2020 FC Kaisar season

The 2020 FC Kaisar season is the club's fourth season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 23rd in total. As well as participating in the Kazakhstan Premier League, Kaisar will defend their title in the Kazakhstan Cup. On 29 February they began their season losing 1–0 to Astana in the Kazakhstan Super Cup.

FC Kaisar

2020 season
Chairman	Nurlan Abuov
Manager	Stoycho Mladenov
Stadium	Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Super Cup	Runners-up
Kazakhstan Cup
Top goalscorer	League: Elguja Lobjanidze (2) All: Elguja Lobjanidze (2)
Home colours Away colours

Season events

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.[1] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[2]

On 26 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.[3] The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.[4]

Squad

As of match played 1 July 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
34	Nurymzhan Salaidin		GK	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995	Baikonur	2018
71	Marsel Islamkulov		GK	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994	Baikonur	2016
Defenders
2	Yeldos Akhmetov		DF	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	Kairat	2020[5]		0	0
5	Bagdat Kairov		DF	(1993-04-17) 17 April 1993	Aktobe	2020[6]		4	0
13	Ilyas Amirseitov		DF	(1989-10-22) 22 October 1989	Zhetysu	2017		88	0
14	Mark Gorman		DF	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989	Tobol	2018		32	0
15	Rizvan Ablitarov		DF	(1989-04-18) 18 April 1989	Atyrau	2020[7]		0	0
22	Aleksandr Marochkin		DF	(1990-07-14) 14 July 1990	loan from Tobol	2020[8]
55	Ivan Graf		DF	(1987-06-17) 17 June 1987	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016
77	Kuanysh Kalmuratov		DF	(1996-08-27) 27 August 1996	loan from Atyrau	2020[9]
Midfielders
8	Askhat Tagybergen		MF	(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990	Astana	2018		117	14
10	Duman Narzildayev		MF	(1993-09-06) 6 September 1993	Youth Team	2011
11	Shokhan Abzalov		MF	(1993-09-11) 11 September 1993	Baikonur	2019		15	1
17	Bekzat Kurmanbekuly		MF	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000	Youth team	2019		2	0
19	Clarence Bitang		MF	(1992-09-02) 2 September 1992	Vardar	2019		18	0
70	Ayan Kulmaganbetov		MF	(2000-11-11) 11 November 2000	Youth Team	2020		0	0
88	Magomed Paragulgov		MF	(1994-03-26) 26 March 1994	Kairat	2020[10]		2	0
92	Ivan Pešić		MF	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992	Dinamo București	2020[11]		3	0
94	Alvin Fortes		MF	(1994-05-25) 25 May 1994	Dila Gori	2020[12]		2	0
96	Maxim Fedin		MF	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996	loan from Tobol	2020[13]	2020[13]	1	0
Forwards
7	Aleksandar Kolev		FW	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992	Raków Częstochowa	2020		4	0
9	Elguja Lobjanidze		FW	(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992	Taraz	2020[14]		3	2
29	Orken Makhan		FW	(1998-01-27) 27 January 1998	Youth Team	2018		10	1
99	Reginaldo		FW	(1990-06-14) 14 June 1990	Shakhter Karagandy	2020[15]		4	0
Players away on loan
Left during the season
1	Aleksandr Grigorenko		GK	(1985-02-06) 6 February 1985	Taraz	2017		58	0
39	Aleksei Shumskikh		DF	(1990-07-01) 1 July 1990	Tom Tomsk	2020[16]		1	0

