# 2021 FC Akzhayik season

The 2021 FC Akzhayik season was Akzhayik's 1st season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, following their relegation from the league in 2018.

## Season events

On 19 February, Akzhayik announced the signing of Miram Sapanov from Zhetysu, and Yerkin Tapalov from Shakhter Karagandy.
The following day, 20 February, Akzhayik announced the signings of Pavel Nazarenko from Vitebsk, Sergey Shustikov from Torpedo Moscow, Soslan Takulov from Shakhter Karagandy, Yevgeni Yatskiy from Akron Tolyatti, Oleksiy Chychykov from Dnipro-1, and Marat Burayev. Whilst Serhiy Litovchenko signed for the club on 21 February.
On 27 February, Akzhayik announced the signing of Nauryzbek Zhagorov from Ekibastuz.
On 2 March Magomed Paragulgov joined Akzhayik from Ermis Aradippou, Yevgeni Kozlov joined from Ventspils, Vyacheslav Shvyrev on loan from Kairat, and Dmitri Michurenkov from Nizhny Novgorod.
On 4 March, Akzhayik announced the signings of Artem Baranovskyi and Mykola Kovtalyuk.
On 1 July, Akzhayik announced the signings of Ștefan Sicaci, Mikhail Gashchenkov and Luka Imnadze.
On 23 August, Akzhayik announced the signing of Reginaldo from Shkupi.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 October 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Serhiy Litovchenko | GK | (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 37) | Unattached | 2021 | 19 | 0 |
| 88 | Ștefan Sicaci | GK | (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36) | Samtredia | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Artem Baranovskyi | DF | (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) | Kyzylzhar | 2021 | 23 | 0 |
| 5 | Vladimir Pokatilov | DF | (1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31) | Zhetysu | 2018 | | |
| 6 | Sergey Shustikov | DF | (1989-03-05) 5 March 1989 (age 35) | Torpedo Moscow | 2021 | 31 | 0 |
| 13 | Miram Sapanov | DF | (1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38) | Zhetysu | 2021 | | |
| 14 | Bauyrzhan Omarov | DF | (1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 34) | Kaisar | 2018 | | |
| 19 | Vitaliy Pryndeta | DF | (1993-02-02) 2 February 1993 (age 31) | Volyn Lutsk | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Soslan Takulov | DF | (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995 (age 29) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | 20 | 0 |
| 29 | Maksim Litvinov | DF | (1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2019 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Yevgeni Yatskiy | MF | (1997-03-26) 26 March 1997 (age 27) | Akron Tolyatti | 2021 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | Yerkin Tapalov | MF | (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2021 | | |
| 15 | Rysbek Konyrov | MF | (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 22) | Academy | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Yevgeni Kozlov | MF | (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29) | Ventspils | 2021 | 27 | 6 |
| 18 | Ruslan Khairov | MF | (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34) | Altay | 2018 | | |
| 20 | Adlet Bolatov | MF | (1998-08-18) 18 August 1998 (age 26) | Youth Team | 2018 | | |
| 21 | Nauryzbek Zhagorov | MF | (1998-03-01) 1 March 1998 (age 26) | Ekibastuz | 2021 | | |
| 33 | Luka Imnadze | MF | (1997-08-26) 26 August 1997 (age 27) | Sabail | 2021 | 13 | 2 |
| 57 | Mikhail Gashchenkov | MF | (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 32) | Nizhny Novgorod | 2021 | 13 | 3 |
| 77 | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | MF | (1987-01-16) 16 January 1987 (age 37) | Atyrau | 2020 | | |
| 96 | Ivan Antipov | MF | (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) | Atyrau | 2020 | | |
| 99 | Daniil Kochnev | MF | (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2017 | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | Reginaldo | FW | (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 34) | Shkupi | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Mykola Kovtalyuk | FW | (1995-04-26) 26 April 1995 (age 29) | Dila Gori | 2021 | 28 | 7 |
| 23 | Oleksiy Chychykov | FW | (1987-09-30) 30 September 1987 (age 37) | Dnipro-1 | 2021 | 25 | 1 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | Dmitri Michurenkov | FW | (1995-05-19) 19 May 1995 (age 29) | Nizhny Novgorod | 2021 | 18 | 2 |
| 11 | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | FW | (2001-01-07) 7 January 2001 (age 23) | loan from Kairat | 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Ilya Karavaev | GK | (1995-05-04) 4 May 1995 (age 29) | Kairat | 2019 | | |
| 19 | Pavel Nazarenko | DF | (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) | Vitebsk | 2021 | 13 | 1 |
| 32 | Ardak Saulet | MF | (1997-01-12) 12 January 1997 (age 27) | loan from Aktobe | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | Magomed Paragulgov | MF | (1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 30) | Ermis Aradippou | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | Marat Burayev | MF | (1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 28) | Unattached | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | Erzhan Ibragimov | FW | (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 (age 24) | Youth team | 2019 | | |

