2014 FC Astana season

FC Astana

2014 season
Chairman	Kaisar Bekenov
Manager	Grigori Babayan (interim) until 23 June 2014 Stanimir Stoilov from 23 June 2014
Stadium	Astana Arena
Premier League	1st
Kazakhstan Cup	Semi-final vs Aktobe
Europa League	Play-off Round vs Villarreal
Top goalscorer	League: Foxi Kéthévoama (16) All: Foxi Kéthévoama (20)
Highest home attendance	27,500 vs Villarreal (21 August 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,200 vs Astana-64 (14 May 2014)
Average home league attendance	5,555 (1 November 2014)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2014 FC Astana season was the sixth successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana were crowned Kazakhstan Premier League Champions for the first time, reached the Semi-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup and the Play-off Round of the Europa League before falling to Villarreal.

Squad

As of match played 9 November 2014

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nenad Erić	[1]	GK	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 32)	Kairat	2011	121	0
24	Denis Tolebaev		GK	(1987-02-07)7 February 1987 (aged 27)	Vostok	2012	0	0
35	Aleksandr Konochkin		GK	(1994-01-20)20 January 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2011	0	0
78	Rimas Martinkus		GK	(1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 21)	Academy	2011	0	0
79	Aleksandr Sidorov		GK	(1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2011	0	0
85	Vladimir Loginovsky	[2]	GK	(1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 29)	Zhetysu	2013	22	0
Defenders
2	Yeldos Akhmetov		DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 24)	Taraz	2013	29	1
4	Viktor Dmitrenko	[3]	DF	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 23)	Kuban Krasnodar	2012	96	4
5	Marin Aničić		DF	(1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 25)	Zrinjski Mostar	2014	33	0
6	Kairat Nurdauletov		DF	(1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 32)	Tobol	2010	128	8
12	Igor Pikalkin		DF	(1992-03-19)19 March 1992 (aged 22)	Shakhter Karagandy	2013	28	0
16	Yevgeni Goryachi		DF	(1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 23)	Kairat	2012	15	0
34	Adil Zhakipbaev		DF	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 19)	Academy	2013	0	0
36	Chingizkhan Asylkhanuly		DF	(1997-01-08)8 January 1997 (aged 17)	Academy	2014	0	0
39	Farhat Dzhanibekov		DF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	0	0
44	Yevgeny Postnikov		DF	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 28)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014	24	0
55	Pavel Khalezov		DF	(1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2014	2	0
71	Igilik Akanov		DF	(1995-10-01)1 October 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	0	0
77	Dmitri Shomko		DF	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 24)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014	46	4
94	Birzhan Kulbekov		DF	(1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	1	0
Midfielders
7	Damir Kojašević		MF	(1987-06-03)3 June 1987 (aged 27)	Budućnost Podgorica	2013	77	17
10	Foxi Kéthévoama		MF	(1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 28)	Kecskeméti	2013	98	30
13	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	(1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 25)	Zhetysu	2014	26	1
15	Abzal Beisebekov		MF	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 21)	Vostok	2012	90	3
19	Georgy Zhukov		MF	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 19)	loan from Standard Liège	2014	23	0
25	Guy Essame		MF	(1984-11-25)25 November 1984 (aged 29)	loan from Atyrau	2014	18	0
31	Azat Smagulov		MF	(1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 22)	Academy	2010	0	0
32	Rinat Khairullin		MF	(1994-12-19)19 December 1994 (aged 19)	Academy	2011	2	0
37	Islambek Kulekenov		MF	(1994-09-15)15 September 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2013	1	0
41	Ardak Saulet		MF	(1997-01-12)12 January 1997 (aged 17)	Academy	2014	0	0
45	Alexander Sharifullin		MF	(1995-03-21)21 March 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2013	0	0
47	Rasul Marua		MF	(1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 21)	Academy	2014	0	0
63	Amanbol Aliyev		MF	(1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	0	0
66	Temirlanali Begimbay		MF	(1995-09-09)9 September 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	0	0
80	Adil Balgabayev		MF	(1995-07-13)13 July 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2014	1	0
88	Roger Cañas		MF	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 24)	Shakhter Karagandy	2014	39	4
95	Madi Zamataev		MF	(1995-03-28)28 March 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2013	0	0
96	Vladislav Mendybaev		MF	(1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 18)	Academy	2013	1	0
Forwards
17	Tanat Nusserbayev		FW	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 27)	Ordabasy	2011	124	35
18	Patrick Twumasi		FW	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 20)	loan from Spartaks Jūrmala	2014	28	16
22	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev	[4]	FW	(1990-05-08)8 May 1990 (aged 24)	Tobol	2014	33	9
42	Ilyas Kuanyshbay		FW	(1997-01-12)12 January 1997 (aged 17)	Academy	2014	0	0
76	Atanas Kurdov		FW	(1988-09-28)28 September 1988 (aged 26)	Slavia Sofia	2014	32	7
87	Igor Popadinets		FW	(1994-02-28)28 February 1994 (aged 20)	Academy	2010	1	0
99	Islam Akhmetov		FW	(1995-07-03)3 July 1995 (aged 19)	Academy	2013	0	0
Players away on loan
8	Marat Shakhmetov		MF	(1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 25)	Alma-Ata	2009	151	6
Players that left during the season
9	Sergei Ostapenko		FW	(1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 28)	Zhetysu	2012	96	19
11	Cícero		FW	(1986-05-08)8 May 1986 (aged 28)	loan from Paços de Ferreira	2013	21	8
20	Renan Bressan		MF	(1988-11-03)3 November 1988 (aged 26)	Aktobe	2014	7	1
21	Aleksandr Kirov		DF	(1984-09-04)4 September 1984 (aged 30)	Shakhter Karagandy	2013	61	3
23	Islambek Kuat		MF	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 21)	Academy	2010	25	2
33	Vitali Li		MF	(1994-03-13)13 March 1994 (aged 20)	loan from Shakhter Karagandy	2014	6	0

