2020 FC Tobol season

The 2020 FC Tobol season is the 22nd successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol will also play in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Europa League.

FC Tobol

2020 season
Chairman	Nikolay Panin
Manager	Grigori Babayan
Stadium	Central Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Three Players (1) All: Three Players (1)
Home colours Away colours

Season Events

On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was announced as Tobol's new head coach.[1]

On 7 February, Tobol announced the signing of Roman Murtazayev on a one-year contract.[2]

On 12 February, Tobol announced the signing of Arman Hovhannisyan from Gandzasar Kapan.[3]

On 17 February, Tobol announced the signing of Aleksa Amanović on a one-year contract, with the option of an additional year.[4]

On 19 February, Tobol announced the signing of Luka Zarandia on loan from Zulte Waregem until 31 July.[5]

On 22 February, Tobol announced the signing of Aleksandr Mokin on a one-year contract.[6]

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.[7] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[8]

On 4 April 2020, Maxim Fedin joined FC Kaisar on loan for the remainder of the 2020 season.[9]

On 8 July, Tobol announced the signings of Serhiy Malyi from Astana and Carlos Fonseca from Irtysh Pavlodar.[10][11]

On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.[12] 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.[13]

On 27 July, Stephen Eze's contract with Tobol was ended by mutual consent, and Luka Zarandia loan deal from Zulte Waregem expired.[14][15]

New Contracts

On 12 January, Dmitri Miroshnichenko signed a new contract with Tobol until the end of 2020.[16]

On 25 February, midfielder Daniyar Semchenkov extended his contract with Tobol until the end of 2020,[17] whilst defender Roman Asrankulov also extended his contract until the end of 2020.[18]

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
12	Sultan Busurmanov		GK	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996	Academy	2015	2020[19]	12	0
30	Igor Shatskiy		GK	(1989-05-11) 11 May 1989	Atyrau	2020[20]		3	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin		GK	(1981-06-19) 19 June 1981	Atyrau	2020[6]	2020[6]	0	0
Defenders
4	Arman Hovhannisyan		DF	(1993-07-07) 7 July 1993	Gandzasar Kapan	2020[3]		1	0
7	Dmitri Miroshnichenko		DF	(1992-02-26) 26 February 1992	Aktobe	2016	2020[16]	120	3
8	Temirlan Yerlanov		DF	(1993-07-09) 9 July 1993	Ordabasy	2020[21]		2	0
17	Ruslan Valiullin		DF	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994	Aktobe	2019[22]	2020[22]	38	1
18	Daniyar Semchenkov		DF	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997	Academy	2019		5	0
21	Sultan Abilgazy		DF	(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997	Okzhetpes	2018	2020[23]	26	1
23	Roman Asrankulov		DF	(1999-07-30) 30 July 1999	Academy	2018		5	0
24	Aleksa Amanović		DF	(1996-10-24) 24 October 1996	Javor Ivanjica	2020[4]	2020 (+1)[4]	3	0
26	Sagadat Tursynbay		DF	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999	Irtysh Pavlodar	2020[24]		1	0
	Serhiy Malyi		DF	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990	Astana	2020[10]		15	2
Midfielders
10	Nika Kvekveskiri		MF	(1992-05-29) 29 May 1992	Gabala	2017	2020[23]	70	5
11	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	(1989-06-17) 17 June 1989	Astana	2020[25]	2020[25]	2	0
13	Azat Nurgaliev		MF	(1986-06-30) 30 June 1986	Ordabasy	2018	2020[26]	222	44
14	Samat Zharynbetov		MF	(1994-01-04) 4 January 1994	Ekibastuz	2017	2020[27]	52	2
20	Jaba Kankava		MF	(1986-03-18) 18 March 1986		2018	2020[23]	70	3
44	Zhaslan Zhumashev		MF	(2001-09-27) 27 September 2001	Academy	2020		1	0
46	Artem Sherstov		MF	(1998-10-16) 16 October 1998	Academy	2019		15	1
77	Petros Avetisyan		MF	(1996-01-07) 7 January 1996	Ararat-Armenia	2020[28]		2	0
88	Roman Ukhanov		MF	(1998-03-12) 12 March 1998	Kyzylzhar	2019[29]		0	0
	Carlos Fonseca		MF	(1987-08-23) 23 August 1987	Irtysh Pavlodar	2020[11]		0	0
Forwards
15	Oralkhan Omirtayev		FW	(1998-07-16) 16 July 1998	Shakhter Karagandy	2020[30]		3	1
19	Senin Sebai		FW	(1993-12-18) 18 December 1993	Tambov	2019		31	8
45	Roman Murtazayev		FW	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	Astana	2020[2]	2020[2]	3	1
Players away on loan
96	Maxim Fedin		MF	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996	Okzhetpes	2018	2020[31]	73	11
	Aleksandr Marochkin		DF	(1990-02-14) 14 February 1990	Kaisar	2020[32]		0	0
Left during the season
6	Stephen Eze		DF	(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2020[33]		0	0
70	Luka Zarandia		MF	(1996-02-17) 17 February 1996	loan from Zulte Waregem	2020[5]	2020[5]	2	1

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 96 DF  KAZ Maxim Fedin (at Kaisar) [9]

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  KAZ Aleksandr Marochkin (at Kaisar) [34]

