# 2018 FC Aktobe season

The 2018 FC Aktobe season is the 24th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Aktobe will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup.

## Season events

After starting the season with a transfer ban, Aktobe were allowed to register new players on 20 March 2018. On 27 April, Aktobe had six points deducted as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Danilo Neco.

## Squad

    As of 30 July 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Adilkhan Tanzharikov |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Vitali Volkov |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Milan Radin |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali |
| 28 | MF | KAZ | Zakhar Korobov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Mukhambet Tamabay |
| 38 | DF | KAZ | Ayber Temirbayev |
| 39 | DF | KAZ | Rustam Temirkhan |
| 42 | GK | KAZ | Igor Trofimets |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Reynaldo |
| 51 | MF | KAZ | Igor Boychuk |
| 59 | MF | KAZ | Alexandr Ussachev |
| 71 | MF | KAZ | Syrym Adilzhanov |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Zhambyl Kukeyev |
| 84 | FW | KAZ | Adilkhan Zhumay |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević (on loan from Ordabasy) |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin |
| 95 | MF | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | KAZ | Adilkhan Tanzharikov (from Zhetysu) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Fabrício (from Omonia) |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli (from Al-Shabab) |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović (from Partizan) |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov (from Ordabasy) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Igor Yurin (from Okzhetpes) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice (from Taraz) |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević (from Pescara) |
| 24 | MF | SRB | Milan Radin (from Partizan) |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Reynaldo (from Spartak Trnava) |
| 73 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan (loan from Astana) |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević (loan from Ordabasy) |
| — | GK | KAZ | David Loria (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| — | MF | GEO | Jaba Jighauri (from Vardar) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | CMR | Joseph Nane (to Atyrau) |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Volovyk (to Akzhayik) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Baitana (to Taraz) |
| 14 | DF | KAZ | Berik Aitbayev (to Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 18 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič (to Žalgiris) |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Kirill Shestakov (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 30 | DF | SVK | Kristián Kolčák (to Szombathelyi Haladás) |
| 31 | MF | KAZ | Abay Zhunusov (loan return to Astana) |
| 32 | GK | KAZ | Samat Otarbayev (to Atyrau) |
| 35 | DF | FRA | Jérémy Faug-Porret |
| 45 | DF | SRB | Slobodan Simović (to BATE Borisov) |
| 50 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić (to Zemun) |
| 66 | MF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev (to Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 77 | MF | MKD | Muarem Muarem (to Flamurtari Vlorë) |
| 80 | MF | KAZ | Anton Skvortsov |
| 86 | FW | MNE | Marko Obradović (to Yenisey Krasnoyarsk) |
| 87 | FW | BLR | Ihar Zyankovich (to Atyrau) |
| — | MF | GEO | Jaba Jighauri (loan to Ordabasy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | BRA | Anderson Santana |
| — | DF | NGA | Dele Adeleye |
| — | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović |
| — | FW | BRA | Reynaldo |
| — | FW | UZB | Alexander Geynrikh |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Fabrício (to Guarani) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Igor Yurin (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 73 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan (loan return to Astana) |
| — | MF | GEO | Jaba Jighauri (to GF38, previously on loan to Ordabasy) |

## 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: 21 October 2018. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Kaisar | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 45 |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 43 |
| 7 | Aktobe | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 42 |
| 8 | Shakhter Karagandy | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 36 |
| 9 | Atyrau | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 36 |
* ↑ Aktobe had six points deducted on 27 April 2018 as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Danilo Neco.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 11 November 2018

### 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 | Adilkhan Tanzharikov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Bagdat Kairov | 32 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Ruslan Valiullin | 30 | 1 | 21+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Marcos Pizzelli | 25 | 18 | 22+2 | 18 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Marjanović | 24 | 3 | 20+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | KAZ | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Ulan Konysbayev | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Ardak Saulet | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 15 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | RUS | Vitali Volkov | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CRO | Hrvoje Miličević | 32 | 2 | 30+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SRB | Milan Radin | 30 | 4 | 26+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Sayat Zhumagali | 19 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KAZ | Ayber Temirbayev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | KAZ | Rustam Temirkhan | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | KAZ | Igor Trofimets | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov | 16 | 3 | 11+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Reynaldo | 31 | 7 | 22+8 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | KAZ | Igor Boychuk | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | KAZ | Alexandr Ussachev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | KAZ | Syrym Adilzhanov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 25 | 2 | 17+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | FW | KAZ | Adilkhan Zhumay | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Simčević | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Anton Shurigin | 27 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | KAZ | Abat Aimbetov | 23 | 2 | 12+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Aktobe on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Aktobe during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | BRA | Fabrício | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Igor Yurin | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | KAZ | Didar Zhalmukan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Marcos Pizzelli | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | FW | 50 | Reynaldo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 24 | Milan Radin | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 47 | Aslanbek Kakimov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Saša Marjanović | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Bagdat Kairov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 77 | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 87 | Aleksandar Simčević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 95 | Abat Aimbetov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Hrvoje Miličević | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | 21 | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 9 | Ruslan Valiullin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 25 | Sayat Zhumagali | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 51 | 0 | 51 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 5 | DF | Bagdat Kairov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ruslan Valiullin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Marcos Pizzelli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Saša Marjanović | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Ramil Nurmukhametov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Jean-Eudes Maurice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Vitali Volkov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Hrvoje Miličević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Milan Radin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Sayat Zhumagali | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Rustam Temirkhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Reynaldo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | Syrym Adilzhanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Zhambyl Kukeyev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | Aleksandar Simčević | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 88 | MF | Anton Shurigin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | Abat Aimbetov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Aktobe during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | Fabrício | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 73 | MF | Didar Zhalmukan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 1 |