2020 FC Astana season

The 2020 FC Astana season is the twelfth successive season that Astana will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League holders, having won their sixth title the previous season. Astana will also play in the season opening Super Cup against FC Kaisar, the Kazakhstan Cup and enter the Champions League at the First qualifying round.

FC Astana

2020 season
Chairman	Sayan Khamitzhanov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk (until 13 January) Michal Bílek (14 January - 26 August) Paul Ashworth (Caretaker) (26 August - 7 October) Andrey Tikhonov (from 16 October)
Stadium	Astana Arena (Renovation) Zhas Kyran Stadium (Round 1, 2) UTB Talgar Stadium (Round 5) T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium (Round 7)
Premier League	2nd
Super Cup	Champions
Kazakhstan Cup	Canceled due to COVID-19
Champions League	First qualifying round vs Dynamo Brest
Europa League	Second qualifying round vs Budućnost Podgorica
Top goalscorer	League: Two Players (6) All: Pieros Sotiriou (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season events

On 13 January, Roman Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent.[1] The following day, 14 January, Michal Bílek was announced as the new Head Coach of Astana.[2] On 24 January, Astana announced the signing of Max Ebong on a four-year contract from Shakhtyor Soligorsk,[3] and Tigran Barseghyan to a two your contract from Kaisar.[4]

On 17 February, Rangelo Janga moved to Lugano on loan until 30 June.[5]

On 20 February, Astana announced the signing of Pieros Sotiriou to a three-year contract from Copenhagen.[6]

Due to on going repair work at the Astana Arena, Astana started the season by playing their home games at the Zhas Kyran Stadium in Almaty.[7]

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.[8] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[9]

On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.[10]

On 26 June, it was announced that the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League would resume on 1 July.[11]

On 2 July, Serhiy Malyi left Astana after his contract expired.[12]

On 3 July, the Kazakhstan Premier League was suspended for two-weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]

On 23 July, Sultan Sagnayev and Ramazan Karimov had their season-long loan deals with Caspiy ended prematurely and they returned to the club.[14]

On 7 August, Sparta Prague announced that defender Uroš Radaković had joined Astana on loan for the remainder of the 2020 season, with Astana holding an option to make the transfer permanent.[15] On 8 August, Astana confirmed the arrival of Radaković.[16]

On 22 August, Rangelo Janga was loaned to NEC Nijmegen for one-year.[17]

On 26 August, Michal Bílek was sacked as manager, with Executive Director Paul Ashworth being placed in temporary charge.[18] Ashworth his role as caretaker manager and Executive Director by mutual consent on 7 October.[19] On 16 October, former captain Andrey Tikhonov was appointed as the clubs new manager.[20]

