# 2023 FC Kairat season

The 2023 FC Kairat season was the 13th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009.

## Season events

On 10 January, Artur Shushenachev extended his contract until the end of 2024.
On 17 January, Galymzhan Kenzhebek extended his contract until the end of 2024.
On 31 January, Macky Bagnack joined Pari NN on loan until the summer.
On 21 February, Kairat announced the loan signing of Ofri Arad from Maccabi Haifa for the season.
On 28 February, Kairat announced the signing of Dmitry Sergeyev from Zenit St.Petersburg to a two-year contract with the option of an additional year.
On 3 March, Daniyar Usenov extended his contract until the end of 2024.
On 15 March, Rustam Emirov was loaned to Khan Tengri for the season.
On 20 March, Daniyar Usenov was loaned to Caspiy for the season.
On 30 March, Kairat announced the signing of Mikael Askarov on a contract until the end of 2024, whilst also loaning him out to Ekibastuz for the season.
On 14 April, Aybar Abdulla left Kairat to join Shakhter Karagandy.
On 21 July, João Paulo extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.
On 15 September, Vyacheslav Shvyryov extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.
On 4 October, Arsen Buranchiev extended his contract with Kairat until the end of 2024.

## Squad

    As of match played 29 October 2023
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Danil Ustimenko | GK | (2000-08-08)8 August 2000 (aged 23) | Youth Team | 2019 | 2024 | 65 | 0 |
| 27 | Temirlan Anarbekov | GK | (2003-10-14)14 October 2003 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2020 | | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | GK | (2001-10-07)7 October 2001 (aged 22) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 20 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Egor Tkachenko | DF | (2003-04-14)14 April 2003 (aged 20) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 29 | 0 |
| 3 | Macky Bagnack | DF | (1995-06-07)7 June 1995 (aged 28) | Partizan | 2021 | 2023 | 45 | 2 |
| 4 | Damir Kasabulat | DF | (2002-08-29)29 August 2002 (aged 21) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 2025 | 61 | 0 |
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | DF | (1988-10-06)6 October 1988 (aged 35) | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | 2023 | 57 | 4 |
| 6 | Sergey Keiler | DF | (1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 29) | Okzhetpes | 2018 | | 80 | 3 |
| 13 | Lev Kurgin | DF | (2002-06-06)6 June 2002 (aged 21) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 34 | 0 |
| 15 | Ofri Arad | DF | (1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 25) | on loan from Maccabi Haifa | 2023 | 2023 | 27 | 0 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Mrynskiy | DF | (2004-07-15)15 July 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | DF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | | 20 | 0 |
| 64 | Vladislav Kravchenko | DF | (2002-04-15)15 April 2002 (aged 21) | Academy | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | Ramazan Karimov | DF | (2004-11-24)24 November 2004 (aged 18) | Academy | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Anton Krachkovsky | MF | (2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (aged 21) | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | | 55 | 1 |
| 19 | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | MF | (2003-02-12)12 February 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 12 | 0 |
| 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | MF | (2000-04-03)3 April 2000 (aged 23) | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | | 28 | 5 |
| 21 | Arsen Buranchiev | MF | (2001-09-12)12 September 2001 (aged 22) | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 56 | 1 |
| 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | MF | (2000-02-04)4 February 2000 (aged 23) | Ufa | 2019 | | 80 | 4 |
| 23 | Andrey Ulshin | MF | (2000-04-18)18 April 2000 (aged 23) | Academy | 2020 | | 61 | 5 |
| 26 | Adilet Sadybekov | MF | (2002-05-26)26 May 2002 (aged 21) | Academy | 2021 | 2025 | 50 | 3 |
| 39 | Dias Kushkumbaev | MF | (2003-04-30)30 April 2003 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Alibi Mukhit | MF | (2004-04-18)18 April 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2023 | | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Nazar Al-Khadzh | MF | (2004-07-15)15 July 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2021 | | 1 | 0 |
| 85 | Miras Omatay | MF | (2004-07-15)15 July 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2021 | | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Artur Shushenachev | FW | (1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 25) | Academy | 2017 | 2024 | 128 | 45 |
| 11 | João Paulo | FW | (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 35) | Ordabasy | 2021 | 2024 | 75 | 32 |
| 17 | Bayzhan Madelkhan | FW | (2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 21) | Academy | 2022 | | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | FW | (2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 22) | Academy | 2018 | 2024 | 87 | 10 |
| 73 | Nurgeldy Toleukhanov | FW | (2003-11-08)8 November 2003 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Yan Trufanov | FW | (2004-05-17)17 May 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 13 | 4 |
| 91 | Saif Popov | FW | (2004-06-30)30 June 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2021 | | 6 | 0 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 17 | Daniyar Usenov | MF | (2001-02-18)18 February 2001 (aged 22) | Academy | 2020 | 2024 | 64 | 4 |
| 28 | Rustam Emirov | MF | (2000-09-14)14 September 2000 (aged 23) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 5 | 0 |
| Players that left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Sultanbek Astanov | MF | (1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 24) | Academy | 2019 | | 62 | 3 |
| 7 | Gulzhigit Alykulov | MF | (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 (aged 22) | Neman Grodno | 2020 | | 100 | 13 |
| 14 | Adam Adakhadzhiev | MF | (1998-11-23)23 November 1998 (aged 24) | Academy | 2019 | 2023 | 21 | 0 |
| 16 | Miras Kobeev | MF | (2004-06-09)9 June 2004 (aged 19) | Academy | 2022 | | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Aybar Abdulla | FW | (2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 21) | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | | 10 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 February 2023 | MF | | Dmitry Sergeyev | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 21 February 2023 | DF | | Ofri Arad | Maccabi Haifa | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 14 December 2022 | DF | Nuraly Alip | Zenit St.Petersburg | Undisclosed |
| 16 March 2023 | MF | Sultanbek Astanov | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 16 March 2023 | MF | Adam Adakhadzhiev | Khan Tengri | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | Bayzhan Madelkhan | Murom | 28 June 2023 |
| 15 March 2023 | DF | Rustam Emirov | Khan Tengri | 31 December 2023 |
| 20 March 2023 | MF | Daniyar Usenov | Caspiy | 31 December 2023 |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Macky Bagnack | Pari NN | 30 June 2023 |
| 20 February 2023 | MF | Alen Aymanov | Yelimay | 31 December 2023 |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 11 May 2023 | MF | Gulzhigit Alykulov | Neman Grodno | 4 August 2023 |
| 29 August 2023 | MF | Miras Kobeev | Isloch Minsk Raion | 29 January 2024 |
| 1 December 2023 | DF | Macky Bagnack | TSC | 4 April 2024 |
| 1 December 2023 | DF | Sergey Keiler | Yelimay | |

