2021 FC Tobol season explained

Club:	FC Tobol
Season:	2021
Manager:	Grigori Babayan Alexander Moskalenko
Chairman:	Nikolay Panin
Stadium:	Central Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	Champions
Cup1:	Kazakhstan Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semifinal vs Shakhter Karagandy
Cup2:	Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	Nemanja Nikolić (8)
Season Topscorer:	Igor Sergeyev (9)
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Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 FC Tobol season was the 23rd successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season as Champions, reached the semifinals of the Kazakhstan Cup, won the Super Cup and were knocked out of the Europa Conference League at Third Qualifying Round by Žilina.

Season events

On 18 February, Tobol announced the signing of Yegor Tsuprikov from Shakhter Karagandy,^[1] Askhat Tagybergen and Elguja Lobjanidze from Kaisar,^{[2] [3]} and Toni Silva from Taraz.^[4] Also on 18 February, Serhiy Malyi signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2021 season.^[5]

On 1 March, Tobol announced that they had signed Dušan Jovančić on loan from Çaykur Rizespor.^[6]

On 28 March, Tobol announced the signing of Nemanja Nikolić on a free transfer after he'd left Al Raed.^[7]

On 16 April, Tobol announced the signing of Zoran Tošić on a free transfer after he'd left Taizhou Yuanda.^[8]

On 17 June, Grigori Babayan left Tobol by mutual consent and was appointed by CSKA Moscow as a member of their coaching staff.^{[9] [10]} The following day, Tobol confirmed Alexander Moskalenko as Acting Head Coach.^[11]

On 29 June, Oralkhan Omirtayev left Tobol after his contract was ended by mutual agreement.^[12]

On 1 July, Tobol announced the signing of Bagdat Kairov from Ordabasy,^[13] with Rúben Brígido also joining from Ordabasy the following day,^[14] and Carlos Fonseca leaving the club after his contract expired.^[15]

On 7 July, Tobol announced the return of Dušan Jovančić on an 18-month contract from Çaykur Rizespor, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June.^[16]

On 19 July, Tobol announced the signing of Igor Sergeev from Aktobe, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June.^[17]

On 30 July, Tobol Nemanja Nikolić left Tobol by mutual consent.^[18]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Sultan Busurmanov		GK	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2015		19	0
27	Vladimir Shpakovsky		GK	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin		GK	2021 11, df=yes	Atyrau	2020^[19]		46	0
41	Yegor Tsuprikov		GK	2021 11, df=yes	Shakhter Karagandy	2021	2021	1	0
Defenders
3	Roman Asrankulov		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2018		22	3
7	Dmitri Miroshnichenko		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Aktobe	2016		155	6
17	Ruslan Valiullin		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Aktobe	2019^[20]		75	5
21	Sultan Abilgazy		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Okzhetpes	2018		52	3
22	Aleksandr Marochkin		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Kaisar	2020^[21]		38	1
24	Bagdat Kairov		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Ordabasy	2021		17	0
25	Serhiy Malyi		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Astana	2020^[22]	2021	62	9
32	Dmitriy Panov		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
33	Ilyas Almukhamedov		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		3	0
36	Aleksandr Krytsa		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
37	Arman Tungushbaev		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
39	Bekzat Ermekbaev		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
45	Aleksa Amanović		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Javor Ivanjica	2020^[23]	2021	55	3
48	Marat Alpispaev		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		3	0
49	Andrey Drobyshev		DF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
Midfielders
5	Daniyar Semchenkov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		12	0
8	Askhat Tagybergen		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Kaisar	2021		33	8
10	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Astana	2020^[24]		42	5
11	Jérémy Manzorro		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Shakhter Karagandy	2020^[25]		44	7
13	Azat Nurgaliev		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Ordabasy	2018		271	54
14	Samat Zharynbetov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Ekibastuz	2017		96	4
15	Toni Silva		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Taraz	2021		33	2
18	Rúben Brígido		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Ordabasy	2021		18	0
20	Zhaslan Zhumashev		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		7	2
29	Dušan Jovančić		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Çaykur Rizespor	2021	2022	29	1
34	Alsaid Akhmetzhanov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
38	Rakhat Kabdullov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		2	0
46	Ali Abdibek		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
47	Vyacheslav Kulpeisov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		6	0
50	Bekzat Zhaparov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		2	0
52	Nurbek Bayzhanov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
87	Zoran Tošić		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Taizhou Yuanda	2021	2021	16	5
Forwards
30	Farid Shaymerdenov		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
55	Ali Akhmet		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		3	0
77	Igor Sergeev		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Aktobe	2021		18	9
99	Elguja Lobjanidze		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Kaisar	2021		28	4
Players away on loan
	Artem Sherstov		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		15	1
Left during the season
19	Oralkhan Omirtayev		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Shakhter Karagandy	2020^[26]		19	2
23	Nemanja Nikolić		FW	2021 11, df=yes	Al Raed	2021	2021	19	8
40	Carlos Fonseca		MF	2021 11, df=yes	Irtysh Pavlodar	2020^[27]		24	0