Transfers

Winter

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF   BIH Marin Aničić (from Zrinjski Mostar) [5] 13 MF   KAZ Serikzhan Muzhikov (from Zhetysu) 19 MF   KAZ Georgiy Zhukov (loan from Standard Liège) [6] 20 MF   BLR Renan Bressan (from FC Aktobe) [7] 22 FW   KAZ Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev (from Tobol) [8] 33 FW   KAZ Vitali Lee(from Kairat) [9] 44 DF   RUS Yevgeny Postnikov (from Shakhtyor Soligorsk) [10] 77 DF   KAZ Dmitri Shomko (from Irtysh) 76 FW   BUL Atanas Kurdov (from Slavia Sofia) [11] 88 MF   COL Roger Cañas (from Shakhter Karagandy) [12]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF   KAZ Valeri Korobkin (to Aktobe) [13] 5 DF   KAZ Kirill Pasichnik(to Atyrau) 7 MF   KAZ Ulan Konysbayev (to Shakhter Karagandy) 11 MF   KAZ Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (loan return to Kuban Krasnodar) 12 FW   GHA Patrick Twumasi (loan return to Spartaks Jūrmala) 14 DF   MNE Blažo Igumanović (to Rudar) 25 MF   KAZ Nurdaulet Cosman 26 DF   BRA Zelão 32 FW   KAZ Timur Bakhriden 34 MF   KAZ Zhumazhan Musabekov 44 MF   KAZ Abylkayyr Ismailov 47 DF   KAZ Dmitry Kaminsky 49 MF   KAZ Kirill Sazonov 69 DF   KAZ Daniil Stasyunas 69 FW   KAZ Bimukhamed Bukeev 70 MF   KAZ Nursultan Kurmangali 85 FW   KAZ Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (loan return to Shakhter Karagandy) 95 MF   KAZ Abai Zhunusov

Summer

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   KAZ Abzal Beisebekov (loan return from Korona Kielce) 18 FW   GHA Patrick Twumasi (loan from Spartaks Jūrmala) [14] 25 MF   CMR Guy Essame (loan from Atyrau) [15]

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF   KAZ Marat Shakhmetov (loan to Atyrau) [15] 9 FW   KAZ Sergei Ostapenko (to Kaisar) [16] 11 FW   GNB Cícero (loan return to Paços Ferreira) [17] 20 MF   BLR Renan Bressan (to Rio Ave) [18] [19] 21 DF   KAZ Alexander Kirov (to Shakhter Karagandy) 23 MF   KAZ Islambek Kuat (to Kairat) [20] 33 MF   KAZ Vitali Li(to Kairat)

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League

First round

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	9	3	34	17	+17	39	7	3	1	24	8	+16	3	6	2	10	9	+1

Last updated: 27 July 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	D
Position	6	3	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	3

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Astana v Zhetysu

15 March 20141	Astana	0 – 0	Zhetysu	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Aničić  84'	Report	Klimavičius  90+5'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

