# 2015 FC Zhetysu season

The 2015 FC Zhetysu season is the 9th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 19th in total. Zhetysu will also take part in the Kazakhstan Cup.
Askar Kozhabergenov resigned as the club's manager on 20 April 2015, with Ivan Azovskiy taking over in a caretaker capacity. On 28 May, Azovskiy was appointed as the club's permanent manager.

## Squad

    As of 24 September 2015
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 |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Temirlan Adilkhanov |
| 4 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Sayat Sariyev |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Serik Sagyndykov |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Marlan Muzhikov |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Ilyas Amirseitov |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Goryachi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Barzukayev |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Rimas Martinkus |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy |
| 19 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 20 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Pasechenko |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Elbeyi Guliyev (loan from Ural) |
| 22 | GK | KAZ | Erik Duysenbekuly |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Galiakberov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 25 | MF | KAZ | Zhaksylyk Seydakhmetov |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gerasimov (loan from Ural) |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (loan from Rubin Kazan) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov (from Atyrau) |
| 3 | DF | LTU | Gediminas Vičius (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov (from Astana) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Serik Sagyndykov (from Spartak Semey) |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek (from Radnički Niš) |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić (from Slavia Sofia) |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Marlan Muzhikov (from Gefest) |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Ilyas Amirseitov (from Spartak Semey) |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy (from Spartak Semey) |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khayrullin (from Astana) |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Miloš Mihajlov (from Voždovac) |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Ashat Mynbaev |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Ivan Cvetković (from Jagodina) |
| 89 | FW | SRB | Djordje Despotović (loan from Red Star Belgrade) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio (to Jaro) |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Schaff |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Beibut Tatishev |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Konstantin Zarechny (to Atyrau) |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Konstantin Zotov |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Esatov (to Atyrau) |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Nurzhan Nusipzhanov |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Taras Danilyuk |
| 21 | FW | BIH | Mersudin Ahmetović (to Sloboda Tuzla) |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Kuzmin (to Atyrau) |
| 29 | DF | LTU | Arūnas Klimavičius (to Tobol) |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Plotnikov (to Kairat) |
| 50 | MF | KAZ | Alisher Yesimkhanov |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Marko Putinčanin |
| 79 | FW | CIV | Boti Goa |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Goryachi (from Okzhetpes) |
| 19 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Elbeyi Guliyev (loan from Ural) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Galiakberov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gerasimov (loan from Ural) |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | LTU | Gediminas Vičius |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Denis Rodionov |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khayrullin (to Astana) |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Miloš Mihajlov |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Ashat Mynbaev |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Kovalev (Retired) |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Ivan Cvetković (to Okzhetpes) |
| 89 | FW | SRB | Djordje Despotović (loan return to Red Star Belgrade) |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Premier League
#### First round
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 July 2015. 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Taraz | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 18 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Zhetysu | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 32 | −15 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Kaisar | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 17 | Qualification for the relegation round |

#### Relegation round
##### 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 November 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Tobol | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 8 | Okzhetpes | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Taraz | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 26 | |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 23 | |
| 11 | Zhetysu (O) | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 22 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
| 12 | Kaisar (R) | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 16 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

#### Relegation play-off
### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 14 November 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Relegation play-off | Relegation play-off |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Shabanov | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Temirlan Adilkhanov | 30 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov | 31 | 0 | 21+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Sayat Sariyev | 21 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Serik Sagyndykov | 29 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 29 | 5 | 19+7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić | 35 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Marlan Muzhikov | 9 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Ilyas Amirseitov | 20 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeni Goryachi | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Barzukayev | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Dias Mynbaev | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy | 31 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | KAZ | Andrey Pasechenko | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | AZE | Elbeyi Guliyev | 7 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Galiakberov | 14 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KAZ | Zhaksylyk Seydakhmetov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | KAZ | Sanzhar Sapiyanov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Gerasimov | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | RUS | Ilsur Samigullin | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Zhetysu on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Zhetysu that left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | LTU | Gediminas Vičius | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Denis Rodionov | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khairullin | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Miloš Mihajlov | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Ashat Mynbaev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SRB | Ivan Cvetković | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | SRB | Djordje Despotović | 20 | 5 | 17+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Relegation play-off | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Dušan Savić | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 23 | Ruslan Galiakberov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 89 | Djordje Despotović | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Elbeyi Guliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 5 | Marat Shakhmetov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 28 | 1 | 1 | 30 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Relegation play-off | Relegation play-off | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Temirlan Adilkhanov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Gediminas Vičius | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Davron Ergashev | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Marat Shakhmetov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Sayat Sariyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Serik Sagyndykov | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Dušan Savić | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Maksim Azovskiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Andrey Pasechenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Elbeyi Guliyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ruslan Galiakberov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Ivan Cvetković | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 88 | DF | Aleksei Gerasimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | Djordje Despotović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Ilsur Samigullin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 3 |