On loan

Transfers

See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2020–21 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2021.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 February 2021	GK		Yegor Tsuprikov	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
18 February 2021	MF		Askhat Tagybergen	Kaisar	Undisclosed
18 February 2021	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	Kaisar	Undisclosed
18 February 2021	FW		Toni Silva	Taraz	Undisclosed
28 March 2021	FW		Nemanja Nikolić	Al Raed	Free
16 April 2021	MF		Zoran Tošić	Taizhou Yuanda	Free
1 July 2021	DF		Bagdat Kairov	Ordabasy	Free
2 July 2021	MF		Rúben Brígido	Ordabasy	Undisclosed
7 July 2021	MF		Dušan Jovančić	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed
19 July 2021	FW		Igor Sergeev	Aktobe	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
13 January 2020	FW		Senin Sebai	Khimki	15 January 2021	^[28] ^[29]
16 January 2020	MF		Jaba Kankava	Valenciennes	16 January 2021	^[30] ^[31]
19 January 2020	MF		Petros Avetisyan	Noah	27 February 2021	^[32] ^[33]
19 January 2020	FW		Roman Murtazayev	Astana	23 February 2021	^[34] ^[35]
20 January 2021	MF		Nika Kvekveskiri	Lech Poznań	29 January 2021	^[36] ^[37]
19 February 2021	DF		Temirlan Yerlanov	Ordabasy	28 February 2021	^[38]
29 June 2021	FW		Oralkhan Omirtayev	Shakhter Karagandy	5 July 2021	^[39]
2 July 2021	MF		Carlos Fonseca	Kyzylzhar	12 July 2021	^[40]
30 July 2021	FW		Nemanja Nikolić	Spartak Subotica
23 December 2021	GK		Yegor Tsuprikov	Shakhter Karagandy		^[41]
31 December 2021	DF		Sultan Abilgazy	Turan
31 December 2021	DF		Ruslan Valiullin	Banned
31 December 2021	MF		Jérémy Manzorro	Astana	16 February 2022	^[42]
31 December 2021	MF		Toni Silva	Turan	14 March 2022	^[43]
31 December 2021	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	Dinamo Batumi

Competitions

Super Cup

See main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Super Cup.

Premier League

See main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League.

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

See main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Cup.

Group stage

Knockout stages

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		77	Igor Sergeyev	3	4	0	2	9
2	FW		23	Nemanja Nikolić	8	0	0	0	8
	MF		8	Askhat Tagybergen	4	2	1	1	8
4	MF		13	Azat Nurgaliev	7	0	0	0	7
5	MF		87	Zoran Tošić	1	4	0	0	5
				Own goal	4	1	0	0	5
7	FW		99	Elguja Lobjanidze	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		10	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	1	0	4
9	DF		7	Dmitri Miroshnichenko	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		17	Ruslan Valiullin	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		45	Aleksa Amanović	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		3	Roman Asrankulov	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		11	Jérémy Manzorro	2	1	0	0	3
	DF		25	Serhiy Malyi	1	0	2	0	3
15	DF		25	Serhiy Malyi	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		15	Toni Silva	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		20	Zhaslan Zhumashev	1	1	0	0	2
18	FW		19	Oralkhan Omirtayev	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Samat Zharynbetov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		22	Aleksandr Marochkin	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		21	Sultan Abilgazy	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		29	Dušan Jovančić	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	54	17	4	4	79

