# 2016 FC Atyrau season

The 2016 FC Atyrau season is the 16th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan.

## Squad

    As of 11 July 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Azamat Zhomart |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Aldan Baltaev |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Altynbek Saparov |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Aleksei Marov |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Valentin Chureyev |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Arzhanov |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Esatov |
| 13 | FW | BLR | Alyaksandr Makas |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Nauryzbek Zhagora |
| 16 | FW | KAZ | Aybolat Maku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin |
| 21 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Damčevski |
| 25 | MF | KAZ | Bekzhan Onzhan |
| 26 | FW | POL | Przemysław Trytko |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Kuzmin |
| 29 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Curtean |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Abdel Lamanje |
| 34 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov |
| 77 | FW | KAZ | Kuanish Kalmuratov |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Nauryzbek Kalybai |
| 25 | MF | KAZ | Islam Satiev |
| 27 | MF | KAZ | Abilmansur Rochet |
| 30 | MF | KAZ | Mohammed Saktash |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Aidos Ershmanov |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Muftolla |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Alikhan Otaraly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 61 | MF | KAZ | Vyacheslav Borovoy |
| 63 | GK | KAZ | Baibek Tusipov |
| 74 | MF | KAZ | Rinat Jumati |
| 79 | DF | KAZ | Alisher Akyns |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Rafael Ospanov |
| 95 | DF | KAZ | Timur Sundetov |
| 97 | DF | KAZ | Zharas Mellyatov |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Aldan Baltaev (from Kaisar) |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov (from Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin (from Okzhetpes) |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar (from Volyn Lutsk) |
| 13 | FW | BLR | Alyaksandr Makas (from Minsk) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev (from Astana) |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin (from Aktobe) |
| 21 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Damčevski |
| 26 | FW | POL | Przemysław Trytko (from Korona Kielce) |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Curtean (from Poli Timișoara) |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Abdel Lamanje (from Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov (from Kaisar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Ilya Bayteryakov |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Bekzhan Onzhan |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Konstantin Zarechny |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Maksat Baizhanov (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 20 | DF | NGA | Michael Odibe (to Concordia Chiajna) |
| 22 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diakate (to Ordabasy) |
| 23 | DF | RUS | Anton Grigoryev |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin (to Apollon Smyrni) |
| 29 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev (to Taraz) |
| 39 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev |
| 66 | DF | KAZ | Anton Chichulin (to Okzhetpes) |
| 85 | MF | BLR | Dmitri Parkhachev (to Gorodeya) |
| 91 | DF | KAZ | Azamat Izbasarov |
| 99 | FW | MNE | Ivan Ivanović (to Rudar Pljevlja) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev (from Taraz) |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin (from Spartak Subotica) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 |
| 9 | Zhetysu | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Aktobe (7 points), Atyrau (5 points), Tobol (4 points).

#### Relegation 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 | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Tobol | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 41 | |
| 8 | Atyrau | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 39 | |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 36 | |
| 10 | Akzhayik | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 35 | |
| 11 | Taraz | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Zhetysu (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record; Taraz–Akzhayik 0–1, Akzhayik–Taraz 2–1, Akzhayik–Taraz 2–0, Taraz–Akzhayik 2–1.
* ↑ Despite finishing 11th and losing the relegation playoffs, Taraz were readmitted because only one team was given a license.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 5 November 2016

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Aldan Baltaev | 11 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksei Muldarov | 29 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Aleksei Marov | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Altynbek Saparov | 23 | 1 | 13+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CMR | Guy Essame | 32 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Valentin Chureyev | 19 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Volodymyr Arzhanov | 36 | 9 | 31+1 | 8 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Shabalin | 29 | 3 | 17+8 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 24 | 3 | 13+7 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Esatov | 22 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | BLR | Alyaksandr Makas | 27 | 1 | 8+16 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KAZ | Nauryzbek Zhagora | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Valeri Korobkin | 27 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MKD | Aleksandar Damčevski | 24 | 3 | 20+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | POL | Przemysław Trytko | 31 | 7 | 20+8 | 7 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Vladislav Kuzmin | 21 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Curtean | 33 | 4 | 26+3 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | FRA | Abdel Lamanje | 35 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov | 35 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin | 15 | 1 | 4+9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away from Atyrau on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Atyrau that left during the season: ||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 9 | Volodymyr Arzhanov | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 26 | Przemysław Trytko | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 30 | Alexandru Curtean | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Pavel Shabalin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 21 | Aleksandar Damčevski | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Valeri Korobkin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Ulan Konysbayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 6 | Altynbek Saparov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 13 | Alyaksandr Makas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 96 | Maxim Fedin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Guy Essame | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 21 | Aleksandar Damčevski | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 35 | 2 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Aldan Baltaev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksei Muldarov | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Altynbek Saparov | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Guy Essame | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Valentin Chureyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Volodymyr Arzhanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Pavel Shabalin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Vyacheslav Sharpar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Ruslan Esatov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Alyaksandr Makas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Ulan Konysbayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Valeri Korobkin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Przemysław Trytko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Vladislav Kuzmin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Alexandru Curtean | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Abdel Lamanje | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Maxim Fedin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 68 | 3 |