2019 FC Astana season explained

Club:	FC Astana
Season:	2019
Manager:	Roman Hryhorchuk
Chairman:	Sayan Khamitzhanov
Stadium:	Astana Arena
League:	Premier League
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Kazakhstan Cup
Cup1 Result:	Last 16 vs Altai Semey
Cup2:	Champions League
Cup2 Result:	First qualifying round vs CFR Cluj
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Group Stage
Cup4:	Super Cup
Cup4 Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	Marin Tomasov (19)
Season Topscorer:	Marin Tomasov (26)
Prevseason:	2018
Nextseason:	2020
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The 2019 FC Astana season was the eleventh successive season that Astana played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana defended their Kazakhstan Premier League title, having won their fifth title the previous season. Domestically, Astana defeated FC Kairat in the season-opening Super Cup and reached the Last 16 of the Kazakhstan Cup. In Europe, Astana entered the Champions League at the first qualifying round and were defeated by CFR Cluj, dropping into the Europa League where they reached the Group Stage.

Season events

When announcing their pre-season training camp dates, Astana also announced that Roman Hryhorchuk would return to lead the team after missing the second half of the 2018 season due to family reasons.^[1] On 28 January, Pedro Henrique's loan ended early and he returned to PAOK.^[2]

On 22 February, Astana announced the signing of Luka Šimunović on a three-year contract from Shakhtyor Soligorsk.^[3]

On 26 February, Astana announced the signing of Dorin Rotariu on a four-year contract from Club Brugge.^[4]

On 17 June, Astana announced the signing of Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson on a free transfer after his contract with Grasshoppers had expired.^[5]

On 2 July, Astana announced the signing of Ndombe Mubele on a one-year loan deal from Toulouse.^[6]

On 1 August, after their 4-1 victory over Santa Coloma in the UEFA Europa League Second round qualifier, Astana announced that Marin Aničić had moved to Konyaspor for an undisclosed fee.^[7]

On 3 August, Astana announced the signing of Žarko Tomašević on a free transfer.^[8]

On 26 August, Astana announced that Antonio Rukavina had extended his contract with the club until 2021, and that Marin Tomasov had extended his contract until 2022.^[9]

On 20 December, Ivan Mayewski signed a new 1+1-year contract with Astana, whilst the club confirmed that Yevgeny Postnikov had also extended his contract.^[10]

Squad

^[11]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nenad Erić		GK	2019 12, df=yes	Kairat	2011		301	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin		GK	2019 12, df=yes	Irtysh Pavlodar	2019		57	0
53	Stanislav Pavlov		GK	2019 12, df=yes	Tobol	2018		2	0
Defenders
2	Antonio Rukavina		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Villarreal	2018^[12]	2021	60	0
6	Žarko Tomašević		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Oostende	2019		6	0
15	Abzal Beisebekov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Vostok	2012		283	7
24	Luka Šimunović		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2019	2021	29	0
27	Yuriy Logvinenko		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Aktobe	2016		127	14
42	Lev Skvortsov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		3	0
44	Yevgeny Postnikov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014		208	5
77	Dmitri Shomko		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014		257	12
	Ravil Ibragimov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2019		1	0
	Sagi Sovet		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		1	0
Midfielders
7	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Kaisar	2015		189	19
10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Grasshoppers	2019		23	7
14	Marin Tomasov		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Rijeka	2018	2022	108	48
18	Ivan Mayewski		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	2020 (+1)	126	7
28	Yuriy Pertsukh		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Akzhayik	2018		44	3
71	Madi Zhakypbayev		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		7	0
73	Didar Zhalmukan		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Aktobe	2017		28	5
87	Zhaslan Kairkenov		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		2	0
Forwards
9	Dorin Rotariu		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Club Brugge	2019	2022	47	8
19	Ndombe Mubele		FW	2019 12, df=yes	loan from Toulouse	2019	2020	12	1
32	Rangelo Janga		FW	2019 12, df=yes	KAA Gent	2018^[13]		64	11
45	Roman Murtazayev		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Irtysh Pavlodar	2017		131	26
72	Stanislav Basmanov		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		1	0
80	Vladislav Prokopenko		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		13	1
81	Ramazan Karimov		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2018		3	1
91	Sergei Khizhnichenko		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Ordabasy	2019		30	6
Players away on loan
20	Richard Almeida		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Qarabağ	2018^[14]		19	1
25	Serhiy Malyi		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016^[15]		43	3
31	Danil Podymksy		GK	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		0	0
55	Talgat Kusyapov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		2	0
70	Sultan Sagnayev		MF	2019 12, df=yes	Academy	2016		9	0
99	Aleksey Shchotkin		FW	2019 12, df=yes	Taraz	2015		83	14
	Dmytro Nepohodov		GK	2019 12, df=yes	Tobol	2019		0	0
	Marat Bystrov		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Tambov	2018		0	0
Left during the season
5	Marin Aničić		DF	2019 12, df=yes	Zrinjski Mostar	2014		212	11
11	Pedro Henrique		MF	2019 12, df=yes	loan from PAOK	2018^[16]	2019	19	3
30	Junior Kabananga		FW	2019 12, df=yes	loan from Al-Nassr	2018^[17]	2019	128	42

