2020 FC Zhetysu season

The 2020 FC Zhetysu season was 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
Kazakhstan Premier League	6th
Kazakhstan Cup	Canceled due to COVID-19
Top goalscorer	League: Aybar Zhaksylykov (6) All: Aybar Zhaksylykov (6)
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 30 November 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Andrey Shabanov		GK	17 November 1986	Atyrau	2015
36	Valeriy Kaznacheev		GK	24 February 2000	Kairat	2020		0	0
70	Almat Bekbaev		GK	14 June 1984	Irtysh Pavlodar	2018		43	0
Defenders
3	Andrey Lebedzew		DF	1 February 1991	Dynamo Brest	2018		37	0
5	Rauan Orynbasar		DF	1 March 1998	Youth Team	2018		1	0
13	Yermek Kuantayev		DF	13 October 1990	Kairat	2019		59	0
22	Stefan Živković		DF	1 June 1990	AEL	2020		17	0
23	Nikita Naumov		DF	15 November 1989	Vitebsk	2019		47	4
26	Olzhas Kerimzhanov		DF	16 May 1989	Okzhetpes	2017
30	Miram Sapanov		DF	12 March 1986	Akzhayik	2019		32	0
31	Andrey Zaleski		DF	20 January 1991	Dinamo Minsk	2020		14	1
46	Yeskendir Kybyray		DF	14 August 1997	Kairat	2019		8	0
Midfielders
8	Aslan Darabayev		MF	21 January 1989	Irtysh Pavlodar	2019[5]		34	3
10	Donjet Shkodra		MF	30 April 1989	Shakhter Karagandy	2020		17	2
14	David Mawutor		MF	12 April 1992	Istiklol	2018		79	3
21	Nenad Adamović		MF	12 January 1989	Vitebsk	2019		51	6
33	Pedro Eugénio		MF	26 June 1990	Beroe Stara Zagora	2020		18	5
44	Artūras Žulpa		MF	10 June 1990	Tobol	2020		14	1
77	Almir Mukhutdinov		MF	9 June 1985	Tobol	2018		44	1
78	Alinur Yunashev		MF	1 June 2000	Youth Team	2020		0	0
88	Madi Hasein		MF	26 May 1999	Youth Team	2020		1	0
Forwards
7	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet		FW	4 February 2000	loan from Kairat	2020		6	0
9	Aybar Zhaksylykov		FW	16 January 1993	Youth Team	2019		40	12
11	Vadim Pobudey		FW	17 December 1994	Dnyapro Mogilev	2020		14	1
17	Yahor Zubovich		FW	1 June 1989	Dinamo Minsk	2020		19	1
29	Dias Kalybayev		FW	25 August 1999	Youth Team	2020		1	0
90	Martin Toshev		FW	15 August 1990	CSKA 1948 Sofia	2019		29	13
Players away on loan
Left during the season
6	Georgi Pashov		DF	4 March 1990	Ararat-Armenia	2020		0	0
7	Elzhas Altynbekov		FW	22 November 1993	Kaisar	2018		46	7

Transfers

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]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
6 August 2020	FW		Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	Kairat	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
Winter 2020	DF		Hayk Ishkhanyan	Alashkert	4 March 2020	[7]
30 June 2020	DF		Georgi Pashov	Academica Clinceni	12 August 2020
30 June 2020	FW		Elzhas Altynbekov	Kaisar	28 July 2020

Friendlies

2020	Zhetysu	–
(UTC+6)

Competitions

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	9	1	10	27	28	−1	28	5	1	4	18	13	+5	4	0	6	9	15	−6

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	H	-	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	-	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	D	L	L	L	W	-	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	-	W	L	W	L	W
Position	3	4	8	8	8	7	-	7	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	7	-	6	7	6	6	6

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

Results

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

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]

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.

