# 2024 FC Kairat season

The 2024 FC Kairat season was the 14th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009.

## Season events

At the end of the previous season, Kairat announced that they had signed Ofri Arad permanently from Maccabi Haifa, and Luka Gadrani and Élder Santana both from Aktobe.
On 15 January, Kairat announced announced the year-long loan signing of Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev from Pari Nizhny Novgorod.
On 29 April, Head Coach Kirill Keker resigned from his position with Kairat 8th in the league, with Rafael Urazbakhtin being placed in temporary charge.
On 29 May, Aleksandr Kerzhakov was appointed as Kairats new Head Coach.
On 18 June, Kairat announced the signing of Alyaksandr Martynovich from Rubin Kazan on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.
On 4 July, Kairat announced the signing of Valery Gromyko from Kaisar on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.
On 5 July, Kairat announced the signing of Jug Stanojev from Spartak Subotica to a three-year contract.
On 19 July, Kairat announced that Viktor Vasin had left the club by mutual agreement.
On 22 July, Kairat announced the signing of free-agent Yegor Sorokin on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.
On 3 September, Kairat announced that Aleksandr Kerzhakov had left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement, with Rafael Urazbakhtin being appointed as his replacement on a contract until the end of the season on 6 September.

## Squad

    As of match played 10 November 2024
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Danil Ustimenko | GK | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2024 | 74 | 0 |
| 27 | Temirlan Anarbekov | GK | (2003-10-14)14 October 2003 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | GK | (2001-10-07)7 October 2001 (aged 23) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 42 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | DF | (2001-02-14)14 February 2001 (aged 23) | on loan from Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 2024 | 2024 | 23 | 2 |
| 4 | Damir Kasabulat | DF | (2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 22) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 2025 | 82 | 0 |
| 13 | Lev Kurgin | DF | (2002-06-06)6 June 2002 (aged 22) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 47 | 0 |
| 14 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | DF | (1987-08-26)26 August 1987 (aged 37) | Rubin Kazan | 2024 | 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | Ofri Arad | DF | (1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 26) | Maccabi Haifa | 2024 | | 56 | 2 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Mrynskiy | DF | (2004-07-15)15 July 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | Sultan Askarov | DF | (2004-01-21)21 January 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2024 | | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Luka Gadrani | DF | (1997-04-12)12 April 1997 (aged 27) | Aktobe | 2024 | | 18 | 2 |
| 80 | Yegor Sorokin | DF | (1995-11-04)4 November 1995 (aged 29) | Unattached | 2024 | 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Adilet Sadybekov | MF | (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 22) | Academy | 2021 | 2025 | 68 | 7 |
| 7 | Giorgi Zaria | MF | (1997-07-14)14 July 1997 (aged 27) | Dinamo Batumi | 2024 | | 30 | 8 |
| 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | MF | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 24) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 52 | 6 |
| 21 | Arsen Buranchiev | MF | (2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 23) | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 66 | 1 |
| 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | MF | (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 24) | Ufa | 2019 | | 105 | 8 |
| 23 | Andrey Ulshin | MF | (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 24) | Academy | 2020 | | 80 | 9 |
| 26 | Miras Omatay | MF | (2004-07-15)15 July 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Jug Stanojev | MF | (1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (aged 25) | Academy | 2024 | 2027 | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Valery Gromyko | MF | (1997-01-23)23 January 1997 (aged 27) | Kaisar | 2024 | 2025 | 14 | 1 |
| 96 | Olzhas Baybek | MF | (2005-02-11)11 February 2005 (aged 19) | Academy | 2024 | | 3 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | FW | (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 23) | Academy | 2018 | 2024 | 113 | 14 |
| 11 | João Paulo | FW | (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 36) | Ordabasy | 2021 | 2024 | 106 | 46 |
| 17 | Saif Popov | FW | (2004-06-30)30 June 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Élder Santana | FW | (1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 30) | Aktobe | 2024 | | 29 | 4 |
| 76 | Dastan Satpayev | FW | (2008-08-12)12 August 2008 (aged 16) | Academy | 2024 | | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 2 | Egor Tkachenko | DF | (2003-04-14)14 April 2003 (aged 21) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 39 | 0 |
| 18 | Yan Trufanov | FW | (2004-05-17)17 May 2004 (aged 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 20 | 4 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 21) | Academy | 2020 | | 28 | 1 |
| | Nikita Pivkin | GK | (2003-03-24)24 March 2003 (aged 21) | Academy | 2022 | | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | DF | (1988-10-06)6 October 1988 (aged 36) | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | | 68 | 4 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 15 November 2023 | DF | Luka Gadrani | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 16 November 2023 | FW | Élder Santana | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 29 November 2023 | DF | Ofri Arad | Maccabi Haifa | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2024 | MF | Giorgi Zaria | Dinamo Batumi | Undisclosed |
| 18 June 2024 | DF | Alyaksandr Martynovich | Rubin Kazan | Free |
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Valery Gromyko | Kaisar | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2024 | MF | Jug Stanojev | Spartak Subotica | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2024 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 15 January 2024 | DF | | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | Pari Nizhny Novgorod | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 10 January 2024 | MF | Anton Krachkovsky | Dynamo Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| 23 January 2024 | MF | Alen Aymanov | Yelimay | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2024 | FW | Artur Shushenachev | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 10 July 2024 | FW | Yan Trufanov | Zhenis | End of season |
| 25 July 2024 | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | Slavia Mozyr | End of season |
| 28 July 2024 | DF | Egor Tkachenko | Zhetysu | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 15 January 2024 | DF | Mikael Askarov | Smorgon | |
| 19 July 2024 | DF | Viktor Vasin | | |
| 27 November 2024 | MF | Arsen Buranchiev | Kyzylzhar | 12 December 2024 |
| 27 November 2024 | MF | Andrey Ulshin | Kyzylzhar | 25 December 2024 |
| 27 November 2024 | MF | Dmitry Sergeyev | Arsenal Tula | 13 January 2025 |
| 27 November 2024 | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | Ordabasy | 10 January 2025 |
| 28 November 2024 | GK | Danil Ustimenko | Tobol | 1 January 2025 |
| 31 December 2024 | DF | Sultan Askarov | | |
| 31 December 2024 | MF | Miras Omatay | | |
| 31 December 2024 | FW | Yan Trufanov | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 2 March 2024 | 10 November 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 058.33 |
| Kazakhstan Cup | 13 April 2024 | 8 May 2024 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| League Cup | 26 May 2024 | 25 September 2024 | Group stage | Semifinal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 060.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 058.06 |
Last updated: 10 November 2024 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: 10 November 2024. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12$^1$ | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20$^1$ | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | P | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | P | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
* $^1$ Kairat had a bye during the twelfth and twentieth round of fixtures.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kairat (C) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Astana | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 46 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe (W) | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Tobol | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 39 | |
* ↑ Aktobe qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024 Kazakhstan Cup.

