2018 FC Kairat season

FC Kairat

2018 season
Chairman	Kairat Boranbayev
Manager	Carlos Alós (until 15 October) Andrei Karpovich (Caretaker) (from 15 October)
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	2nd
Kazakhstan Cup	Winners
Super Cup	Runners-up
Europa League	Third qualifying round vs Sigma Olomouc
Top goalscorer	League: Isael (13) All: Isael (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2018 FC Kairat season was the 8th successive season in which 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 participated in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and the Europa League as well as the Kazakhstan Cup and Premier League.

Season events

On 15 October 2018, Carlos Alós left Kairat by mutual consent, ^[1] with Andrei Karpovich being appointed as manager. ^[2]

Squad

As of match played 24 November 2018 ^[3]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Vladimir Plotnikov		GK	(1986-04-03)3 April 1986 (aged 32)	Zhetysu	2015	108	0
24	David Loria		GK	(1981-10-31)31 October 1981 (aged 37)		2018	17	0
27	Stas Pokatilov		GK	(1992-12-08)8 December 1992 (aged 25)	Rostov	2017	62	0
30	Oleg Grubov		GK	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2015	1	0
51	Vladimir Groshev		GK	(1995-01-04)4 January 1995 (aged 23)	Academy	2012	1	0
Defenders
2	Yeldos Akhmetov		DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 28)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2017	43	1
4	Sheldon Bateau		DF	(1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 27)	loan from Krylia Sovetov	2017	48	0
5	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev		DF	(1990-08-19)19 August 1990 (aged 28)	Ordabasy	2016	94	6
14	Aybol Abiken		DF	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2015	21	1
17	Stanislav Lunin		DF	(1993-05-02)2 May 1993 (aged 25)	Shakhter Karagandy	2014	93	3
26	Syarhey Palitsevich		DF	(1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 28)	Gençlerbirliği	2018	11	0
32	Alibek Kassym		DF	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2015	1	0
51	Sergey Keyler		DF	(1994-08-11)11 August 1994 (aged 24)	Okzhetpes	2018	7	0
Midfielders
3	Yan Vorogovskiy		MF	(1996-08-07)7 August 1996 (aged 22)	Kaisar	2016	55	3
6	Nuraly Alip		MF	(1999-12-22)22 December 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	21	0
7	Islambek Kuat		MF	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 25)	Astana	2014	142	13
8	Georgy Zhukov		MF	(1994-11-19)19 November 1994 (aged 24)	Ural Yekaterinburg	2017	58	4
9	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan		MF	(1993-02-23)23 February 1993 (aged 25)	Kuban Krasnodar	2014	195	56
10	Isael		MF	(1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 30)	Krasnodar	2014	171	42
15	Aleksandr Sokolenko		MF	(1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2017	29	2
20	Ivo Iličević		MF	(1986-11-14)14 November 1986 (aged 32)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	41	12
25	Ákos Elek		MF	(1988-07-21)21 July 1988 (aged 30)	Diósgyőri	2017	63	0
28	Andrey Arshavin		MF	(1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 37)	Kuban Krasnodar	2016	108	30
30	Juan Felipe		MF	(1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 30)	Vardar	2018	30	0
37	Rashid Lyukhay		MF	(1997-07-30)30 July 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2017	1	0
38	Ramazan Orazov		MF	(1998-01-30)30 January 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	5	0
	Nurlan Dairov		MF	(1995-06-26)26 June 1995 (aged 23)	Academy	2012	3	0
	Maksim Kotov		MF	(1997-02-09)9 February 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2018	1	0
Forwards
18	Aderinsola Eseola		FW	(1991-06-28)28 June 1991 (aged 27)	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	2018	22	12
19	Márton Eppel		FW	(1991-10-26)26 October 1991 (aged 27)	Budapest Honvéd	2018	19	9
22	Magomed Paragulgov		FW	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 24)	Academy	2012	33	5
23	Vyacheslav Shvyrev		FW	(2001-01-07)7 January 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	16	1
29	Samat Sarsenov		FW	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 22)	Orenburg	2017	8	0
55	Artur Shushenachev		FW	(1998-04-07)7 April 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	4	0
	Pavel Kriventsev		FW	(1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2018	1	0
Players away on loan
13	Yermek Kuantayev		DF	(1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 28)	Tobol	2014	96	6
16	Oybek Baltabaev		MF	(1994-06-13)13 June 1994 (aged 24)	Academy	2014	11	0
	Rifat Nurmugamet		FW	(1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2013	5	0
Players that left during the season
11	Hugo Silveira		FW	(1993-05-23)23 May 1993 (aged 25)	loan from Nacional	2018	16	4
19	Gai Assulin		MF	(1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 27)	Sabadell	2018	2	0
21	Chuma Anene		FW	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 25)	Amkar Perm	2017	38	8
26	Cédric Gogoua		DF	(1994-07-10)10 July 1994 (aged 24)	Riga	2017	1	0
49	Akmal Bakhtiyarov		MF	(1998-06-02)2 June 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	4	1

