2020 FC Kairat season

The 2020 FC Kairat season is the 10th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.

FC Kairat

2020 season
Chairman	Kairat Boranbayev
Manager	Aleksey Shpilevsky
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League
Kazakhstan Cup
Europa League	First Qualifying Round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season events

On 11 January, Kairat announced the signing of Kamo Hovhannisyan to a two-year contract.[1] On 19 January, Kairat announced the signing of Jacek Góralski to a three-year contract.[2] On 27 January, Kairat announced the signing of Gulzhigit Alykulov on a two-year contract, with the option of a third,[3] and the signing of Abat Aimbetov to a one-year contract, with the option of a second.[4]

On 3 February, Danil Ustimenko extended his contract with Kairat until the end of the 2024 season, Adam Adakhadzhiev and Vyacheslav Shvyrev extended their contracts until the end of the 2023 season and Artur Shushenachev extended his contract until the end of the 2022 season.[5]

On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[7]

On 26 March, Kairat announced the signing of Kirill Kolesnichenko to a three-year contract from Chertanovo Moscow.[8]

After Ramazan Orazov left the club in March to join BFC Daugavpils, whilst still having a valid contract with Kairat, Kairat filled a grievance lawsuit with FIFA against the Latvian club, seeking compensation.[9]

On 26 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.[10] On 3 July, the Kazakhstan Premier League was suspended for two-weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

On 8 July, Kairat announced the signing of Brazilian international Vágner Love on a six-month contract, with the option to extend it.[12]

Squad

As of match played 1 July 2020[13]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Stas Pokatilov		GK	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992	Rostov	2017	2022[14]	100	0
30	Danil Ustimenko		GK	(2000-08-08) 8 August 2000	Youth Team	2019	2024[5]	1	0
Defenders
2	Sergey Keyler		DF	(1994-08-11) 11 August 1994	Okzhetpes	2018	2021[15]	24	0
4	Nuraly Alip		DF	(1999-12-22) 22 December 1999	Academy	2018		46	1
5	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev		DF	(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990	Ordabasy	2016		127	8
15	Nurlan Dairov		DF	(1995-06-26) 26 June 1995	Academy	2012		3	0
20	Rade Dugalić		DF	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992	Yenisey Krasnoyarsk	2019[16]	2020[16]	39	6
24	Dino Mikanović		DF	(1994-05-07) 7 May 1994	AGF	2019[17]	2020[17]	40	1
37	Madi Aitore		DF	(1998-02-06) 6 February 1998	Academy	2019		2	0
75	Alexandr Shirobokov		DF	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	Academy	2020		1	0
Midfielders
6	Jacek Góralski		MF	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992	Ludogorets Razgrad	2020[2]	2022[2]	4	0
8	Aybol Abiken		MF	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996	Academy	2015	2022[18]	58	6
13	Kamo Hovhannisyan		MF	(1992-10-05) 5 October 1992	Zhetysu	2020[1]	2021[1]	3	1
14	Adam Adakhadzhiev		MF	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998	Academy	2019	2023[5]	3	0
18	Konrad Wrzesiński		MF	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	Ordabasy	2019[19]	2020[19]	34	5
21	Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev		MF	(1995-01-14) 14 January 1995	Ordabasy	2019[20]	2021[20]	19	0
22	Nebojša Kosović		MF	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995	Partizan	2019[21]	2020[21]	20	0
25	Kirill Kolesnichenko		MF	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000	Chertanovo Moscow	2020[8]	2022[8]	0	0
27	Gulzhigit Alykulov		MF	(2000-11-25) 25 November 2000	Neman Grodno	2020[3]	2021(+1)[3]	4	0
29	Daniyar Usenov		MF	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001	Academy	2020		1	0
35	Aibarr Nurdaliyev		MF	(1999-08-12) 12 August 1999	Academy	2019		1	0
Forwards
7	Abat Aimbetov		FW	(1995-08-07) 7 August 1995	Aktobe	2020[4]	2020 (+1)[4]	4	3
9	Vágner Love		FW	(1984-06-11) 11 June 1984	Corinthians	2020[12]	2020[12]	0	0
10	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet		FW	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000	Ufa	2019[22]	2022[22]	15	1
11	Aderinsola Eseola		FW	(1991-06-28) 28 June 1991	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2018	2021[23]	57	33
17	Sultan Astanov		FW	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999	Academy	2019		14	2
19	Artur Shushenachev		FW	(1998-04-07) 7 April 1998	Academy	2017	2022[5]	12	3
23	Vyacheslav Shvyrev		FW	(2001-01-07) 7 January 2001	Academy	2018		29	3
47	Damir Bitussupov		FW	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000	Academy	2019		1	0
Players away on loan
Players that left during the season
26	Ramazan Orazov		MF	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998	Academy	2017		31	1

Transfers

Main articles: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2019–20 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2020

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
11 January 2020	MF		Kamo Hovhannisyan	Zhetysu	Undisclosed	[1]
19 January 2020	MF		Jacek Góralski	Ludogorets Razgrad	Undisclosed	[2]
27 January 2020	MF		Gulzhigit Alykulov	Neman Grodno	Undisclosed	[3]
27 January 2020	FW		Abat Aimbetov	Aktobe	Undisclosed	[4]
26 March 2020	MF		Kirill Kolesnichenko	Chertanovo Moscow	Undisclosed	[8]
8 July 2020	FW		Vágner Love	Corinthians	Free	[12]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
6 February 2020	FW		Samat Sarsenov	Valmiera Glass ViA	Undisclosed	[24]
11 February 2020	GK		Vladimir Plotnikov	Ordabasy	Undisclosed	[25][26]
27 February 2020	FW		Rifat Nurmugamet	Aktobe	Undisclosed
6 March 2020	DF		Aleksandr Sokolenko	Kyzylzhar	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
6 January 2020[27]	MF		Han Jeong-uh	Suwon	9 January 2020	[28]
11 March 2020	MF		Ramazan Orazov	Daugavpils	11 March 2020	[9]

Friendlies

Kairat v Legia Warsaw

26 January 2020	Kairat	1 – 1	Legia Warsaw	Belek, Turkey
14:00 (UTC+6)	Dugalić  13' Seydakhmet  18' A.Shushenachev  42'  70'	Report	Wieteska 13'  71' Stolarski  19' K.Kostorz  47' Rémy  70' Gvilia 75'

Kairat v Legia Warsaw

26 January 2020	Kairat	2 – 0	Legia Warsaw	Belek, Turkey
20:30 (UTC+6)		Report	Antolić  29' (pen.) Martins  82' (pen.)

Kairat v Dynamo Kyiv

28 January 2020	Kairat	0 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Belek, Turkey
12:00 (UTC+6)	Abiken  33' Seydakhmet  43'	Report	Kargbo Jr.  52', 74' Kadiri  77'

Kairat v Ludogorets Razgrad

29 January 2020	Kairat	0 – 6	Ludogorets Razgrad	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Keșerü  2' Jorginho  38' Świerczok  66', 76' Tchibota  68' (pen.) Bakalov  70'

Kairat v Dynamo Moscow

13 February 2020	Kairat	1 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)	D.Usanov  57'	Report	Igboun  72' Šunjić  80'

Kairat v Dnipro-1

15 February 2020	Kairat	4 – 2	Dnipro-1	Belek, Turkey
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kosović  20' Wrzesiński  37' Dugalić  45+2' Tungyshbayev  82'	Report	Supriaha  62' Buletsa  83'}

Kairat v Zenit St.Petersburg

17 February 2020	Kairat	1 – 3	Zenit St.Petersburg	Belek, Turkey
17:00 (UTC+6)	Tungyshbayev  34'	Report	Ozdoyev  8' Malcom  25' Douglas  67' Azmoun  68'

Kairat v Rubin Kazan

19 February 2020	Kairat	3 – 2	Rubin Kazan	Belek, Turkey
18:00 (UTC+6)	Aimbetov  14' Dugalić  16' Wrzesiński  36'	Report	Davitashvili  77' (pen.) Abildgaard  90'