### League Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kairat | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 | Advanced to Semifinals |
| 2 | Kyzylzhar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Taraz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Akzhayik | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 10 November 2024

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Danil Ustimenko | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UZB | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 23 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Damir Kasabulat | 21 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Adilet Sadybekov | 18 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Zaria | 30 | 9 | 16+7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 26 | 4 | 2+18 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | João Paulo | 31 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Lev Kurgin | 13 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 17 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ISR | Ofri Arad | 29 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Saif Popov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Élder Santana | 29 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Sergeyev | 24 | 1 | 4+15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Arsen Buranchiev | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 25 | 4 | 15+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Andrey Ulshin | 19 | 4 | 7+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Alexander Mrynsky | 13 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Vadim Ulyanov | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Jug Stanojev | 14 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | GEO | Luka Gadrani | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BLR | Valery Gromyko | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | FW | KAZ | Dastan Satpayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Olzhas Baybek | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kairat on loan: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Egor Tkachenko | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Yan Trufanov | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 8 | 1 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | João Paulo | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | MF | 7 | Giorgi Zaria | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Adilet Sadybekov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Andrey Ulshin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Élder Santana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | DF | 14 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 44 | Luka Gadrani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Ofri Arad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 80 | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 55 | Valery Gromyko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 96 | Olzhas Baybek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 39 | 4 | 15 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Danil Ustimenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Danil Ustimenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Damir Kasabulat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Adilet Sadybekov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Giorgi Zaria | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | João Paulo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Lev Kurgin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ofri Arad | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Élder Santana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Arsen Buranchiev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Andrey Ulshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Vadim Ulyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Luka Gadrani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Valery Gromyko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 1 |