# 2020 FC Zhetysu season

The 2020 FC Zhetysu season was the club's third season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, and 23rd season in total.

## Season Events

On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.
On 26 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 November 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Andrey Shabanov | GK | (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 34) | Atyrau | 2015 | | |
| 36 | Valeriy Kaznacheev | GK | (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 (aged 20) | Kairat | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Almat Bekbaev | GK | (1984-06-14)14 June 1984 (aged 36) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2018 | 43 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Andrey Lebedzew | DF | (1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 29) | Dynamo Brest | 2018 | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | Rauan Orynbasar | DF | (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Yermek Kuantayev | DF | (1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 30) | Kairat | 2019 | 59 | 0 |
| 22 | Stefan Živković | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 30) | AEL | 2020 | 17 | 0 |
| 23 | Nikita Naumov | DF | (1989-11-15)15 November 1989 (aged 31) | Vitebsk | 2019 | 47 | 4 |
| 26 | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | DF | (1989-05-16)16 May 1989 (aged 31) | Okzhetpes | 2017 | | |
| 30 | Miram Sapanov | DF | (1986-03-12)12 March 1986 (aged 34) | Akzhayik | 2019 | 32 | 0 |
| 31 | Andrey Zaleski | DF | (1991-01-20)20 January 1991 (aged 29) | Dinamo Minsk | 2020 | 14 | 1 |
| 46 | Yeskendir Kybyray | DF | (1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 23) | Kairat | 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Aslan Darabayev | MF | (1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 31) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2019 | 34 | 3 |
| 10 | Donjet Shkodra | MF | (1989-04-30)30 April 1989 (aged 31) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2020 | 17 | 2 |
| 14 | David Mawutor | MF | (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 28) | Istiklol | 2018 | 79 | 3 |
| 21 | Nenad Adamović | MF | (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 (aged 31) | Vitebsk | 2019 | 51 | 6 |
| 33 | Pedro Eugénio | MF | (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 30) | Beroe Stara Zagora | 2020 | 18 | 5 |
| 44 | Artūras Žulpa | MF | (1990-06-10)10 June 1990 (aged 30) | Tobol | 2020 | 14 | 1 |
| 77 | Almir Mukhutdinov | MF | (1985-06-09)9 June 1985 (aged 35) | Tobol | 2018 | 44 | 1 |
| 78 | Alinur Yunashev | MF | (2000-06-01)1 June 2000 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Madi Hasein | MF | (1999-05-26)26 May 1999 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | FW | (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 20) | loan from Kairat | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Aybar Zhaksylykov | FW | (1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 27) | Youth Team | 2019 | 40 | 12 |
| 11 | Vadim Pobudey | FW | (1994-12-17)17 December 1994 (aged 25) | Dnyapro Mogilev | 2020 | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | Yahor Zubovich | FW | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989 (aged 31) | Dinamo Minsk | 2020 | 19 | 1 |
| 29 | Dias Kalybayev | FW | (1999-08-25)25 August 1999 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | Martin Toshev | FW | (1990-08-15)15 August 1990 (aged 30) | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 2019 | 29 | 13 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Georgi Pashov | DF | (1990-03-04)4 March 1990 (aged 30) | Ararat-Armenia | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Elzhas Altynbekov | FW | (1993-11-22)22 November 1993 (aged 27) | Kaisar | 2018 | 46 | 7 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2020 | GK | Valeriy Kaznacheev | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Hayk Ishkhanyan | Alashkert | Free |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Andrey Zaleski | Dinamo Minsk | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Stefan Živković | AEL | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Donjet Shkodra | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | Tobol | Free |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Pedro Eugénio | Beroe Stara Zagora | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Vadim Pobudey | Dnyapro Mogilev | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Yahor Zubovich | Dinamo Minsk | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2020 | DF | Georgi Pashov | Ararat-Armenia | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 6 August 2020 | FW | | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | Kairat | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Hayk Ishkhanyan | Alashkert | 4 March 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Georgi Pashov | Academica Clinceni | 12 August 2020 |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Elzhas Altynbekov | Kaisar | 28 July 2020 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Almat Bekbaev | Kyzylzhar | 9 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Vleri Kaznacheev | | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Andrey Lebedzew | Vitebsk | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Nikita Naumov | Dinamo Minsk | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Andrey Zaleski | Turan | 8 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | Turan | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Madi Khaseyn | | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Yermek Kuantayev | | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Yeskendir Kybyray | Shakhter Karagandy | 28 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Miram Sapanov | Akzhayik | 19 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Stefan Živković | Turan | 8 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | David Mawutor | Wisła Kraków | 21 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Caspiy | 26 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Almir Mukhutdinov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Alinur Yunashev | | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Donjet Shkodra | Atyrau | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | Siena | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Pedro Eugénio | Taraz | 20 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Nenad Adamović | Taraz | 20 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Vadim Pobudey | Gomel | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Yahor Zubovich | Neman Grodno | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Martin Toshev | Academica Clinceni | |

## 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 November 2020. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | - | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | - | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | W | - | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | - | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | - | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 28 | |
| 7 | Kaisar | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 | |
| 8 | Taraz | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 23 | |

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 30 November 2020

### 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 | Andrey Shabanov | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Andrey Lebedzew | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Rauan Orynbasar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev | 17 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 16 | 6 | 5+11 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KOS | Donjet Shkodra | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BLR | Vadim Pobudey | 14 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Yermek Kuantayev | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | GHA | David Mawutor | 18 | 1 | 16+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BLR | Yahor Zubovich | 19 | 1 | 4+15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SRB | Nenad Adamović | 20 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Stefan Živković | 17 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Nikita Naumov | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KAZ | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Dias Kalybayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | KAZ | Miram Sapanov | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | BLR | Andrey Zaleski | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | POR | Pedro Eugénio | 18 | 5 | 16+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa | 14 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | KAZ | Yeskendir Kybyray | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | KAZ | Almat Bekbaev | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Almir Mukhutdinov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Madi Hasein | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BUL | Martin Toshev | 15 | 4 | 12+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Zhetysu on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zhetysu during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 33 | Pedro Eugénio | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 90 | Martin Toshev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Donjet Shkodra | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Yahor Zubovich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 26 | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Aslan Darabayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | David Mawutor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 44 | Artūras Žulpa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Nenad Adamović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 31 | Andrey Zaleski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 11 | Vadim Pobudey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 27 | 0 | 27 |

### Clean sheet

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Andrey Shabanov | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | GK | 70 | Almat Bekbaev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Shabanov & Bekbaev both played in Zhetysu's 1-0 victory over Okzhetpes on 8 November 2020

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Andrey Shabanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Aybar Zhaksylykov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Donjet Shkodra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Vadim Pobudey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Yermek Kuantayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | David Mawutor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yahor Zubovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Nenad Adamović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Stefan Živković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Nikita Naumov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Olzhas Kerimzhanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Miram Sapanov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | DF | Andrey Zaleski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Pedro Eugénio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Yeskendir Kybyray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | Martin Toshev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Zhetysu during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 |