Ordabasy v Astana

22 March 20142	Ordabasy	0 – 1	Astana	Shymkent
15:00 (UTC+6)	Diakate  59' Y.Tungyshbayev  78'	Report	Shomko  69' Cícero 82'	Stadium: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Astana v Kaisar

29 March 20143	Astana	1 – 0	Kaisar	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Nurdauletov  9' Shomko  30' Kojašević 90+4' (pen.) 90+4'	Report	Coulibaly  14' Maruško  36' Savić  63' Zemlianukhin  63' N.Kunov  90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Astana v Taraz

5 April 20144	Astana	1 – 0	Taraz	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Y.Akhmetov  19' Dzholchiev 65'	Report	V.Evstigneev  26' Shchetkin  28' Barroilhet  35' M.Amirkhanov  50'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Kairat v Astana

9 April 20145	Kairat	0 – 0	Astana	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kislitsyn  57' Yedigaryan  52'  90' Pliyev  83'  90' Bakayev  90'	Report	Kéthévoama  2' Nurdauletov  62' Cañas  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Astana v Tobol

13 April 20146	Astana	1 – 0	Tobol	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev  30' Kojašević 80' (pen.) Nusserbayev  83'	Report	Bugaiov  59' Šljivić  79' Zhumaskaliyev  79'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev

Irtysh v Astana

19 April 20147	Irtysh	3 – 4	Astana	Pavlodar
15:00 (UTC+6)	Džudović 16' Bakayev 28', 45' (pen.) 60'  68' Chleboun  34' Amanow  82'	Report	Nusserbayev 18' Aničić  25'  45' Cañas  31' Shomko  31' Kurdov  31'45+1', 56', 75'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Astana v Aktobe

27 April 20148	Astana	1 – 2	Aktobe	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 15' Cañas  84' Kuat  88'	Report	Zenkovich 4' 88' Khairullin 45' A.Tagybergen  70' P.Badlo  90+1'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

Shakhter Karagandy v Astana

1 May 20149	Shakhter Karagandy	0 – 0	Astana	Karagandy
16:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Dmitrenko  59' V.Lee  73'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

Astana v Spartak Semey

6 May 201410	Astana	5 – 0	Spartak Semey	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 15', 52' Kurdov  42' Dmitrenko 72' Kéthévoama 76' Cícero 89'	Report	A.Sakenov  33' Kutsov  36' Samchenko  37'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Atyrau v Astana

10 May 201411	Atyrau	1 – 0	Astana	Atyrau
17:00 (UTC+6)	Odibe  2' Trifunović 30' (pen.) Blažić  61' A.Shabanov  88'	Report		Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov

Astana v Ordabasy

18 May 201412	Astana	1 – 1	Ordabasy	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev 18' Muzhikov  34' Nusserbayev  75'	Report	P.Aliyev  18' Diakate 26'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Viktor Antonov

Kaisar v Astana

24 May 201413	Kaisar	1 – 0	Astana	Kyzylorda
19:00 (UTC+6)	Dmitrenko 7' (o.g.) Shestakov  30' D.Dautov  37' K.Pryadkin  90+5'	Report	Dzholchiev  34' Aničić  90+2'	Stadium: Gany Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Taraz v Astana

28 May 201414	Taraz	1 – 2	Astana	Taraz
18:00 (UTC+6)	Tleshev 68'	Report	Y.Akhmetov  30' Dzholchiev 63' Shakhmetov  66' Kurdov 84' Cañas  90+4'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Igor Khisamutdinov

Astana v Kairat

1 June 201415	Astana	2 – 2	Kairat	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Bressan 29' Dzholchiev 34' Muzhikov  83'	Report	Pliyev 39' 76' Gurman  63' A.Darabayev 65' Bakayev  71'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

Tobol v Astana

14 June 201416	Tobol	1 – 1	Astana	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Šimkovič 90' 90+1'	Report	Y.Akhmetov  55' Kéthévoama 60' Shakhmetov  74' Loginovskiy  90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Akmmalkhan Kholmatov

Astana v Irtysh

22 June 201417	Astana	5 – 3	Irtysh	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 5' Cícero 17', 62' Kojašević 32' Shomko  66' Dzholchiev 90+1'	Report	Bakayev 23' Dudchenko 31' A.Totay 47' Starokin  61'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Aktobe v Astana

