# 2020 FC Kairat season

The 2020 FC Kairat season is the 10th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.

## Season events

On 11 January, Kairat announced the signing of Kamo Hovhannisyan to a two-year contract. On 19 January, Kairat announced the signing of Jacek Góralski to a three-year contract. On 27 January, Kairat announced the signing of Gulzhigit Alykulov on a two-year contract, with the option of a third, and the signing of Abat Aimbetov to a one-year contract, with the option of a second.
On 3 February, Danil Ustimenko extended his contract with Kairat until the end of the 2024 season, Adam Adakhadzhiev and Vyacheslav Shvyrev extended their contracts until the end of the 2023 season and Artur Shushenachev extended his contract until the end of the 2022 season.
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 26 March, Kairat announced the signing of Kirill Kolesnichenko to a three-year contract from Chertanovo Moscow.
After Ramazan Orazov left the club in March to join BFC Daugavpils, whilst still having a valid contract with Kairat, Kairat filled a grievance lawsuit with FIFA against the Latvian club, seeking compensation.
On 26 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. On 3 July, the Kazakhstan Premier League was suspended for two-weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 8 July, Kairat announced the signing of Brazilian international Vágner Love on a six-month contract, with the option to extend it.
On 24 August, Kairat announced the signing of Dzyanis Palyakow to an 18-month contract after his release by Ural Yekaterinburg.
On 3 September, Kirill Kolesnichenko joined Rotor Volgograd.
On 5 November, Kairat extended their contract with Vágner Love until the end of the 2021 season, with Rade Dugalić extending his contract until the end of the 2022 season on 6 November, and Dino Mikanović also extending his contract for two year on 7 November.
On 20 November, Nebojša Kosović extended his contract with Kairat for an additional two-years, with the club confirming that Nuraly Alip is under contract with Kairat until the 2023 the following day.
On 2 December, Nurlan Dairov and Konrad Wrzesiński left the club after their contracts had expired.

## 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 | Stas Pokatilov | GK | (1992-12-08)8 December 1992 (aged 27) | Rostov | 2017 | 2022 | 112 | 0 |
| 30 | Danil Ustimenko | GK | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| 31 | Dinmukhammed Zhomart | GK | (2000-12-06)6 December 2000 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 72 | Temirlan Anarbekov | GK | (2003-10-14)14 October 2003 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Sergey Keyler | DF | (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 26) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | 2021 | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | Dzyanis Palyakow | DF | (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 (aged 29) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2020 | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 4 | Nuraly Alip | DF | (1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2018 | 2023 | 58 | 4 |
| 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | DF | (1990-08-19)19 August 1990 (aged 30) | Ordabasy | 2016 | | 141 | 9 |
| 15 | Nurlan Dairov | DF | (1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 25) | Academy | 2012 | | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Rade Dugalić | DF | (1992-11-05)5 November 1992 (aged 28) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2019 | 2022 | 53 | 7 |
| 24 | Dino Mikanović | DF | (1994-05-07)7 May 1994 (aged 26) | AGF | 2019 | 2022 | 57 | 1 |
| 37 | Madi Aitore | DF | (1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 22) | Academy | 2019 | | 2 | 0 |
| 75 | Alexandr Shirobokov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Jacek Góralski | MF | (1992-09-21)21 September 1992 (aged 28) | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2020 | 2022 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | Aybol Abiken | MF | (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 24) | Academy | 2015 | 2022 | 74 | 8 |
| 13 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | MF | (1992-10-05)5 October 1992 (aged 28) | Zhetysu | 2020 | 2021 | 15 | 1 |
| 14 | Adam Adakhadzhiev | MF | (1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 22) | Academy | 2019 | 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Konrad Wrzesiński | MF | (1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 27) | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 2019 | 2020 | 43 | 6 |
| 21 | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | MF | (1995-01-14)14 January 1995 (aged 25) | Ordabasy | 2019 | 2021 | 27 | 0 |
| 22 | Nebojša Kosović | MF | (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 (aged 25) | Partizan | 2019 | 2022 | 35 | 4 |
| 27 | Gulzhigit Alykulov | MF | (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 (aged 20) | Neman Grodno | 2020 | 2021(+1) | 20 | 2 |
| 29 | Daniyar Usenov | MF | (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 9 | 2 |
| 35 | Aibarr Nurdaliyev | MF | (1999-08-12)12 August 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Arsen Buranchiev | MF | (2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | Ravil Ibragimov | MF | (2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 19) | Astana | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | Andrey Ulshin | MF | (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Abat Aimbetov | FW | (1995-08-07)7 August 1995 (aged 25) | Aktobe | 2020 | 2020 (+1) | 22 | 10 |
| 9 | Vágner Love | FW | (1984-06-11)11 June 1984 (aged 36) | Corinthians | 2020 | 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 11 | Aderinsola Eseola | FW | (1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (aged 29) | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 2018 | 2021 | 73 | 36 |
| 17 | Sultanbek Astanov | FW | (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 21) | Academy | 2019 | | 23 | 2 |
| 19 | Artur Shushenachev | FW | (1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 22) | Academy | 2017 | 2022 | 22 | 4 |
| 23 | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | FW | (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | 2023 | 29 | 3 |
| 47 | Damir Bitussupov | FW | (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Aibar Abdulla | FW | (2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | | 2 | 0 |
| 74 | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | FW | (2003-02-12)12 February 2003 (aged 17) | Academy | 2020 | | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 10 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | FW | (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 20) | Ufa | 2019 | 2022 | 15 | 1 |
| 25 | Kirill Kolesnichenko | MF | (2000-01-31)31 January 2000 (aged 20) | Chertanovo Moscow | 2020 | 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 26 | Ramazan Orazov | MF | (1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 22) | Academy | 2017 | | 31 | 1 |

