2020 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
# 2020 FC Shakhter Karagandy season

The 2020 FC Shakhter Karagandy season was the 30th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter Karagandy finished the season in 4th position and as a result qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

## 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.

On 17 June Vyacheslav Hroznyi his role as manager by mutual consent, with Konstantin Gorovenka being appointed as his replacement the following day.

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

### New Contracts

On 24 January, Shakhter Karagandy extended their contract with Jean-Ali Payruz.

On 8 February, Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev and Gevorg Najaryan signed new contracts with Shakhter Karagandy. On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.

### Transfers

On 21 July, Shakhter Karagandy announced the signing of Erkin Tapalov from Caspiy. Five days later, 26 July, Aydos Tattybaev also joined Shakhter Karagandy from Caspiy.

On 6 August, Shakhter Karagandy announced the signing of Ruslan Mingazow, with Soslan Takulov joining from Slutsk on 9 August.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 November 2020

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers|- |||||||| |
| 1 | David Yurchenko | GK | (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 34) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 40 | Yegor Tsuprikov | GK | (1997-05-27)27 May 1997 (aged 23) | Bolat | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 78 | Timurbek Zakirov | GK | (1996-03-01)1 March 1996 (aged 24) | Kyzylzhar | 2020 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Dmitri Yatchenko | DF | (1986-08-25)25 August 1986 (aged 34) | Dinamo Minsk | 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Yevhen Tkachuk | DF | (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 29) | Stal Kamianske | 2018 | 64 | 4 |
| 4 | Gideon Baah | DF | (1991-10-01)1 October 1991 (aged 29) | Honka | 2020 | 19 | 2 |
| 5 | Soslan Takulov | DF | (1995-04-28)28 April 1995 (aged 25) | Slutsk | 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 25 | Andrey Buyvolov | DF | (1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 33) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2020 | 19 | 2 |
| 33 | Abdel Lamanje | DF | (1990-07-27)27 July 1990 (aged 30) | Kaisar | 2020 | 17 | 2 |
| 57 | Birzhan Kulbekov | DF | (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 22) | Bolat | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Bogdan Savkiv | DF | (2001-08-28)28 August 2001 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 8 | Muhammed Usman | MF | (1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 26) | Tambov | 2020 | 18 | 1 |
| 17 | Aslanbek Kakimov | MF | (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 27) | Aktobe | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Ruslan Mingazow | MF | (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 29) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | 13 | 3 |
| 23 | Ruslan Tutkyshev | MF | (1999-02-18)18 February 1999 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Erkin Tapalov | MF | (1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 27) | Caspiy | 2020 | 12 | 1 |
| 47 | Pavel Kriventsev | MF | (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 27) | Kyzylzhar | 2020 | 19 | 0 |
| 50 | Tair Nurseitov | MF | (2000-07-11)11 July 2000 (aged 20) | Academy | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Egor Alishauskas | MF | (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 22) | Bolat | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Gevorg Najaryan | MF | (1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 22) | Astana | 2018 | 85 | 3 |
| 87 | Mikhail Bakayev | MF | (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 33) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2020 | 17 | 0 |
| 88 | Arsen Khubulov | MF | (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 29) | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2020 | 19 | 5 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 10 | Aydos Tattybaev | FW | (1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 30) | Caspiy | 2020 | 17 | 5 |
| 11 | Sergei Zenjov | FW | (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 31) | KS Cracovia | 2019 | 47 | 11 |
| 12 | Cédric Kouadio | FW | (1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 23) | Slutsk | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | Jean-Ali Payruz | FW | (1999-08-12)12 August 1999 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2019 | 40 | 2 |
| Away on loan |||||||||
| 22 | Marat Shakhmetov | MF | (1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 31) | Akzhayik | 2017 | 88 | 8 |
| Left during the season |||||||||
| 5 | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | DF | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 34) | Okzhetpes | 2020 | | |
| 6 | Aliyu Abubakar | DF | (1996-06-15)15 June 1996 (aged 24) | Olimpik Donetsk | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jérémy Manzorro | MF | (1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 29) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | FW | (1991-10-15)15 October 1991 (aged 29) | Tobol | 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev | MF | (1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 27) | Akzhayik | 2019 | 30 | 4 |
| 19 | Matvey Gerasimov | FW | (2001-02-04)4 February 2001 (aged 19) | Youth Team | 2020 | 0 | 0 |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 22 | MF | KAZ | Marat Shakhmetov (at Caspiy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Winter 2020 | MF | Muhammed Usman | Tambov | Free |
| Winter 2020 | FW | Cédric Kouadio | Slutsk | Free |
| 22 January 2020 | GK | David Yurchenko | | Free |
| 24 January 2020 | DF | Abdel Lamanje | Kaisar | Free |
| 24 January 2020 | DF | Gideon Baah | Honka | Free |
| 5 February 2020 | DF | Aliyu Abubakar | Olimpik Donetsk | Free |
| 8 February 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | Okzhetpes | Free |
| 12 February 2020 | MF | Jérémy Manzorro | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |
| 12 February 2020 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | Aktobe | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2020 | MF | Mikhail Bakayev | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Free |
| 26 February 2020 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Tobol | Free |
| 27 February 2020 | DF | Andrey Buyvolov | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Free |
| 27 February 2020 | DF | Dmitri Yatchenko | Dinamo Minsk | Free |
| 21 July 2020 | MF | Erkin Tapalov | Caspiy | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2020 | FW | Aydos Tattybaev | Caspiy | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2020 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | Irtysh Pavlodar | Free |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Soslan Takulov | Slutsk | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 August 2020 | MF | Jérémy Manzorro | Tobol | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2020 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Taraz | Undisclosed |
| 1 October 2020 | FW | Matvey Gerasimov | Metalist Kharkiv | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 February 2020 | MF | | Marat Shakhmetov | Caspiy | End of Season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | MF | Donjet Shkodra | Zhetysu | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | Zhetysu | |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Aliyu Abubakar | Okzhetpes | |
| 30 June 2020 | FW | Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev | Caspiy | |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | David Yurchenko | Alashkert | 14 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | GK | Yegor Tsuprikov | Tobol | 18 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Abdel Lamanje | Astra Giurgiu | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Dmitri Yatchenko | Akron Tolyatti | 10 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| 31 December 2020 | DF | Soslan Takulov | Akzhayik | 20 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Aslanbek Kakimov | | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Marat Shakhmetov | Taraz | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Erkin Tapalov | Akzhayik | 19 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Muhammed Usman | Hapoel Hadera | |
| 31 December 2020 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | Caspiy | 26 February 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Sergei Zenjov | Flora | 20 January 2021 |
| 31 December 2020 | FW | Cédric Kouadio | Neman Grodno | 23 February 2021 |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Name | Last Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| January 2020 | GK | Timur Zakirov | Bayterek |
| January 2020 | GK | David Yurchenko | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk |
| January 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | Okzhetpes |
| January 2020 | DF | Karam Sultanov | Kyzylzhar |
| January 2020 | MF | Adi Adambaev | Kairat Academy |
| January 2020 | FW | Pavel Kriventsev | Kyzylzhar |
| January 2020 | DF | Andrey Lebedzew | Zhetysu |
| January 2020 | DF | Abdel Lamanje | Kaisar |
| 5 February 2020 | FW | Magomed Paragulgov | Kairat |
| 5 February 2020 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Tobol |

## Competitions

### Premier League

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 30 November 2020. Source: See Results

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | - | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | - | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | D | - | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | D | - | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Tobol | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Astana | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 32 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 28 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of match played 30 November 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | David Yurchenko | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | RUS | Dmitri Yatchenko | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Tkachuk | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Gideon Baah | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Soslan Takulov | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Muhammed Usman | 18 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | KAZ | Aydos Tattybaev | 17 | 5 | 6+11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | EST | Sergei Zenjov | 17 | 3 | 16+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | CIV | Cédric Kouadio | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KAZ | Aslanbek Kakimov | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | TKM | Ruslan Mingazow | 13 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Andrey Buyvolov | 19 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KAZ | Erkin Tapalov | 12 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | CMR | Abdel Lamanje | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KAZ | Yegor Tsuprikov | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KAZ | Pavel Kriventsev | 19 | 0 | 11+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | KAZ | Tair Nurseitov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | KAZ | Egor Alishauskas | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KAZ | Jean-Ali Payruz | 10 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KAZ | Gevorg Najaryan | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | KAZ | Timurbek Zakirov | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Bakayev | 17 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Arsen Khubulov | 19 | 5 | 15+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from Shakhter Karagandy on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Shakhter Karagandy during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | KAZ | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | NGA | Aliyu Abubakar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Manzorro | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KAZ | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KAZ | Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Aydos Tattybaev | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | 88 | Arsen Khubulov | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Ruslan Mingazow | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Sergei Zenjov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 25 | Andrey Buyvolov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 33 | Abdel Lamanje | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Gideon Baah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 9 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Jérémy Manzorro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Muhammed Usman | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 3 | Yevhen Tkachuk | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 26 | Erkin Tapalov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 70 | Jean-Ali Payruz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 29 | 0 | 29 |

### Clean sheet

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | 40 | Yegor Tsuprikov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | GK | 78 | Timurbek Zakirov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | David Yurchenko | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | Kazakhstan Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | David Yurchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Dmitri Yatchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Yevhen Tkachuk | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Gideon Baah | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Soslan Takulov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Muhammed Usman | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Aydos Tattybaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Sergei Zenjov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ruslan Mingazow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Andrey Buyvolov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Erkin Tapalov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Abdel Lamanje | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Yegor Tsuprikov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | Pavel Kriventsev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Jean-Ali Payruz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | GK | Timurbek Zakirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | Mikhail Bakayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Arsen Khubulov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Shakhter Karagandy during the season: ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Aleksandr Kislitsyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Jérémy Manzorro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 3 |