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   KAZ Yermek Kuantayev (at Zhetysu) 16 MF   KAZ Oybek Baltabaev(at Altai Semey)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   KAZ Rifat Nurmugamet(at Zhetysu)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2017–18 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2018

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
13 November 2017	DF		Cédric Gogoua	Kairat-A	Promoted	[4]
13 February 2018	MF		Gai Assulin	Sabadell	Free	[5]
29 March 2018	MF		Juan Felipe	Vardar	Undisclosed	[6]
6 June 2018	FW		Aderinsola Eseola	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Undisclosed	[7]
2 July 2018	FW		Márton Eppel	Budapest Honvéd	Undisclosed	[8]
10 July 2018	DF		Syarhey Palitsevich	Gençlerbirliği	Undisclosed	[9]
24 August 2018	GK		David Loria		Free	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
11 January 2018	MF		Bauyrzhan Turysbek	Tobol	Undisclosed	[11]
	FW		Mohamed Konaté	Gomel	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
29 December 2017	DF		Sheldon Bateau	Krylia Sovetov	End of Season	[12]
13 February 2018	FW		Hugo Silveira	Nacional	4 July 2018	[13]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
	MF		Oybek Baltabaev	Altai Semey	End of season
16 February 2018	DF		Yermek Kuantayev	Zhetysu	End of season	[14]
16 February 2018	FW		Rifat Nurmugamet	Zhetysu	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 March 2018	MF		Gai Assulin	Politehnica Iași	26 September 2019	[15] [16]
4 July 2018	FW		Chuma Anene	Fredericia	4 September 2018	[17]
	DF		Cédric Gogoua	SKA-Khabarovsk	24 August 2018	[18]
	MF		Akmal Bakhtiyarov	Artsakh
30 November 2018 [19]	MF		Isael	Ferencvárosi	1 February 2019	[20]
30 November 2018	GK		David Loria	Okzhetpes
30 November 2018	MF		Juan Felipe	Vardar
30 November 2018	MF		Ivo Iličević	1. FC Nürnberg	30 January 2019	[21]
30 November 2018	MF		Ákos Elek	MOL Vidi	8 January 2019	[22]
30 November 2018	MF		Andrey Arshavin	Retired	3 December 2018	[23]
29 December 2018 [24]	DF		Stanislav Lunin	Irtysh Pavlodar	29 December 2018	[25]
31 December 2018	GK		Oleg Grubov
31 December 2018	GK		Vladimir Groshev
31 December 2018	DF		Alibek Kassym
31 December 2018	DF		Yermek Kuantayev	Zhetysu
31 December 2018	MF		Oybek Baltabaev
31 December 2018	MF		Rashid Lyukhay
31 December 2018	MF		Maksim Kotov
31 December 2018	MF		Rashid Lyukhay
31 December 2018	FW		Pavel Kriventsev

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club	Ref.
1 February 2018		DF		Gideon Baah	New York Red Bulls	[26]

