# 2016 FC Tobol season

The 2016 FC Tobol season is the 18th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season 7th, top of the Relegation group, whilst the wear knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup by Kyzylzhar at the last 16 stage.

## Season events

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the Kazakhstan Cup, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent. On 30 April, Oleg Lotov was appointed as interim manager, before Omari Tetradze was appointed as the club's full-time manager on 30 May 2016.

## Squad

    As of 26 July 2016
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 | Vladimir Loginovsky (loan from Astana) |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan |
| 3 | DF | CRO | Denis Glavina |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï |
| 5 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Daniel Choi |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Timur Dosmagambetov |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov |
| 11 | MF | KGZ | Raul Jalilov |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin |
| 20 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Yavorskyi |
| 28 | DF | KAZ | Anuar Agaysin |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Petukhov |
| 50 | FW | KAZ | Temirlan Elmurzaev |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Almir Mukhutdinov |
| 81 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Khizhnichenko |

### 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 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Yevgeniy Levin (at Akzhayik) |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | KAZ | Bulat Aulabaev |
| 27 | DF | KAZ | Amir Amirkhanov |
| 29 | DF | KAZ | Aset Doskaliyev |
| 31 | GK | KAZ | Oleg Atamas |
| 32 | MF | KAZ | Akhmat Berikov |
| 33 | MF | KAZ | Adil Dzhanaliyev |
| 34 | MF | KAZ | Kazhigelad Khamzin |
| 36 | DF | KAZ | Ruslan Sultanov |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Zhukov |
| 38 | MF | KAZ | Zhenis Alpysbayev |
| 39 | MF | KAZ | Temirlan Akhmetov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 43 | MF | KAZ | Adilbek Seilov |
| 44 | DF | KAZ | Nurgeldy Shaken |
| 46 | MF | KAZ | Vladimir Konovalov |
| 49 | MF | KAZ | Vladislav Kozhedub |
| 51 | FW | KAZ | Temirlan Amirgazy |
| 52 | GK | KAZ | Rasul Berdyguzhinov |
| 70 | DF | KAZ | Timur Zhakupov |
| 80 | FW | KAZ | Yevgeni Kaptel |
| 88 | MF | KAZ | Ramiz Mukanov |
| 95 | DF | KAZ | Erlan Beysembayev |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Vladimir Loginovsky (loan from Astana) |
| 3 | MF | CRO | Denis Glavina (loan from Zavrč) |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï (from Slavia Sofia, previously on loan to Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 5 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa (from Aktobe) |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev (from Kaisar) |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Timur Dosmagambetov (from Taraz) |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko (from Aktobe) |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Raul Jalilov (from Bolat) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Yevgeniy Levin (from Aktobe) |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko (from Aktobe) |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac (from Aktobe) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 40 | FW | UKR | Kostyantyn Dudchenko (from Irtysh Pavlodar) |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Almir Mukhutdinov (from Taraz) |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Khizhnichenko (from Aktobe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Kirill Korotkevich (to Ordabasy) |
| 5 | MF | KAZ | Anatoli Bogdanov |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Artem Deli |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Nenad Šljivić (to Spartak Subotica) |
| 10 | FW | MDA | Igor Bugaiov |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Ognjen Krasić (to Voždovac) |
| 12 | DF | KAZ | Ermek Nurgaliyev |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Islam Shadukayev |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Igor Yurin (to Okzhetpes) |
| 15 | FW | NGA | Uche Kalu (to Adanaspor) |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Oleg Nedashkovsky |
| 20 | DF | BLR | Ivan Sadownichy (to Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 24 | DF | LTU | Arūnas Klimavičius (to Trakai) |
| 77 | GK | KAZ | Arslan Satubaldin |
| 78 | FW | BLR | Ihar Zyankovich (to Taraz) |
| 99 | FW | LTU | Deivydas Matulevičius (to Botoșani) |
| — | MF | NED | Desley Ubbink (to Shakhter Karagandy) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov (from Volgar Astrakhan) |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman (from Astana) |
| 20 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić (from Zhetysu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev (to Akzhayik) |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Yevgeniy Levin (loan to Akzhayik) |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye |
| 40 | FW | UKR | Kostyantyn Dudchenko (to Akzhayik) |

## Competitions
### Kazakhstan Premier League
#### Regular season
##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 July 2016. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 6 | Aktobe | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 28 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Atyrau | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 23 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Tobol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 28 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Zhetysu | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 23 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 21 | Qualification for the relegation round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Aktobe (7 points), Atyrau (5 points), Tobol (4 points).

#### 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: 31 October 2016. Source: See Results

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 7 | Tobol | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 41 | |
| 8 | Atyrau | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 39 | |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 36 | |
| 10 | Akzhayik | 32 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 35 | |
| 11 | Taraz | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 35 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Zhetysu (R) | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 31 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record; Taraz–Akzhayik 0–1, Akzhayik–Taraz 2–1, Akzhayik–Taraz 2–0, Taraz–Akzhayik 2–1.
* ↑ Despite finishing 11th and losing the relegation playoffs, Taraz were readmitted because only one team was given a license.

### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 29 October 2016

### 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 | Vladimir Loginovsky | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Rafkat Aslan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | CRO | Denis Glavina | 28 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa | 24 | 3 | 21+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KAZ | Timur Dosmagambetov | 24 | 0 | 9+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko | 18 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 27 | 4 | 24+3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Shamil Asildarov | 18 | 2 | 8+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KGZ | Raul Jalilov | 20 | 2 | 7+12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Yevgeniy Levin | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 30 | 0 | 29+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Mark Gorman | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Nurtas Kurgulin | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MKD | Dušan Savić | 9 | 2 | 8+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac | 32 | 2 | 29+2 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 29 | 2 | 26+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KAZ | Aleksandr Petukhov | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Zhukov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | KAZ | Temirlan Elmurzayev | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Almir Mukhutdinov | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | AUT | Tomáš Šimkovič | 28 | 8 | 25+3 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Sergei Khizhnichenko | 29 | 10 | 20+8 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Tobol on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Tobol that left during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | FRA | Alassane N'Diaye | 11 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | UKR | Kostyantyn Dudchenko | 12 | 2 | 3+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 91 | Sergei Khizhnichenko | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 81 | Tomáš Šimkovič | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 9 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 5 | Artūras Žulpa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 40 | Kostyantyn Dudchenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Raul Jalilov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 23 | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 20 | Dušan Savić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Shamil Asildarov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 22 | Ciprian Deac | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 25 | Alassane N'Diaye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 14 | Yevgeniy Levin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 3 | Denis Glavina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 0 | 40 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | DF | Vladimir Loginovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | Denis Glavina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Fernander Kassaï | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Rakhimzhan Rozybakiev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Timur Dosmagambetov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Viktor Dmitrenko | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Shamil Asildarov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Raul Jalilov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Yevgeniy Levin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Mark Gorman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Nurtas Kurgulin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Dušan Savić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ciprian Deac | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Serhiy Yavorskyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Alassane N'Diaye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Temirlan Elmurzayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Almir Mukhutdinov | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | Tomáš Šimkovič | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 91 | FW | Sergei Khizhnichenko | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 2 |