zhetysu | 2018 | | 33 | 0 |
| 12 | Alisher Azhimov | MF | (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 30 | 2 |
| 19 | Ardak Saulet | MF | (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 27) | Astana | 2017 | | 45 | 3 |
| 20 | Nurbolat Batyrkhanov | MF | (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | Vitali Volkov | MF | (1981-03-22) 22 March 1981 (age 43) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2019 | 57 | 1 |
| 23 | Hrvoje Miličević | MF | (1993-04-30) 30 April 1993 (age 31) | Pescara | 2018 | 2019 | 41 | 4 |
| 47 | Aslanbek Kakimov | MF | (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2016 | 2019 | 95 | 9 |
| 72 | Abilkhan Abdukarimov | MF | (1998-04-07) 7 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | Zhambyl Kukeyev | MF | (1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 36) | Kaisar | 2018 | | 49 | 2 |
| 86 | Oleksandr Kitsak | MF | (1996-06-23) 23 June 1996 (age 28) | | 2019 | | 17 | 1 |
| 88 | Anton Shurigin | MF | (1988-12-03) 3 December 1988 (age 35) | Kaisar | 2017 | | 62 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Marcos Pizzelli | FW | (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 40) | Al-Shabab | 2018 | 2019 | 107 | 36 |
| 28 | Rustam Sakhibov | FW | (1996-04-28) 28 April 1996 (age 28) | | 2019 | | 24 | 0 |
| 83 | Maksim Samorodov | FW | (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 3 | 0 |
| 95 | Abat Aimbetov | FW | (1995-08-07) 7 August 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2012 | | 124 | 25 |
| 96 | Ulykbek Syrlybayev | FW | (1996-06-30) 30 June 1996 (age 28) | | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 11 | Saša Marjanović | MF | (1987-11-13) 13 November 1987 (age 36) | Partizan | 2018 | 2019 | 39 | 3 |
| 24 | Milan Radin | MF | (1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33) | Partizan | 2018 | 2019 | 42 | 5 |
| 87 | Aleksandar Simčević | MF | (1987-02-15) 15 February 1987 (age 37) | Ordabasy | 2019 | | 29 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| Winter 2019 | DF | | Aleksandar Simčević | Ordabasy | Undisclosed | |
| Summer 2019 | MF | | Oleksandr Kitsak | | Free | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 19 December 2018 | FW | | Reynaldo | Qarabağ | Undisclosed | |
| 27 December 2018 | MF | | Ruslan Valiullin | Tobol | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2019 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | Taraz | 24 July 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Saša Marjanović | Nea Salamis Famagusta | Summer 2019 |
| Summer 2019 | MF | Milan Radin | Korona Kielce | 26 June 2019 |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Name | Last Club |
| 11 January 2019 | MF | Valeri Korobkin | Kaisar |
| 13 January 2019 | MF | Kirill Shestakov | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| 2 February 2019 | MF | Patryk Małecki | Wisła Kraków |
| 7 February 2019 | MF | Ibrahima Conté | KV Oostende |
| 9 February 2019 | MF | Amos Addai | Ashanti Gold |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### 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
## 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 | MF | KAZ | Adilkhan Tanzharikov | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Rustam Temirkhan | 25 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli | 11 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KAZ | Alisher Azhimov | 30 | 2 | 16+13 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Esen Zhasanov | 29 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Rustam Uksumbaev | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet | 32 | 3 | 25+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KAZ | Nurbolat Batyrkhanov | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Vitali Volkov | 33 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali | 14 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | KAZ | Rustam Sakhibov | 22 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Mukhambet Tamabay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | KAZ | Igor Trofimets | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov | 34 | 4 | 27+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | MF | KAZ | Abilkhan Abdukarimov | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 24 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | KAZ | Maksim Samorodov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Kitsak | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin | 18 | 1 | 10+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov | 30 | 18 | 28+1 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 96 | FW | KAZ | Ulykbek Syrlybayev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Aktobe on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Aktobe during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Milan Radin | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 95 | Abat Aimbetov | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | 47 | Aslanbek Kakimov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Ardak Saulet | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 12 | Alisher Azhimov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Marcos Pizzelli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Hrvoje Miličević | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 88 | Anton Shurigin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Esen Zhasanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 24 | Milan Radin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 22 | Vitali Volkov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 6 | Rustam Temirkhan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 86 | Oleksandr Kitsak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 35 | 3 | 38 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Adilkhan Tanzharikov | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Rustam Temirkhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Saša Marjanović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Alisher Azhimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Esen Zhasanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ardak Saulet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Vitali Volkov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Hrvoje Miličević | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Milan Radin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sayat Zhumagali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Rustam Sakhibov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | Igor Trofimets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 86 | MF | Oleksandr Kitsak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Anton Shurigin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Abat Aimbetov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | Ulykbek Syrlybayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Aktobe during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 53 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 57 | 3 |