2023 Kazakhstan Cup Explained

Kazakhstan Cup
Year:	2023
Country:	Kazakhstan
Num Teams:	30
Matches:	55
Goals:	166
Scoring Leader:	Arman Smailov (13)
Prev Season:	2022
Next Season:	2024
Updated:	4 November 2023

The 2023 Kazakhstan Cup (known as the Fonbet Kazakhstan Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. FC Ordabasy were the defending champions.

Tobol won the cup on 4 November 2023 with a win over Ordabasy, qualifying for the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Background

On 17 April, the Kazakhstan Professional Football League announced Russian betting company Fonbet as their new title sponsor.^[1]

Participating clubs

The following teams entered the competition:

Kazakhstan Premier League all 14 clubs of the 2023 season	Kazakhstan First League 11 clubs of the 2023 season	Kazakhstan Second League 5 clubs of the 2023 season
FC Aksu FC Aktobe FC Astana FC Atyrau FC Caspiy FC Kairat FC Kaisar FC Kyzylzhar FC Maktaaral FC Okzhetpes FC Ordabasy FC Shakhter Karagandy FC Tobol FC Zhetysu	FC Akademia Ontustik FC Akzhayik FC Arys FC Khan-Tengri FC Kyran FC Taraz FC Turan FC Yassy FC Yelimay FC Zhas Kyran FC Zhenis	FC AKAS FC Altai FC SD Family FC Ulytau FC Zhetisay

Format and schedule

width=30%	Round	width=20%	Clubs remaining	width=20%	Clubs involved	width=30%	First match date
Group Stage	align=center	30	align=center	16	align=center	16 March 2023
Round of 16	align=center	16	align=center	16	align=center	18 April 2023
Quarter-finals	align=center	8	align=center	8	align=center	2023
Semi-finals	align=center	4	align=center	4	align=center	2023
Final	align=center	2	align=center	2	align=center	2023

Group stage

Group D

Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Goal scorers

13 goals:

• Arman Smailov - Akzhayik

5 goals:

• Marlen Aimanov - Khan-Tengri
• Mamadou Diallo - Turan

4 goals:

• Yevgeni Kobzar - Akzhayik
• Shota Shekiladze - Zhenis

3 goals:

• Kudaiberdy Narkulov - Akademia Ontustik
• Dembo Darboe - Astana
• Askhat Tagybergen - Ordabasy
• Sanzhar Shurakhanov - SD Family
• Zikrillo Sultaniyazov - Turan
• Maksim Zhitnev - Yelimay

2 goals:

• Yerkebulan Amangeldy - Akademia Ontustik
• Zhavlanbek Babanazarov - Akademia Ontustik
• Bagdat Daniyarov - Akademia Ontustik
• Miras Turlybek - Aksu
• Zaven Badoyan - Akzhayik
• Nikolay Agapov - Akzhayik
• Bauyrzhan Akhaev - Altai
• Elkhan Astanov - Astana
• Vladislav Prokopenko - Astana
• Effiong Nsungusi - Atyrau
• Tamerlan Suatbaev - Khan-Tengri
• Mladen Veselinović - Kyzylzhar
• Juan Sandoval - Maktaaral
• Vsevolod Sadovsky - Ordabasy
• Shokhboz Umarov - Ordabasy
• Roger Cañas - Shakhter Karagandy
• Ivan Sviridov - Shakhter Karagandy
• Ivan Rogač - Tobol
• Islam Chesnokov - Tobol
• Nurgaini Buribaev - Turan
• Rifat Nurmugamet - Turan
• Vitaliy Balashov - Turan
• Birzhan Toktybai - Ulytau
• Yersultan Torekul - Ulytau
• Ryskul Beknur - Yassy
• Pavel Yakovlev - Yelimay
• Amal Seitov - Zhas Kyran
• Amir Alikhan - Zhas Kyran

1 goals:

• Rinat Serikkul - Akademia Ontustik
• Élder Santana - Aktobe
• Yeskendir Kybyrai - Aktobe
• Bauyrzhan Omarov - Akzhayik
• Miram Sapanov - Akzhayik
• Anuar Amanzhanov - Altai
• Oral Aydos - Altai
• Nurbakyt Dosanov - Arys
• Ghani Suleimen - Arys
• Duman Tursynbay - Arys
• Zhanserik Kaldybay - Arys
• Marin Tomasov - Astana
• Abat Aymbetov - Astana
• Žarko Tomašević - Astana
• Igor Ivanović - Astana
• Demir Imeri - Atyrau
• Oralkhan Omirtayev - Atyrau
• Duman Narzildayev - Caspiy
• Artur Shushenachev - Kairat
• Vyacheslav Shvyryov - Kairat
• Yan Trufanov - Kairat
• Dmitry Sergeyev - Kairat
• Ruslan Sakhalbaev - Kaisar
• Adam Adakhadzhiev - Khan-Tengri
• Oybek Baltabaev - Khan-Tengri
• Pavel Kriventsev - Khan-Tengri
• Darkhan Medelkhan - Khan-Tengri
• Ablaykhan Makhambetov - Kyran
• Edige Oralbay - Kyran
• Alibobo Rakhmatullaev - Kyran
• Yelzhas Sarbay - Kyran
• Timur Muldinov - Kyzylzhar
• Artem Cheredinov - Kyzylzhar
• Dramane Koné - Maktaaral
• Temirlan Yerlanov - Ordabasy
• Bobur Abdikholikov - Ordabasy
• Ulanbek Kuanyshbekov - SD Family
• Makhmud Dunzurov - SD Family
• Temur Chogadze - Shakhter Karagandy
• Yury Pertsukh - Shakhter Karagandy
• Aydos Tattybayev - Shakhter Karagandy
• Yerkebulan Toibekov - Taraz
• Abzal Mukanbetzhanov - Taraz
• Asmir Suljić - Tobol
• Zhaslan Zhumashev - Tobol
• Miljan Vukadinović - Tobol
• Igor Sergeyev - Tobol
• Asludin Khadzhiev - Turan
• Sanjar Satanov - Turan
• Kasymzhan Taipov - Turan
• Mikhail Bashilov - Turan
• Adilet Omarbek - Ulytau
• Nursultan Sovetkazy - Yelimay
• Nurdaulet Agzambaev - Zhas Kyran
• Mukhtarkhan Sabdirov - Zhas Kyran
• Ansar Slyamkhan - Zhas Kyran
• Tornike Dzebniauri - Zhenis
• Birzhan Kulbekov - Zhenis

Own goal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fonbet — новый титульный партнер Кубка Казахстана по футболу . pflk.kz . Kazakhstan Professional Football League . 20 April 2023 . Russian . 17 April 2023.