# 2020 FC Astana season

The 2020 FC Astana season is the twelfth successive season that Astana will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League holders, having won their sixth title the previous season. Astana will also play in the season opening Super Cup against FC Kaisar, the Kazakhstan Cup and enter the Champions League at the First qualifying round.

## Season events

On 13 January, Roman Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent. The following day, 14 January, Michal Bílek was announced as the new Head Coach of Astana. On 24 January, Astana announced the signing of Max Ebong on a four-year contract from Shakhtyor Soligorsk, and Tigran Barseghyan to a two your contract from Kaisar.
On 17 February, Rangelo Janga moved to Lugano on loan until 30 June.
On 20 February, Astana announced the signing of Pieros Sotiriou to a three-year contract from Copenhagen.
Due to on going repair work at the Astana Arena, Astana started the season by playing their home games at the Zhas Kyran Stadium in Almaty.
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On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.
On 26 June, it was announced that the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League would resume on 1 July.
On 2 July, Serhiy Malyi left Astana after his contract expired.
On 3 July, the Kazakhstan Premier League was suspended for two-weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 23 July, Sultan Sagnayev and Ramazan Karimov had their season-long loan deals with Caspiy ended prematurely and they returned to the club.
On 7 August, Sparta Prague announced that defender Uroš Radaković had joined Astana on loan for the remainder of the 2020 season, with Astana holding an option to make the transfer permanent. On 8 August, Astana confirmed the arrival of Radaković.
On 22 August, Rangelo Janga was loaned to NEC Nijmegen for one-year.
On 26 August, Michal Bílek was sacked as manager, with Executive Director Paul Ashworth being placed in temporary charge. Ashworth his role as caretaker manager and executive director by mutual consent on 7 October. On 16 October, former captain Andrey Tikhonov was appointed as the clubs new manager.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 November 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Nenad Erić | GK | (1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 38) | Kairat | 2011 | | 318 | 0 |
| 22 | Dmytro Nepohodov | GK | (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 32) | Tobol | 2019 | | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | Danil Podymksy | GK | (1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 22) | Academy | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | Stanislav Pavlov | GK | (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 26) | Tobol | 2018 | | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Antonio Rukavina | DF | (1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 36) | Villarreal | 2018 | 2021 | 71 | 0 |
| 4 | Uroš Radaković | DF | (1994-03-31)31 March 1994 (aged 26) | loan from Sparta Prague | 2020 | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Abzal Beisebekov | DF | (1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 28) | Vostok | 2012 | | 303 | 9 |
| 24 | Luka Šimunović | DF | (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 23) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2019 | 2021 | 39 | 0 |
| 27 | Yuriy Logvinenko | DF | (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 32) | Aktobe | 2016 | | 142 | 15 |
| 33 | Žarko Tomašević | DF | (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 30) | Oostende | 2019 | | 17 | 3 |
| 44 | Yevgeny Postnikov | DF | (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 34) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2014 | | 223 | 5 |
| 77 | Dmitri Shomko | DF | (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 30) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2014 | | 276 | 12 |
| | Sagi Sovet | DF | (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Max Ebong | MF | (1999-08-26)26 August 1999 (aged 21) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2020 | 2023 | 21 | 0 |
| 10 | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson | MF | (1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 30) | Grasshoppers | 2019 | | 40 | 13 |
| 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | MF | (1993-09-22)22 September 1993 (aged 27) | Kaisar | 2020 | 2021 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | Marin Tomasov | MF | (1987-08-31)31 August 1987 (aged 33) | Rijeka | 2018 | 2022 | 128 | 53 |
| 18 | Ivan Mayewski | MF | (1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 32) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2017 | 2020 (+1) | 144 | 8 |
| 28 | Yuriy Pertsukh | MF | (1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 24) | Akzhayik | 2018 | | 54 | 3 |
| 29 | Madi Zhakypbayev | MF | (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 11 | 0 |
| 70 | Sultan Sagnayev | MF | (2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 11 | 0 |
| 73 | Didar Zhalmukan | MF | (1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 24) | Aktobe | 2017 | | 41 | 7 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Dorin Rotariu | FW | (1995-07-29)29 July 1995 (aged 25) | Club Brugge | 2019 | 2022 | 63 | 10 |
| 20 | Pieros Sotiriou | FW | (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 27) | Copenhagen | 2020 | 2022 | 18 | 7 |
| 72 | Stanislav Basmanov | FW | (2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | Ramazan Karimov | FW | (1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2018 | | 6 | 1 |
| 99 | Aleksey Shchotkin | FW | (1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 29) | Taraz | 2015 | | 101 | 18 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 32 | Rangelo Janga | FW | (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 28) | KAA Gent | 2018 | | 64 | 11 |
| 42 | Lev Skvortsov | DF | (2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2018 | | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | Talgat Kusyapov | DF | (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Dinmukhamed Kashken | DF | (2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Vladislav Prokopenko | FW | (2000-07-01)1 July 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 13 | 1 |
| 87 | Zhaslan Kairkenov | MF | (2000-03-27)27 March 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 2 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 19 | Ndombe Mubele | FW | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 26) | loan from Toulouse | 2019 | 2020 | 12 | 1 |
| 25 | Serhiy Malyi | DF | (1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 30) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2016 | | 47 | 3 |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | FW | CUW | Rangelo Janga (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2021) |
| 42 | DF | KAZ | Lev Skvortsov (at Atyrau until end of season) |
| 55 | DF | KAZ | Talgat Kusyapov (at Okzhetpes until end of season) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 76 | DF | KAZ | Dinmukhamed Kashken (at Kaisar until end of season) |
| 80 | FW | KAZ | Vladislav Prokopenko (at Aktobe until end of season) |
| 87 | MF | KAZ | Zhaslan Kairkenov (at Atyrau until end of season) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | Tigran Barseghyan | Kaisar | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | Max Ebong | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2020 | FW | Pieros Sotiriou | Copenhagen | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 2 July 2019 | FW | | Ndombe Mubele | Toulouse | 29 June 2020 | |
| 7 August 2020 | DF | | Uroš Radaković | Sparta Prague | 31 December 2020 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 February 2020 | DF | | Talgat Kusyapov | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed | |
| 25 February 2020 | DF | | Marat Bystrov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Sultan Sagnayev | Caspiy | 23 July 2020 |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Ramazan Karimov | Caspiy | 23 July 2020 |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Vladislav Prokopenko | Aktobe | End of Season |
| 17 February 2020 | FW | Rangelo Janga | Lugano | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 March 2020 | MF | Zhaslan Kairkenov | Atyrau | End of Season |
| 2 March 2020 | MF | Lev Skvortsov | Atyrau | End of Season |
| 22 August 2020 | FW | Rangelo Janga | NEC Nijmegen | 30 June 2021 |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Dinmukhamed Kashken | Kaisar | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 6 January 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Mokin | Tobol | 22 February 2020 |
| 6 January 2020 | MF | Serikzhan Muzhikov | Tobol | 22 January 2020 |
| 6 January 2020 | FW | Sergei Khizhnichenko | Ordabasy | 11 February 2020 |
| 2 July 2020 | DF | Serhiy Malyi | Tobol | 8 July 2020 |
| 29 December 2020 | MF | Ivan Mayewski | Rotor Volgograd | 1 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Vladislav Sayenko | Kyzylzhar | 9 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Stanislav Pavlov | Turan | 5 February 2021 |

## Competitions
### Super Cup
### 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 | H | A | - | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | - | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | D | W | - | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | - | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### 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 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Nenad Erić | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SRB | Antonio Rukavina | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Uroš Radaković | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BLR | Max Ebong | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Dorin Rotariu | 16 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ISL | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson | 17 | 6 | 12+3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Tigran Barseghyan | 22 | 3 | 17+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Marin Tomasov | 20 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KAZ | Abzal Beisebekov | 20 | 2 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BLR | Ivan Mayewski | 18 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | CYP | Pieros Sotiriou | 18 | 7 | 11+4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KAZ | Dmytro Nepohodov | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Luka Šimunović | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Yuriy Logvinenko | 15 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KAZ | Yuriy Pertsukh | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KAZ | Madi Zhakypbayev | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | MNE | Žarko Tomašević | 11 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KAZ | Yevgeny Postnikov | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KAZ | Sultan Sagnayev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | KAZ | Stanislav Basmanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan | 13 | 2 | 1+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Shomko | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | KAZ | Ramazan Karimov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin | 18 | 4 | 7+8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Astana on loan: ||||||||||||||||
| Players who left Astana during the season: ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Serhiy Malyi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 20 | Pieros Sotiriou | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | Marin Tomasov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Aleksey Shchotkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 33 | Žarko Tomašević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Tigran Barseghyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 73 | Didar Zhalmukan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Dorin Rotariu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 15 | Abzal Beisebekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 27 | Yuriy Logvinenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 18 | Ivan Mayewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 36 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Nenad Erić | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 22 | Dmytro Nepohodov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Antonio Rukavina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Uroš Radaković | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Max Ebong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Tigran Barseghyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Marin Tomasov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Abzal Beisebekov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ivan Mayewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Pieros Sotiriou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Luka Šimunović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Yuriy Logvinenko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Madi Zhakypbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Yevgeny Postnikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Dmitri Shomko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Aleksey Shchotkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Astana during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | Serhiy Malyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 0 |