# 2016 FC Aktobe season

The 2016 FC Aktobe season is the 16th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.
Prior to the season starting, Aktobe appointed Yuri Utkulbayev as their new manager following the end of Ioan Andone's contract.

## Squad

    As of 7 September 2016
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 | Tamabay Mұhambet |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Marat Sitdikov |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Kouassi Kouadja |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Viktor Kryukov |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan |
| 11 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Sandro Tsveiba |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumashev |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Yegor Azovskiy |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Vuk Mitošević |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Stanislav Pavlov |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Abilkhan Abdukarimov |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov |
| 72 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 88 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin (loan from Astana) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | RUS | Marat Sitdikov (from Dnepr Smolensk) |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Kouassi Kouadja (from Slutsk) |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Viktor Kryukov (from Okzhetpes) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Samat Smakov (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Totay (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 11 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Sandro Tsveiba (from Osijek) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumashev |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Lisenkov |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Yegor Azovskiy (from Okzhetpes) |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov (from Kaisar) |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Ilya Mikhalyov (from Karpaty Lviv) |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Toktar Zhangylyshbay (from Astana) |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev (from Ordabasy) |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Islambek Kulekenov (from Astana) |
| 39 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev (from Atyrau) |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov (from Tom-2 Tomsk) |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov (to Rostov) |
| 2 | DF | NGA | Dele Adeleye |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin (to Atyrau) |
| 5 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa (to Tobol) |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko (to Tobol) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko (to Tobol) |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Marat Khayrullin (to Okzhetpes) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Danilo Neco |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Robert Primus (to Morvant Caledonia United) |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Almat Bekbaev (to Ordabasy) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Askhat Tagybergen (to Astana) |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac (to Tobol) |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Yuriy Logvinenko (to Astana) |
| 34 | MF | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli (to Al-Raed) |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Anderson Santana |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Khizhnichenko (to Tobol) |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Danilo (to Buriram United) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CIV | Abdul Razak |
| — | FW | SCO | Islam Feruz |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov (loan from Rubin Kazan) |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Vuk Mitošević (from Jagodina) |
| 72 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić (from Rostov) |
| 77 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao (from Zaria Bălți) |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Golubov (from Dynamo Stavropol) |
| 88 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin (loan from Astana) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Samat Smakov (to Ordabasy) |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Totay |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Toktar Zhangylyshbay (to Zhetysu) |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Lisenkov |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Ilya Mikhalyov (to Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay (loan return to Rubin Kazan) |
| 33 | FW | KAZ | Rustam Sakhibov |
| 39 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev |
| 77 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Golubov |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Premier League
#### Regular season
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2016. 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 | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Okzhetpes | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 37 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 33 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Aktobe | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 28 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Atyrau | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Aktobe (7 points), Atyrau (5 points), Tobol (4 points).

#### Championship 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: 31 October 2016. Source: See Results

##### Results by round

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

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Astana (C) | 32 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Kairat | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 71 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Okzhetpes | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 45 | |
| 6 | Aktobe | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 36 | |
* ↑ Astana qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 29 October 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | MF | RUS | Marat Sitdikov | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Kouassi Kouadja | 31 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Viktor Kryukov | 28 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan | 31 | 7 | 19+9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | UZB | Bobir Davlatov | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Sandro Tsveiba | 31 | 1 | 16+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumashev | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Yegor Azovskiy | 18 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov | 28 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Vuk Mitošević | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Stanislav Pavlov | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | KAZ | Abilkhan Abdukarimov | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | KAZ | Igor Trofimets | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov | 21 | 3 | 16+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | RUS | Nikita Bocharov | 33 | 7 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | SRB | Nemanja Nikolić | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | KAZ | Anton Skvortsov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | KAZ | Igor Boichuk | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchotkin | 8 | 6 | 7+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Aktobe on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Aktobe that left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Samat Smakov | 13 | 5 | 11+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Totay | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Toktar Zhangylyshbay | 12 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Sergey Lisenkov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Ilya Mikhalyov | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | RUS | Mikhail Petrolay | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao | 7 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | FW | RUS | Dmitry Golubov | 5 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 63 | Nikita Bocharov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Didar Zhalmukan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 88 | Aleksey Shchotkin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | DF | 8 | Samat Smakov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 47 | Aslanbek Kakimov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 29 | Toktar Zhangylyshbay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 11 | Bobir Davlatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 14 | Sandro Tsveiba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 22 | Kirill Shestakov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 85 | Dmitry Golubov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 77 | Lassina Dao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 6 | Viktor Kryukov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 80 | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 34 | 0 | 1 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | Marat Sitdikov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kouassi Kouadja | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Viktor Kryukov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Samat Smakov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Abylaykhan Totay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Didar Zhalmukan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Bobir Davlatov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Sandro Tsveiba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Yegor Azovskiy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Kirill Shestakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Ilya Mikhalyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Mikhail Petrolay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Toktar Zhangylyshbay | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Samat Otarbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Vuk Mitošević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Abilkhan Abdukarimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Murat Tleshev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | Nikita Bocharov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | FW | Nemanja Nikolić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 2 |