Friendlies

Kairat v Ludogorets Razgrad

29 January 2018	Kairat	3 – 2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Turkey
15:00 (UTC+6)	Isael 14' Islamkhan 70' (pen.) Sarsenov 88'	Report	Vura 6', 10'

Kairat v Dynamo St.Petersburg

1 February 2018	Kairat	3 – 3	Dynamo St.Petersburg	Turkey
20:30 (UTC+6)	Anene 39' Kuat 53' Arshavin 74'	Report	Barsov 14', 45' Dvornikov 73'

Kairat v Voždovac

4 February 2018	Kairat	0 – 1	Voždovac	Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Luković 33'

Kairat v MTK Budapest

14 February 2018	Kairat	0 – 3	MTK Budapest	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report	Lencse 31' Torghelle 88' Korozmán 90'

Kairat v Torpedo Kutaisi

18 February 2018	Kairat	1 – 0	Torpedo Kutaisi	Belek, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report	Bateau 88'

Zenit St.Petersburg v Kairat

9 September 2018	Zenit St.Petersburg	1 – 0	Kairat	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00 (UTC+6)	Driussi 32'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 40,122

Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: Kazakhstan Super Cup

Astana v Kairat

4 March 2018	Astana	3 – 0	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov  55' Mayewski 59' Tomasov 62', 67'	Report	Gogoua  58'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Premier League

Main article: 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League

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
33	19	5	9	60	33	+27	62	12	2	3	36	12	+24	7	3	6	24	21	+3

Last updated: 11 November 2018.
Source: See Results

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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	D
Position	3	2	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

Results

Kairat v Kyzylzhar

11 March 20181	Kairat	2 – 1	Kyzylzhar	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Silveira  28' Isael 80' Kuat  81' Arshavin 87'	Report	Punoševac 26' 49' Muldarov  56' Aliyev  90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Bolat Saryev

Kairat v Atyrau

17 March 20182	Kairat	2 – 0	Atyrau	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Akhmetov  2' Silveira 56' Vorogovskiy 86'	Report	Adeniji  4'  34'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,900 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Aktobe v Kairat

31 March 20183	Aktobe	1 – 1	Kairat	Shymkent
15:00 (UTC+6)	Bateau 11' (o.g.)	Report	Isael 18' Kuat  34' A.Sokolenko  67' Elek  73'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

Kairat v Akzhayik

7 April 20184	Kairat	3 – 0	Akzhayik	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Isael 19' 80' Silveira 33' Zhukov 81'	Report	Nurgaliyev  6' A.Tkachuk  60'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,100 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

Astana v Kairat

14 April 20185	Astana	1 – 1	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Zaynutdinov 52' 74' Shomko  88' Tomasov  90+5' Kleinheisler  90+5'	Report	Silveira  40' Suyumbayev  60' Arshavin 71' 90+5' Kuat  72' Aybol Abiken  90+5'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Kairat v Kaisar

22 April 20186	Kairat	4 – 1	Kaisar	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Isael 19' Juan Felipe  53' Arshavin 60' Anene 76' Lunin 90+3'	Report	Coureur 27' Narzildaev  44'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,200 Referee: Marat Iskakov

Irtysh Pavlodar v Kairat

28 April 20187	Irtysh Pavlodar	1 – 2	Kairat	Pavlodar
17:00 (UTC+6)	Popadiuc 12' 22' R.Yesimov  83'	Report	Elek  5' Bateau  17' Arshavin 45' Anene 63'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Zhetysu v Kairat

5 May 20188	Zhetysu	1 – 3	Kairat	Taldıqorğan
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kozhamberdi 47' Glavina  58'	Report	Anene 10' 78' Rudoselskiy 16' (o.g.) Lunin 71'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Kairat v Ordabasy

9 May 20189	Kairat	2 – 0	Ordabasy	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Isael 18' Suyumbayev  37' Silveira 70'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

Tobol v Kairat

13 May 201810	Tobol	1 – 0	Kairat	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kankava  25' Nusserbayev  45'89' Nepohodov  90+3'	Report	Aybol Abiken  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Kairat v Shakhter Karagandy

19 May 201811	Kairat	2 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Suyumbayev 43' Juan Felipe  47' Islamkhan 79'	Report	Mihunov  24' Kojašević  43'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

Atyrau v Kairat

27 May 201812	Atyrau	1 – 3	Kairat	Atyrau
19:00 (UTC+6)	Živković  15' R.Aslan  79' Adeniji 69'	Report	Arshavin 28' Isael 33' Anene 68' 81'	Stadium: Tomarly Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Kairat v Aktobe

31 May 201813	Kairat	3 – 2	Aktobe	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Islamkhan 3' Suyumbayev  14' Iličević 77' Isael  81' Silveira 89'	Report	Pizzelli 15', 30' Reynaldo  73' R.Nurmukhametov  89'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

Akzhayik v Kairat

17 June 201814	Akzhayik	1 – 2	Kairat	Oral
19:00 (UTC+6)	E.Tapalov  21' Mané 86'	Report	Arshavin 42' 85' Iličević  70' Silveira  80'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Furkat Atajanov

Kairat v Astana

24 June 201815	Kairat	1 – 2	Astana	Almaty
20:30 (UTC+6)	Kuat 30' 63' Juan Felipe  54'	Report	Despotović 45+2' 90+3' Shomko  52' Mayewski  54' Murtazayev 88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

Kaisar v Kairat

1 July 201816	Kaisar	1 – 2	Kairat	Kyzylorda
19:00 (UTC+6)	Baizhanov 60' Narzildaev  77'	Report	Isael 64' Islamkhan 90+4'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

Kairat v Irtysh Pavlodar

6 July 201817	Kairat	4 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Isael 24' (58) Eseola 37' Arshavin 44' Bateau  78' Suyumbayev  79' Juan Felipe  88'	Report	Kislitsyn  22' V.Vomenko  50'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bolat Saryev

Kairat v Zhetysu

15 July 201818	Kairat	2 – 1	Zhetysu	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Eseola 56' Eppel 66'	Report	E.Altynbekov 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

Ordabasy v Kairat

22 July 201819	Ordabasy	2 – 1	Kairat	Shymkent
20:00 (UTC+6)	T.Erlanov 13' V.Li  50' Kovalchuk  56' Diakate 84' (pen.)	Report	Kuat  44' Eseola 54' Aybol Abiken  82' Pokatilov  84' Islamkhan  85'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Kairat v Tobol

29 July 201820	Kairat	1 – 0	Tobol	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Bateau  44' Isael 69'	Report	S.Zharynbetov  15' Abilgazy  28' T.Zhakupov  51'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

Shakhter Karagandy v Kairat

5 August 201821	Shakhter Karagandy	1 – 1	Kairat	Karaganda
20:00 (UTC+6)	Omirtayev  40' Vůch 54' Kojašević  60' A.Duysen  90'	Report	Iličević  21' Eseola  76' Arshavin 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ashkat Abdanbayev

Kyzylzhar v Kairat

12 August 201822	Kyzylzhar	1 – 3	Kairat	Petropavl
17:00 (UTC+6)	Grigalashvili 17' (pen.) Ceesay  29' Coronel  51' Delić  78'	Report	Eseola 15' Eppel 63' Isael 90+4'	Stadium: Avangard Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

Kyzylzhar v Kairat

18 August 201823	Kyzylzhar	–	Kairat	Petropavl
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Avangard Stadium

Kairat v Atyrau

26 August 201824	Kairat	4 – 2	Atyrau	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	A.Sokolenko 16' Isael  59' Eseola 73', 90+2' Arshavin 71'	Report	Adeniji 46', 55' A.Saparov  72' Sikimić  80'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

Kairat v Akzhayik

16 September 201826	Kairat	0 – 1	Akzhayik	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Bateau  27' Isael  28' Eseola  90+1'	Report	Nurgaliyev 76' E.Tapalov  90+4'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Zhandos Abzhan

