# 2014 Kazakhstan Cup final

The 2014 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 23rd final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Aktobe at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 22 November 2014 and was the final match of the competition.

## Background

Kairat played a record 8th Kazakhstan Cup-final. They won 5 finals, the last time in the 2003 season against Tobol. Their last defeat in the final was in 2005, having lost 2–1 to Zhenis.
It was the 3rd final for Aktobe. They had won only once, in the 2008 season against Alma-Ata. Their other defeat in the final was in 1994, having lost 1–0 to Vostok.
Kairat and Aktobe played twice during the league season. On May 1, 2015 Aktobe won the first game 1–0 at Central Stadium. The only goal in the match was scored by Marat Khairullin. On June 6, 2015 Kairat crushed Aktobe with the score 7-1. Goals were scored by: Gerard Gohou (hat trick), Josip Knezevic (double), Zaurbek Pliyev, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (Kairat) and Oleksiy Antonov (Aktobe).

## Route to the Final
### Kairat

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| FR | Okzhetpes (A) | 1–3 |
| SR | Gefest (H) | 3–1 |
| QF | Atyrau (A) | 1–3 |
| SF | Shakhter | 4–0 (2–0 (H) / 0–2 (A)) |
| Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue. |||

### Aktobe

| Round | Opposition | Score |
| FR | Did not participate | Not played |
| SR | Kaisar (A) | 0–3 |
| QF | Taraz (H) | 2–1 |
| SF | Astana | 2–2 (3–4 p) (1–1 (H) / 1–1 (A)) |
| Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue. |||

## Match
### Details

| Kairat | Aktobe |
| GK | 24 | Serhiy Tkachuk |
| DF | 3 | Mark Gurman | 82' |
| DF | 6 | Zarko Markovic |
| DF | 20 | Lubomir Michalik | 57' |
| MF | 17 | Aslan Darabayev | 90+2' |
| MF | 31 | Isael da Silva Barbosa |
| MF | 9 | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c) |
| MF | 13 | Ermek Kyantayev |
| MF | 32 | Islambek Kuat |
| FW | 30 | Gerard Gohou | 90+2' |
| MF | 26 | Sito Riera | 89' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 51 | Vladimir Groshev |
| DF | 18 | Timur Rudoselskiy | 90+2' |
| MF | 25 | Oybek Baltabayev |
| MF | 10 | Josip Knezevic |
| FW | 14 | Bauyrzhan Baytana | 90+2' |
| FW | 28 | Stanislav Lunin | 82' |
| FW | 29 | Vitali Li |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimir Weiss ||
| GK | 55 | Andrei Sidelnikov |
| DF | 16 | Robert Arzumanyan |
| DF | 23 | Yuri Logvinenko |
| DF | 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko |
| DF | 70 | Anderson Santana dos Santos | 25' |
| MF | 21 | Valeri Korobkin | 59' |
| MF | 9 | Marcos Pizzelli | 90+1' |
| MF | 17 | Askhat Tagybergen | 71' |
| MF | 10 | Marat Khairullin (c) |
| MF | 6 | Taras Tsarikayev |
| FW | 86 | Oleksiy Antonov |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 40 | Almat Bekbayev |
| DF | 3 | Aleksei Muldarov |
| MF | 18 | Pavel Shabalin |
| FW | 73 | Didar Zhalmukan | 90+1' |
| MF | 80 | Timur Kapadze |
| FW | 78 | Ihar Zyankovich |
| FW | 95 | Abat Ayimbetov | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Vladimir Gazzayev ||
| Man of the match Match officials Assistant referees: Serik Zhappasbayev (Kyzylorda) Yevgeni Belski (Taraz) Fourth official: Elesh Kusainov (Astana) Reserve official: Igor Khisamutdinov (Pavlodar) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |

### Statistics

| Statistic | Kairat | Aktobe |
| Goals scored | 4 | 1 |
| Possession | 38% | 62% |
| Shots on target | 9 | 5 |
| Shots off target | 10 | 11 |
| Corner kicks | 5 | 1 |
| Fouls | 12 | 12 |
| Offsides | 1 | 2 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 2 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 |