Squad

As of match played 30 November 2020[21]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nenad Erić		GK	26 May 1982 (aged 38)	Kairat	2011		318	0
22	Dmytro Nepohodov		GK	17 February 1988 (aged 32)	Tobol	2019		6	0
31	Danil Podymksy		GK	13 May 1998 (aged 22)	Academy	2016		0	0
53	Stanislav Pavlov		GK	30 May 1994 (aged 26)	Tobol	2018		2	0
Defenders
2	Antonio Rukavina		DF	26 January 1984 (aged 36)	Villarreal	2018[22]	2021[23]	71	0
4	Uroš Radaković		DF	31 March 1994 (aged 26)	loan from Sparta Prague	2020[15]	2020[15]	14	0
15	Abzal Beisebekov		DF	30 November 1992 (aged 28)	Vostok	2012		303	9
24	Luka Šimunović		DF	24 May 1997 (aged 23)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2019[24]	2021[24]	39	0
27	Yuriy Logvinenko		DF	22 July 1988 (aged 32)	Aktobe	2016		142	15
33	Žarko Tomašević		DF	22 February 1990 (aged 30)	Oostende	2019[25]		17	3
44	Yevgeny Postnikov		DF	16 April 1986 (aged 34)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014		223	5
77	Dmitri Shomko		DF	19 March 1990 (aged 30)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014		276	12
Midfielders
7	Max Ebong		MF	26 August 1999 (aged 21)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2020[3]	2023[3]	21	0
10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson		MF	18 June 1990 (aged 30)	Grasshoppers	2019[26]		40	13
11	Tigran Barseghyan		MF	22 September 1993 (aged 27)	Kaisar	2020[4]	2021[4]	22	3
14	Marin Tomasov		MF	31 August 1987 (aged 33)	Rijeka	2018	2022[23]	128	53
18	Ivan Mayewski		MF	5 May 1988 (aged 32)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	2020 (+1)[27]	144	8
28	Yuriy Pertsukh		MF	13 May 1996 (aged 24)	Akzhayik	2018		54	3
29	Madi Zhakypbayev		MF	21 March 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		11	0
70	Sultan Sagnayev		MF	14 January 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		11	0
73	Didar Zhalmukan		MF	22 May 1996 (aged 24)	Aktobe	2017		41	7
Forwards
9	Dorin Rotariu		FW	29 July 1995 (aged 25)	Club Brugge	2019[28]	2022[28]	63	10
20	Pieros Sotiriou		FW	13 January 1993 (aged 27)	Copenhagen	2020[6]	2022[6]	18	7
72	Stanislav Basmanov		FW	24 June 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		2	0
81	Ramazan Karimov		FW	5 July 1999 (aged 21)	Academy	2018		6	1
99	Aleksey Shchotkin		FW	21 May 1991 (aged 29)	Taraz	2015		101	18
Players away on loan
32	Rangelo Janga		FW	16 April 1992 (aged 28)	KAA Gent	2018[29]		64	11
42	Lev Skvortsov		MF	2 February 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		3	0
76	Dinmukhamed Kashken		DF	4 January 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2019		0	0
80	Vladislav Prokopenko		FW	1 July 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		13	1
87	Zhaslan Kairkenov		MF	27 March 2000 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		2	0
Left during the season
19	Ndombe Mubele		FW	17 April 1994 (aged 26)	loan from Toulouse	2019[30]	2020[30]	12	1
25	Serhiy Malyi		DF	5 June 1990 (aged 30)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016[31]		47	3

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 32 FW  CUW Rangelo Janga (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2021) 42 MF  KAZ Lev Skvortsov (at Atyrau until end of season) 76 DF  KAZ Dinmukhamed Kashken (at Kaisar until end of season)

No. Pos. Nation Player 80 FW  KAZ Vladislav Prokopenko (at Aktobe until end of season) 87 MF  KAZ Zhaslan Kairkenov (at Atyrau until end of season)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 January 2020	MF		Tigran Barseghyan	Kaisar	Undisclosed	[4]
24 January 2020	MF		Max Ebong	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Undisclosed	[3]
20 February 2020	FW		Pieros Sotiriou	Copenhagen	Undisclosed	[6]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 July 2019	FW		Ndombe Mubele	Toulouse	29 June 2020	[30][32]
7 August 2020	DF		Uroš Radaković	Sparta Prague	31 December 2020	[15][16]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 February 2020	DF		Talgat Kusyapov	Okzhetpes	Undisclosed	[33]
25 February 2020	DF		Marat Bystrov	Ordabasy	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2020	MF		Sultan Sagnayev	Caspiy	23 July 2020	[14]
Winter 2020	FW		Ramazan Karimov	Caspiy	23 July 2020	[14]
Winter 2020	FW		Vladislav Prokopenko	Aktobe	End of Season
17 February 2020	FW		Rangelo Janga	Lugano	30 June 2020	[5]
2 March 2020	MF		Zhaslan Kairkenov	Atyrau	End of Season	[34]
2 March 2020	MF		Lev Skvortsov	Atyrau	End of Season	[35]
22 August 2020	FW		Rangelo Janga	NEC Nijmegen	30 June 2021	[17]
9 August 2020	DF		Dinmukhamed Kashken	Kaisar	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
6 January 2020	GK		Aleksandr Mokin	Tobol	22 February 2020	[36][37]
6 January 2020	MF		Serikzhan Muzhikov	Tobol	22 January 2020	[38][39]
6 January 2020	FW		Sergei Khizhnichenko	Ordabasy	11 February 2020	[40][41]
2 July 2020	DF		Serhiy Malyi	Tobol	8 July 2020	[12][42]
29 December 2020	MF		Ivan Mayewski	Rotor Volgograd	1 January 2021	[43]

