# 2012 FC Astana season

The 2012 FC Astana season was the fourth successive season that Astana played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. They finished the season in 5th place whilst also winning the Kazakhstan Cup, and as a result qualified for the Europa League for the first time.
Astana started the season under the management of Oleh Protasov, who had replaced Holger Fach at the end of the 2011 season. Protasov left in April, with Miroslav Beránek taking over as manager in May.

## Squad

    As of match played 11 November 2012
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Nenad Erić | GK | (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 30) | Kairat | 2011 | 62 | 0 |
| 24 | Denis Tolebaev | GK | (1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 25) | Vostok | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | Aleksei Belkin | GK | (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 30) | Volga Tver | 2010 | 19 | 0 |
| 77 | Aleksandr Konochkin | GK | (1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Rimas Martinkus | GK | (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Denis Ovsyannikov | GK | (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 17) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Aleksandr Sidorov | GK | (1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 17) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 6 | Kairat Nurdauletov | DF | (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 30) | Tobol | 2010 | 79 | 4 |
| 8 | Viktor Dmitrenko | DF | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 21) | Kuban Krasnodar | 2012 | 24 | 2 |
| 16 | Yevgeni Goryachi | DF | (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 21) | Kairat | 2012 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Nurtas Kurgulin | DF | (1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 26) | Taraz | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mikhail Rozhkov | DF | (1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 28) | Rostov | 2010 | 97 | 10 |
| 29 | Dimitrija Lazarevski | DF | (1982-09-23)23 September 1982 (aged 30) | Rabotnički | 2012 | 31 | 0 |
| 30 | Radmir Moksinov | DF | (1991-11-09)9 November 1991 (aged 21) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Zhanat Zakirov | DF | (1992-09-22)22 September 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Pavel Khalezov | DF | (1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Darkhan Kosherbaev | DF | (1993-10-28)28 October 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Erbol Musabaev | DF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 3 | Valeri Korobkin | MF | (1984-07-02)2 July 1984 (aged 28) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2012 | 20 | 0 |
| 7 | Ulan Konysbayev | MF | (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 23) | Taraz | 2011 | 43 | 3 |
| 15 | Abzal Beisebekov | MF | (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 19) | Vostok | 2012 | 31 | 1 |
| 19 | Christian Ebala | MF | (1988-03-17)17 March 1988 (aged 24) | loan from Kecskeméti | 2012 | 18 | 0 |
| 20 | Foxi Kéthévoama | MF | (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 26) | loan from Kecskeméti | 2012 | 29 | 3 |
| 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | MF | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 23) | Alma-Ata | 2009 | 107 | 5 |
| 23 | Serik Zaynalov | MF | (1992-01-29)29 January 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Azat Smagulov | MF | (1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Eduard Tromenshleger | MF | (1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Maksim Shaubert | MF | (1992-10-24)24 October 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Zhumazhan Musabekov | MF | (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Kirill Sazonov | MF | (1993-02-25)25 February 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Ilya Beruashvili | MF | (1994-07-24)24 July 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Bauyrzhan Seisenbekov | MF | (1989-05-24)24 May 1989 (aged 23) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | Rinat Khairullin | MF | (1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 17) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Damir Kojašević | MF | (1987-06-03)3 June 1987 (aged 25) | loan from Budućnost Podgorica | 2012 | 16 | 4 |
| 91 | Arsen Inkarbekov | MF | (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 21) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Baikonyr Idrisov | MF | (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 21) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Sergei Ostapenko | FW | (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 26) | Zhetysu | 2012 | 65 | 13 |
| 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev | FW | (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 25) | Ordabasy | 2011 | 58 | 18 |
| 21 | Yerzhan Mukhamedin | FW | (1990-09-02)2 September 1990 (aged 22) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Filip Ivanovski | FW | (1985-05-01)1 May 1985 (aged 27) | Vardar | 2012 | 16 | 1 |
| 34 | Timur Bakhriden | FW | (1994-02-23)23 February 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Jaba Jamarishvili | FW | (1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Denis Prokopenko | FW | (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 21) | Academy | 2010 | 7 | 1 |
| 69 | Bimukhamed Bukeev | FW | (1993-07-02)2 July 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | Igor Popadinets | FW | (1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan |||||||||
| 5 | Piraliy Aliev | DF | (1984-01-13)13 January 1984 (aged 28) | Atyrau | 2011 | 38 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergey Gridin | FW | (1987-05-20)20 May 1987 (aged 25) | Tobol | 2012 | 15 | 3 |
| | Islambek Kuat | MF | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season |||||||||
| 4 | Mukhtar Mukhtarov | DF | (1984-01-13)13 January 1984 (aged 28) | Ordabasy | 2012 | 13 | 1 |
| 10 | Emil Dică | MF | (1982-07-17)17 July 1982 (aged 30) | Xanthi | 2012 | 8 | 1 |
| 31 | Dušan Petronijević | MF | (1983-11-09)9 November 1983 (aged 29) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2012 | 12 | 0 |
| 43 | Ivan Navrotsky | DF | (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 20) | Academy | 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Dmitry Kaminsky | DF | (1993-03-10)10 March 1993 (aged 19) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Mukhtar Mukhtarov (from Ordabasy) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko (from Kuban Krasnodar) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Ostapenko (from Zhetysu) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Emil Dică (from Skoda Xanthi) |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Beisebekov (from Vostok) |
| 16 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Goryachi (from Kairat) |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin (from Taraz) |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Christian Ebala (loan from Kecskeméti) |
| 20 | MF | CTA | Foxi Kéthévoama (loan from Kecskeméti) |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Denis Tolebaev (from Vostok) |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Dušan Petronijević (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Zhalmagambetov (to Ordabasy) |
| 7 | FW | MDA | Anatolie Doroș (to Simurq) |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Andrei Karpovich (to Ordabasy) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (to Tobol) |
| 10 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov (to Tobol) |
| 11 | FW | MNE | Dragan Bogavac (to OFK Beograd) |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Danilo Belić (loan to Zhetysu, previously on loan to Taraz) |
| 15 | MF | MKD | Bobi Božinovski (to Teteks) |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy (to Akzhayik) |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman (to Kairat) |
| — | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kuat (loan to Aktobe) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin (from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 28 | FW | MKD | Filip Ivanovski (from Vardar) |
| 29 | DF | MKD | Dimitrija Lazarevski (from Rabotnički) |
| 90 | MF | MNE | Damir Kojašević (from Budućnost Podgorica) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Mukhtar Mukhtarov (to Ordabasy) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev (loan to Tobol) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Emil Dică (to Mioveni) |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Dušan Petronijević (to Radnički 1923) |
| 43 | DF | KAZ | Ivan Navrotsky |
| 47 | DF | KAZ | Dmitry Kaminsky |

