# 2020 FC Kaisar season

The 2020 FC Kaisar season was the club's fourth season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 23rd in total. As well as participating in the Kazakhstan Premier League, Kaisar will defend their title in the Kazakhstan Cup. On 29 February they began their season losing 1–0 to Astana in the Kazakhstan Super Cup.

## Season events

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On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.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 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.

## Squad

    As of match played 27 November 2020
| 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) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | | 18 | 0 |
| 34 | Nurymzhan Salaidin | GK | (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 28) | Baikonur | 2018 | | | |
| 71 | Marsel Islamkulov | GK | (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) | Baikonur | 2016 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Yeldos Akhmetov | DF | (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 34) | Kairat | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Bagdat Kairov | DF | (1993-04-17) 17 April 1993 (age 31) | Aktobe | 2020 | | 22 | 0 |
| 13 | Ilyas Amirseitov | DF | (1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 34) | Zhetysu | 2017 | | 105 | 0 |
| 14 | Mark Gorman | DF | (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35) | Tobol | 2018 | | 48 | 0 |
| 22 | Aleksandr Marochkin | DF | (1990-07-14) 14 July 1990 (age 34) | loan from Tobol | 2020 | | | |
| 23 | Olzhas Altayev | DF | (1989-07-15) 15 July 1989 (age 35) | Kyzylzhar | 2019 | | | |
| 55 | Ivan Graf | DF | (1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 (age 37) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2016 | | | |
| 61 | Dinmukhamed Kashken | DF | (2000-01-04) 4 January 2000 (age 24) | loan from Astana | 2020 | | 8 | 0 |
| 77 | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | DF | (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 28) | loan from Atyrau | 2020 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Abylaykhan Tolegenov | MF | (1992-07-13) 13 July 1992 (age 32) | Baikonur | 2020 | | | |
| 6 | Ruslan Duysenbaev | MF | (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 31) | Baikonur | 2020 | | | |
| 8 | Askhat Tagybergen | MF | (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 34) | Astana | 2018 | | 129 | 18 |
| 10 | Duman Narzildaev | MF | (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993 (age 31) | Youth Team | 2011 | | | |
| 11 | Shokhan Abzalov | MF | (1993-09-11) 11 September 1993 (age 31) | Baikonur | 2019 | | 19 | 1 |
| 17 | Bekzat Kurmanbekuly | MF | (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 (age 24) | Youth team | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Clarence Bitang | MF | (1992-09-02) 2 September 1992 (age 32) | Vardar | 2019 | | 35 | 0 |
| 39 | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | MF | (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989 (age 35) | Caspiy | 2020 | | 18 | 0 |
| 70 | Ayan Kulmaganbetov | MF | (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000 (age 23) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 4 | 0 |
| 94 | Alvin Fortes | MF | (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994 (age 30) | Dila Gori | 2020 | | 16 | 1 |
| 96 | Maxim Fedin | MF | (1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 28) | loan from Tobol | 2020 | 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Aleksandar Kolev | FW | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31) | Raków Częstochowa | 2020 | | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Elguja Lobjanidze | FW | (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32) | Taraz | 2020 | | 15 | 9 |
| 15 | Elzhas Altynbekov | FW | (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 30) | Zhetysu | 2020 | | 4 | 1 |
| 29 | Orken Makhan | FW | (1998-01-27) 27 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2018 | | 11 | 1 |
| 99 | Reginaldo | FW | (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 34) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2020 | | 18 | 2 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Aleksandr Grigorenko | GK | (1985-02-06) 6 February 1985 (age 39) | Taraz | 2017 | | 58 | 0 |
| 15 | Rizvan Ablitarov | DF | (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 35) | Atyrau | 2020 | | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Aleksei Shumskikh | DF | (1990-07-01) 1 July 1990 (age 34) | Tom Tomsk | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Magomed Paragulgov | MF | (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 30) | Kairat | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | Ivan Pešić | MF | (1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32) | Dinamo București | 2020 | | 3 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Abylaykhan Tolegenov | Baikonur | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Aleksandar Kolev | Raków Częstochowa | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2020 | DF | Yeldos Akhmetov | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2020 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | Taraz | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2020 | MF | Alvin Fortes | Dila Gori | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | DF | Rizvan Ablitarov | Atyrau | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2020 | FW | Reginaldo | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2020 | DF | Aleksei Shumskikh | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2020 | MF | Ivan Pešić | Dinamo București | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2020 | MF | Magomed Paragulgov | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |
| 28 July 2020 | FW | Elzhas Altynbekov | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2020 | DF | Timur Rudoselskiy | | Free |
| 9 August 2020 | MF | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | Caspiy | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 January 2020 | MF | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | Atyrau | End of Season |
| 16 February 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Marochkin | Tobol | End of Season |
| 4 April 2020 | MF | Maxim Fedin | Tobol | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 24 January 2020 | MF | Tigran Barseghyan | Astana | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2020 | MF | Ivan Pešić | Vorskla Poltava | Undisclosed |
| 10 September 2020 | DF | Rizvan Ablitarov | Olimpik Donetsk | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2020 | GK | Aleksandr Grigorenko | | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Aleksei Shumskikh | Nizhny Novgorod | 1 June 2020 |
| 5 August 2020 | DF | Timur Rudoselskiy | Lori | 21 August 2020 |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | Magomed Paragulgov | Ermis Aradippou | |

## 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: 27 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 | - | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | - |
| Result | - | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | - |
| Position | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 31 |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 28 |
| 7 | Kaisar | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 |
| 8 | Taraz | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 23 |
| 9 | Kyzylzhar | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 23 |

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

    As of match played 27 November 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Yeldos Akhmetov | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | KAZ | Abylaykhan Tolegenov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Duysenbaev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BUL | Aleksandar Kolev | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Askhat Tagybergen | 16 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GEO | Elguja Lobjanidze | 15 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Duman Narzildaev | 20 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Shokhan Abzalov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Ilyas Amirseitov | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KAZ | Elzhas Altynbekov | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | CMR | Clarence Bitang | 21 | 0 | 15+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Marochkin | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KAZ | Olzhas Altaev | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Orken Makhan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KAZ | Nurymzhan Salaidin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | CRO | Ivan Graf | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | KAZ | Dinmukhamed Kashken | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KAZ | Ayan Kulmaganbetov | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | KGZ | Marsel Islamkulov | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KAZ | Kuanysh Kalmuratov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | CPV | Alvin Fortes | 16 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin | 16 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | MOZ | Reginaldo | 18 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kaisar on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left Kaisar during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 39 | DF | RUS | Aleksei Shumskikh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Magomed Paragulgov | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | CRO | Ivan Pešić | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Elguja Lobjanidze | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Askhat Tagybergen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Reginaldo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | 55 | Ivan Graf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Duman Narzildaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 22 | Aleksandr Marochkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 94 | Alvin Fortes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 96 | Maxim Fedin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 15 | Elzhas Altynbekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | 71 | Marsel Islamkulov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Aleksandr Zarutskiy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Aleksandar Kolev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Askhat Tagybergen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Elguja Lobjanidze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Duman Narzildaev | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Shokhan Abzalov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Ilyas Amirseitov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Mark Gorman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Elzhas Altynbekov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Clarence Bitang | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Aleksandr Marochkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Ivan Graf | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | Dinmukhamed Kashken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Alvin Fortes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Maxim Fedin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Reginaldo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Kaisar during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 92 | MF | Ivan Pešić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 70 | 3 |