Friendlies

25 January 2020	Brentford B	2 – 4	Astana	Portugal
(UTC+6)		Report	R.Karimov Rotariu Shchotkin Barseghyan

1 February 2020 Atlantic Cup	København	1 – 0	Astana	São João da Venda, Portugal
02:00 (UTC+6)	Santos  3'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Carlos Cabral

4 February 2020 Atlantic Cup	Astana	2 – 1	Brøndby	Albufeira, Portugal
02:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov  29', 56'	Report	Uhre  45'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Referee: Bruno Vieira

8 February 2020 Atlantic Cup	Astana	1 – 2	BK Häcken	Albufeira, Portugal
21:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov  78' Mayewski  39'  44'	Report	Bengtsson  38' Tuominen  66'  85'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira Referee: Carlos Cabral

20 February 2020	Sochi	3 – 1	Astana	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)	Mostovoy  23', 86' Burmistrov  36'	Report	Sigurjónsson  64'

23 February 2020	Arsenal Tula	1 – 1	Astana	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)	28'	Report	Sigurjónsson  7'  68'

Competitions

Super Cup

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

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
20	11	3	6	32	21	+11	36	5	3	2	17	7	+10	6	0	4	15	14	+1

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	H	H	A	-	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	-	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	-	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	-	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W
Position	1	1	2	-	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	-	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

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

Results

7 March 2020 1	Astana	4 – 0	Kyzylzhar	Almaty
14:00 (UTC+6)	Sotiriou  51', 82' Sigurjónsson  88' Tomasov  90'	Report	B.Shaikhov  36' Markelov  63' V.Gunchenko  90'	Stadium: Zhas Kyran Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev
Note: Match played at the Zhas Kyran Stadium in Almaty, due to repair work being carried out at the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan.[7]

11 March 2020 18	Astana	1 – 1	Ordabasy	Almaty
14:00 (UTC+6)	Malyi  49' Rukavina  59' Shchotkin  84'	Report	Khizhnichenko  38' Bystrov  61' Simčević  90+6'	Stadium: Zhas Kyran Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko
Note: Match played at the Zhas Kyran Stadium in Almaty, due to repair work being carried out at the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan.[7]

15 March 2020 2	Caspiy	2 – 3	Astana	Aktau
17:00 (UTC+6)	A.Tattybaev  30' B.Kovačević  52' Sirotov  55' Shakhmetov  55' Stanisavljević  63' A.Nabikhanov  67' Bondarenko  90+2'	Report	Sigurjónsson  16' Barseghyan  18' Logvinenko  41' Malyi  74' Sotiriou  84'	Stadium: Zhastar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Furkhat Atazhanov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

20 March 2020 3	Astana	–	Irtysh Pavlodar	Almaty
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Zhas Kyran Stadium
Note: Match originally scheduled for 20 March, but postponed on 16 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] Match result cancelled on 30 May.[10]

22 August 2020 5	Astana	2 – 0	Okzhetpes	Talgar
16:00 (UTC+6)	Sigurjónsson  45+3' (pen.) Zhalmukan  81' Zhakypbayev  90+2'	Report	Obradović  43' R.Abzhanov  45+2' Dimov  48' T.Zhakupov  63' D.Shmidt  74'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 April and then 11 July, but postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][13] Match played at the UTB Talgar stadium in Talgar, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