On loan

Transfers

See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2018–19 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2019.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 February 2019	DF		Luka Šimunović	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Undisclosed
26 February 2019	FW		Dorin Rotariu	Club Brugge	Undisclosed
Winter 2019	FW		Sergei Khizhnichenko	Ordabasy	Undisclosed
17 June 2019	MF		Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	Grasshoppers	Free
3 August 2019	DF		Žarko Tomašević	Oostende	Free

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
12 January 2019	MF		Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	Rostov	Undisclosed	^[18]
16 January 2019	MF		László Kleinheisler	NK Osijek	Undisclosed	^[19]
1 August 2019	DF		Marin Aničić	Konyaspor	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
12 July 2018	FW		Junior Kabananga	Al-Nassr	1 July 2019
14 July 2018	MF		Pedro Henrique	PAOK	28 January 2019
2 July 2019	FW		Ndombe Mubele	Toulouse	1 July 2020

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2019	DF		Talgat Kusyapov	Caspiy	End of Season
12 January 2019	MF		Richard Almeida	Qarabağ	End of Season
14 January 2019	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	Ordabasy	End of Season
14 January 2019	DF		Marat Bystrov	Ordabasy	End of Season	^[20]
14 January 2019	FW		Aleksey Shchotkin	Ordabasy	End of Season
17 February 2019	DF		Serhiy Malyi	Ordabasy	End of Season	^[21]
3 July 2019	MF		Sultan Sagnayev	Irtysh Pavlodar	End of Season	^[22]
24 July 2019	GK		Danil Podymksy	Caspiy	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
25 December 2019^[23]	FW		Roman Murtazayev	Tobol	7 January 2020	^[24]
31 December 2019	MF		Richard	Baniyas	21 January 2020	^[25]
31 December 2019	MF		Ravil Ibragimov	Kairat

Competitions

Super Cup

See main article: Kazakhstan Super Cup.

Premier League

See main article: 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League.

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

See main article: 2019 Kazakhstan Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	MF		14	Marin Tomasov	19	0	0	0	7	26
2	FW		45	Roman Murtazayev	7	0	0	1	2	10
3	FW		9	Dorin Rotariu	7	0	0	0	1	8
4	FW		32	Rangelo Janga	6	0	0	0	1	7
	MF		10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	2	0	0	0	5	7
6	DF		27	Yuriy Logvinenko	3	0	0	0	2	5
7	FW		91	Sergei Khizhnichenko	4	0	0	0	0	4
	FW		30	Junior Kabananga	2	0	2	0	0	4
				Own goal	3	0	0	0	1	4
10	MF		7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	0	0	0	3
11	DF		5	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		28	Yuriy Pertsukh	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		18	Ivan Mayewski	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		73	Didar Zhalmukan	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		15	Abzal Beisebekov	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		44	Yevgeny Postnikov	1	0	0	1	0	2
17	FW		19	Ndombe Mubele	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		77	Dmitri Shomko	0	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	64	1	2	2	20	89

Clean sheet

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1	GK		1	Nenad Erić	10	0	1	1	3	15
2	GK		35	Aleksandr Mokin	3	0	0	0	0	3
				TOTALS	13	0	1	1	3	18

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Antonio Rukavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		DF	Žarko Tomašević	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
9		FW	Dorin Rotariu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
14		MF	Marin Tomasov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
28		MF	Yuriy Pertsukh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
32		FW	Rangelo Janga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
45		FW	Roman Murtazayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
73		MF	Didar Zhalmukan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
		DF	Ravil Ibragimov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
5		DF	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	47	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	18	0	70	2

