2022 FC Kairat season explained

Club:	FC Kairat
Season:	2022
Manager:	Kurban Berdyev Kirill Keker
Chairman:	Kairat Boranbayev
Stadium:	Central Stadium
League Topscorer:	João Paulo (11)
Season Topscorer:	João Paulo (14)
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Prevseason:	2021
Nextseason:	2023

The 2022 FC Kairat season was the 12th successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat finished the Premier League season in 4th position, missing out on European competition for the first time since 2013. In the domestic cups, Kairat reached the Quarterfinals of the Kazakhstan Cup, and where runners-up to Tobol in the season opening Super Cup. In Europe, Kairat entered and were knocked out of the Europa Conference League in the Second qualifying round by Kisvárda.

Season events

On 6 June, Kurban Berdyev left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement.^[1] Two days later, 8 June, Kirill Keker was appointed as his replacement.^[2]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Danil Ustimenko		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2019	2024^[3]	45	0
27	Temirlan Anarbekov		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Youth Team	2020		5	0
30	Vadim Ulyanov		GK	2022 11, df=yes	Kairat Moscow	2022		8	0
Defenders
3	Macky Bagnack		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Partizan	2021^[4]	2023	34	1
4	Viktor Vasin		DF	2022 11, df=yes	CSKA Moscow	2022		32	3
5	Sergey Keiler		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Okzhetpes	2018	2021^[5]	67	3
13	Lev Kurgin		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Kairat Moscow	2022		10	0
15	Egor Tkachenko		DF	2022 11, df=yes	on loan from Kairat Moscow	2022		8	0
24	Damir Kasabulat		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Kairat Moscow	2022		32	0
25	Aleksandr Shirobokov		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		12	0
64	Vladislav Kravchenko		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		2	0
81	Aleksandr Mrynskiy		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		3	0
Midfielders
2	Sultanbek Astanov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2019		62	3
7	Gulzhigit Alykulov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Neman Grodno	2020^[6]	2021(+1)	92	12
14	Adam Adakhadzhiev		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2019	2023	21	0
17	Daniyar Usenov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		64	4
20	Anton Krachkovsky		MF	2022 11, df=yes	CSKA Moscow	2022		28	1
21	Arsen Buranchiev		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		48	1
22	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Ufa	2019^[7]	2022^[8]	55	2
23	Andrey Ulshin		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		43	4
26	Adilet Sadybekov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		22	2
28	Rustam Emirov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Kairat Moscow	2022		5	0
84	Nazar Al-Khadzh		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		1	0
85	Miras Omatay		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		2	0
86	Miras Kobeev		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		2	0
Forwards
11	João Paulo		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Ordabasy	2021^[9]	2022	47	15
18	Vyacheslav Shvyryov		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2018		60	7
19	Artur Shushenachev		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2017	2022(+1)	99	37
29	Aybar Abdulla		FW	2021 12, df=yes	Kairat Moscow	2022		8	0
47	Alisher Rakhimzhanov		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2021		3	0
73	Nurgeldy Toleukhanov		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		1	0
83	Yan Trufanov		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2022		1	0
Players away on loan
4	Nuraly Alip		DF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2018	2023^[10]	103	5
74	Galymzhan Kenzhebek		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Academy	2020		3	0
Players that left during the season
6	Jacek Góralski		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Ludogorets Razgrad	2020^[11]	2022	37	0
8	Jasurbek Jaloliddinov		MF	2022 11, df=yes	on loan from Lokomotiv Tashkent	2022	2022	7	0
10	Streli Mamba		FW	2022 11, df=yes	SC Paderborn	2021^[12]	2022	13	2
16	Ricardo Alves		MF	2022 11, df=yes	Krylia Sovetov	2021^[13]	2022	36	3
11	Yan Vorogovsky		MF	2022 11, df=yes	K Beerschot VA	2021		91	3
18	José Kanté		FW	2022 11, df=yes	Legia Warsaw	2021^[14]	2022	52	23

