2020 FC Zhetysu season

The 2020 FC Zhetysu season is the club's third season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, and 23rd season in total.

FC Zhetysu

2020 season
Chairman	Zheksenbai Kusainov
Manager	Dmitry Ogai
Stadium	Zhetysu Stadium
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (1) All: Two Players (1)
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	Andrey Shabanov		GK	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986	Atyrau	2015
36	Valeriy Kaznacheev		GK	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000	Kairat	2020		0	0
70	Almat Bekbaev		GK	(1984-06-14) 14 June 1984	Zhetysu	2018		36	0
Defenders
3	Andrey Lebedzew		DF	(1991-02-01) 1 February 1991	Dynamo Brest	2018		32	0
13	Yermek Kuantayev		DF	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990	Kairat	2019		49	0
22	Stefan Živković		DF	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990	AEL	2020		3	0
23	Nikita Naumov		DF	(1989-11-15) 15 November 1989	Vitebsk	2019		33	4
26	Olzhas Kerimzhanov		DF	(1989-05-16) 16 May 1989	Okzhetpes	2017
30	Miram Sapanov		DF	(1986-03-12) 12 March 1986	Akzhayik	2019		20	0
31	Andrey Zaleski		DF	(1991-01-20) 20 January 1991	Dinamo Minsk	2020		2	0
Midfielders
8	Aslan Darabayev		MF	(1989-01-21) 21 January 1989	Irtysh Pavlodar	2019[5]		20	2
10	Donjet Shkodra		MF	(1989-04-30) 30 April 1989	Shakhter Karagandy	2020		3	0
14	David Mawutor		MF	(1992-04-12) 12 April 1992	Istiklol	2018		64	2
21	Nenad Adamović		MF	(1989-01-12) 12 January 1989	Vitebsk	2019		34	5
33	Pedro Eugénio		MF	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990	Beroe Stara Zagora	2020		1	0
44	Artūras Žulpa		MF	(1990-06-10) 10 June 1990	Tobol	2020		2	0
77	Almir Mukhutdinov		MF	(1985-06-09) 9 June 1985	Tobol	2018		42	1
78	Alinur Yunashev		MF	(2000-06-01) 1 June 2000	Youth Team	2020		0	0
88	Madi Hasein		MF	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999	Youth Team	2020		0	0
Forwards
9	Aybar Zhaksylykov		FW	(1993-01-16) 16 January 1993	Youth Team	2019		27	6
11	Vadim Pobudey		FW	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994	Dnyapro Mogilev	2020		3	0
17	Yahor Zubovich		FW	(1989-06-01) 1 June 1989	Dinamo Minsk	2020		3	1
90	Martin Toshev		FW	(1990-08-15) 15 August 1990	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2019		17	10
Players away on loan
Left during the season
6	Georgi Pashov		DF	(1990-03-04) 4 March 1990	Ararat-Armenia	2020		0	0
7	Elzhas Altynbekov		FW	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993	Kaisar	2018		46	7

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		Valeriy Kaznacheev	Kairat	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Alashkert	Free
Winter 2020	DF		Andrey Zaleski	Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	DF		Stefan Živković	AEL	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	MF		Donjet Shkodra	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	MF		Artūras Žulpa	Tobol	Free
Winter 2020	MF		Pedro Eugénio	Beroe Stara Zagora	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	FW		Vadim Pobudey	Dnyapro Mogilev	Undisclosed
Winter 2020	FW		Yahor Zubovich	Dinamo Minsk	Undisclosed
26 January 2020	DF		Georgi Pashov	Ararat-Armenia	Free	[6]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2020	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Alashkert	4 March 2020	[7]
30 June 2020	DF		Georgi Pashov
30 June 2020	FW		Elzhas Altynbekov

Friendlies

Zhetysu v

2020	Zhetysu	–
(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	2	3	−1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

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

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

Results

Caspiy v Zhetysu

8 March 2020 1	Caspiy	0 – 2	Zhetysu	Aktau
17:00 (UTC+6)	Adams  52' Bondarenko  77'	Report	Toshev  66' Shkodra  77' Živković  82' Zubovich  83'	Stadium: Zhastar Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

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.[1]

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.[2] Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zhetysu v Ordabasy

4 July 2020 4	Zhetysu	–	Ordabasy	Taldıqorğan
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Zhetysu 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
6	Taraz	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
7	Kaisar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
8	Zhetysu	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4
9	Kyzylzhar	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
10	Caspiy	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 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.[8]

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
8	MF		Aslan Darabayev	3	0	3	0	0	0
9	FW		Aybar Zhaksylykov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
10	MF		Donjet Shkodra	3	0	3	0	0	0
11	FW		Vadim Pobudey	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
13	DF		Yermek Kuantayev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF		David Mawutor	3	0	3	0	0	0
17	FW		Yahor Zubovich	3	1	0+3	1	0	0
21	MF		Nenad Adamović	3	0	3	0	0	0
22	DF		Stefan Živković	3	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF		Nikita Naumov	3	0	3	0	0	0
26	DF		Olzhas Kerimzhanov	2	0	2	0	0	0
30	DF		Miram Sapanov	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	DF		Andrey Zaleski	2	0	2	0	0	0
33	MF		Pedro Eugénio	1	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF		Artūras Žulpa	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
70	GK		Almat Bekbaev	3	0	3	0	0	0
90	FW		Martin Toshev	3	1	3	1	0	0
Players away from Zhetysu on loan:
Players who left Zhetysu during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1	FW		90	Martin Toshev	1	0	1
	FW		17	Yahor Zubovich	1	0	1
				TOTALS	2	0	2

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1	GK		70	Almat Bekbaev	2	0	2
				TOTALS	2	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Total
10		MF	Donjet Shkodra	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Stefan Živković	1	0	0	0	1	0
30		DF	Miram Sapanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Zhetysu during the season:
			TOTALS	3	0	0	0	3	0

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. "АСЛАН ДАРАБАЕВ - ИГРОК ЖЕТЫСУ". fc-zhetisu.kz/ (in Russian). FC Zhetysu. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
6. "НОВИЧОК ЖЕТЫСУ: ЧЕМПИОНАТ КАЗАХСТАНА ВЫШЕ УРОВНЕМ АРМЕНИИ". fc-zhetisu.kz/ (in Russian). FC Zhetysu. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
7. "Պաշտոնական հայտարարություն. Իշխանյան, Մանուչարյան". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
8. "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.