Zhetysu v Kairat

22 September 201827	Zhetysu	1 – 0	Kairat	Taldıqorğan
16:00 (UTC+6)	Hromțov  62' Kuklys 89' (pen.)	Report	Eppel  12' Arshavin  28' Juan Felipe  54' Zhukov  71' Palitsevich  88'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

Kaisar v Kariat

26 September 201825	Kaisar	1 – 2	Kariat	Kyzylorda
16:00 (UTC+6)	Punoševac  34' Arzhanov 51'	Report	Eseola 25' Paragulgov  27' Iličević 35' 38' Akhmetov  68'  76'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

Kairat v Aktobe

30 September 201828	Kairat	6 – 1	Aktobe	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Paragulgov 10' Zhukov 16' Isael 25', 71' Bateau  35' Eseola 50' Eppel 62'	Report	Aimbetov 66'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Ordabasy v Kairat

6 October 201829	Ordabasy	2 – 0	Kairat	Shymkent
17:00 (UTC+6)	Moldakaraev 38' Kojić  41' Dosmagambetov 90+3' 90+3' Mehanović  90+4'	Report	Eseola  45+2' Suyumbayev  57'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

Kairat v Tobol

21 October 201830	Kairat	0 – 0	Tobol	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Akhmetov  54' Zhukov  88' Eseola  90+1' Kuat  90+3'	Report	Žulpa  53'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

Kairat v Irtysh Pavlodar

27 October 201831	Kairat	0 – 1	Irtysh Pavlodar	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Islamkhan  37' Alip  44' Arshavin  86' Aybol Abiken  90+2'	Report	Fonseca 2' Chibuike  15' Stamenković  90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bolat Saryev

Kyzylzhar v Kairat

31 October 201823	Kyzylzhar	2 – 1	Kairat	Petropavl
15:00 (UTC+6)	Skorykh  34' T.Muldinov 37' A.Dzhanuzakov  52' Ceesay  53'81' Tsirin  90+4'	Report	Paragulgov 6' Alip  30' Kuat  50'	Stadium: Avangard Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Astana v Kairat

3 November 201832	Astana	3 – 2	Kairat	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Rukavina  23' Tomasov 35' Zaynutdinov 39' Murtazayev 61' 90+3' Mayewski  90+1'	Report	Sarsenov  14' Paragulgov 22' Kuat  29' Vorogovskiy  37' Eseola 60' Akhmetov  87' Alip  90+1'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Kairat v Shakhter Karagandy

11 November 201833	Kairat	0 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Paragulgov  14' Shvyrev  28'	Report	Tkachuk  14' Droppa  49' I.Shatsky  90+5'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana (C)	33	24	5	4	66	22	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kairat	33	19	5	9	60	33	+27	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
3	Tobol	33	15	8	10	36	30	+6	53
4	Ordabasy	33	13	7	13	38	44	−6	46
5	Kaisar	33	11	12	10	35	31	+4	45

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw. ^[27]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of 2018 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2018 Kazakhstan Cup

Okzhetpes v Kairat

18 April 2018Last 16	Okzhetpes	3 – 5	Kairat	Kokshetau
14:00 (UTC+6)	Kasyanov 36' Geteriev 49' Abdulin 69' Hoshkoderya  85'	Report	Islamkhan 5' (pen.), 66' (pen.), 70' Paragulgov  35'55' A.Kassym  73' R.Orazov  87' V.Shvyrev 90+4'	Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Zhandos Abzhan

Ordabasy v Kairat

23 May 2018Quarterfinal	Ordabasy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kairat	Shymkent
18:00 (UTC+6)	Aybol Abiken 50' (o.g.) Fontanello  53' Spahija  90+3' U.Zhaksybaev  111'	Report	Kuat  22' Paragulgov  34' Vorogovskiy 45' A.Sokolenko  65' Sarsenov  85' Pokatilov  90+4' Alip  101' Shushenachev  115'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Timur Kumashev