Transfers

See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2021–22 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2022.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 February 2022	DF		Viktor Vasin	CSKA Moscow	Undisclosed	^[15]
25 February 2022	DF		Damir Kasabulat	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[16]
25 February 2022	FW		Vyacheslav Shvyryov	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[17]
26 February 2022	GK		Vadim Ulyanov	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[18]
9 March 2022	MF		Anton Krachkovsky	CSKA Moscow	Undisclosed	^[19]
15 March 2022	DF		David Ekwe	OFTA Kribi	Undisclosed	^[20]
14 June 2022	MF		Adilet Sadybekov	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[21]
17 June 2022	DF		Lev Kurgin	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[22]
17 June 2022	FW		Bayzhan Madelkhan	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed
21 June 2022	GK		Nikita Pivkin	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[23]
23 June 2022	MF		Rustam Emirov	Kairat Moscow	Undisclosed	^[24]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
6 February 2022	MF		Jasurbek Jaloliddinov	Lokomotiv Tashkent	17 June 2022
26 February 2022	DF		Egor Tkachenko	Kairat Moscow	End of season	^[25]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
27 February 2022	MF		Aybol Abiken	Aksu	Undisclosed	^[26]
1 July 2022	MF		Yan Vorogovsky	RWDM	Undisclosed	^[27]
18 July 2022	MF		Ricardo Alves	Tractor	Undisclosed	^[28]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
18 January 2022	MF		Yan Vorogovsky	RWDM	1 July 2022	^[29]
16 February 2022	MF		Nuraly Alip	Zenit St.Petersburg	End of season	^[30]
22 February 2022	DF		Aleksandr Shirobokov	Kairat Moscow	17 June 2022
1 July 2022	MF		Alen Aimanov	Turan	End of season
1 July 2022	FW		Bayzhan Madelkhan	Murom	28 June 2023
7 July 2022	GK		Nikita Pivkin	Elektron Veliky Novgorod	End of season	^[31]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
19 January 2022	GK		Stas Pokatilov	Aktobe	1 February 2022	^[32] ^[33]
19 January 2022	DF		Dzyanis Palyakow	Astana	18 February 2022	^[34]
19 January 2022	DF		Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	Aksu	25 January 2022	^[35]
19 January 2022	MF		Kamo Hovhannisyan	Astana	19 January 2022	^[36]
16 June 2022	MF		Jacek Góralski	VfL Bochum	17 June 2022	^[37] ^[38]
11 July 2022	FW		Streli Mamba	Dalian Professional	21 August 2022	^[39] ^[40]
23 August 2022	FW		José Kanté	Cangzhou Mighty Lions	27 August 2022	^[41] ^[42]
31 December 2022	DF		David Ekwe
31 December 2022	FW		Alisher Rakhimzhanov	Khan Tengri

Competitions

Super Cup

See main article: 2022 Kazakhstan Super Cup.

Premier League

See main article: 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League.

Results

Kazakhstan Cup

See main article: 2022 Kazakhstan Cup.

Knockout stages

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path).

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		11	João Paulo	11	2	1	0	14
2	FW		19	Artur Shushenachev	8	2	0	0	10
3	FW		10	José Kanté	6	0	0	0	6
4	MF		7	Gulzhigit Alykulov	2	2	0	0	4
	FW		18	Vyacheslav Shvyryov	2	2	0	0	4
6	DF		4	Viktor Vasin	2	1	0	0	3
4	DF		5	Sergey Keiler	0	2	0	0	2
	MF		26	Adilet Sadybekov	0	2	0	0	2
7	MF		2	Sultanbek Astanov	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		20	Anton Krachkovsky	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		23	Andrey Ulshin	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Daniyar Usenov	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		22	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	0	1	0	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	34	16	1	0	51

Clean sheets

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1	GK		1	Danil Ustimenko	8	1	0	0	9
1	GK		30	Vadim Ulyanov	2	1	0	0	3
				TOTALS	9	2	0	0	11

