# 2018 FC Tobol season

The 2018 FC Tobol season is the 20th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup. After finishing the previous season in third position, Ordabasy would have qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round but they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, meaning that Tobol qualified in their place.

## Season events

Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as the club's manager following the expiration of Robert Yevdokimov's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the Europa League. Andrei Miroshnichenko was appointed as Caretaker manager before Marek Zub was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018.

## Squad

    As of 1 August 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 |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Larie |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko |
| 9 | MF | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Nepohodov |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Azat Nurgaliev |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov |
| 15 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Timur Zhakupov |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Grigori Sartakov |
| 20 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Sultan Abilgazy |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vyacheslav Kotlyar |
| 44 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa |
| 71 | FW | KAZ | Dmitry Zagvostkin |
| 79 | FW | KAZ | Tanat Nusserbayev (loan from Ordabasy) |
| 92 | DF | KAZ | Marat Bystrov (on loan from Astana) |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin |
| 99 | FW | ARG | Juan Lescano (on loan from Anzhi Makhachkala) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 25 December 2018 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Irtysh Pavlodar | Undisclosed |
| 25 December 2018 | MF | Jaba Kankava | | Free |
| 25 December 2018 | DF | Sultan Abilgazy | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| 25 December 2018 | MF | Maxim Fedin | Okzhetpes | Undisclosed |
| 11 January 2018 | MF | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Kairat | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2018 | MF | Azat Nurgaliev | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2018 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | Veres Rivne | Undisclosed |
| 10 March 2018 | FW | Anton Shynder | | Free |
| | DF | Ionuț Larie | Steaua București | Undisclosed |
| | GK | Vyacheslav Kotlyar | Akzhayik | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Mark Gorman | Kaisar | Undisclosed |
| | GK | Stanislav Pavlov | Astana | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Almir Mukhutdinov | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| | MF | Raul Jalilov | Zhetysu | Undisclosed |
| | FW | Amer Bekić | Sloboda Tuzla | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 28 March 2018 | FW | Tanat Nusserbayev | Ordabasy | End of Season |
| 4 July 2018 | DF | Marat Bystrov | Astana | End of Season |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | Juan Lescano | Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 June 2019 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 10 March 2018 | MF | | Egon Vůch | Shakhter Karagandy | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 8 June 2018 | FW | Anton Shynder | Kisvárda | 9 June 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Vasyl Kobin | Mynai | |
| 9 July 2018 | DF | Vanče Šikov | Akademija Pandev | |
| 16 July 2018 | FW | Zhasulan Moldakaraev | Ordabasy | |
| | MF | Yevgeniy Levin | | |
| | FW | Temirlan Elmurzaev | | |
| 27 December 2019 | MF | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Retired | Retired |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Dmytro Nepohodov | Ordabasy | 14 January 2019 |
| 31 December 2019 | GK | Vyacheslav Kotlyar | | |
| 31 December 2019 | DF | Timur Zhakupov | | |
| 31 December 2019 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | Irtysh Pavlodar | 1 January 2019 |
| 31 December 2019 | FW | Dmitry Zagvostkin | | |

## 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: 11 November 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Astana (C) | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Kairat | 33 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Tobol | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 33 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Kaisar | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 45 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of 2018 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | KAZ | Sultan Busurmanov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CTA | Fernander Kassaï | 35 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Larie | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | KAZ | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 36 | 1 | 28+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KAZ | Viktor Dmitrenko | 35 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 10 | 1 | 1+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GEO | Nika Kvekveskiri | 28 | 2 | 15+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KAZ | Aslan Darabayev | 30 | 3 | 21+5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Nepohodov | 34 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KAZ | Azat Nurgaliev | 32 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | KAZ | Samat Zharynbetov | 17 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 36 | 6 | 24+6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | KAZ | Timur Zhakupov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KAZ | Grigori Sartakov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GEO | Jaba Kankava | 34 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KAZ | Sultan Abilgazy | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KAZ | Vyacheslav Kotlyar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Zhukov | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | LTU | Artūras Žulpa | 37 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | KAZ | Temirlan Amirgazy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | KAZ | Tanat Nusserbayev | 30 | 8 | 7+18 | 7 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | KAZ | Marat Bystrov | 17 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | KAZ | Maxim Fedin | 34 | 4 | 25+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | ARG | Juan Lescano | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players away from Tobol on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | MKD | Vanče Šikov | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KAZ | Zhasulan Moldakaraev | 15 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | UKR | Anton Shynder | 7 | 3 | 5+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Vasyl Kobin | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 79 | Tanat Nusserbayev | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 15 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 96 | Maxim Fedin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 25 | Anton Shynder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Jaba Kankava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Aslan Darabayev | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Nika Kvekveskiri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 7 | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | Samat Zharynbetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 92 | Marat Bystrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 8 | Viktor Dmitrenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 33 | 2 | 5 | 40 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Sultan Busurmanov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Fernander Kassaï | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Ionuț Larie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Dmitri Miroshnichenko | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | Viktor Dmitrenko | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nika Kvekveskiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Aslan Darabayev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Dmytro Nepohodov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Azat Nurgaliev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Samat Zharynbetov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Timur Zhakupov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jaba Kankava | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Sultan Abilgazy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Artūras Žulpa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | FW | Tanat Nusserbayev | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 92 | DF | Marat Bystrov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Maxim Fedin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Tobol during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | Vanče Šikov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Zhasulan Moldakaraev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 81 | 4 |