# 2020 FC Tobol season

The 2020 FC Tobol season was the 22nd successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.

## Season Events

On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was announced as Tobol's new head coach.
On 7 February, Tobol announced the signing of Roman Murtazayev on a one-year contract.
On 12 February, Tobol announced the signing of Arman Hovhannisyan from Gandzasar Kapan.
On 17 February, Tobol announced the signing of Aleksa Amanović on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.
On 19 February, Tobol announced the signing of Luka Zarandia on loan from Zulte Waregem until 31 July.
On 22 February, Tobol announced the signing of Aleksandr Mokin on a one-year contract.
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 4 April 2020, Maxim Fedin joined FC Kaisar on loan for the remainder of the 2020 season.
On 8 July, Tobol announced the signings of Serhiy Malyi from Astana and Carlos Fonseca from Irtysh Pavlodar.
On 26 June, 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.
On 27 July, Stephen Eze's contract with Tobol was ended by mutual consent, and Luka Zarandia loan deal from Zulte Waregem expired.
On 4 August, Tobol announced the signing of Jérémy Manzorro from Shakhter Karagandy.

### New Contracts

On 12 January, Dmitri Miroshnichenko signed a new contract with Tobol until the end of 2020.
On 25 February, midfielder Daniyar Semchenkov extended his contract with Tobol until the end of 2020, whilst defender Roman Asrankulov also extended his contract until the end of 2020.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 November 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Sultan Busurmanov | GK | (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 28) | Academy | 2015 | 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 30 | Igor Shatskiy | GK | (1989-05-11) 11 May 1989 (age 35) | Atyrau | 2020 | | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | Aleksandr Mokin | GK | (1981-06-19) 19 June 1981 (age 43) | Atyrau | 2020 | 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Arman Hovhannisyan | DF | (1993-07-07) 7 July 1993 (age 31) | Gandzasar Kapan | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | DF | (1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 32) | Aktobe | 2016 | 2020 | 133 | 4 |
| 8 | Temirlan Yerlanov | DF | (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993 (age 31) | Ordabasy | 2020 | | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | Ruslan Valiullin | DF | (1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30) | Aktobe | 2019 | 2020 | 51 | 2 |
| 18 | Daniyar Semchenkov | DF | (1997-02-12) 12 February 1997 (age 27) | Academy | 2019 | | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Sultan Abilgazy | DF | (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2020 | 37 | 2 |
| 23 | Roman Asrankulov | DF | (1999-07-30) 30 July 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 2018 | | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Aleksa Amanović | DF | (1996-10-24) 24 October 1996 (age 28) | Javor Ivanjica | 2020 | 2020 (+1) | 18 | 0 |
| 25 | Serhiy Malyi | DF | (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 34) | Astana | 2020 | | 26 | 4 |
| 26 | Sagadat Tursynbay | DF | (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | Nika Kvekveskiri | MF | (1992-05-29) 29 May 1992 (age 32) | Gabala | 2017 | 2020 | 84 | 5 |
| 11 | Serikzhan Muzhikov | MF | (1989-06-17) 17 June 1989 (age 35) | Astana | 2020 | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | MF | (1986-06-30) 30 June 1986 (age 38) | Ordabasy | 2018 | 2020 | 238 | 47 |
| 14 | Samat Zharynbetov | MF | (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994 (age 31) | Ekibastuz | 2017 | 2020 | 62 | 3 |
| 20 | Jaba Kankava | MF | (1986-03-18) 18 March 1986 (age 38) | | 2018 | 2020 | 86 | 4 |
| 44 | Zhaslan Zhumashev | MF | (2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 23) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Artem Sherstov | MF | (1998-10-16) 16 October 1998 (age 26) | Academy | 2019 | | 15 | 1 |
| 69 | Jérémy Manzorro | MF | (1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 33) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2020 | | 15 | 4 |
| 77 | Petros Avetisyan | MF | (1996-01-07) 7 January 1996 (age 29) | Ararat-Armenia | 2020 | | 12 | 1 |
| 87 | Carlos Fonseca | MF | (1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 (age 37) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | | 12 | 0 |
| 88 | Roman Ukhanov | MF | (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 26) | Kyzylzhar | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 15 | Oralkhan Omirtayev | FW | (1998-07-16) 16 July 1998 (age 26) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2020 | | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | Senin Sebai | FW | (1993-12-18) 18 December 1993 (age 31) | Tambov | 2019 | | 43 | 10 |
| 45 | Roman Murtazayev | FW | (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31) | Astana | 2020 | 2020 | 17 | 2 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 96 | Maxim Fedin | MF | (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 28) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2020 | 73 | 11 |
| | Aleksandr Marochkin | DF | (1990-02-14) 14 February 1990 (age 34) | Kaisar | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Stephen Eze | DF | (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Luka Zarandia | MF | (1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 (age 28) | loan from Zulte Waregem | 2020 | 2020 | 2 | 1 |