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.
Winter 2020	FW		Aleksandar Kolev	Raków Częstochowa	Undisclosed
11 January 2020	DF		Yeldos Akhmetov	Kairat	Undisclosed	[5]
11 January 2020	DF		Bagdat Kairov	Aktobe	Undisclosed	[6]
13 January 2020	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	Taraz	Undisclosed	[14]
14 January 2020	MF		Alvin Fortes	Dila Gori	Undisclosed	[12]
15 January 2020	DF		Rizvan Ablitarov	Atyrau	Undisclosed	[7]
5 February 2020	FW		Reginaldo	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed	[15]
10 February 2020	DF		Aleksei Shumskikh	Tom Tomsk	Undisclosed	[16]
15 February 2020	MF		Ivan Pešić	Dinamo București	Undisclosed	[11]
17 February 2020	MF		Magomed Paragulgov	Kairat	Undisclosed	[10]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 January 2020	MF		Kuanysh Kalmuratov	Atyrau	End of Season	[9]
16 February 2020	DF		Aleksandr Marochkin	Tobol	End of Season	[8]
4 April 2020	MF		Maxim Fedin	Tobol	End of Season	[13]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 January 2020	MF		Tigran Barseghyan	Astana	Undisclosed	[17]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2020	GK		Aleksandr Grigorenko
30 June 2020	DF		Aleksei Shumskikh	Nizhny Novgorod	1 June 2020	[18]

Friendlies

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(UTC+6)

Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: Kazakhstan Super Cup

Astana v Kaisar

29 February 2020	Astana	1 – 0	Kaisar	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko  10' Postnikov  37' Sotiriou  40'  53'	Report	Graf  13' Bitang  29'	Stadium: Tobol Arena Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

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
3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7	1	1	0	2	1	+1	1	0	0	1	0	+1

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D
Position	5	3	4

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

Results

Kaisar v Irtysh Pavlodar

8 March 2020 1	Kaisar	1 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Kyzylorda
17:00 (UTC+6)	Lobjanidze  11' Tagybergen  42' D.Narzildayev  52' Reginaldo  53' Marochkin  84'	Report		Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Okzhetpes v Kaisar

15 March 2020 2	Okzhetpes	0 – 1	Kaisar	Kokshetau
15:00 (UTC+6)	S.Zhumakhanov  36' Zorić  57' Gian  59'	Report	Lobjanidze  10'  14' Pešić  50' Bitang  61' B.Kairov  68'	Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bolat Saryev

Kaisar v Taraz

1 July 2020 3	Kaisar	1 – 1	Taraz	Kyzylorda
20:00 (UTC+6)	D.Narzildayev  41' B.Kairov  48' Reginaldo  60'	Report	Silva  49' A.Taubay  58'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruslan Omarov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 21 March, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Shakhter Karagandy v Kaisar

4 July 2020 4	Shakhter Karagandy	–	Kaisar	Karaganda
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Shakhter Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[4]

Kaisar v Zhetysu

10 July 2020 5	Kaisar	–	Zhetysu	Kyzylorda
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 April, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[4]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Tobol	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Shakhter Karagandy	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
5	Kaisar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
6	Taraz	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Ordabasy	4	1	1	2	4	5	−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.[19]

Kazakhstan Cup

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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

17 September 2020 Second 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		Super Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
5	DF		Bagdat Kairov	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Aleksandar Kolev	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
8	MF		Askhat Tagybergen	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Duman Narzildayev	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF		Shokhan Abzalov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Ilyas Amirseitov	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Mark Gorman	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Clarence Bitang	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Aleksandr Marochkin	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
55	DF		Ivan Graf	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
71	GK		Marsel Islamkulov	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
88	MF		Magomed Paragulgov	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
92	MF		Ivan Pešić	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
94	MF		Alvin Fortes	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
96	MF		Maxim Fedin	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Reginaldo	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from Kaisar on loan:
Players who left Kaisar during the season:
39	DF		Aleksei Shumskikh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		9	Elguja Lobjanidze	2	0	0	0	2
2	MF		10	Duman Narzildayev	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	3	0	0	0	3

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK		71	Marsel Islamkulov	2	0	0	0	2
				TOTALS	2	0	0	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Europa League		Total
5		DF	Bagdat Kairov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Askhat Tagybergen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Elguja Lobjanidze	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Duman Narzildayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Clarence Bitang	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Marochkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		DF	Ivan Graf	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
92		MF	Ivan Pešić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99		FW	Reginaldo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Kaisar during the season:
			TOTALS	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0

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