18 August 2020 4	Zhetysu	2 – 3	Ordabasy	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Eugénio  22' Toshev  28' Kuantayev  36' Mawutor  38'	Report	Khizhnichenko  14'  54' Fontanello  34' Simčević  39' Mahlangu  50' João Paulo  63' B.Shayzada  90+2'	Stadium: Ortalıq Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artyom Kuchin
Note: Match originally scheduled for 3 April and then 4 July, but postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][4] Match played at the Ortalıq Stadium in Almaty, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 August 2020 5	Kaisar	1 – 0	Zhetysu	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Tagybergen  14' Narzildaev  24' Lobjanidze  75' Bitang  84'	Report	Mawutor  35'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Referee: Timur Kumashev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 April and then 10 July, but postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][4] Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Shakhter Karagandy's regular Gani Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 August 2020 6	Zhetysu	3 – 0	Kyzylzhar	Talgar
16:00 (UTC+6)	Lobantsev  5' (o.g.) Toshev  41' Shkodra  68'	Report	Gubanov  53' Delić  90+1'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artyom Kuchin
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar Stadium in Talgar, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

11 September 2020 8	Zhetysu	1 – 0	Okzhetpes	Talgar
16:00 (UTC+6)	Kerimzhanov  44' Shkodra  85'	Report	Obradović  64' A.Saparov  84'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar Stadium in Talgar, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 September 2020 9	Taraz	0 – 2	Zhetysu	Talgar
16:00 (UTC+6)	D.Babakhanov  14' Turysbek  36' A.Suley  38' Batsuyev  79' Punoševac  85'	Report	Eugénio  14' (pen.) Shkodra  26'  41' (pen.) Kerimzhanov  34' Naumov  89'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Attendance: 0 Referee: Arman Ismuratov
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar stadium in Talgar, instead of Taraz's regular Central Stadium in Taraz. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 September 2020 10	Zhetysu	3 – 2	Shakhter Karagandy	Almaty
13:30 (UTC+6)	Živković  20' Naumov  26' Darabayev  42' Kerimzhanov  64' Zhaksylykov  70', 83'  85' Eugénio  84'  85' Zubovich  90+1'	Report	Usman  12' Mingazow  25' A.Tattybaev  43' Khubulov  45' Lamanje  53' Y.Tapalov  59' Buyvolov  75'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko
Note: Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. 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.

2 October 2020 12	Tobol	2 – 0	Zhetsyu	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Amanović  34' Abilgazy  47' Kankava  53' Manzorro  59' R.Valiullin  66' Sebai  82'	Report	Naumov  5' Kerimzhanov  82'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Tobol's regular Central Stadium in Kostanay. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

18 October 2020 13	Zhetysu	2 – 4	Kairat	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Eugénio  6' Suyumbayev  17' (o.g.) M.Sapanov  28'  59' Mawutor  49' Darabayev  89'  90+3'	Report	Aimbetov  30', 56' Palyakow  75' Góralski  80' D.Usenov  90+4'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bolat Saryev
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.

22 October 2020 14	Ordabasy	3 – 1	Zhetysu	Talgar
15:00 (UTC+6)	Fontanello  7'  49' Diakate  18' Dmitrenko  45+2' Brígido  66' E.Astanov  85'	Report	Naumov  21' Zhaksylykov  73'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer
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.

26 October 2020 15	Zhetysu	3 – 1	Kaisar	Almaty
13:00 (UTC+6)	Darabayev  29' M.Sapanov  54' Mawutor  71' Zhaksylykov  80'	Report	Stanisavljević  21' Kolev  41' Fortes  48' Graf  70' S.Abzalov  89'	Stadium: T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgiy Chekhovskiy
Note: Match played at the T.S.Segïzbaeva Academy Stadium in Almaty, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

31 October 2020 16	Kyzylzhar	2 – 1	Zhetysu	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	T.Muldinov  36' Drachenko  45+1' Plătică  64' A.Kasym  85' Lobantsev  90'	Report	Darabayev  36' Zaleski  45+1' Žulpa  52' Zhaksylykov  86'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Arman Ismuratov
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Kyzylzhar's regular Karasai Stadium in Petropavl. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

8 November 2020 18	Okzhetpes	0 – 1	Zhetysu	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	S.Zhumakhanov  25' Hawrylovich  60'  86' Moldakaraev  74' Dimov  81'	Report	Adamović  21' A.Shabanov  24' Y.Kybyray  43' Shkodra  47' Kuantayev  90+2' Pobudey  90+5'	Stadium: Jas Qyran Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev
Note: Match played at the Jas Qyran Stadium in Almaty, instead of Okzhetpes's regular Okzhetpes Stadium in Kokshetau. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 November 2020 19	Zhetysu	0 – 1	Taraz	Talgar
14:00 (UTC+6)	Mawutor  64' Žulpa  72' Toshev  84' Adamović  90+1'	Report	D.Evstingeyev  9' Boljević  28' M.Amirkhanov  44'	Stadium: UTB Talgar Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy
Note: Match played at the UTB Talgar stadium in Talgar, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