### 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 |
| 96 | DF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin (at Kaisar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Marochkin (at Kaisar) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 December 2019 | DF | Aleksandr Marochkin | Kaisar | Free |
| 16 December 2019 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | Aktobe | Free |
| 16 December 2019 | FW | Oralkhan Omirtayev | Shakhter Karagandy | Free |
| 5 January 2020 | GK | Igor Shatskiy | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 5 January 2020 | DF | Temirlan Yerlanov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2020 | DF | Sagadat Tursynbay | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2020 | MF | Petros Avetisyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | DF | Stephen Eze | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | Serikzhan Muzhikov | Astana | Free |
| 7 February 2020 | FW | Roman Murtazayev | Astana | Free |
| 12 February 2020 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2020 | DF | Aleksa Amanović | Javor Ivanjica | Undisclosed |
| 22 February 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Mokin | Astana | Free |
| 8 July 2020 | DF | Serhiy Malyi | Astana | Free |
| 8 July 2020 | MF | Carlos Fonseca | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | MF | Jérémy Manzorro | Shakhter Karagandy | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 February 2020 | MF | | Luka Zarandia | Zulte Waregem | 31 July 2020 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 16 February 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Marochkin | Kaisar | End of Season |
| 4 April 2020 | MF | Maxim Fedin | Kaisar | End of Season |
| 9 August 2020 | GK | Stanislav Samoilov | SDYUSSHOR No. 8 | End of Season |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Danil Tsoi | SDYUSSHOR No. 8 | End of Season |
| 9 August 2020 | FW | Temirlan Elmurzaev | SDYUSSHOR No. 8 | End of Season |
| 9 August 2020 | FW | Artem Sherstov | SDYUSSHOR No. 8 | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Viktor Dmitrenko | Ordabasy | |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 February 2020 |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Aslanbek Kakimov | Aktobe | |
| 5 January 2020 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | Zhetysu | |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Emil Balayev | Zira | 3 March 2020 |
| 4 February 2020 | DF | Grigori Sartakov | Irtysh Pavlodar | |
| 12 February 2020 | DF | Vytautas Andriuškevičius | Kyzylzhar | |
| 21 February 2020 | GK | Andrey Pasechenko | Kyran | |
| 21 February 2020 | MF | Nikita Bocharov | Turan | 8 March 2021 |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | Stephen Eze | Jamshedpur | 10 September 2020 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Igor Shatskiy | Shakhter Karagandy | 28 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Maxim Fedin | Aktobe | 27 February 2021 |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | - | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | - | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | - | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | - | W | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kairat (C) | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 45 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tobol | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Astana | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 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 | |

### 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 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Arman Hovhannisyan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 16 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Temirlan Yerlanov | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri | 16 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Serikzhan Muzhikov | 18 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Azat Nurgaliev | 19 | 5 | 14+5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KAZ | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 13 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Daniyar Semchenkov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Senin Sebai | 14 | 2 | 13+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Sultan Abilgazy | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Roman Asrankulov | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MKD | Aleksa Amanović | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Serhiy Malyi | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KAZ | Sagadat Tursynbay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Igor Shatskiy | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Mokin | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Zhaslan Zhumashev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | KAZ | Roman Murtazayev | 17 | 2 | 10+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Manzorro | 15 | 4 | 14+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ARM | Petros Avetisyan | 12 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | POR | Carlos Fonseca | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Tobol on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||
| 70 | MF | GEO | Luka Zarandia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | MF | 69 | Jérémy Manzorro | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 25 | Serhiy Malyi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 19 | Senin Sebai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 45 | Roman Murtazayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 70 | Luka Zarandia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 15 | Oralkhan Omirtayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 77 | Petros Avetisyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Serikzhan Muzhikov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Jaba Kankava | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Ruslan Valiullin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Samat Zharynbetov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 8 | Temirlan Yerlanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 21 | Sultan Abilgazy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 26 | 0 | 26 |

### Clean sheet

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 35 | Aleksandr Mokin | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Igor Shatskiy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 13 | 0 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Temirlan Yerlanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Serikzhan Muzhikov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Azat Nurgaliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Samat Zharynbetov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Ruslan Valiullin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Senin Sebai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jaba Kankava | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sultan Abilgazy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Aleksa Amanović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Serhiy Malyi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | Jérémy Manzorro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Carlos Fonseca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||
| 70 | MF | Luka Zarandia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |