| Club: | FC Kairat |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Manager: | Kirill Keker Rafael Urazbakhtin Aleksandr Kerzhakov Rafael Urazbakhtin |
| Chairman: | Kairat Boranbayev |
| Stadium: | Central Stadium |
| League Topscorer: | João Paulo (10) |
| Season Topscorer: | João Paulo (14) |
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| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2023 FC Kairat season was the 14th 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.
At the end of the previous season, Kairat announced that they had signed Ofri Arad permanently from Maccabi Haifa,[1] and Luka Gadrani and Élder Santana both from Aktobe.[2] [3]
On 15 January, Kairat announced announced the year-long loan signing of Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev from Pari Nizhny Novgorod.[4]
On 29 April, Head Coach Kirill Keker resigned from his position with Kairat 8th in the league, with Rafael Urazbakhtin being placed in temporary charge.[5]
On 29 May, Aleksandr Kerzhakov was appointed as Kairats new Head Coach.[6]
On 18 June, Kairat announced the signing of Alyaksandr Martynovich from Rubin Kazan on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.[7]
On 4 July, Kairat announced the signing of Valery Gromyko from Kaisar on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.[8]
On 5 July, Kairat announced the signing of Jug Stanojev from Spartak Subotica to a three-year contract.[9]
On 19 July, Kairat announced that Viktor Vasin had left the club by mutual agreement.[10]
On 22 July, Kairat announced the signing of free-agent Yegor Sorokin on a contract until the end of the 2025 season.[11]
On 3 September, Kairat announced that Aleksandr Kerzhakov had left his role as Head Coach by mutual agreement, with Rafael Urazbakhtin being appointed as his replacement on a contract until the end of the season on 6 September.[12] [13]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Danil Ustimenko |  | GK | 2024 11, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 2024[14] | 74 | 0 | |
| 27 | Temirlan Anarbekov | | GK | 2024 11, df=yes | Youth Team | 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Vadim Ulyanov |  | GK | 2024 11, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev |  | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | on loan from Pari Nizhny Novgorod | 2024 | 2024 | 23 | 2 | |
| 4 | Damir Kasabulat | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 2025[15] | 82 | 0 | |
| 13 | Lev Kurgin | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 14 | Alyaksandr Martynovich |  | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Rubin Kazan | 2024 | 2025 | 17 | 2 | |
| 15 | Ofri Arad |  | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Maccabi Haifa | 2024 | 56 | 2 | ||
| 24 | Aleksandr Mrynskiy | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Sultan Askarov | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Luka Gadrani |  | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Aktobe | 2024 | 18 | 2 | ||
| 80 | Yegor Sorokin | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Unattached | 2024 | 2025 | 13 | 1 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Adilet Sadybekov | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2025[16] | 68 | 7 | |
| 7 | Giorgi Zaria | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Dinamo Batumi | 2024 | 30 | 8 | ||
| 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Zenit St.Petersburg | 2023 | 52 | 6 | ||
| 21 | Arsen Buranchiev | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 2024[17] | 66 | 1 | |
| 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Ufa | 2019[18] | 105 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Andrey Ulshin | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 80 | 9 | ||
| 26 | Miras Omatay | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Jug Stanojev |  | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2024 | 2027 | 14 | 0 | |
| 55 | Valery Gromyko | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Kaisar | 2024 | 2025 | 14 | 1 | |
| 96 | Olzhas Baybek | | MF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2024 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | | FW | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2018 | 2024[19] | 113 | 14 | |
| 11 | João Paulo |  | FW | 2024 11, df=yes | Ordabasy | 2021[20] | 2024[21] | 106 | 46 | |
| 17 | Saif Popov | | FW | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Élder Santana | | FW | 2023 10, df=yes | Aktobe | 2024 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 76 | Dastan Satpayev | | FW | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan | ||||||||||
| 2 | Egor Tkachenko | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Kairat Moscow | 2022 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Yan Trufanov | | FW | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 20 | 4 | ||
| 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Nikita Pivkin | | GK | 2024 11, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Players that left during the season | ||||||||||
| 5 | Viktor Vasin | | DF | 2024 11, df=yes | CSKA Moscow | 2022 | 68 | 4 | ||
See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2023–24 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2024.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2023 | DF | Luka Gadrani | Aktobe | Undisclosed | |||
| 16 November 2023 | FW | Élder Santana | Aktobe | Undisclosed | |||
| 29 November 2023 | DF | Ofri Arad | Maccabi Haifa | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 January 2024 | MF | Giorgi Zaria | Dinamo Batumi | Undisclosed | |||
| 18 June 2024 | DF | Alyaksandr Martynovich | Rubin Kazan | Free | |||
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Valery Gromyko | Kaisar | Undisclosed | |||
| 5 July 2024 | MF | Jug Stanojev | Spartak Subotica | Undisclosed | |||
| 22 July 2024 | DF | Yegor Sorokin | Unattached | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 January 2024 | MF | Anton Krachkovsky | Dynamo Makhachkala | Undisclosed | [22] | ||
| 23 January 2024 | MF | Alen Aymanov | Yelimay | Undisclosed | [23] | ||
| 6 February 2024 | FW | Artur Shushenachev | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Undisclosed | [24] [25] |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2024 | FW | Yan Trufanov | Zhenis | End of season | [26] | ||
| 25 July 2024 | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | Slavia Mozyr | End of season | [27] | ||
| 28 July 2024 | DF | Egor Tkachenko | Zhetysu | End of season | [28] |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 January 2024 | DF | Mikael Askarov | Smorgon | [29] | |||
| 19 July 2024 | DF | Viktor Vasin |
See main article: 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League.
See main article: 2024 Kazakhstan Cup.
See main article: 2024 Kazakhstan League Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Kairat on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Kairat during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Kazakhstan Cup | width=150 | League Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 11 | João Paulo | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2 | MF | | 7 | Giorgi Zaria | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 6 | Adilet Sadybekov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | | 22 | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | | 23 | Andrey Ulshin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 19 | Élder Santana | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 14 | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 44 | Luka Gadrani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 15 | Ofri Arad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | | 20 | Dmitry Sergeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 80 | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 55 | Valery Gromyko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 96 | Olzhas Baybek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 25 | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 39 | 4 | 15 | 48 | |||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Kazakhstan Cup | width=150 | League Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 30 | Vadim Ulyanov | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 1 | Danil Ustimenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Kazakhstan Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1 | | GK | Danil Ustimenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | DF | Damir Kasabulat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | MF | Adilet Sadybekov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | MF | Giorgi Zaria | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Vyacheslav Shvyryov | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | FW | João Paulo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | DF | Lev Kurgin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | DF | Alyaksandr Martynovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | DF | Ofri Arad | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | FW | Élder Santana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | MF | Arsen Buranchiev | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 22 | | MF | Yerkebulan Seydakhmet | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | DF | Andrey Ulshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30 | | GK | Vadim Ulyanov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 44 | | DF | Luka Gadrani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 55 | | MF | Valery Gromyko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 80 | | DF | Yegor Sorokin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| 25 | | DF | Aleksandr Shirobokov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Players who left Kairat during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 5 | | DF | Viktor Vasin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 59 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 1 | |||||