Kairat v Irtysh Pavlodar

14 June 2018Semifinal 1st leg	Kairat	2 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kuat 7' 19' Alip  19' Islamkhan 27' Sarsenov  83'	Report	D.Shmidt  30'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Irtysh Pavlodar v Kairat

27 June 2018Semifinal 2nd leg	Irtysh Pavlodar	3 – 1 (3 – 3 (a) agg.)	Kairat	Pavlodar
19:00 (UTC+6)	Fonseca 5', 70' 89' V.Vomenko 80'	Report	Paragulgov  26' A.Bakhtiyarov 42' Suyumbayev  44'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

Final

Atyrau v Kairat

24 November 2018	Atyrau	0 – 1	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Obšivač  53' A.Saparov  83' Khairullin  90+5'	Report	A.Sokolenko 16' S.Keyler  41' Shvyrev  90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)

Engordany v Kairat

13 July 2018First qualifying round 1st leg	Engordany	0 – 3	Kairat	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
00:00 (UTC+6)	Cellay  25' M.Spano  63' Touré  86'	Report	Wagner 5' (o.g.) Islamkhan 25' (pen.) Alip  48' Plotnikov  70' Zhukov  79' Eppel 90'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 657 [28] Referee: Iwan Arwel Griffith (Wales)

Kairat v Engordany

19 July 2018First qualifying round 2nd leg	Kairat	7 – 1 (10 – 1 agg.)	Engordany	Almaty, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Eppel 4', 11', 44', 75' Eseola 42' Islamkhan 53' Vorogovskiy 87'	Report	M.Lafont 72' Cellay  89'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,500 [28] Referee: Jovan Kaludjerović (Montenegro)

Kairat v AZ

26 July 2018Second qualifying round 1st leg	Kairat	2 – 0	AZ	Almaty, Kazakhstan
21:00 (UTC+6)	Eseola 12', 50' 16' Islamkhan  55' Suyumbayev  81'	Report	Hatzidiakos  42' Friday  85'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 20,000 [29] Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

AZ v Kairat

3 August 2018Second qualifying round 2nd leg	AZ	2 – 1 (2 – 3 agg.)	Kairat	Alkmaar, Netherlands
00:45 (UTC+6)	Bizot  27' Til 41' Ouwejan  56' Midtsjø  75' Koopmeiners 90+4'	Report	Islamkhan 28' (pen.) Plotnikov  62' Isael  65' Vorogovskiy  90+1'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 9,437 [29] Referee: Dimitar Mečkarovski (Macedonia)

Sigma Olomouc v Kairat

9 August 2018Third qualifying round 1st leg	Sigma Olomouc	2 – 0	Kairat	Olomouc, Czech Republic
23:00 (UTC+6)	Sladký 21' Pilař 50' Vepřek  59'  68' Kalvach  88'	Report	Suyumbayev  38' Eseola  41'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 6,118 [30] Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Kairat v Sigma Olomouc

16 August 2018Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Kairat	1 – 2 (1 – 4 agg.)	Sigma Olomouc	Almaty, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Juan Felipe  58'  75' Eppel 61' 84' Isael  90+4'	Report	Nešpor 19' Houska 51'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 20,000 [30] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Squad statistics

