# 2016 Kazakhstan Cup

The 2016 Kazakhstan Cup was the 25th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition began on 21 March 2016 and end with the final on 19 November 2016. Astana defeated defending champions Kairat 1–0 in the final to win their first Kazakhstan Cup since 2012.
Ordabasy qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League after finishing 4th in the league, as both Astana and Kairat had already secured European football for the following season.

## Participating clubs

The following 25 teams qualified for the competition:
| Premier League all clubs of season 2016 | First Division Nine clubs of season 2016 |
| Aktobe Akzhayik Astana Atyrau Taraz Irtysh Pavlodar Kairat Okzhetpes Ordabasy Shakhter Karagandy Tobol Zhetysu | Kyzylzhar Bolat Baikonur Caspiy Aktau Altai Semey Ekibastuz Kaisar Kyran Shymkent Maktaaral Atakent |

### Schedule

The rounds of the 2016 competition are scheduled as follows:
* Group Stages: 21–28 March 2016
* Last 16:
* Quarterfinal:
* Semifinal:
* Final:

## Group stages
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kyzylzhar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to Last 16 |
| 2 | Bolat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Baikonur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Altai Semey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Advanced to Last 16 |
| 2 | Caspiy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Advanced to Last 16 |
| 3 | Ekibastuz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kaisar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to Last 16 |
| 2 | Makhtaaral | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Kyran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

## Semifinals

The four winners from the quarterfinals were drawn into two two-legged ties.

## Scorers

3 goals:
* Junior Kabananga, Astana
* Đorđe Despotović, Astana
* Boško Stupić, Kyzylzhar
2 goals:
* Denis Kolodin, Altai Semey
* Tanat Nusserbayev, Astana
* Askhat Tagybergen, Astana
* Rustem Kuanyshev, Ekibastuz
* Arman Smailov, Irtysh Pavlodar
* Carlos Fonseca, Irtysh Pavlodar
* Islambek Kuat, Kairat
* Andrey Burtsev, Kyzylzhar
* Marat Khairullin, Okzhetpes
1 goals:
* Roger Cañas, Astana
* Serhiy Malyi, Astana
* Aleksandar Damčevski, Atyrau
* Volodymyr Arzhanov, Atyrau
* Erbolat Rustemov, Baikonur
* Alexander Fedorov, Bolat
* Konstantin Bernatskiy, Bolat
* Aset Uzganov, Caspiy
* Sanat Shalekenov, Caspiy
* Ignacio Herrera, Irtysh Pavlodar
* Baye Djiby Fall, Irtysh Pavlodar
* Roman Murtazayev, Irtysh Pavlodar
* Isael, Kairat
* Léandre Tawamba, Kairat
* Gerson Acevedo, Kairat
* Aslan Darabayev, Kairat
* Stanislav Lunin, Kairat
* Gafurzhan Suyumbayev, Kairat
* Andrey Arshavin, Kairat
* Elzhas Altynbekov, Kaisar
* Roman Pavinich, Kaisar
* Eugene Nokhrin, Kyran
* Timur Baizhanov, Kyzylzhar
* Evgeniy Averchenko, Kyzylzhar
* Sabyrhan Ibraev, Makhtaaral
* Rinat Abdulin, Ordabasy
* Daurenbek Tazhimbetov, Ordabasy
* Erkebulan Tungyshbaev, Ordabasy
* Daniil Chertov, Okzhetpes
* Alisher Suley, Taraz
* Dušan Savić, Zhetysu

### Own goal

* Marko Đalović (25 May 2016 vs Kairat)