## 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 | 4 March 2023 | 29 October 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 046.15 |
| Kazakhstan Cup | 19 April 2023 | 7 June 2023 | Last 16 | Quarterfinal | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 36 | +12 | 043.33 |
Last updated: 29 October 2023 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: 29 October 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Astana | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 53 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe | 26 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 50 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Kairat | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 44 | |
| 5 | Kyzylzhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | Kaisar | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 36 | |

#### Results
### Kazakhstan Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 29 October 2023

### 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 | Danil Ustimenko | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | KAZ | Egor Tkachenko | 21 | 0 | 9+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Macky Bagnack | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KAZ | Damir Kasabulat | 29 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Viktor Vasin | 25 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KAZ | Sergey Keiler | 13 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Anton Krachkovsky | 27 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Artur Shushenachev | 29 | 8 | 22+3 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | João Paulo | 28 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KAZ | Lev Kurgin | 24 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ISR | Ofri Arad | 27 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KAZ | Miras Kobeev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Bayzhan Madelkhan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | KAZ | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 27 | 3 | 21+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | KAZ | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | RUS | Dmitry Sergeyev | 28 | 5 | 11+13 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | KAZ | Arsen Buranchiev | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 25 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KAZ | Andrey Ulshin | 18 | 1 | 5+9 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KAZ | Alexander Mrynsky | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 8 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KAZ | Adilet Sadybekov | 28 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | RUS | Vadim Ulyanov | 12 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | KAZ | Dias Kushkumbaev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | DF | KAZ | Ramazan Karimov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | KAZ | Alibi Mukhit | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | FW | KAZ | Yan Trufanov | 12 | 4 | 1+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 91 | FW | KAZ | Saif Popov | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Kairat on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KGZ | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 8 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KAZ | Aybar Abdulla | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | João Paulo | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Artur Shushenachev | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 83 | Yan Trufanov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Gulzhigit Alykulov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Viktor Vasin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Andrey Ulshin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | 26 | Adilet Sadybekov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 3 | Macky Bagnack | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 44 | 4 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Danil Ustimenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | GK | 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Danil Ustimenko | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Egor Tkachenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Macky Bagnack | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Damir Kasabulat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Sergey Keiler | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Anton Krachkovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Artur Shushenachev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | João Paulo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Lev Kurgin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ofri Arad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Galymzhan Kenzhebek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Dmitry Sergeyev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Arsen Buranchiev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Andrey Ulshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Adilet Sadybekov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: ||||||||||
| | | TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 71 | 2 |