## 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: 10 July 2014. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Aktobe | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Taraz | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 46 | |
| 5 | Astana | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Tobol | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 39 | |
* ↑ Astana qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of 2012 Kazakhstan Cup.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 November 2012

### 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 | SRB | Nenad Erić | 30 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Kairat Nurdauletov | 26 | 2 | 18+1 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev | 30 | 3 | 20+5 | 3 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko | 24 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Ostapenko | 33 | 7 | 22+4 | 6 | 6+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Beisebekov | 19 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Goryachi | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Tanat Nusserbayev | 32 | 11 | 23+3 | 10 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Christian Ebala | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CTA | Foxi Kéthévoama | 29 | 3 | 19+4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov | 30 | 1 | 15+8 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Mikhail Rozhkov | 34 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | MKD | Filip Ivanovski | 16 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | MKD | Dimitrija Lazarevski | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | KAZ | Denis Prokopenko | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | GK | RUS | Aleksei Belkin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | MNE | Damir Kojašević | 16 | 4 | 4+7 | 2 | 3+2 | 2 |
| Players away from Astana on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Piraliy Aliev | 12 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Gridin | 15 | 3 | 9+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| Players who appeared for Astana that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Mukhtar Mukhtarov | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Emil Dică | 8 | 1 | 2+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Dušan Petronijević | 12 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Sergei Ostapenko | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 27 | Mikhail Rozhkov | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 90 | Damir Kojašević | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Ulan Konysbayev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Foxi Kéthévoama | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Sergey Gridin | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Kairat Nurdauletov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 8 | Viktor Dmitrenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 28 | Filip Ivanovski | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 10 | Emil Dică | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 4 | Mukhtar Mukhtarov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 40 | Denis Prokopenko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 13 | 47 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Nenad Erić | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | GK | 55 | Aleksei Belkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 4 | 16 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | MF | Valeri Korobkin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Kairat Nurdauletov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ulan Konysbayev | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Viktor Dmitrenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sergei Ostapenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Abzal Beisebekov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Tanat Nusserbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Christian Ebala | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Foxi Kéthévoama | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Marat Shakhmetov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mikhail Rozhkov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Filip Ivanovski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Dimitrija Lazarevski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Denis Prokopenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Piraliy Aliev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sergey Gridin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Astana during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | Mukhtar Mukhtarov | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Emil Dică | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 |