# 2014 FC Taraz season

The 2014 FC Taraz season was the sixth successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Taraz finished the season in 11th position, beating FC Kyran on penalties in a relegation play-off whilst also reaching the quarter-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup, where they lost to Aktobe.

## Squad

    As of 19 September 2014
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 | Ramil Nurmukhametov |
| 2 | DF | SUR | Sigourney Bandjar |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kuchma |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Sergei Skorykh |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Dmitri Yevstigneyev |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Eduard Sergienko |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Vitali Yevstigneyev |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Timur Dosmagambetov |
| 12 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchetkin |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Rok Roj |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Oleg Nedashkovsky |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Jovan Golić |
| 20 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Daniyar Bayaliev |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Denys Vasilyev |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yarovenko |
| 28 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Bashlay |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SUR | Sigourney Bandjar (from RKC Waalwijk) |
| 12 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchetkin (from Atyrau) |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Rok Roj (from NK Zavrc) |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Jovan Golić (from Atyrau) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Richard Barroilhet (from Nuneaton Town) |
| 20 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink (from RKC Waalwijk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | SRB | Ersin Mehmedović (to Novi Pazar) |
| 15 | MF | SEN | Abdoulaye Diakate (to Ordabasy) |
| 18 | MF | RUS | Nikolai Nesterenko |
| 19 | FW | SRB | Miroslav Lečić |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Obiora Odita |
| 50 | FW | CMR | Titi Essomba (to AC Oulu) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Denys Vasilyev (from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yarovenko (from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| 28 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Bashlay (from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov (from Aktobe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Baūyrzhan Baytana (to Kairat) |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Richard Barroilhet (to Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël) |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Premier League
#### First 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: 27 January 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Atyrau | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 27 | −8 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Taraz | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Spartak Semey | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 14 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* 1 2 ATY 0–1 IRT ; IRT 0-1 ATY

#### 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: 21 January 2015. Source: Soccerway

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 25 | |
| 9 | Atyrau | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 25 | |
| 10 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 25 | |
| 11 | Taraz (O) | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation play-off |
| 12 | Spartak Semey (R) | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

#### Relegation play-off
### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 16 November 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SUR | Sigourney Bandjar | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kuchma | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Ilya Vorotnikov | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Sergey Skorykh | 30 | 2 | 23+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Dmitri Yevstigneyev | 24 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Eduard Sergienko | 28 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Vitali Yevstigneyev | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Murat Tleshev | 26 | 9 | 6+17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Timur Dosmagambetov | 25 | 4 | 12+10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | KAZ | Aleksey Shchetkin | 26 | 7 | 17+7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev | 16 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SVN | Rok Roj | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Oleg Nedashkovsky | 15 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SRB | Jovan Golić | 26 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink | 21 | 2 | 17+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Daniyar Bayaliev | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 26 | 4 | 14+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Denys Vasilyev | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Yarovenko | 15 | 5 | 7+7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Bashlay | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Zhasur Narzikulov | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | KAZ | Abzal Taubay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Taraz that left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Baūyrzhan Baytana | 16 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Richard Barroilhet | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Relegation Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Murat Tleshev | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 12 | Aleksey Shchetkin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 27 | Oleksandr Yarovenko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Timur Dosmagambetov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 23 | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 5 | Sergei Skorykh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Desley Ubbink | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Rok Roj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 18 | Jovan Golić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Ilya Vorotnikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 17 | Oleg Nedashkovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 32 | 1 | 4 | 37 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Relegation Playoff | Relegation Playoff | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Aleksandr Kuchma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ilya Vorotnikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Sergey Skorykh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Dmitri Yevstigneyev | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Eduard Sergienko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Murat Tleshev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Baūyrzhan Baytana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Timur Dosmagambetov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Aleksey Shchetkin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Rok Roj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Oleg Nedashkovsky | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Jovan Golić | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Richard Barroilhet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Desley Ubbink | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Maksat Amirkhanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Zhakyp Kozhamberdi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Denys Vasilyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Oleksandr Yarovenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Dmytro Bashlay | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 3 |