# 2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season

The 2015 FC Shakhter Karagandy season is the 24th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter Karagandy will also be participating in the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Season events

Manager Vladimir Cheburin resigned on 6 May, with Yevgeni Sveshnikov being appointed as caretaker manager. On 5 June Sveshnikov was released from his managerial duties, with Ihor Zakhariak being appointed in his place.

## Squad

    As of 24 September 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Igor Shatskiy |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Nikola Vasiljević |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich |
| 7 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink (loan from Taraz) |
| 8 | FW | KAZ | Oralkhan Omirtayev |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mihret Topčagić |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Vladislav Vasiliev |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Alexander Zarutsky |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Andrei Finonchenko |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov |
| 17 | DF | BLR | Andrey Paryvayew |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Tarasov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | BIH | Aldin Đidić |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Gregory Dubkov |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Gabyshev |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Eugene Kostrub |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Jan Vošahlík |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Eugene Azamatov |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vyacheslav Kotlyar |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Mokin |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Kuanish Ermekov |
| 45 | FW | KAZ | Roman Murtazayev |
| 52 | DF | TRI | Aubrey David |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Plamen Dimov |
| 84 | MF | KAZ | Sergei Skorykh |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | KAZ | Marlene Imagambetov |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Akhat Zholshorin |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Arman Sakhimov |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Nursultan Zhusupov |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Marat Rakishev |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Khamid Nurmukhametov |
| 33 | DF | KAZ | Vladlen Antoshhuk |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Zemtsov |
| 38 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Nuikin |
| 39 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Matyshev |
| 40 | MF | KAZ | Anton Olenich |
| 42 | MF | KAZ | Sergey Vetrov |
| 43 | DF | KAZ | Dmitry Moiseev |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Arshkenov |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Igor Shatskiy (from Bolat) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Pedro Sass (from Hapoel Ra'anana) |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich (from Atyrau) |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Gregory Dubkov (from Gefest) |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Eugene Kostrub (from Atyrau) |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Jan Vošahlík (from Baumit Jablonec) |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Eugene Azamatov |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vyacheslav Kotlyar (from Irtysh) |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Kuanish Ermekov |
| 52 | DF | TRI | Aubrey David (from Caledonia AIA) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov (to Aktobe) |
| 3 | DF | LTU | Gediminas Vičius (to Zhetysu) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Maksat Baizhanov (to Atyrau) |
| 10 | GK | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev (to Astana) |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Serhiy Malyi (to Ordabasy) |
| 27 | FW | UZB | Kamoliddin Murzoev (to Olmaliq) |
| 29 | MF | UZB | Shavkat Salomov (to Olmaliq) |
| 52 | DF | SVK | Ján Maslo (to Ružomberok) |
| 84 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov (to Zhetysu) |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević (to Ordabasy) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov (from Kaisar) |
| 7 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink (loan from Taraz) |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk (from Hoverla Uzhhorod) |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov (from Atyrau) |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Plamen Dimov (from Kaisar) |
| 84 | MF | KAZ | Sergei Skorykh (from Kaisar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Pedro Sass |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Gevorg Najaryan |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač (to Maccabi Petah Tikva) |

## 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: 28 July 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### 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 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Taraz | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 18 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Zhetysu | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Kaisar | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |

#### 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: 10 November 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Tobol | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 8 | Okzhetpes | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Taraz | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 26 | |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 23 | |
| 11 | Zhetysu (O) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
| 12 | Kaisar (R) | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 16 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 8 November 2015

### 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 | Igor Shatskiy | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov | 8 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Nikola Vasiljević | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich | 22 | 3 | 15+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | KAZ | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BIH | Mihret Topčagić | 27 | 6 | 24+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk | 11 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Vladislav Vasiliev | 16 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Alexander Zarutsky | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Andrei Finonchenko | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Aibar Nurybekov | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | BLR | Andrey Paryvayew | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Tarasov | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BIH | Aldin Đidić | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Gregory Dubkov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Gabyshev | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Eugene Kostrub | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | CZE | Jan Vošahlík | 27 | 0 | 19+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Eugene Azamatov | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Mokin | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | KAZ | Sergey Vetrov | 14 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Kuanish Ermekov | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | KAZ | Roman Murtazayev | 29 | 4 | 21+7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | TRI | Aubrey David | 19 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | BUL | Plamen Dimov | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | KAZ | Sergei Skorykh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Shakhter Karagandy on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Shakhter Karagandy that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Pedro Sass | 24 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Gevorg Najaryan | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Nikola Pokrivač | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Mihret Topčagić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 45 | Roman Murtazayev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Maksym Feshchuk | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | 6 | Andrei Karpovich | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 42 | Sergey Vetrov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 70 | Plamen Dimov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Gevorg Najaryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 44 | Kuanish Ermekov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Nikola Vasiljević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | Aldin Đidić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Aleksei Muldarov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Vladislav Vasiliev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 26 | 1 | 27 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Nikola Vasiljević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Pedro Sass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Andrei Karpovich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Gevorg Najaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Desley Ubbink | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Mihret Topčagić | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Nikola Pokrivač | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Vladislav Vasiliev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Aibar Nurybekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Andrey Paryvayew | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Yevgeni Tarasov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Aldin Đidić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Gregory Dubkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Mikhail Gabyshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Eugene Kostrub | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Jan Vošahlík | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Roman Murtazayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | Aubrey David | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | Plamen Dimov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 2 |