# 2017 FC Taraz season

The 2017 FC Taraz season is the ninth successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 24th in total.

## Season events

On 4 January, Taraz announced the appointment of Vait Talgayev as their new manager, replacing Yuriy Maksymov.
Despite originally being relegated at the end of the 2016 season to the Kazakhstan First Division, Taraz were re-instated to the Premier League on 3 February 2017, when the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League, and would be replaced by Taraz.

## Squad

    As of 6 July 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Loginovsky |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Anton Moltusinov |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Kurmet Karaman |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Taubay |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Mohammed Diarra |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Gabriel Kahn |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Timur Baizhanov |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Nemanja Mijušković |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Karpyk |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Madiyar Nuraly |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin |
| 26 | MF | KAZ | Sanjar Nurlybaev |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khairullin |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Andrei Gorbanets |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Bobyr Zaynutdinov |
| 70 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Arslan Satubaldin |
| 84 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev |
| 88 | DF | KAZ | Evgeni Goryachi |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Malick Mané |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Loginovsky (from Astana) |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Anton Moltusinov (from Kaisar) |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Adlet Kenesbek |
| 8 | MF | GUI | Mohammed Diarra (from Altai Semey) |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi (from Okzhetpes) |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Gabriel Kahn |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Timur Baizhanov (from Kyzylzhar) |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Nemanja Mijušković (from Vardar) |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin (from Tobol) |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy (from Zhetysu) |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice (from Sài Gòn) |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (from Arsenal Tula) |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov (from Okzhetpes) |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin (from Sochi) |
| 26 | MF | KAZ | Sanjar Nurlybaev |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk (from Dacia Chișinău) |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Andrei Gorbanets (from Arsenal Tula) |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Bobyr Zaynutdinov (from Lashyn) |
| 70 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet (from Taraz School) |
| 71 | MF | KAZ | Madiyar Raimbek (from Kairat) |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Arslan Satubaldin (from Altai Semey) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Grigorenko |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Daniyar Bayaliev |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov (to Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Alisher Suley (to Atyrau) |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Vitali Yevstigneyev |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Baitana (to Aktobe) |
| 12 | FW | ROU | Ioan Mera (to Politehnica Timișoara) |
| 13 | FW | SEN | Malick Mané (to Nei Mongol Zhongyou) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Oleg Nedashkovsky |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Yevstigneyev (to Kaisar)} |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Bakhytzhan Rymtaev |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Taras Danilyuk |
| 44 | MF | KAZ | Adilet Abdenabi |
| 50 | DF | RUS | Anton Grigoryev (to Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 67 | MF | UKR | Andriy Yakovlyev |
| 71 | FW | KAZ | Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 75 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Pyschur (to Shurtan Guzar) |
| 99 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kirov |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Kuzmin |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khairullin (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 88 | DF | KAZ | Evgeni Goryachi (from Baikonur) |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Malick Mané (from Nei Mongol Zhongyou) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Kuzmin |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Adlet Kenesbek |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin (to Mordovia Saransk) |
| 71 | MF | KAZ | Madiyar Raimbek |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan 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: 5 November 2017. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Atyrau | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 35 | |
| 9 | Aktobe | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Akzhayik (O) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 30 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 11 | Taraz (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 12 | Okzhetpes (R) | 33 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 24 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* ↑ Atyrau started the season with –9 points as a punishment for unpaid debts to former manager Zoran Filipović. On 24 April 2017, Atyrau had six points returned to after they cleared their debt to Filipović, with three points retained due to debts to Jonathas.
* ↑ Taraz had six points deducted as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Obiora Odita.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 5 November 2017

### 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 | KAZ | Vladimir Loginovsky | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Anton Moltusinov | 15 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Taubay | 19 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MLI | Mohammed Diarra | 31 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 27 | 2 | 18+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Gabriel Kahn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 28 | 7 | 24+3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Timur Baizhanov | 12 | 1 | 2+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MNE | Nemanja Mijušković | 27 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov | 30 | 0 | 28+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 26 | 4 | 21+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Madiyar Nuraly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Shipitsin | 32 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Khairullin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | UKR | Maksym Feshchuk | 29 | 4 | 25+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | RUS | Andrei Gorbanets | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet | 16 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | TJK | Davron Ergashev | 21 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KAZ | Evgeni Goryachi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Malick Mané | 13 | 3 | 12+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Taraz on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Taraz during the season: ||||||||||
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Maksim Azovskiy | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | RUS | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 12 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | KAZ | Madiyar Raimbek | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Maksym Feshchuk | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 21 | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 23 | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Malick Mané | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Abzal Taubay | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Mohammed Diarra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 14 | Timur Baizhanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 70 | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Nemanja Mijušković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 27 | 0 | 27 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Anton Moltusinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bekzat Shadmanov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Abzal Taubay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Diarra | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Baktiyar Zaynutdinov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Ilya Vorotnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nemanja Mijušković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Nurtas Kurgulin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Maksim Azovskiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Maksat Amirkhanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ruslan Mukhametshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Yevgeni Shipitsin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Maksym Feshchuk | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Andrei Gorbanets | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 70 | FW | Yerkebulan Seidakhmet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Madiyar Raimbek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | DF | Davron Ergashev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Malick Mané | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 5 |