# 2021 FC Caspiy season

The 2021 FC Caspiy season was Caspiy's second season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since 2001. Caspiy would also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Season events

On 26 February, Caspiy announced the signings of Taras Bondarenko, Chafik Tigroudja, Aslan Darabayev and Ruslan Mingazow.
On 1 March, Caspiy announced the signing of Aleksey Zaleski, David Karayev on loan from Ural Yekaterinburg and Talgat Kusyapov and Ramazan Karimov on loan from Astana.
On 5 March, Caspiy announced the signing of Maksim Gladchenko and Nikola Cuckić, whilst Niyaz Shugaev joined on loan from Shakhter Karagandy.
On 15 July, Stefan Bukorac joined Shakhter Karagandy on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 22 July, Arman Nusip left Caspiy after his contract was terminated by mutual consent.
On 30 July, Caspiy announced the loan signings of Jean-Ali Payruz from Shakhter Karagandy and Uladzimir Khvashchynski from Dinamo Minsk, both on contracts till the end of the season.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 October 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | GK | (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991 (age 33) | Zhetysu | 2020 | | 11 | 0 |
| 35 | Olzhas Mukhanov | GK | (1997-10-27) 27 October 1997 (age 27) | Bayterek | 2018 | | | |
| 91 | Marko Milošević | GK | (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33) | Napredak Kruševac | 2020 | | 44 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 6 | Aleksey Zaleski | DF | (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 30) | Minsk | 2021 | | 28 | 5 |
| 14 | Taras Bondarenko | DF | (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992 (age 32) | Okzhetpes | 2021 | | 37 | 1 |
| 17 | Ruslan Zhanysbaev | DF | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29) | Atyrau | 2020 | | | |
| 19 | Maksat Taykenov | DF | (1997-08-14) 14 August 1997 (age 27) | Bayterek | 2017 | | | |
| 22 | Talgat Kusyapov | DF | (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25) | loan from Astana | 2021 | | | |
| 25 | Anuar Bekmyrza | DF | (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2021 | | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ilya Vorotnikov | DF | (1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 38) | Taraz | 2019 | | | |
| 98 | Niyaz Shugaev | DF | (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26) | loan from Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Miras Tuliev | MF | (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30) | Okzhetpes | 2021 | | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Bekzat Kabylan | MF | (1996-03-03) 3 March 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2016 | | | |
| 9 | Ruslan Mingazow | MF | (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 33) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | | 26 | 7 |
| 11 | Aslan Darabayev | MF | (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35) | Zhetysu | 2021 | | 31 | 5 |
| 13 | Ruslan Sakhalbaev] | MF | (1984-06-27) 27 June 1984 (age 40) | Okzhetpes | 2019 | | | |
| 15 | Jean-Ali Payruz | MF | (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 25) | loan from Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Maksim Gladchenko | MF | (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27) | Akzhayik | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Amandyk Nabikhanov | MF | (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | | | |
| 24 | Nikola Cuckić | MF | (1997-04-11) 11 April 1997 (age 27) | Aktobe | 2021 | | 30 | 2 |
| 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | MF | (1992-01-16) 16 January 1992 (age 32) | USP Grand Avignon | 2021 | | 30 | 3 |
| 77 | Miloš Stanojević | MF | (1993-11-20) 20 November 1993 (age 31) | Unattached | 2021 | | 8 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | FW | (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 34) | loan from Dinamo Minsk | 2021 | 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 10 | Almas Armenov | FW | (1992-01-27) 27 January 1992 (age 32) | Okzhetpes | 2019 | | | |
| 18 | Nenad Gavrić | FW | (1991-12-12) 12 December 1991 (age 33) | Radnički Niš | 2021 | | 8 | 2 |
| 71 | Kuandyk Nursultanov | FW | (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25) | Atyrau | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Ramazan Karimov | FW | (1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25) | loan from Astana | 2021 | | 25 | 5 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 8 | Stefan Bukorac | MF | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33) | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2020 | | 38 | 1 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 15 | David Karayev | FW | (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 29) | loan from Ural Yekaterinburg | 2021 | 2021 | 18 | 6 |
| 47 | Arman Nusip | MF | (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 (age 30) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | | 30 | 2 |
| 77 | Wajdi Sahli | FW | (1997-04-17) 17 April 1997 (age 27) | Unattached | 2021 | | 21 | 6 |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Stefan Bukorac (at Shakhter Karagandy) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 21 February 2021 | MF | Wajdi Sahli | Unattached | Free |
| 26 February 2021 | DF | Taras Bondarenko | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | USP Grand Avignon | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2021 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2021 | DF | Aleksey Zaleski | Minsk | Undisclosed |
| 5 March 2021 | MF | Maksim Gladchenko | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |
| 5 March 2021 | MF | Nikola Cuckić | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 4 April 2021 | MF | Miras Tuliev | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2021 | MF | Miloš Stanojević | Unattached | Free |
| 27 August 2021 | FW | Nenad Gavrić | Radnički Niš | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 1 March 2021 | DF | Talgat Kusyapov | Astana | End of season |
| 1 March 2021 | FW | Ramazan Karimov | Astana | End of season |
| 1 March 2021 | FW | David Karayev | Ural Yekaterinburg | 30 June 2021 |
| 5 March 2021 | DF | Niyaz Shugaev | Shakhter Karagandy | End of season |
| 30 July 2021 | MF | Jean-Ali Payruz | Shakhter Karagandy | End of season |
| 30 July 2021 | FW | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Dinamo Minsk | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 17 August 2021 | MF | | Wajdi Sahli | Apollon Smyrnis | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 15 July 2021 | MF | | Stefan Bukorac | Shakhter Karagandy | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 22 July 2021 | MF | | Arman Nusip | Taraz | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 14 March 2021 | 29 October 2021 | Matchday 1 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | +0 | 030.77 |
| Kazakhstan Cup | 11 July 2021 | | Group Stage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 037.50 |
Last updated: 30 October 2021 Source: 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: 30 October 2021. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 33 |
| 7 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 |
| 8 | Caspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 |