As of match played 24 November 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	KAZ	Vladimir Plotnikov	14	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
2	DF	KAZ	Yeldos Akhmetov	13	0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	MF	KAZ	Yan Vorogovskiy	29	3	17+5	1	4	1	0	0	3	1
4	DF	TRI	Sheldon Bateau	31	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	4+1	0
5	DF	KAZ	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	35	1	25+2	1	1+1	0	1	0	5	0
6	MF	KAZ	Nuraly Alip	21	0	15	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	KAZ	Islambek Kuat	33	2	22+3	1	2	1	1	0	4+1	0
8	MF	KAZ	Georgy Zhukov	29	2	13+7	2	4	0	1	0	0+4	0
9	MF	KAZ	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	40	10	20+9	3	4	4	0+1	0	6	3
10	MF	BRA	Isael	34	13	25+3	13	0	0	1	0	5	0
14	DF	KAZ	Aybol Abiken	16	0	5+5	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
15	MF	KAZ	Aleksandr Sokolenko	22	2	9+6	1	5	1	0	0	1+1	0
17	DF	KAZ	Stanislav Lunin	18	2	13	2	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
18	FW	UKR	Aderinsola Eseola	22	12	9+7	9	0	0	0	0	6	3
19	FW	HUN	Márton Eppel	19	9	6+7	3	0	0	0	0	1+5	6
20	MF	CRO	Ivo Iličević	15	3	9+5	3	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	FW	KAZ	Magomed Paragulgov	24	4	14+3	3	4	1	0+1	0	1+1	0
23	FW	KAZ	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	16	1	1+8	0	4+1	1	0	0	0+2	0
24	GK	KAZ	David Loria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	HUN	Ákos Elek	28	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	4+1	0
26	DF	BLR	Syarhey Palitsevich	11	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
27	GK	KAZ	Stas Pokatilov	30	0	26	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
28	MF	RUS	Andrey Arshavin	37	9	18+13	9	0	0	1	0	5	0
29	FW	KAZ	Samat Sarsenov	8	0	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	BRA	Juan Felipe	30	0	22+2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
32	DF	KAZ	Alibek Kassym	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	KAZ	Rashid Lyukhay	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	KAZ	Ramazan Orazov	5	0	1	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
51	DF	KAZ	Sergey Keyler	7	0	2	0	4+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	FW	KAZ	Artur Shushenachev	3	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	KAZ	Maksim Kotov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	KAZ	Rashid Lyukhay	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	KAZ	Pavel Kriventsev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Kairat on loan:
Players who left Kairat during the season:
11	FW	URU	Hugo Silveira	16	4	10+5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	ISR	Gai Assulin	2	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	FW	NOR	Chuma Anene	9	4	3+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	CIV	Cédric Gogoua	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
49	MF	KAZ	Akmal Bakhtiyarov	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF		10	Isael	13	0	0	0	13
2	FW		18	Aderinsola Eseola	9	0	0	3	12
3	MF		9	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	3	4	0	3	10
4	MF		28	Andrey Arshavin	9	0	0	0	9
	FW		19	Márton Eppel	3	0	0	6	9
6	FW		21	Chuma Anene	4	0	0	0	4
	FW		11	Hugo Silveira	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		22	Magomed Paragulgov	3	1	0	0	4
9	MF		20	Ivo Iličević	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		3	Yan Vorogovskiy	1	1	0	1	3
11	DF		17	Stanislav Lunin	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		7	Islambek Kuat	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		15	Aleksandr Sokolenko	1	1	0	0	2
				Own goal	1	0	0	1	2
15	MF		8	Georgy Zhukov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		5	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	1	0	0	0	1
	FW		23	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		49	Akmal Bakhtiyarov	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	60	10	0	14	84

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Vladimir Plotnikov	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
2		DF	Yeldos Akhmetov	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
3		MF	Yan Vorogovskiy	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
4		DF	Sheldon Bateau	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5		DF	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
6		MF	Nuraly Alip	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
7		MF	Islambek Kuat	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
8		MF	Georgy Zhukov	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
9		MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10		MF	Isael	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
14		DF	Aybol Abiken	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15		MF	Aleksandr Sokolenko	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Aderinsola Eseola	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
19		FW	Márton Eppel	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
20		MF	Ivo Iličević	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Magomed Paragulgov	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23		FW	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Ákos Elek	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		DF	Syarhey Palitsevich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		GK	Stas Pokatilov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		MF	Andrey Arshavin	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
29		FW	Samat Sarsenov	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30		MF	Juan Felipe	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	1
32		DF	Alibek Kassym	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
38		MF	Ramazan Orazov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
51		DF	Sergey Keyler	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		FW	Artur Shushenachev	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Kairat during the season:
11		FW	Hugo Silveira	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21		FW	Chuma Anene	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		DF	Cédric Gogoua	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	67	2	16	0	1	0	13	3	97	5

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External links

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