### 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 19 February 2021 | DF | Miram Sapanov | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| 19 February 2021 | MF | Yerkin Tapalov | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Pavel Nazarenko | Vitebsk | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Sergey Shustikov | Torpedo Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Soslan Takulov | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | MF | Marat Burayev | Unattached | Free |
| 20 February 2021 | MF | Yevgeni Yatskiy | Akron Tolyatti | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | FW | Oleksiy Chychykov | Dnipro-1 | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2021 | GK | Serhiy Litovchenko | Unattached | Free |
| 27 February 2021 | MF | Nauryzbek Zhagorov | Ekibastuz | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2021 | MF | Magomed Paragulgov | Ermis Aradippou | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2021 | MF | Yevgeni Kozlov | Ventspils | Undisclosed |
| 2 March 2021 | FW | Dmitri Michurenkov | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 4 March 2021 | DF | Artem Baranovskyi | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed |
| 4 March 2021 | FW | Mykola Kovtalyuk | Dila Gori | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | Ștefan Sicaci | Samtredia | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Luka Imnadze | Sabail | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | Mikhail Gashchenkov | Nizhny Novgorod | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2021 | FW | Reginaldo | Shkupi | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2021 | DF | Vitaliy Pryndeta | Volyn Lutsk | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 2 March 2021 | FW | | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | Kairat | 30 June 2021 | |
| 9 April 2021 | MF | | Ardak Saulet | Aktobe | 28 July 2021 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 9 July 2021 | DF | | Pavel Nazarenko | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed | |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | | Marat Burayev | Slutsk | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Magomed Paragulgov | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| 13 July 2021 | GK | Ilya Karavaev | |
| 13 July 2021 | FW | Dmitri Michurenkov | SKA Rostov-on-Don |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 14 March 2021 | 30 October 2021 | Matchday 1 | | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 034.62 |
| Kazakhstan Cup | 11 July 2021 | 14 August 2021 | Group Stages | Group Stages | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 037.50 |
Last updated: 30 October 2021 Source: 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 October 2021. 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 |
| 8 | Caspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 28 |

### Kazakhstan Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kaisar (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 11 | Advanced to Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Astana (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 | Advanced to Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Akzhayik | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 10 | |
| 4 | Aktobe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 30 October 2021

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Serhiy Litovchenko | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Artem Baranovskyi | 23 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Vladimir Pokatilov | 16 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Sergey Shustikov | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Yatskiy | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Yerkin Tapalov | 31 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MOZ | Reginaldo | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Miram Sapanov | 32 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Omarov | 27 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KAZ | Rysbek Konyrov | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | KAZ | Ilya Karavaev | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Yevgeni Kozlov | 27 | 6 | 13+9 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Khairov | 22 | 0 | 3+15 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Pryndeta | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Nauryzbek Zhagorov | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Mykola Kovtalyuk | 28 | 7 | 18+6 | 6 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Chychykov | 25 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Soslan Takulov | 20 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GEO | Luka Imnadze | 13 | 2 | 1+6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Gashchenkov | 13 | 3 | 6+1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | 28 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | MDA | Ștefan Sicaci | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Ivan Antipov | 25 | 3 | 15+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 |
| Players away from Akzhayik on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Akzhayik during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Michurenkov | 18 | 2 | 8+9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KAZ | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 9 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | BLR | Pavel Nazarenko | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | KAZ | Magomed Paragulgov | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Marat Burayev | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Mykola Kovtalyuk | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Yevgeni Kozlov | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 96 | Ivan Antipov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 57 | Mikhail Gashchenkov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Dmitri Michurenkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Yerkin Tapalov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 33 | Luka Imnadze | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 19 | Pavel Nazarenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | Miram Sapanov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 11 | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 23 | Oleksiy Chychykov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 25 | 7 | 32 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Serhiy Litovchenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 16 | Ilya Karavaev | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | 88 | Ștefan Sicaci | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Litovchenko & Karavaev both played in Akzhayik's 1-0 victory over Kaisar on 8 May 2021

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Artem Baranovskyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vladimir Pokatilov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Sergey Shustikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Yevgeni Yatskiy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Yerkin Tapalov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Miram Sapanov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Bauyrzhan Omarov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Ruslan Khairov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Mykola Kovtalyuk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Oleksiy Chychykov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Soslan Takulov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Luka Imnadze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Mikhail Gashchenkov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Eldar Abdrakhmanov | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Ștefan Sicaci | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Ivan Antipov | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Players who left Akzhayik during the season: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Dmitri Michurenkov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyrev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Ardak Saulet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 52 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 64 | 0 |