27 June 201418	Aktobe	1 – 1	Astana	Aktobe
21:00 (UTC+6)	Korobkin 3' Antonov  65' Neco  79'	Report	Cícero 32' Kéthévoama  38'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

6 July 201419	Astana	4 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kojašević  6' Beisebekov 25' Kéthévoama 29' Zhukov  62' Dzholchiev 64' Aničić  72' Nusserbayev 85'	Report	A.Borantayev  6' Đidić  34'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

Spartak Semey v Astana

12 July 201420	Spartak Semey	1 – 1	Astana	Semey
(UTC+6)	Peev 42' A.Sakenov  70'	Report	Postnikov  60' Kéthévoama  77' Obradović 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

Astana v Atyrau

27 July 201421	Astana	3 – 0	Atyrau	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 26', 56', 90+3' 90+4'	Report	Adiyiah  54'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Zhetysu v Astana

3 August 201422	Zhetysu	0 – 0	Astana	Taldykorgan
18:00 (UTC+6)	Kovalev  47' R.Esatov  55' Goa  88'	Report	Dmitrenko  27' Nusserbayev  89'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aktobe	22	12	7	3	34	17	+17	43	Qualification for the championship round
2	Kairat	22	13	3	6	41	20	+21	42
3	Astana	22	10	9	3	34	17	+17	39
4	Shakhter Karagandy	22	11	3	8	33	27	+6	36
5	Ordabasy	22	10	5	7	24	22	+2	35

Source: Soccerway (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored

Championship Round

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	8	1	1	28	9	+19	25	5	0	0	20	2	+18	3	1	1	8	7	+1

Last updated: 9 November 2014.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Position	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Astana v Kairat

22 August 20141	Astana	Postponed [21]	Kairat	Astana
(UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: Astana Arena

Aktobe v Astana

28 August 20142	Aktobe	Postponed [22]	Astana	Aktobe
(UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: Central Stadium

Astana v Ordabasy

14 September 20143	Astana	5 – 0	Ordabasy	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 2', 74' Kéthévoama 13', 84' Nusserbayev 34' 55' Aničić  80'	Report	P.Aliyev  16' G.Suyumbaev  86'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

20 September 20144	Astana	2 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko 36' Twumasi 48'	Report	Malyi  25' Konysbayev  78' S.Bauyrzhan  87'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Kaisar v Astana

28 September 20145	Kaisar	1 – 1	Astana	Kyzylorda
17:00 (UTC+6)	R.Rozybakiev  32' Zemlianukhin 58'	Report	Nusserbayev  50' Beisebekov  57' Cañas 90+3'	Stadium: Gany Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

Astana v Aktobe

4 October 20146	Astana	6 – 1	Aktobe	Astana
18:30 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 41', 52', 75' Kéthévoama 51', 65' Dzholchiev  71' Kojašević 87' (pen.)	Report	Tsarikayev  4' P.Badlo  35' Antonov 57'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Ordabasy v Astana

18 October 20147	Ordabasy	1 – 2	Astana	Shymkent
16:00 (UTC+6)	Mwesigwa  27' Tazhimbetov 65' A.Diakate  68' Kudela  76' B.Kozhabayev  80'	Report	Kéthévoama 14' Twumasi 57' Erić  82'	Stadium: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Astana v Kairat

22 October 20141	Astana	5 – 1	Kairat	Astana
19:30 (UTC+6)	Cañas 44', 45' Nusserbayev 47' 61' Aničić  81' Kéthévoama 85' Twumasi 87'	Report	Isael 5' Gohou  49' Pliyev  61' Islamkhan  83'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov

Shakhter Karagandy v Astana

25 October 20148	Shakhter Karagandy	0 – 2	Astana	Karagandy
16:00 (UTC+6)	Salomov  33'	Report	Kurdov 33' (pen.), 80'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

Astana v Kaisar

1 November 20149	Astana	3 – 0	Kaisar	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 13' Shomko 71' Kéthévoama 78'	Report	Furdui  27' R.Rozybakiev  40' I.Kalinin  48' Jablan  77'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Aktobe v Astana

5 November 20142	Aktobe	3 – 0	Astana	Aktobe
18:00 (UTC+6)	Antonov 41' A.Tagybergen 45' Arzumanyan  69' Khairullin 90+3'	Report	R.Khairullin  29' Beisebekov  29' Y.Akhmetov  60'	Stadium: Central Stadium