External links

• Official Website
• Official VK

Notes and References

1. Web site: Определились сроки сборов Астаны . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 4 January 2019 . Russian . 3 January 2019 . 4 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190104175853/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8780 . dead .
2. Web site: Πέδρο Ενρίκε, η επιστροφή . paokfc.gr/ . PAOK FC . 28 January 2019 . Greek . 28 January 2019.
3. Web site: Лука Шимунович подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 22 February 2019 . Russian . 22 February 2019 . 22 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190222152325/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8873 . dead .
4. Web site: Дорин Ротариу продолжит свою карьеру в составе Астаны . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 26 February 2019 . Russian . 26 February 2019 . 26 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190226172800/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8880 . dead .
5. Web site: Полузащитник сборной Исландии подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 17 June 2019 . Russian . 17 June 2019 . 26 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191226142659/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9242 . dead .
6. Web site: Нападающий сборной ДР Конго подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 2 July 2019 . Russian . 2 July 2019 . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190906120957/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9303 . dead .
7. Web site: Марин Аничич покинул Астану . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 1 August 2019 . Russian . 1 August 2019 . 1 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801182314/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9410 . dead .
8. Web site: Защитник сборной Черногории подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 3 August 2019 . Russian . 3 August 2019 . 3 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190803071635/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9417 . dead .
9. Web site: Марин Томасов и Антонио Рукавина продлили контракты с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 26 August 2019 . Russian . 26 August 2019 . 26 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190826125455/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9525 . dead .
10. Web site: Иван Маевский продлил контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 20 December 2019 . Russian . 20 December 2019 . 20 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191220121017/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9830 . dead .
11. Web site: Основной состав . First Team Squad . FC Astana . 8 July 2014 . 4 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304095051/http://fca.kz/rus/command_main/ . dead .
12. Web site: Астана подписала контракт с Антонио Рукавина . fcastana.kz . FC Astana . 4 July 2018 . Russian . 4 July 2018 . 8 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180708040809/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8072 . dead .
13. Web site: Форвард Рангело Янга подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz . FC Astana . 23 July 2018 . Russian . 20 July 2018 . 23 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212532/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8158 . dead .
14. Web site: Ричард Алмейда подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz . FC Astana . 4 July 2018 . Russian . 4 July 2018 . 4 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180704123426/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8074 . dead .
15. Web site: Марат Быстров уезжает в Казахстан! . fc-tambov.ru/ . FC Tanbov . 9 July 2018 . Russian . 25 June 2018.
16. Web site: Педро Энрике подписал контракт с Астаной . fcastana.kz . FC Astana . 14 July 2018 . Russian . 15 July 2018 . 15 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180715181249/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8120 . dead .
17. Web site: Астана подписала Джуниора Кабананга . fcastana.kz . FC Astana . 12 July 2018 . Russian . 12 July 2018 . 13 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180713013909/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/8113 . dead .
18. Web site: Бактиёр Зайнутдинов — игрок Ростова . fc-rostov.ru . FC Rostov . 12 January 2019 . Russian . 12 January 2019 . 12 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190112195042/http://www.fc-rostov.ru/press/news/12192 . dead .
19. Web site: POTPISAO LASZLO KLEINHEISLER! . nk-osijek.hr/ . NK Osijek . 17 January 2019 . Croatian . 16 January 2019.
20. Web site: Официально: ФК «Ордабасы» пополнили Непогодов, Щеткин и Быстров . fcordabasy.kz . FC Ordabasy . 14 January 2019 . Russian . 14 January 2019 . 7 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210207095557/https://www.fcordabasy.kz/rus/club_news/1608 . dead .
21. Web site: Сергей Малый прибыл в расположение Ордабасы . fcordabasy.kz/ . FC Ordabasy . 28 February 2019 . Russian . 17 February 2019 . 1 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074508/http://www.fcordabasy.kz/rus/club_news/1643 . dead .
22. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: СУЛТАН САГНАЕВ ПОПОЛНИЛ СОСТАВ ФК ERTIS . fcirtysh.kz . FC Irtysh Pavlodar . 7 July 2019 . Russian . 3 July 2019.
23. Web site: Роман Муртазаев покинул Астану . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 25 December 2019 . Russian . 25 December 2019 . 25 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191225121527/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9832 . dead .
24. Web site: Роман Муртазаев – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 7 February 2020 . Russian . 7 February 2020 . 9 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200809223154/https://fctobol.kz/roman-murtazaev-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
25. Web site: نادي بني ياس يعلن عن التعاقد مع ريتشارد الميدا . facebook.com/ . Baniyas Club Facebook . 21 January 2020 . Arabic . 21 January 2020.