### Kazakhstan Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Caspiy (A) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 | Advanced to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Kairat (A) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | Advanced to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Turan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | |

#### Knockout stages
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 30 October 2021

### 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 | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | 10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Miras Tuliev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BLR | Aleksey Zaleski | 28 | 5 | 17+5 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Bekzat Kabylan | 27 | 1 | 5+14 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | BLR | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | 12 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | TKM | Ruslan Mingazow | 26 | 7 | 17+3 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Almas Armenov | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev | 31 | 5 | 18+6 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Sakhalbaev | 30 | 2 | 10+14 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Taras Bondarenko | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Jean-Ali Payruz | 9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Zhanysbaev | 14 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SRB | Nenad Gavrić | 8 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Maksat Taykenov | 31 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Gladchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Talgat Kusyapov | 24 | 2 | 15+1 | 1 | 7+1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Amandyk Nabikhanov | 31 | 0 | 18+5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Nikola Cuckić | 30 | 2 | 9+14 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | FRA | Chafik Tigroudja | 30 | 3 | 17+6 | 2 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 71 | FW | KAZ | Kuandyk Nursultanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Miloš Stanojević | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | KAZ | Ramazan Karimov | 23 | 5 | 7+11 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 91 | GK | SRB | Marko Milošević | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | KAZ | Niyaz Shugaev | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Caspiy on loan: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | SRB | Stefan Bukorac | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Caspiy during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | RUS | David Karayev | 18 | 6 | 16+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Arman Nusip | 14 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | TUN | Wajdi Sahli | 21 | 6 | 16+1 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 9 | Ruslan Mingazow | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 15 | David Karayev | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 77 | Wajdi Sahli | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Aslan Darabayev | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | 6 | Aleksey Zaleski | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 81 | Ramazan Karimov | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 48 | Chafik Tigroudja | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 18 | Nenad Gavrić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 24 | Nikola Cuckić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 22 | Talgat Kusyapov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | Ruslan Sakhalbaev | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 47 | Arman Nusip | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 7 | Bekzat Kabylan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 19 | Maksat Taykenov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 35 | 13 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 91 | Marko Milošević | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 5 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Miras Tuliev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Aleksey Zaleski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Bekzat Kabylan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ruslan Sakhalbaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Taras Bondarenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Jean-Ali Payruz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Ruslan Zhanysbaev | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Nenad Gavrić | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Maksat Taykenov | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Talgat Kusyapov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Amandyk Nabikhanov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Nikola Cuckić | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ilya Vorotnikov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | Chafik Tigroudja | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Miloš Stanojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | Ramazan Karimov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | Marko Milošević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Stefan Bukorac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Caspiy during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | David Karayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Arman Nusip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | Wajdi Sahli | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 55 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 76 | 2 |