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
1		GK	Danil Ustimenko	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
2		MF	Sultanbek Astanov	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
3		DF	Macky Bagnack	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
4		DF	Viktor Vasin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Sergey Keiler	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
7		MF	Gulzhigit Alykulov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	João Paulo	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		DF	Lev Kurgin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Egor Tkachenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Daniyar Usenov	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18		FW	Vyacheslav Shvyryov	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
19		FW	Artur Shushenachev	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Arsen Buranchiev	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
22		MF	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
23		MF	Andrey Ulshin	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
24		DF	Damir Kasabulat	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		DF	Aleksandr Shirobokov	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		MF	Adilet Sadybekov	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1
28		MF	Rustam Emirov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		GK	Vadim Ulyanov	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Kairat during the season:
6		MF	Jacek Góralski	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Jasurbek Jaloliddinov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		FW	José Kanté	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
16		MF	Ricardo Alves	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	63	5	14	3	1	0	3	0	81	8

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: СПАСИБО КУРБАН БЕКИЕВИЧ! . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 6 June 2022 . Russian . 6 June 2022.
2. Web site: КИРИЛЛ КЕКЕР – НОВЫЙ ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 9 June 2022 . Russian . 8 June 2022.
3. Web site: ЧЕТЫРЕ ИГРОКА "КАЙРАТА" ПОДПИСАЛИ НОВЫЕ СОГЛАШЕНИЯ С КЛУБОМ . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 3 February 2020 . Russian . 3 February 2020.
4. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: МАКИ БАНЬЯК - ИГРОК «КАЙРАТА» . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 11 July 2021 . Russian . 11 July 2021.
5. Web site: СЕРГЕЙ КЕЙЛЕР ПОДПИСАЛ НОВОЕ СОГЛАШЕНИЕ С КАЙРАТОМ . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 18 November 2019 . Russian . 14 November 2019.
6. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ГУЛЖИГИТ АЛЫКУЛОВ – ИГРОК КАЙРАТА . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 27 January 2020 . Russian . 27 January 2020.
7. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЕРКЕБУЛАН СЕЙДАХМЕТ – ИГРОК КАЙРАТА . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 25 June 2019 . Russian . 25 June 2019.
8. Web site: ЕРКЕБУЛАН СЕЙДАХМЕТ ПРОДЛИЛ КОНТРАКТ С КАЙРАТОМ . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 11 March 2021. Russian . 11 March 2021.
9. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЖОАО ПАУЛО ИГРОК «КАЙРАТА» . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 6 July 2021 . Russian . 6 July 2021.
10. Web site: ЯСНОСТЬ ПО КОНТРАКТУ НУРАЛЫ АЛИПА . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 4 December 2020 . Russian . 21 November 2020.
11. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЯЦЕК ГУРАЛЬСКИЙ – ИГРОК КАЙРАТА . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 20 January 2020 . Russian . 19 January 2020.
12. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ШТРЕЛИ МАМБА ИГРОК КАЙРАТА . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 19 January 2021. Russian . 19 January 2021.
13. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РИКАРДУ АЛВЕШ - ИГРОК «КАЙРАТА» . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 13 July 2021 . Russian . 13 July 2021.
14. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ХОСЕ КАНТЕ МАРТИНЕС ИГРОК КАЙРАТА . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 10 March 2021. Russian . 10 March 2021.
15. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ВИКТОР ВАСИН – ИГРОК ФК «КАЙРАТ»! . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 22 February 2022 . Russian . 22 February 2022.
16. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ДАМИР КАСАБУЛАТ – ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 26 February 2022 . Russian . 25 February 2022.
17. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ВЯЧЕСЛАВ ШВЫРЕВ – ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 25 February 2022 . Russian . 25 February 2022.
18. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ВАДИМ УЛЬЯНОВ – ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 26 February 2022 . Russian . 26 February 2022.
19. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АНТОН КРАЧКОВСКИЙ – ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 9 March 2022. Russian . 9 March 2022.
20. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ДАВИД ЭКВЕ - ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 16 March 2022. Russian . 15 March 2022.
21. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АДИЛЕТ САДЫБЕКОВ – ИГРОК ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 28 September 2022 . Russian . 14 June 2022.
22. Web site: АЛЕКСАНДР ШИРОБОКОВ, ЛЕВ КУРГИН И БАЙЖАН МАДЕЛХАН – ИГРОКИ ФК "КАЙРАТ" . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 21 June 2022 . Russian . 17 June 2022.
23. Web site: НИКИТА ПИВКИН – ИГРОК ФК "КАЙРАТ" . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 21 June 2022 . Russian . 21 June 2022.
24. Web site: РУСТАМ ЭМИРОВ – ИГРОК ФК КАЙРАТ . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 23 June 2022 . Russian . 23 June 2022.
25. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЕГОР ТКАЧЕНКО – ФУТБОЛИСТ ФК «КАЙРАТ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 26 February 2022 . Russian . 26 February 2022.
26. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АЙБОЛ АБИКЕН УХОДИТ В АРЕНДУ В ФК «АКСУ» . fckairat.kz . FC Kairat . 27 February 2022 . Russian . 27 February 2022.
27. Web site: ТРАНСФЕРНЫЕ НОВОСТИ . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 1 July 2022 . Russian . 1 July 2022.
28. Web site: СПАСИБО РИКИ! . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 18 July 2022 . Russian . 18 July 2022.
29. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ЯН ВОРОГОВСКИЙ НА ПРАВАХ АРЕНДЫ ПЕРЕХОДИТ В "РВД МОЛЕНБЕК". . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 18 January 2022 . Russian . 18 January 2022.
30. Web site: "Зенит" и "Кайрат" достигли соглашения об аренде Нуралы Алипа . fc-zenit.ru/ . FC Zenit Saint Petersburg . 17 February 2022 . Russian . 16 February 2022.
31. Web site: Футбольный клуб "Кайрат" покинули два игрока. . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 7 July 2022 . Russian . 7 July 2022.
32. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ГАФУРЖАН СУЮМБАЕВ, СТАС ПОКАТИЛОВ, КАМО ОГАНЕСЯН И ДЕНИС ПОЛЯКОВ ПОКИДАЮТ АЛМАТИНСКИЙ КЛУБ. . fckairat.com/ . FC Kairat . 19 January 2022 . Russian . 19 January 2022.
33. Web site: Қайта оралуыңмен, Стас! . vk.com/ofc_aktobe . FC Aktobe VK . 2 February 2022 . Kazakh . 1 February 2022.
34. Web site: Официально: Денис Поляков – игрок Астаны . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 18 February 2022 . Russian . 18 February 2022.
35. Web site: Гафуржан Суюмбаев — "Ақсу" ойыншысы . instagram.com/ . FC Aksu Instagram . 25 January 2022 . Kazakh . 25 January 2022.
36. Web site: Официально: Камо Оганесян – с нами! . fcastana.kz/ . FC Astana . 19 January 2022 . Russian . 19 January 2022.
37. Web site: СПАСИБО ЯЦЕК! . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 17 June 2022 . Russian . 16 June 2022.
38. Web site: VfL verpflichtet Jacek Góralski . www.vfl-bochum.de/ . VfL Bochum . 17 June 2022 . de . 17 June 2022 . 17 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220617163100/https://www.vfl-bochum.de/news/uebersicht/profis/vfl-verpflichtet-jacek-goralski/ . dead .
39. Web site: ШТРЕЛИ МАМБА ПОКИНУЛ "КАЙРАТ" . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 11 July 2022 . Kazakh . 11 July 2022.
40. Web site: 官方：保加利亚球员特索涅夫、德国前锋曼巴加盟大连人. Dongqiudi. zh. 21 August 2022. 21 August 2022.
41. Web site: СПАСИБО ХОСЕ! . fckairat.com . FC Kairat . 23 August 2022 . Kazakh . 23 August 2022.
42. Web site: 沧州雄狮官方：何塞-坎特&朱可夫加盟王鹏租借回归. Sina Sports. 27 August 2022. 26 September 2022.