25 August 2020 4	Tobol	2 – 0	Astana	Talgar
18:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev  31' Kankava  37' Muzhikov  57'  57'	Report	Mayewski  43' Shomko  86'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis Izmailov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April and then 4 July, but postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][13] Match played at the UTB Talgar stadium in Talgar, instead of Tobol's regular Central Stadium in Kostanay. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 August 2020 7	Astana	1 – 1	Taraz	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Rotariu  4' Barseghyan  40' Postnikov  72'	Report	Verbickas  10' Boljević  27' Silva  48'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy
Note: Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

12 September 2020 8	Ordabasy	1 – 2	Astana	Talgar
15:00 (UTC+6)	João Paulo  21'  70' Fontanello  36' Dosmagambetov  78'	Report	Sigurjónsson  57' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Logvinenko  90+2'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar Stadium in Talgar, instead of Ordabasy's regular Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

20 September 2020 9	Astana	1 – 1	Shakhter Karagandy	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Sotiriou  63'	Report	Usman  49' A.Tattybaev  71'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 September 2020 10	Kaisar	0 – 1	Astana	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Bitang  23' Kolev  30' Fortes  63' Gorman  78' Stanisavljević  90'	Report	Tomašević  87' Logvinenko  90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Kaisar's regular Gani Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 September 2020 11	Astana	3 – 0	Zhetysu	Almaty
18:15 (UTC+6)	Ebong  29' Tomašević  39', 65' Sigurjónsson  68' Beisebekov  78' Shchotkin  82'	Report	Mawutor  62' Zhaksylykov  76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

1 October 2020 12	Astana	1 – 2	Caspiy	Talgar
15:45 (UTC+6)	Sotiriou  7' Sigurjónsson  37' Postnikov  76'	Report	M.Gabyshev  26' Adams  37' Sebaihi  71' Marusych  75' Milošević  90+3'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis Izmailov
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar Stadium in Talgar, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 October 2020 6	Kairat	3 – 0	Astana	Almaty
20:30 (UTC+6)	Alykulov  24'  55' Abiken  47'  52' Radaković  49' (o.g.)	Report	Barseghyan  29' Beisebekov  70' Sigurjónsson  78' Postnikov  85' Shomko  88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artyom Kuchin
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 October 2020 14	Astana	1 – 0	Tobol	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov  45' Shchotkin  66' Sotiriou  90'	Report	R.Valiullin  41' Hovhannisyan  60' Malyi  85'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis Tevyashov
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

26 October 2020 15	Okzhetpes	1 – 5	Astana	Almaty
20:30 (UTC+6)	Moldakaraev  34' Dmitrijev  55' Hawrylovich  78'	Report	Logvinenko  4' Barseghyan  10', 28'  34' Tomasov  40' Shchotkin  50', 86' Beisebekov  54'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bolat Saryev
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Okzhetpes's regular Okzhetpes Stadium in Kokshetau. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 October 2020 16	Astana	0 – 1	Kairat	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Ebong  4' Barseghyan  6' Tomasov  38'	Report	Aimbetov  31' Eseola  84'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 November 2020 17	Taraz	1 – 0	Astana	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Nyuiadzi  32'  65' Turysbek  87'	Report		Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Taraz's regular Central Stadium in Taraz. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 November 2020 19	Shakhter Karagandy	3 – 1	Astana	Almaty
13:00 (UTC+6)	Mingazow  6'  18' Zenjov  24' Usman  43'  87' E.Tapalov  79'	Report	Shomko  22' Ebong  62' Barseghyan  78' Zhalmukan  90'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Shakhter Karagandy's regular Shakhter Stadium in Karaganda. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 November 2020 20	Astana	3 – 1	Kaisar	Almaty
13:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov  25' Beisebekov  41' Logvinenko  49' Sotiriou  61', 73' (pen.)	Report	Fedin  30'  31' D.Kashken  57'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Saken Bayimbet
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 November 2020 21	Zhetysu	1 – 2	Astana	Almaty
13:00 (UTC+6)	Zaleski  4' Eugénio  61' Pobudey  69'	Report	Tomasov  61' Sotiriou  81'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

30 November 2020 22	Kyzylzhar	0 – 1	Astana	Almaty
13:00 (UTC+6)	I.Aitov  53' A.Kasym  64'	Report	Mayewski  45+2' Ebong  59' Radaković  72'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Kyzylzhar's regular Karasai Stadium in Petropavl. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kairat (C)	20	14	3	3	48	19	+29	45	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
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
4	Shakhter Karagandy	20	9	5	6	29	22	+7	32
5	Ordabasy	20	9	4	7	27	26	+1	31

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.[44]
(C) Champion.

Kazakhstan Cup

July 2020 Last 16		–
(UTC+6)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying Rounds

19 August 2020 First qualifying round	Dynamo Brest	6 – 3	Astana	Brest, Belarus
00:00 (UTC+6)	Gordeichuk  16', 22' Pyachenin  17' Kiki  35' Sedko  37' Diallo  55', 90'	Report	Tomasov  45' Rotariu  53' Beisebekov  87'	Stadium: OSK Brestsky Attendance: 0 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

17 September 2020 Second qualifying round	Astana	0 – 1	Budućnost Podgorica	Almaty, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Barseghyan  2' Sotiriou  60' Radaković  73' Šimunović  77' Postnikov  89'	Report	Terzić  25' Dragojević  68' Moraitis  75' Mirković  83'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Astana's regular Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Squad statistics

As of match played 30 November 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nenad Erić	17	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF		Antonio Rukavina	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Uroš Radaković	14	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Max Ebong	21	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW		Dorin Rotariu	16	2	6+7	1	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	1	1	0
10	MF		Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	17	6	12+3	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Tigran Barseghyan	22	3	17+2	3	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
14	MF		Marin Tomasov	20	5	17	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0+1	0
15	DF		Abzal Beisebekov	20	2	15+2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0+1	0
18	MF		Ivan Mayewski	18	1	14+1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
20	FW		Pieros Sotiriou	18	7	11+4	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0
22	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF		Luka Šimunović	10	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF		Yuriy Logvinenko	15	1	8+6	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Yuriy Pertsukh	10	0	5+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	MF		Madi Zhakypbayev	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Žarko Tomašević	11	3	10+1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Yevgeny Postnikov	15	0	11+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
70	MF		Sultan Sagnayev	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	FW		Stanislav Basmanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF		Didar Zhalmukan	13	2	1+12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF		Dmitri Shomko	19	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
81	FW		Ramazan Karimov	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Aleksey Shchotkin	18	4	7+8	4	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
Players who left Astana during the season:
25	DF		Serhiy Malyi	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW		20	Pieros Sotiriou	6	0	1	0	0	7
2	MF		10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	6	0	0	0	0	6
3	MF		14	Marin Tomasov	4	0	0	1	0	5
4	FW		99	Aleksey Shchotkin	4	0	0	0	0	4
5	DF		33	Žarko Tomašević	3	0	0	0	0	3
	MF		11	Tigran Barseghyan	3	0	0	0	0	3
7	MF		73	Didar Zhalmukan	2	0	0	0	0	2
	FW		9	Dorin Rotariu	1	0	0	1	0	2
	DF		15	Abzal Beisebekov	1	0	0	1	0	2
10	DF		27	Yuriy Logvinenko	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		18	Ivan Mayewski	1	0	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	32	0	1	3	0	36

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Nenad Erić	3	0	1	0	0	4
2	GK		22	Dmytro Nepohodov	3	0	0	0	0	3
				TOTALS	6	0	1	0	0	7

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Antonio Rukavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Uroš Radaković	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		MF	Max Ebong	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
10		MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	Tigran Barseghyan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
14		MF	Marin Tomasov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Pieros Sotiriou	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
24		DF	Luka Šimunović	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
29		MF	Madi Zhakypbayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
99		FW	Aleksey Shchotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	36	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	44	0

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