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.
16 December 2019	DF		Aleksandr Marochkin	Kaisar	Free	[32]
16 December 2019	MF		Aslanbek Kakimov	Aktobe	Free	[35]
16 December 2019	FW		Oralkhan Omirtayev	Shakhter Karagandy	Free	[30]
5 January 2020	GK		Igor Shatskiy	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed	[20]
5 January 2020	DF		Temirlan Yerlanov	Ordabasy	Undisclosed	[21]
6 January 2020	DF		Sagadat Tursynbay	Irtysh Pavlodar	Undisclosed	[24]
14 January 2020	MF		Petros Avetisyan	Ararat-Armenia	Undisclosed	[28][36]
22 January 2020	DF		Stephen Eze	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Undisclosed	[33]
22 January 2020	MF		Serikzhan Muzhikov	Astana	Free	[25]
7 February 2020	FW		Roman Murtazayev	Astana	Free	[2]
12 February 2020	DF		Arman Hovhannisyan	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed	[3]
17 February 2020	DF		Aleksa Amanović	Javor Ivanjica	Undisclosed	[4]
22 February 2020	GK		Aleksandr Mokin	Astana	Free	[6]
8 July 2020	DF		Serhiy Malyi	Astana	Free	[10]
8 July 2020	MF		Carlos Fonseca	Irtysh Pavlodar	Free	[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
19 February 2020	MF		Luka Zarandia	Zulte Waregem	31 July 2020	[5][15]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
16 February 2020	DF		Aleksandr Marochkin	Kaisar	End of Season	[34]
4 April 2020	MF		Maxim Fedin	Kaisar	End of Season	[9]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2020	DF		Viktor Dmitrenko	Ordabasy
Winter 2020	FW		Bauyrzhan Turysbek	Shakhter Karagandy	26 February 2020	[37]
Winter 2020	FW		Aslanbek Kakimov	Aktobe
5 January 2020[38]	MF		Artūras Žulpa	Zhetysu
31 January 2020[39]	GK		Emil Balayev	Zira	3 March 2020	[40]
4 February 2020[41]	DF		Grigori Sartakov	Irtysh Pavlodar
12 February 2020[42]	DF		Vytautas Andriuškevičius	Kyzylzhar
21 February 2020[43]	GK		Andrey Pasechenko
21 February 2020[44]	MF		Nikita Bocharov
27 July 2020[14]	DF		Stephen Eze

Friendlies

Tobol v Žilina

25 January 2020	Tobol	1 – 1	Žilina	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:00 (UTC+6)	Sebai  65'	Report	Sluka  47'

Tobol v Mladost Lučani

6 February 2020	Tobol	0 – 0	Mladost Lučani	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report

Tobol v Sarajevo

9 February 2020	Tobol	0 – 0	Sarajevo	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

Tobol v Dynamo Kyiv

12 February 2020	Tobol	4 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Nurgaliev Muzhikov Murtazayev Avetisyan	Report

Tobol v Isloch

15 February 2020	Tobol	0 – 0	Isloch	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

Tobol v Spartaks Jūrmala

18 February 2020	Tobol	0 – 1	Spartaks Jūrmala	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

Tobol v Dynamo Brest

21 February 2020	Tobol	0 – 1	Dynamo Brest	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

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	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	2	0	0	5	1	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

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

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

Results

Tobol v Shakhter Karagandy

7 March 2020 1	Tobol	3 – 1	Shakhter Karagandy	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Murtazayev  17' Miroshnichenko  33' Yerlanov  73' Nurgaliev  87'  90+4' Zarandia  88'	Report	Manzorro  24' Baah  35' Buyvolov  56' Kislitsyn  60' Usman  90+4'	Stadium: Tobol Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Zhetysu v Tobol

14 March 2020 2	Zhetysu	0 – 0	Tobol	Taldıqorğan
15:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Zarandia  39'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Tobol v Caspiy

1 July 2020 3	Tobol	2 – 0	Caspiy	Kostanay
18:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev  85' Omirtayev  89'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 20 March, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Tobol v Astana

4 July 2020 4	Tobol	–	Astana	Kostanay
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Central Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[13]

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.[8] Match postponed for a second time on 3 July due to COVID-19.[13]

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.[45]

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		Arman Hovhannisyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	DF		Dmitri Miroshnichenko	3	0	3	0	0	0
8	DF		Temirlan Yerlanov	2	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF		Nika Kvekveskiri	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF		Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	0	2	0	0	0
13	MF		Azat Nurgaliev	3	2	1+2	2	0	0
15	FW		Oralkhan Omirtayev	3	1	0+3	1	0	0
18	DF		Daniyar Semchenkov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	FW		Senin Sebai	2	0	2	0	0	0
20	MF		Jaba Kankava	3	0	3	0	0	0
21	DF		Sultan Abilgazy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Roman Asrankulov	3	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF		Aleksa Amanović	3	0	3	0	0	0
26	DF		Sagadat Tursynbay	1	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK		Igor Shatskiy	3	0	3	0	0	0
44	MF		Zhaslan Zhumashev	1	0	1	0	0	0
45	FW		Roman Murtazayev	3	1	3	1	0	0
77	MF		Petros Avetisyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players away from Tobol on loan:
Players who left Tobol during the season:
70	MF		Luka Zarandia	2	1	2	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1	MF		13	Azat Nurgaliev	2	0	2
2	FW		45	Roman Murtazayev	1	0	1
	MF		70	Luka Zarandia	1	0	1
	FW		15	Oralkhan Omirtayev	1	0	1
				TOTALS	5	0	5

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1	GK		30	Igor Shatskiy	2	0	2
				TOTALS	2	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Total
7		DF	Dmitri Miroshnichenko	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		DF	Temirlan Yerlanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
13		MF	Azat Nurgaliev	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Tobol during the season:
70		MF	Luka Zarandia	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	4	0	0	0	4	0

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External links

• Official Website