24 November 2020 20	Shakhter Karagandy	1 – 2	Zhetysu	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	A.Tattybaev  79'	Report	Toshev  24' Mawutor  66' Eugénio  74'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Shakhter Karagandy's regular Shakhter Stadium in Karaganda. 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	Zhetysu	3 – 0	Caspiy	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Zhaksylykov  23', 58' Pobudey  33' Zubovich  50'	Report	Shestakov  53'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the Central Stadium in Almaty, instead of Zhetysu's regular Zhetysu Stadium in Taldıqorğan. 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
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
7	Kaisar	20	6	6	8	20	23	−3	24
8	Taraz	20	5	8	7	19	23	−4	23

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

July 2020 Last 16		–
(UTC+6)

Squad statistics

As of match played 30 November 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andrey Shabanov	11	0	11	0	0	0
3	DF		Andrey Lebedzew	5	0	3+2	0	0	0
5	DF		Rauan Orynbasar	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	6	0	2+4	0	0	0
8	MF		Aslan Darabayev	17	1	12+5	1	0	0
9	FW		Aybar Zhaksylykov	16	6	5+11	6	0	0
10	MF		Donjet Shkodra	17	2	17	2	0	0
11	FW		Vadim Pobudey	14	1	7+7	1	0	0
13	DF		Yermek Kuantayev	11	0	4+7	0	0	0
14	MF		David Mawutor	18	1	16+2	1	0	0
17	FW		Yahor Zubovich	19	1	4+15	1	0	0
21	MF		Nenad Adamović	20	1	16+4	1	0	0
22	DF		Stefan Živković	17	0	16+1	0	0	0
23	DF		Nikita Naumov	17	0	17	0	0	0
26	DF		Olzhas Kerimzhanov	13	1	13	1	0	0
29	FW		Dias Kalybayev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
30	DF		Miram Sapanov	13	0	10+3	0	0	0
31	DF		Andrey Zaleski	14	1	12+2	1	0	0
33	MF		Pedro Eugénio	18	5	16+2	5	0	0
44	MF		Artūras Žulpa	14	1	10+4	1	0	0
46	DF		Yeskendir Kybyray	8	0	5+3	0	0	0
70	GK		Almat Bekbaev	10	0	9+1	0	0	0
77	MF		Almir Mukhutdinov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	MF		Madi Hasein	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW		Martin Toshev	15	4	12+3	4	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		9	Aybar Zhaksylykov	6	0	6
2	MF		33	Pedro Eugénio	5	0	5
3	FW		90	Martin Toshev	4	0	4
4	MF		10	Donjet Shkodra	2	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	2
6	FW		17	Yahor Zubovich	1	0	1
	DF		26	Olzhas Kerimzhanov	1	0	1
	MF		8	Aslan Darabayev	1	0	1
	MF		14	David Mawutor	1	0	1
	MF		44	Artūras Žulpa	1	0	1
	MF		21	Nenad Adamović	1	0	1
	DF		31	Andrey Zaleski	1	0	1
	FW		11	Vadim Pobudey	1	0	1
				TOTALS	27	0	27

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Andrey Shabanov	4	0	4
	GK		70	Almat Bekbaev	4	0	4
				TOTALS	8	0	8

Shabanov & Bekbaev both played in Zhetysu's 1-0 victory over Okzhetpes on 8 November 2020

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Total
1		GK	Andrey Shabanov	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Aslan Darabayev	4	1	0	0	4	1
9		FW	Aybar Zhaksylykov	2	1	0	0	2	1
10		MF	Donjet Shkodra	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Vadim Pobudey	2	0	0	0	2	0
13		DF	Yermek Kuantayev	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	David Mawutor	6	0	0	0	6	0
17		FW	Yahor Zubovich	2	0	0	0	2	0
21		MF	Nenad Adamović	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Stefan Živković	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Nikita Naumov	4	0	0	0	4	0
26		DF	Olzhas Kerimzhanov	3	0	0	0	3	0
30		DF	Miram Sapanov	4	1	0	0	4	1
31		DF	Andrey Zaleski	1	0	0	0	1	0
33		MF	Pedro Eugénio	2	0	0	0	2	0
44		MF	Artūras Žulpa	1	0	0	0	1	0
46		DF	Yeskendir Kybyray	1	0	0	0	1	0
90		FW	Martin Toshev	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Zhetysu during the season:
			TOTALS	43	3	0	0	43	3

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