# 2015 Kazakhstan Cup final

The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 24th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Astana at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 21 November 2015 and was the final match of the competition.

## Background

Kairat were playing a record ninth Kazakhstan Cup final. They had previously won 6, most recently last season's final against Aktobe. Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2005, losing 2–1 to Zhenis.
It was Astana's third final. They had won both previous finals, most recently in 2012 with a 2–0 win over Irtysh.
Kairat and Astana had played twice during the league season. In the first game, on April 19, 2015 Astana won 4–3 at Astana Arena. Georgy Zhukov, Nemanja Maksimovic, Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev and Tanat Nusserbayev scored for Astana, and Gerard Gohou scored twice and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan scored once for Kairat. On June 28, 2015, Kairat won a victory 2–0 with goals from Isael and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan's penalty.

## Route to the Final
### Kairat

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| SR | Irtysh (H) | 0–0 (4–1 p) |
| QF | Taraz (H) | 4–1 |
| SF | Tobol | 1–5 (0–3 (A) / 1–2 (H)) |
| Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue. |||

### Astana

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| SR | Ekibastuz (A) | 2–3 |
| QF | Kaisar (A) (after extra time) | 1–2 |
| SF | Aktobe | 1–3 (0–2 (A) / 1–1 (H)) |
| Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue. |||

## Match
### Details

| Kairat | Astana |
| GK | 1 | Vladimir Plotnikov |
| DF | 2 | Timur Rudoselskiy | 83' |
| DF | 3 | Zaurbek Pliyev |
| DF | 4 | Bruno Soares |
| DF | 6 | Zarko Markovic | 64' |
| MF | 8 | Mikhail Bakayev |
| MF | 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c) |
| MF | 15 | Sito Riera |
| MF | 20 | Islambek Kuat | 89' |
| MF | 44 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
| FW | 28 | Dorde Despotovic | 44' | 90+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Serhiy Tkachuk |
| DF | 5 | Mark Gurman | 89' |
| DF | 13 | Ermek Kuantayev |
| MF | 10 | Isael da Silva Barbosa |
| MF | 17 | Aslan Darabayev |
| MF | 24 | Rifat Nurmugamet | 83' |
| FW | 11 | Gerard Gohou | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimir Weiss ||
| GK | 1 | Nenad Eric |
| DF | 15 | Abzal Beisebekov | 76' |
| DF | 44 | Yevgeny Postnikov |
| DF | 5 | Marin Anicic |
| DF | 77 | Dmitri Shomko | | 15' |
| MF | 11 | Serikzhan Muzhikov |
| MF | 19 | Georgy Zhukov |
| MF | 6 | Nemanja Maksimovic |
| FW | 22 | Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev | | 76' |
| FW | 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev (c) | | 86' |
| FW | 18 | Patrick Twumasi |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 85 | Vladimir Loginovsky |
| DF | 28 | Birzhan Kulbekov |
| DF | 33 | Branko Ilic | | 68' |
| MF | 10 | Foxi Kethevoama | | 76' |
| NF | 24 | Denys Dedechko |
| FW | 9 | Aleksey Shchotkin | | 86' |
| FW | 89 | Junior Kabananga | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Stanimir Stoilov ||
| Man of the match Match officials Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarik Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Artem Kuchin (Karagandy) Reserve official: Zhumagali Mumbayev (Shymkent) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

### Statistics

| Statistic | Kairat | Astana |
| Goals scored | 2 | 1 |
| Possession | 49% | 51% |
| Shots on target | 6 | 4 |
| Shots off target | 11 | 7 |
| Corner kicks | 6 | 2 |
| Fouls | 15 | 14 |
| Offsides | 3 | 0 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |