# 2025 FC Kairat season

The 2025 FC Kairat season is the 15th 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

On 22 November 2024, Kairat announced the signing of Yerkin Tapalov from Tobol to a one-year contract with the option of an additional year.
On 20 December 2024, Kairat announced the signing of Jorginho from Differdange 03 to a two-year contract.
On 10 January, Kairat announced the signing of Aleksandr Zarutskiy, who'd played for Astana the previous season, to a one-year contract.
On 15 January, Kairat announced the signing of Dan Glazer from Pari NN, to a two-year contract.

## Squad

    As of match played 8 March 2025
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | GK | (1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 31) | Unattached | 2025 | 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Temirlan Anarbekov | GK | (2003-10-14) 14 October 2003 (age 21) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Luís Mata | DF | (1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 (age 27) | on loan from Zagłębie Lubin | 2025 | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Damir Kasabulat | DF | (2002-08-29) 29 August 2002 (age 22) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 2025 | 85 | 0 |
| 5 | Lev Kurgin | DF | (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 47 | 0 |
| 14 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | DF | (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37) | Rubin Kazan | 2024 | 2025 | 20 | 2 |
| 20 | Yerkin Tapalov | DF | (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31) | Tobol | 2025 | 2025 (+1) | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Mrynskiy | DF | (2004-07-15) 15 July 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2022 | | 20 | 0 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | DF | (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 22) | Academy | 2020 | | 28 | 1 |
| 44 | Luka Gadrani | DF | (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27) | Aktobe | 2024 | | 18 | 2 |
| 59 | Daniyar Tashpulatov | DF | (2007-08-22) 22 August 2007 (age 17) | Academy | 2025 | | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Yegor Sorokin | DF | (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 29) | Unattached | 2024 | 2025 | 16 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Adilet Sadybekov | MF | (2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2021 | 2025 | 68 | 7 |
| 10 | Giorgi Zaria | MF | (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 27) | Dinamo Batumi | 2024 | | 33 | 10 |
| 15 | Ofri Arad | MF | (1998-09-11) 11 September 1998 (age 26) | Maccabi Haifa | 2024 | | 59 | 2 |
| 17 | Olzhas Baybek | MF | (2005-02-11) 11 February 2005 (age 20) | Academy | 2024 | | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | Dan Glazer | MF | (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28) | Pari NN | 2025 | 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Jug Stanojev | MF | (1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 (age 25) | Academy | 2024 | 2027 | 17 | 1 |
| 55 | Valery Gromyko | MF | (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 28) | Kaisar | 2024 | 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Jorginho | FW | (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 27) | Differdange 03 | 2025 | 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Dastan Satpayev | FW | (2008-08-12) 12 August 2008 (age 16) | Academy | 2024 | | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | João Paulo | FW | (1988-06-02) 2 June 1988 (age 36) | Ordabasy | 2021 | | 109 | 47 |
| 17 | Saif Popov | FW | (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Élder Santana | FW | (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993 (age 31) | Aktobe | 2024 | | 31 | 5 |
| 81 | Ismail Bekbolat | FW | (2008-01-10) 10 January 2008 (age 17) | Academy | 2025 | | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Ramadan Baghdad | FW | (2006-10-09) 9 October 2006 (age 18) | Academy | 2025 | | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 2 | Egor Tkachenko | DF | (2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 21) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 39 | 0 |
| | Gleb Valgushev | FW | (2005-12-12) 12 December 2005 (age 19) | Academy | 2025 | | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2025 | DF | Yerkin Tapalov | Tobol | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2025 | FW | Jorginho | Differdange 03 | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2025 | GK | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | Unattached | Free |
| 15 January 2025 | MF | Dan Glazer | Pari NN | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 27 February 2025 | DF | | Luís Mata | Zagłębie Lubin | 30 June 2025 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 6 January 2025 | MF | | Daniyar Usenov | Tobol | Undisclosed | |
| 7 January 2025 | GK | | Nikita Pivkin | Elimai | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 1 January 2025 | FW | | Gleb Valgushev | Kyzylzhar | End of season | |
| 22 January 2025 | DF | | Egor Tkachenko | Elimai | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 4 January 2025 | GK | | Vadim Ulyanov | Akhmat Grozny | 15 January 2025 | |
| 6 January 2025 | MF | | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | Aktobe | 9 February 2025 | |

## 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 2025 | | Matchday 1 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 22 February 2025 | 22 February 2025 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Kazakhstan Cup | 2025 | | Round of 16 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| League Cup | 2025 | | Group stage | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| UEFA Champions League | 2025 | | Second qualifying round | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 066.67 |
Last updated: 8 March 2025 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: 8 March 2025. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 |
| Ground | A | H |
| Result | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kairat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tobol | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Astana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Aktobe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Turan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | |

### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 8 March 2025

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | POR | Luís Mata | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Damir Kasabulat | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | POR | Jorginho | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Dastan Satpaev | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Zaria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | João Paulo | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ISR | Ofri Arad | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ISR | Dan Glazer | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | BRA | Élder Santana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Yerkin Tapalov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SRB | Jug Stanojev | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BLR | Valery Gromyko | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | RUS | Yegor Sorokin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | FW | KAZ | Ismail Bekbolat | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | POR | Ramadan Baghdad | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kairat on loan: ||||||||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Super Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Giorgi Zaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Dastan Satpaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | João Paulo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | MF | 33 | Jug Stanojev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | Élder Santana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | NF | 55 | Valery Gromyko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Super Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Damir Kasabulat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Dan Glazer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Yerkin Tapalov | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | Valery Gromyko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |