# 2020 FC Taraz season

The 2020 FC Taraz season was the club's second season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2017 season, and 29th season in total.

## Season events

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 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 November 2020
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Almas Khamytbekov | GK | (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 33) | Makhtaaral | 2018 | | |
| 24 | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | GK | (1991-10-31) 31 October 1991 (age 32) | Okzhetpes | 2020 | | |
| 74 | Mukhammejan Seisen | GK | (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2018 | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Bekzat Shadmanov | DF | (1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2017 | | |
| 5 | Valery Karshakevich | DF | (1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36) | Mordovia Saransk | 2020 | 20 | 1 |
| 14 | Berik Aitbayev | DF | (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 33) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2018 | | |
| 20 | Maksat Amirkhanov | DF | (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2018 | | |
| 22 | Madiyar Nuraly | DF | (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) | Lashyn | 2015 | | |
| 23 | Dejan Boljević | DF | (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 34) | Budućnost Podgorica | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 25 | Mikhail Mishchenko | DF | (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35) | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Dmitry Evstingeyev | DF | (1986-11-21) 21 November 1986 (age 37) | Makhtaaral | 2020 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Adilet Abdenaby | MF | (1996-02-04) 4 February 1996 (age 28) | Makhtaaral | 2020 | | |
| 7 | Abzal Taubay | MF | (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 29) | Youth Team | 2015 | | |
| 8 | Sheykhislam Kulakhmetov | MF | (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28) | Youth Team | 2014 | | |
| 9 | Ovidijus Verbickas | MF | (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31) | Sūduva | 2020 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Gavril Kan | MF | (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25) | Youth Team | 2018 | | |
| 17 | Dinmukhamed Karaman | MF | (2000-06-26) 26 June 2000 (age 24) | Youth Team | 2019 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Jovan Čađenović | MF | (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29) | Sūduva | 2020 | 20 | 1 |
| 30 | Baūyrzhan Baytana | MF | (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32) | | 2020 | | |
| 40 | Goran Brkić | MF | (1991-04-28) 28 April 1991 (age 33) | Olimpija Ljubljana | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 95 | Ayub Batsuyev | MF | (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 27) | Akhmat Grozny | 2020 | 7 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Alisher Suley | FW | (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 28) | Ordabasy | 2018 | | |
| 13 | Bratislav Punoševac | FW | (1987-07-09) 9 July 1987 (age 37) | Kaisar | 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Toni Silva | FW | (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 31) | Astra Giurgiu | 2020 | 17 | 4 |
| 19 | Abylayhan Zhumabek | FW | (2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 22) | Youth Team | 2019 | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | FW | (1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 32) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2020 | 14 | 3 |
| 33 | Serge Nyuiadzi | FW | (1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 33) | Caspiy | 2020 | 43 | 11 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 70 | Nils Zatl | FW | (1992-04-03) 3 April 1992 (age 32) | Doxa Katokopias | 2020 | 2 | 1 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Winter 2020 | GK | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | DF | Dmitry Evstingeyev | Makhtaaral | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Adilet Abdenaby | Makhtaaral | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | Ovidijus Verbickas | Sūduva | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | Jovan Čađenović | Sūduva | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | FW | Bratislav Punoševac | | Free |
| 29 January 2020 | DF | Valery Karshakevich | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | MF | Ayub Batsuyev | Akhmat Grozny | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | Dejan Boljević | Budućnost Podgorica | Undisclosed |
| 10 February 2020 | FW | Nils Zatl | Doxa Katokopias | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2020 | FW | Toni Silva | Astra Giurgiu | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2020 | DF | Mikhail Mishchenko | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2020 | MF | Goran Brkić | Olimpija Ljubljana | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2020 | MF | Baūyrzhan Baytana | | Free |
| 10 August 2020 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2020 | FW | Serge Nyuiadzi | Caspiy | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. |
| 10 August 2020 | FW | | Nils Zatl | Floridsdorfer AC | 20 August 2020 | |

## 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 | A | H | A | H | - | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | - | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | D | - | L | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | - | D | W | L | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | - | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | - | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 28 |
| 7 | Kaisar | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 24 |
| 8 | Taraz | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 23 |
| 9 | Kyzylzhar | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 23 |
| 10 | Caspiy | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 17 |

### Kazakhstan Cup
## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Almas Khamytbekov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Bekzat Shadmanov | 16 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BLR | Valery Karshakevich | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Abzal Taubay | 13 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KAZ | Sheykhislam Kulakhmetov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | LTU | Ovidijus Verbickas | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Alisher Suley | 18 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | SRB | Bratislav Punoševac | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev | 17 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GNB | Toni Silva | 17 | 4 | 13+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Dinmukhamed Karaman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KAZ | Abylayhan Zhumabek | 5 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KAZ | Maksat Amirkhanov | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MNE | Jovan Čađenović | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KAZ | Madiyar Nuraly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MNE | Dejan Boljević | 18 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | KAZ | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Mishchenko | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Dmitry Evstingeyev | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 14 | 3 | 10+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | KAZ | Baūyrzhan Baytana | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | TOG | Serge Nyuiadzi | 13 | 2 | 12+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | SRB | Goran Brkić | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | GK | KAZ | Mukhammejan Seisen | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | RUS | Ayub Batsuyev | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Taraz on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Taraz during the season: ||||||||||
| 70 | FW | AUT | Nils Zatl | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 15 | Toni Silva | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | FW | 28 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 33 | Serge Nyuiadzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 70 | Nils Zatl | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Abzal Taubay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Valery Karshakevich | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 21 | Jovan Čađenović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 40 | Goran Brkić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Abylayhan Zhumabek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 23 | Dejan Boljević | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 95 | Ayub Batsuyev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 19 | 0 | 19 |

### Clean sheet

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 74 | Mukhammejan Seisen | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 24 | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Bekzat Shadmanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Valery Karshakevich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Abzal Taubay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ovidijus Verbickas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Alisher Suley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Berik Aitbayev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Bratislav Punoševac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Toni Silva | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Maksat Amirkhanov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Jovan Čađenović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Dejan Boljević | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Mikhail Mishchenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | Dmitry Evstingeyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Serge Nyuiadzi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | MF | Goran Brkić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | Ayub Batsuyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Taraz during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 3 |