# 2018 FC Shakhter Karagandy season

The 2018 FC Shakhter Karagandy season is the 27th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Season events

On 9 January 2018, Uladzimir Zhuravel was appointed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager. On 3 July, Zhuravel left Shakhter Karagandy by mutual consent with Andrei Finonchenko being appointed as Caretaker Manager On 18 July, Nikolay Kostov was confirmed as Shakhter Karagandy's new manager.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 November 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Abylaikhan Duysen | GK | (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30) | Astana | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | Igor Shatskiy | GK | (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989 (age 35) | Academy | 2010 | 86 | 0 |
| 40 | Yegor Tsuprikov | GK | (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27) | Bolat | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Yevhen Tkachuk | DF | (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33) | Stal Kamianske | 2018 | 28 | 1 |
| 4 | Mikhail Gabyshev | DF | (1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 34) | Vostok | 2012 | 122 | 6 |
| 5 | Kirill Pasichnik | DF | (1993-05-24) 24 May 1993 (age 31) | Buxoro | 2018 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Ilnur Mangutkin | DF | (1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 38) | Okzhetpes | 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 19 | Yevgeny Tarasov | DF | (1985-04-16)16 April 1985 (aged 26) | Vostok | 2009 | 191 | 8 |
| 20 | Mateo Mužek | DF | (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29) | Neftchi Baku | 2018 | 32 | 0 |
| 23 | Birzhan Kulbekov | DF | (1994-04-22) 22 April 1994 (age 30) | | 2018 | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | Igor Pikalkin | DF | (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32) | Astana | 2016 | 88 | 2 |
| 55 | Ruslan Alimbayev | DF | (1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27) | Olé Brasil | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Alyaksandr Valadzko | MF | (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38) | BATE Borisov | 2018 | 27 | 1 |
| 10 | Damir Kojašević | MF | (1987-06-03) 3 June 1987 (age 37) | Vojvodina | 2018 | 28 | 8 |
| 16 | Sergei Mošnikov | MF | (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36) | Górnik Łęczna | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Igor Yurin | MF | (1982-07-03) 3 July 1982 (age 42) | Aktobe | 2018 | | |
| 21 | Madi Zhakypbayev | MF | (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) | loan from Astana | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | MF | (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35) | Akzhayik | 2017 | 61 | 6 |
| 27 | Egon Vůch | MF | (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) | loan from Tobol | 2018 | 25 | 3 |
| 29 | Lukáš Droppa | MF | (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35) | Slovan Bratislava | 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Maxim Galkin | MF | (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gevorg Najaryan | MF | (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26) | Astana | 2018 | 45 | 3 |
| 80 | Aidos Oral | MF | (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Anton Chichulin | MF | (1984-11-27) 27 November 1984 (age 40) | Atyrau | 2018 | 13 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 7 | Sergei Shaff | FW | (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 36) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 25 | 2 |
| 11 | Gegham Harutyunyan | FW | (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 (age 34) | loan from Gandzasar Kapan | 2018 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | Oralkhan Omirtayev | FW | (1998-07-16) 16 July 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 2015 | 53 | 5 |
| 70 | Zhanaly Pairouz | FW | | Academy | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | Vyacheslav Putintsev | FW | (1997-09-25) 25 September 1997 (age 27) | Academy | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season |||||||||
| 9 | Aidos Tattybayev | FW | (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 34) | Bolat | 2016 | 70 | 10 |
| 13 | Oleksandr Mihunov | MF | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2018 | 17 | 1 |
| 24 | Milan Stojanović | MF | (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 36) | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | 2017 | 47 | 10 |
| 31 | Danijel Subotić | FW | (1989-01-31) 31 January 1989 (age 35) | Ulsan Hyundai | 2018 | 12 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 26 January 2018 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | Stal Kamianske | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | MF | Alyaksandr Valadzko | BATE Borisov | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2018 | FW | Sergei Shaff | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| 12 February 2018 | MF | Damir Kojašević | Vojvodina | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2018 | MF | Oleksandr Mihunov | Shakhtar Donetsk | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2018 | DF | Kirill Pasichnik | Buxoro | Undisclosed |
| 28 March 2018 | FW | Danijel Subotić | Ulsan Hyundai | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2018 | MF | Igor Yurin | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2018 | MF | Anton Chichulin | Atyrau | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2018 | MF | Lukáš Droppa | Slovan Bratislava | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Sergei Mošnikov | Górnik Łęczna | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Gevorg Najaryan | Astana | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 December 2017 | MF | Marko Stanojević | Astana | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Štefan Zošák | Poprad | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Július Szöke | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Sergei Khizhnichenko | Taraz | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | FW | Aidos Tattybayev | Taraz | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 19 February 2018 | MF | Madi Zhakypbayev | Astana | End of Season |
| 10 March 2018 | MF | Egon Vůch | Tobol | End of Season |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | Gegham Harutyunyan | Gandzasar Kapan | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| | GK | Yaroslav Baginskiy | |
| | MF | Vladislav Vasiliev | Energetik-BGU |
| | DF | Korede Aiyegbusi | Amical Saint-Prex |
| | MF | Grigori Dubkov | |
| | MF | Sergei Skorykh | Kyzylzhar |
| | MF | Kuanysh Ermekov | |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Oleksandr Mihunov | Dnipro-1 |
| 30 July 2018 | MF | Milan Stojanović | Radnik Surdulica |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | Danijel Subotić | Dinamo București |