Clean sheets

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1	GK		35	Aleksandr Mokin	12	2	0	0	14
2	GK		12	Sultan Busurmanov	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	12	3	0	0	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
8		MF	Askhat Tagybergen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
11		MF	Jérémy Manzorro	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13		MF	Azat Nurgaliev	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
14		MF	Samat Zharynbetov	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
15		MF	Toni Silva	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17		DF	Ruslan Valiullin	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
18		MF	Rúben Brígido	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20		MF	Zhaslan Zhumashev	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21		DF	Sultan Abilgazy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Marochkin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Bagdat Kairov	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
29		MF	Dušan Jovančić	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
38		MF	Rakhat Kabdullov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45		DF	Aleksa Amanović	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
47		MF	Vyacheslav Kulpeisov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50		MF	Bekzat Zhaparov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99		FW	Elguja Lobjanidze	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Tobol during the season:
19		FW	Oralkhan Omirtayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Nemanja Nikolić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	52	2	16	0	4	0	12	0	84	2

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Егор Цуприков – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 February 2021 . Russian . 18 February 2021 . 1 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210301093150/https://fctobol.kz/egor-tsuprikov-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
2. Web site: Асхат Тагыберген – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 February 2021 . Russian . 18 February 2021.
3. Web site: Элгуджа Лобжанидзе – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 February 2021 . Russian . 18 February 2021.
4. Web site: Тони Силва – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 February 2021 . Russian . 18 February 2021.
5. Web site: Сергей Малый +1 . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 24 February 2021 . Russian . 18 February 2021.
6. Web site: Душан Йованчич – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 1 March 2021 . Russian . 1 March 2021.
7. Web site: Неманья Николич — игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 28 March 2021 . Russian . 28 March 2021 . 19 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211019063530/https://fctobol.kz/nemanya-nikolich-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
8. Web site: Зоран Тошич — игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 21 April 2021 . Russian . 16 April 2021 . 18 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418163058/https://fctobol.kz/zoran-toshich-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
9. Web site: Григорий Бабаян завершил отношения с Тоболом . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 17 June 2021 . Russian . 17 June 2021 . 21 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021143120/https://fctobol.kz/grigorij-babayan-zavershil-otnosheniya-s-tobolom/ . dead .
10. Web site: Григорий Бабаян вошел в тренерский штаб . pfc-cska.com/ . PFC CSKA Moscow . 17 June 2021 . Russian . 17 June 2021.
11. Web site: В новом качестве . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 20 June 2021 . Russian . 18 June 2021 . 21 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211021145045/https://fctobol.kz/v-novom-kachestve/ . dead .
12. Web site: Оралхан, спасибо! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 30 June 2021 . Russian . 29 June 2021.
13. Web site: Багдат Кайыров – игрок "Тобола" . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 3 July 2021 . Russian . 1 July 2021.
14. Web site: Рубен Бриджидо – игрок "Тобола" . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 3 July 2021 . Russian . 2 July 2021.
15. Web site: Спасибо, Карлуш! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 3 July 2021 . Russian . 2 July 2021.
16. Web site: Йованчич вернулся в Тобол . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 10 July 2021 . Russian . 7 July 2021.
17. Web site: Игорь Сергеев – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 July 2021 . Russian . 19 July 2021 . 19 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210719091416/https://fctobol.kz/igor-sergeev-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
18. Web site: Неманья, спасибо! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 30 July 2021 . Russian . 30 July 2021 . 27 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127164437/https://fctobol.kz/nemanya-spasibo/ . dead .
19. Web site: Александр Мокин – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz . FC Tobol . 28 February 2020 . Russian . 22 February 2020 . 5 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805214700/https://fctobol.kz/aleksandr-mokin-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
20. Web site: Руслан Валиуллин пополнил состав Тобола . fctobol.kz . FC Tobol . 11 January 2019 . Russian . 27 December 2018 . 10 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210510015613/https://fctobol.kz/ruslan-valiullin-popolnil-sostav-tobola/ . dead .
21. Web site: Александр Марочкин – новичок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 21 January 2020 . Russian . 16 December 2019 . 20 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920113129/https://fctobol.kz/aleksandr-marochkin-novichok-tobola/#more-63838 . dead .
22. Web site: Сергей Малый – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 21 July 2020 . Russian . 8 July 2020 . 3 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803203730/https://fctobol.kz/sergej-malyj-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
23. Web site: Алекса Аманович – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 17 February 2020 . Russian . 17 February 2020 . 20 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920100327/https://fctobol.kz/aleksa-amanovich-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
24. Web site: Серикжан Мужиков – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 22 January 2020 . Russian . 22 January 2020 . 30 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200930143237/https://fctobol.kz/serikzhan-muzhikov-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
25. Web site: Жереми Манзорро – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 August 2020 . Russian . 4 August 2020 . 28 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928060607/https://fctobol.kz/zheremi-manzorro-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
26. Web site: Оралхан Омиртаев – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 21 January 2020 . Russian . 16 December 2019 . 5 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200805015339/https://fctobol.kz/oralhan-omirtaev-igrok-tobola/#more-63844 . dead .
27. Web site: Карлос Фонсека – игрок Тобола . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 21 July 2020 . Russian . 8 July 2020 . 3 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200803202659/https://fctobol.kz/karlos-fonseka-igrok-tobola/ . dead .
28. Web site: Спасибо, Себа! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 16 January 2021 . Russian . 13 January 2021.
29. Web site: СЕНИН СЕБАИ ПРИСОЕДИНИЛСЯ К КОМАНДЕ НА СБОРАХ . fckhimki.com/ . FC Khimki . 18 January 2021 . Russian . 15 January 2021.
30. Web site: მადლობა ჯაბა Спасибо, Джаба! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 January 2021 . Russian . 16 January 2021.
31. Web site: Jaba Kankava s'engage avec le VAFC . va-fc.com/ . Valenciennes FC . 16 January 2021 . French . 16 January 2021.
32. Web site: Спасибо, Петрос! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 January 2021 . Russian . 19 January 2021.
33. Web site: We are pleased to announce that Noah has signed a contract with 25-year-old midfielder Petros Avetisyan. . facebook.com/noah.footballclub/ . FC Noah Facebook . 28 February 2021 . 27 February 2021.
34. Web site: Роман, спасибо! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 19 January 2021 . Russian . 19 January 2021.
35. Web site: Роман Муртазаев: «Рад возвращению в Астану . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 23 February 2021 . Russian . 23 February 2021.
36. Web site: Темирлан Ерланов: «Я благодарен болельщикам Тобола . fctobol.kz . FC Tobol . 24 February 2021 . Russian . 19 February 2021.
37. Web site: Nika Kvekveskiri piłkarzem Kolejorza . lechpoznan.pl/ . Lech Poznań . 30 January 2021 . Polish . 29 January 2021.
38. Web site: Официально: Ерланов - игрок Ордабасы . fcordabasy.kz/ . FC Ordabasy . 28 February 2021 . Russian . 28 February 2021 .
39. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ОРАЛХАН ОМИРТАЕВ ВОЗВРАЩАЕТСЯ В "ШАХТЕР" . shakhter.kz/ . FC Shakhter Karagandy . 5 July 2021 . Russian . 5 July 2021.
40. Web site: Қош келдің, Карлос! . vk.com/fcqyzyljar . FC Kyzylzhar . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 12 July 2021.
41. Web site: Спасибо, Егор! . fctobol.kz/ . FC Tobol . 4 January 2022 . Russian . 23 December 2021.
42. Web site: Официально: Жереми Манзорро – с нами! . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 17 February 2022 . Russian . 16 February 2022.
43. Web site: Гвинеи-Бусау құрамасының жартылай қорғаушысы Тұранмен. . instagram.com/fc.turan/ . FC Turan Instagram . 14 March 2022 . Kazakh . 14 March 2022.