### Out 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 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet (at Zhetysu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | RUS | Kirill Kolesnichenko (at Rotor Volgograd) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 11 January 2020 | MF | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2020 | MF | Jacek Góralski | Ludogorets Razgrad | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | Gulzhigit Alykulov | Neman Grodno | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2020 | FW | Abat Aimbetov | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 26 March 2020 | MF | Kirill Kolesnichenko | Chertanovo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2020 | FW | Vágner Love | Corinthians | Free |
| 24 August 2020 | DF | Dzyanis Palyakow | Ural Yekaterinburg | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 6 February 2020 | FW | Samat Sarsenov | Valmiera Glass ViA | Undisclosed |
| 11 February 2020 | GK | Vladimir Plotnikov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2020 | FW | Rifat Nurmugamet | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 6 March 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Sokolenko | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 6 August 2020 | FW | | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | Zhetysu | End of season | |
| 3 September 2020 | MF | | Kirill Kolesnichenko | Rotor Volgograd | 30 June 2021 | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 6 January 2020 | MF | Han Jeong-uh | Suwon | 9 January 2020 |
| 11 March 2020 | MF | Ramazan Orazov | Daugavpils | 11 March 2020 |
| 2 December 2020 | DF | Nurlan Dairov | Turan | 20 January 2021 |
| 2 December 2020 | MF | Konrad Wrzesiński | Jagiellonia Białystok | 16 March 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Aibarr Nurdaliyev | | |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Abat Aimbetov | Krylia Sovetov | 21 February 2021 |

## 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: 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 | - | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | - | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | - | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | - | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |

#### 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Stas Pokatilov | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Sergey Keyler | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BLR | Dzyanis Palyakow | 9 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Nuraly Alip | 16 | 4 | 13+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 17 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | POL | Jacek Góralski | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov | 22 | 10 | 19+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Aybol Abiken | 18 | 3 | 12+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Vágner Love | 16 | 10 | 12+2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Aderinsola Eseola | 19 | 3 | 3+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | ARM | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 15 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Adam Adakhadzhiev | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KAZ | Nurlan Dairov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Sultanbek Astanov | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | POL | Konrad Wrzesiński | 13 | 3 | 9+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Artur Shushenachev | 14 | 3 | 4+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Rade Dugalić | 18 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MNE | Nebojša Kosović | 18 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CRO | Dino Mikanović | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KGZ | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 20 | 2 | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | KAZ | Daniyar Usenov | 9 | 2 | 4+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Danil Ustimenko | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KAZ | Dinmukhammed Zhomart | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | KAZ | Arsen Buranchiev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | KAZ | Ravil Ibragimov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | KAZ | Andrey Ulshin | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | FW | KAZ | Aibar Abdulla | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | GK | KAZ | Temirlan Anarbekov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | FW | KAZ | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | KAZ | Alexandr Shirobokov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 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 | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Abat Aimbetov | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Vágner Love | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Nebojša Kosović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | DF | 4 | Nuraly Alip | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Artur Shushenachev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Aybol Abiken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Konrad Wrzesiński | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Aderinsola Eseola | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 29 | Daniyar Usenov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 27 | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 13 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 20 | Rade Dugalić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 3 | Dzyanis Palyakow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 5 | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 2 | Sergey Keyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 58 | Andrey Ulshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 0 | 5 | 52 |

### Clean sheet

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Stas Pokatilov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Danil Ustimenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Stas Pokatilov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Sergey Keyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Dzyanis Palyakow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Nuraly Alip | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jacek Góralski | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Abat Aimbetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Aybol Abiken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Vágner Love | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Aderinsola Eseola | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Kamo Hovhannisyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Adam Adakhadzhiev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Nurlan Dairov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Sultanbek Astanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Konrad Wrzesiński | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Rade Dugalić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Nebojša Kosović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Dino Mikanović | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Ravil Ibragimov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 2 |