Kairat v Astana

9 November 201410	Kairat	2 – 3	Astana	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Islamkhan  19' Gohou 60', 90+4' 70' Marković  63' Yedigaryan  65'	Report	Twumasi 4' Cañas  21' Muzhikov 36' Kéthévoama 53'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Igor Khisamutdinov

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astana (C)	32	18	10	4	63	26	+37	45	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Aktobe	32	17	10	5	52	31	+21	40	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Kairat	32	18	5	9	58	31	+27	38
4	Ordabasy	32	13	5	14	34	44	−10	27
5	Kaisar	32	10	13	9	30	34	−4	27

Source: Soccerway (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Team start with half number of points from first round.
(C) Champions

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2014 Kazakhstan Cup

Astana v Astana-64

14 May 2014Second Round	Astana	1 – 0	Astana-64	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev  28' Y.Akhmetov  51' Ostapenko 61'	Report	Alakbarzade  47'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

Astana v Tobol

18 June 2014Quarter-final	Astana	4 – 0	Tobol	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kojašević 45', 47' Cícero 76' Shomko  81' Kéthévoama 87'	Report	Tonev  44'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexander Gauzer

Aktobe v Astana

16 August 2014Semi Final 1st leg	Aktobe	1 – 1	Astana	Aktobe
21:00 (UTC+6)	Tsarikayev  49' Pizzelli 63'	Report	Y.Akhmetov  24' Kéthévoama 26' 39'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Astana v Aktobe

24 September 2014Semi Final 2nd leg	Astana	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (2 – 2 agg.) (3 – 4 p)	Aktobe	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Loginovskiy  19' Nusserbayev 41' Y.Goryachi  62'	Report	Pizzelli 20' (pen.) 90+1' Khairullin  28'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Pyunik v Astana

3 July 2014First qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	1 – 4	Astana	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+6)	G.Poghosyan  44' Papikyan 68'	Report	Nusserbayev 40' Cañas  60' Dzholchiev 67' Kéthévoama 71' Kurdov 84'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,380 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Astana v Pyunik

10 July 2014First qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	2 – 0 (6 – 1 agg.)	Pyunik	Astana, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev 13' Beisebekov  49' Shomko 79'	Report	Haroyan  49' Voskanyan  84'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (Belarus)

Astana v Hapoel Tel Aviv

17 July 2014Second qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	3 – 0	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Astana, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Cañas 16' (pen.) 66' Zhukov  30' Beisebekov  48'69' Nusserbayev 58'	Report	Dgani  15' Zaguri  77'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Sergei Ivanov (Russia)

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Astana

25 July 2014Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 0 (1 – 3 agg.)	Astana	Larnaca, Cyprus [A]
00:00 (UTC+6)	Lucas Sasha 57' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Rob Rogers (Republic of Ireland)

Astana v AIK

31 July 2014Third qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	1 – 1	AIK	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Cañas  12' Nusserbayev 42' Dzholchiev  59' Dmitrenko  80'	Report	Bahoui 9' 60' Salétros  65' Milošević  81' Pavey  85' Johansson  88'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Ante Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr. (Croatia)

AIK v Astana

8 August 2014Third qualifying round 2nd leg	AIK	0 – 3 (1 – 4 agg.)	Astana	Solna, Sweden
00:00 (UTC+6)	Borges  68'  84'	Report	Aničić  33' Kéthévoama 36' Zhukov  52' Shomko 54' Dzholchiev  68'71'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 12,314 Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

Astana v Villarreal

21 August 2014Play-off round 1st leg	Astana	0 – 3	Villarreal	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov  20' Aničić  26'  60'	Report	Cani 33' G. dos Santos 48' Costa  55' Mario 84'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 27,500 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

Villarreal v Astana

29 August 2014Play-off round 2nd leg	Villarreal	4 – 0 (7 – 0 agg.)	Astana	Villarreal, Spain
00:45 (UTC+6)	Vietto 21', 54' Pina  30' Bruno 61' (pen.) Nahuel 67'	Report	Dzholchiev  18' Shomko  37' Twumasi  60'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 11,564 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Squad statistics