## 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: 21 October 2018. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 43 | |
| 7 | Aktobe | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 42 | |
| 8 | Shakhter Karagandy | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 | |
| 9 | Atyrau | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 36 | |
| 10 | Irtysh Pavlodar (O) | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Aktobe had six points deducted on 27 April 2018 as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Danilo Neco.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 November 2018

### 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 | Abylaikhan Duysen | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk | 29 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Gabyshev | 22 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Kirill Pasichnik | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Ilnur Mangutkin | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Shaff | 26 | 3 | 14+9 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | BLR | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 27 | 1 | 20+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Damir Kojašević | 29 | 9 | 25+1 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | ARM | Gegham Harutyunyan | 7 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | EST | Sergei Mošnikov | 9 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 25 | 4 | 9+14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Igor Yurin | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeny Tarasov | 25 | 2 | 16+6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CRO | Mateo Mužek | 33 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Madi Zhakypbayev | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov | 35 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Birzhan Kulbekov | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CZE | Egon Vůch | 26 | 3 | 16+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Droppa | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Igor Shatskiy | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | KAZ | Igor Pikalkin | 25 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KAZ | Yegor Tsuprikov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Galkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Alimbayev | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | KAZ | Vyacheslav Putintsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Gevorg Najaryan | 28 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | KAZ | Anton Chichulin | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Shakhter Karagandy on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Shakhter Karagandy during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Aidos Tattybayev | 7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Mihunov | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Milan Stojanović | 17 | 1 | 12+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | SUI | Danijel Subotić | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Damir Kojašević | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 7 | Sergei Shaff | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 27 | Egon Vůch | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 19 | Yevgeny Tarasov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 77 | Gevorg Najaryan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | Oleksandr Mihunov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Yevhen Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 84 | Anton Chichulin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 11 | Gegham Harutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 3 | 32 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Abylaikhan Duysen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Mikhail Gabyshev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kirill Pasichnik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sergei Shaff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Damir Kojašević | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Gegham Harutyunyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Igor Yurin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Yevgeny Tarasov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Mateo Mužek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marat Shakhmetov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Birzhan Kulbekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Egon Vůch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Lukáš Droppa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Igor Shatskiy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Igor Pikalkin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Gevorg Najaryan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Anton Chichulin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Shakhter Karagandy during the season: ||||||||||
| 13 | MF | Oleksandr Mihunov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Danijel Subotić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 69 | 1 |