Kairat v Taraz

11 June 2020	Kairat	2 – 2	Taraz	Almaty
(UTC+6)	D.Usenov  2' S.Astanov  45'	Report	Brkić  69' A.Taubay  78'	Stadium: T.S. Segizbaeva Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Kairat v Taraz

13 June 2020	Kairat	1 – 0	Taraz	Almaty
(UTC+6)	Abiken  79'	Report		Stadium: T.S. Segizbaeva Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Kairat v Okzhetpes

19 June 2020	Kairat	3 – 1	Okzhetpes	Almaty
(UTC+6)	Aimbetov  47', 63' Kosović  78'	Report	Zorić  73'	Stadium: T.S. Segizbaeva Attendance: 0
Note: Match played behind closed doors.

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9	3	0	0	10	1	+9	0	0	1	0	1	−1

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W
Position	4	2	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Kairat v Taraz

7 March 2020 1	Kairat	2 – 1	Taraz	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Góralski  19' Wrzesiński  24' Aimbetov  83'	Report	Zatl  29'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

Kairat v Okzhetpes

11 March 2020 21	Kairat	5 – 0	Okzhetpes	Almaty
16:00 (UTC+6)	Alip  17' (pen.) Aimbetov  25', 51' A.Shushenachev 57'  57' Abiken  66'	Report	Gian  5' Stojanović  9' Dimov  16' Mischenko  45+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Zhandos Abzhan
Note: Match was originally scheduled for 2 August 2020.[29]

Shakhter Karagandy v Kairat

15 March 2020 2	Shakhter Karagandy	1 – 0	Kairat	Karaganda
17:00 (UTC+6)	Turysbek  17' T.Zakirov  51' Usman  79'	Report	Alip  84'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Kairat v Zhetysu

1 July 2020 3	Kairat	3 – 0	Zhetysu	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Hovhannisyan  11' Mikanović  16' Góralski  42' Wrzesiński  56' A.Shushenachev  90+1'	Report	M.Sapanov  66'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko
Note: Match originally scheduled for 20 March, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caspiy v Kairat

4 July 2020 4	Caspiy	–	Kairat	Aktau
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Zhastar Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[11]

Kairat v Tobol

10 July 2020 5	Kairat	–	Tobol	Almaty
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Central Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 April, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[11]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kairat	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Astana	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Tobol	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
4	Shakhter Karagandy	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
5	Kaisar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2020. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw.[30]

Kazakhstan Cup

v

July 2020 Last 16		–
(UTC+6)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

v

27 August 2020 First qualifying round		–
(UTC+6)

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 July 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Stas Pokatilov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Sergey Keyler	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Nuraly Alip	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Jacek Góralski	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW		Abat Aimbetov	4	3	4	3	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Aybol Abiken	2	1	1+1	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Aderinsola Eseola	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Kamo Hovhannisyan	3	1	1+2	1	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Sultan Astanov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Konrad Wrzesiński	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Artur Shushenachev	4	2	2+2	2	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Rade Dugalić	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Nebojša Kosović	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF		Dino Mikanović	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Gulzhigit Alykulov	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Daniyar Usenov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Danil Ustimenko	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF		Alexandr Shirobokov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Kairat on loan:
Players who left Kairat during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW		7	Abat Aimbetov	3	0	0	3
2	MF		18	Konrad Wrzesiński	2	0	0	2
	FW		19	Artur Shushenachev	2	0	0	2
4	DF		4	Nuraly Alip	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Aybol Abiken	1	0	0	1
	MF		13	Kamo Hovhannisyan	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	10	0	0	10

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Stas Pokatilov	1	0	0	1
	GK		30	Danil Ustimenko	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	2	0	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
4		DF	Nuraly Alip	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		MF	Jacek Góralski	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24		DF	Dino Mikanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Kairat during the season:
			TOTALS	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Notes

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External links

• Official Website