2020 FC Taraz season

The 2020 FC Taraz season is the club's second season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2017 season, and 29th season in total.

FC Taraz

2020 season
Chairman	Sagat Yensegenuly
Manager	Vladimir Nikitenko
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	7th
Kazakhstan Cup	Last 32
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
1	Almas Khamytbekov		GK	(1991-09-29) 29 September 1991	Makhtaaral	2018
24	Dzhurakhon Babakhanov		GK	(1991-10-31) 31 October 1991	Okzhetpes	2020
74	Mukhamedzhan Seisen		GK	(1999-02-14) 14 February 1999	Youth Team	2018
Defenders
4	Bekzat Shadmanov		DF	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997	Youth Team	2017
5	Valery Karshakevich		DF	(1988-02-15) 15 February 1988	Mordovia Saransk	2020		3	0
14	Berik Aitbayev		DF	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991	Irtysh Pavlodar	2018
20	Maksat Amirkhanov		DF	(1992-02-10) 10 February 1992	Irtysh Pavlodar	2018
22	Madiyar Nuraly		DF	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	Lashyn	2015
23	Dejan Boljević		DF	(1990-05-30) 30 May 1990	Budućnost Podgorica	2020		3	0
25	Mikhail Mishchenko		DF	(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	2020		2	0
27	Dmitry Evstingeyev		DF	(1986-11-21) 21 November 1986	Makhtaaral	2020
Midfielders
6	Adilet Abdenaby		MF	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996	Makhtaaral	2020
7	Abzal Taubay		MF	(1995-02-18) 18 February 1995	Youth Team	2015
8	Sheykhislam Kulakhmetov		MF	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996	Youth Team	2014
9	Ovidijus Verbickas		MF	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993	Sūduva	2020		3	0
11	Gavril Kan		MF	(1999-01-10) 10 January 1999	Youth Team	2018
17	Dinmukhamed Karaman		MF	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000	Youth Team	2019		11	0
21	Jovan Čađenović		MF	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995	Sūduva	2020		3	0
40	Goran Brkić		MF	(1991-04-28) 28 April 1991	Olimpija Ljubljana	2020		2	0
95	Ayub Batsuyev		MF	(1997-02-09) 9 February 1997	Akhmat Grozny	2020		1	0
Forwards
10	Alisher Suley		FW	(1995-11-01) 1 November 1995	Ordabasy	2018
13	Bratislav Punoševac		FW	(1987-07-09) 9 July 1987	Kaisar	2020		1	0
15	Toni Silva		FW	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993	Astra Giurgiu	2020		3	1
19	Abylayhan Zhumabek		FW	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001	Youth Team	2019		3	0
70	Nils Zatl		FW	(1992-04-03) 3 April 1992	Doxa Katokopias	2020		2	1
Players away on loan
Players that left during the season

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	GK		Dzhurakhon Babakhanov	Okzhetpes	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	DF		Dmitry Evstingeyev	Makhtaaral	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	MF		Adilet Abdenaby	Makhtaaral	Undisclosed
22 January 2020	MF		Ovidijus Verbickas	Sūduva	Undisclosed	[5]
22 January 2020	MF		Jovan Čađenović	Sūduva	Undisclosed	[6]
22 January 2020	FW		Bratislav Punoševac		Free	[7]
29 January 2020	DF		Valery Karshakevich	Mordovia Saransk	Undisclosed	[8]
29 January 2020	MF		Ayub Batsuyev	Akhmat Grozny	Undisclosed	[8]
29 January 2020	FW		Dejan Boljević	Budućnost Podgorica	Undisclosed	[8]
10 February 2020	FW		Nils Zatl	Doxa Katokopias	Undisclosed	[9]
17 February 2020	FW		Toni Silva	Astra Giurgiu	Undisclosed	[10]
18 February 2020	DF		Mikhail Mishchenko	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Undisclosed	[11]
24 February 2020	MF		Goran Brkić	Olimpija Ljubljana	Undisclosed	[12]

Friendlies

v

2020		–
(UTC+6)

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
3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	1	0	0	3	2	+1	0	1	1	2	3	−1

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D
Position	7	7

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

Taraz v Ordabasy

15 March 2020 2	Taraz	3 – 2	Ordabasy	Taraz
16:00 (UTC+6)	Simčević  4' (o.g.) Kleshchenko  33' (o.g.) A.Taubay  47' Mishchenko  57'  68' Silva  74' D.Babakhanov  84'	Report	Diakate  55' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Simčević  81' Fontanello  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

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]

Taraz v Kyzylzhar

4 July 2020 4	Taraz	–	Kyzylzhar	Taraz
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Central 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]

Irtysh Pavlodar v Taraz

10 July 2020 5	Irtysh Pavlodar	–	Taraz	Pavlodar
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Central 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
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
8	Zhetysu	3	1	1	1	2	3	−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.[13]

Kazakhstan Cup

v

July 2020 Last 16		–
(UTC+6)

Squad statistics

As of match played 1 July 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
4	DF		Bekzat Shadmanov	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF		Valery Karshakevich	3	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF		Abzal Taubay	3	1	1+2	1	0	0
9	MF		Ovidijus Verbickas	3	0	3	0	0	0
10	FW		Alisher Suley	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
13	FW		Bratislav Punoševac	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	DF		Berik Aitbayev	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
15	FW		Toni Silva	3	1	3	1	0	0
20	DF		Maksat Amirkhanov	3	0	3	0	0	0
21	MF		Jovan Čađenović	3	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF		Dejan Boljević	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
24	GK		Dzhurakhon Babakhanov	3	0	3	0	0	0
25	DF		Mikhail Mishchenko	2	0	2	0	0	0
40	MF		Goran Brkić	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
70	FW		Nils Zatl	2	1	2	1	0	0
95	MF		Ayub Batsuyev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Taraz on loan:
Players who left Taraz during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1				Own goal	2	0	2
2	FW		70	Nils Zatl	1	0	1
	MF		7	Abzal Taubay	1	0	1
	FW		15	Toni Silva	1	0	1
				TOTALS	5	0	5

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Total
7		MF	Abzal Taubay	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Toni Silva	1	0	0	0	1	0
24		GK	Dzhurakhon Babakhanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Mikhail Mishchenko	1	1	0	0	1	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Taraz during the season:
			TOTALS	4	1	0	0	4	1

Notes

References

1. "KAZAKHSTAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION SUSPENDS SPORTING EVENTS". kff.kz/. Football Federation of Kazakhstan. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. "Чемпионат Казахстана по футболу приостановлен на месяц". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
3. "OLIMPBET-Чемпионат Казахстана возобновляется 1 июля". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). Kazakhstan Premier League. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
4. "OLIMPBET-Чемпионат Казахстана приостановлен". pflk.kz/ (in Russian). Kazakhstan Premier League. 3 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
5. "Игрок сборной Литвы в Таразе". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
6. "Тараз подписал черногорского полузащитника". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
7. "Брати́слав Пуношевац - игрок Тараза". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
8. "Тараз подписал ещё трёх игроков". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
9. "Тараз подписал австрийского форварда". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
10. "Тараз подписал португальского форварда". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
11. "Тараз заключил контракт с российским защитником". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
12. "Тараз пополнил сербский полузащитник". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
13. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ ЧЕМПИОНАТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН ПО ФУТБОЛУ СРЕДИ КЛУБОВ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ НА 2018 год" [Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018] (PDF). Kazakhstan Premier League (in Russian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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