As of Match played 9 November 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SRB	Nenad Erić	23	0	14	0	2	0	7	0
2	DF	KAZ	Yeldos Akhmetov	20	0	9+4	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
4	DF	KAZ	Viktor Dmitrenko	36	1	23+3	1	3+1	0	6	0
5	DF	BIH	Marin Aničić	33	0	27	0	2	0	4	0
6	DF	KAZ	Kairat Nurdauletov	21	0	13+7	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	MNE	Damir Kojašević	27	6	5+16	4	2+1	2	1+2	0
10	MF	CAF	Foxi Kéthévoama	35	20	25	16	2	2	7+1	2
12	DF	KAZ	Igor Pikalkin	26	0	18+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
13	MF	KAZ	Serikzhan Muzhikov	26	1	10+7	1	3	0	0+6	0
15	MF	KAZ	Abzal Beisebekov	26	2	13+2	1	2+1	0	7+1	1
16	DF	KAZ	Yevgeni Goryachi	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW	KAZ	Tanat Nusserbayev	37	10	19+7	6	1+2	1	8	3
18	FW	GHA	Patrick Twumasi	17	10	10+1	10	1	0	1+4	0
19	MF	KAZ	Georgy Zhukov	23	0	5+7	0	3	0	7+1	0
22	FW	KAZ	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev	33	9	18+6	6	2	0	7	3
25	MF	CMR	Guy Essame	18	0	10+1	0	1	0	5+1	0
32	MF	KAZ	Rinat Khairullin	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
37	MF	KAZ	Islambek Kulekenov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	RUS	Yevgeny Postnikov	24	0	12+2	0	3	0	7	0
55	DF	KAZ	Pavel Khalezov	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
76	FW	BUL	Atanas Kurdov	32	7	16+9	6	0+2	0	1+4	1
77	DF	KAZ	Dmitri Shomko	34	4	27	2	1	0	5+1	2
80	MF	KAZ	Adil Balgabayev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
85	GK	KAZ	Vladimir Loginovskiy	21	0	18	0	2	0	1	0
87	FW	KAZ	Igor Popadinets	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF	COL	Roger Cañas	39	4	29+1	3	2	0	7	1
94	DF	KAZ	Birzhan Kulbekov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
96	MF	KAZ	Vladislav Mendybaev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
8	MF	KAZ	Marat Shakhmetov	14	0	9+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Astana that left during the season:
9	FW	KAZ	Sergei Ostapenko	8	1	2+5	0	1	1	0	0
11	FW	GNB	Cícero	13	6	11+1	5	1	1	0	0
20	MF	BLR	Renan Bressan	7	1	3+3	1	1	0	0	0
23	MF	KAZ	Islambek Kuat	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW	KAZ	Vitali Lee	6	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF		10	Foxi Kéthévoama	16	2	2	20
2	FW		18	Patrick Twumasi	10	0	0	10
	FW		17	Tanat Nusserbayev	6	1	3	10
4	FW		22	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev	6	0	3	9
5	FW		76	Atanas Kurdov	6	0	1	7
6	FW		11	Cícero	5	1	0	6
	FW		7	Damir Kojašević	4	2	0	6
8	MF		88	Roger Cañas	3	0	1	4
	DF		77	Dmitri Shomko	2	0	2	4
10	MF		15	Abzal Beisebekov	1	0	1	2
11	DF		4	Viktor Dmitrenko	1	0	0	1
	MF		20	Renan Bressan	1	0	0	1
	MF		13	Serikzhan Muzhikov	1	0	0	1
	FW		9	Sergei Ostapenko	0	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	63	7	13	83

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Nenad Erić	6	1	3	10
2	GK		85	Vladimir Loginovsky	8	1	0	9
				TOTALS	14	2	3	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Yeldos Akhmetov	4	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
4		DF	Viktor Dmitrenko	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5		DF	Marin Aničić	6	1	0	0	3	1	9	2
6		MF	Kairat Nurdauletov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Damir Kojašević	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Foxi Kéthévoama	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
13		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		MF	Abzal Beisebekov	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
16		DF	Yevgeni Goryachi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	Tanat Nusserbayev	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
18		FW	Patrick Twumasi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		MF	Georgiy Zhukov	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
22		FW	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev	3	0	1	0	3	0	7	0
32		MF	Rinat Khairullin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
76		FW	Atanas Kurdov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	4	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
85		GK	Vladimir Loginovskiy	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
88		MF	Roger Cañas	5	0	0	0	3	0	8	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
8		MF	Marat Shakhmetov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		MF	Islambek Kuat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		FW	Vitali Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	53	1	7	0	17	1	77	2

Notes

Notes

1. ^
   Due to Operation Protective Edge, the UEFA Emergency Panel decided that Israeli clubs must play their home legs outside of the country in the second qualifying round. ^[23]

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3. Dmitrenko was born in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia, but qualified to represent Kazakhstan, making his debut for Kazakhstan in September 2012.
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