2024 FC Aktobe season

FC Aktobe

2024 season
Chairman	Askar Zhyrgalbekov
Manager	Dmytro Parfyonov
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	2nd
Kazakhstan Cup	Preseason
Europa Conference League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Maksim Samorodov (4) All: Maksim Samorodov (4)
Highest home attendance	12,600 vs Astana (4 May 2024)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 vs Zhenis (31 March 2024)
Average home league attendance	6,200 (4 May 2024)
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The 2024 FC Aktobe season is the 4th successive season that Aktobe will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2020.

Season events

On 20 December 2023, Aktobe announced the signing of Bagdat Kairov from Tobol. ^[1]

On 16 January, Aktobe announced the singing of Ramazan Orazov from Koper. ^[2]

On 23 January, Aktobe announced the singing of Gaby Kiki from Sheriff Tiraspol. ^[3]

On 8 February, Aktobe announced the singing of José Cevallos from Emelec. ^[4]

On 10 February, Aktobe announced the singing of Mateo Barać from Krylia Sovetov, ^[5] and the signing Uche Agbo from Slovan Bratislava. ^[6]

On 18 February, Aktobe announced the singing of Jayro Jean from Always Ready. ^[7]

On 24 February, Aktobe announced the singing of Bogdan Vătăjelu from Universitatea Cluj. ^[8]

On 25 February, Aktobe announced the singing of Idris Umayev from Akhmat Grozny. ^[9]

On 26 February, Aktobe announced the singing of Amadou Doumbouya from Botev Plovdiv. ^[10]

On 13 March, Aktobe announced the singing of Dorny Romero from Always Ready to a three-year contract. ^[11]

Squad

As of match played 20 April 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Igor Trofimets		GK	(1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 27)	Aksu	2016		37	0
25	Evgeniy Sitdikov		GK	(2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 (age 22)	Unattached	2024		2	0
30	Igor Shatsky		GK	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 26)	Shakhter Karagandy	2024		4	0
Defenders
2	Timur Rudoselsky		DF	(1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 29)	Alashkert	2023		2	0
6	Alibek Kasym		DF	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 25)	Kyzylzhar	2022		59	14
15	Gaby Kiki		DF	(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 29)	Sheriff Tiraspol	2024 [3]		2	0
24	Bagdat Kairov		DF	(1993-04-27) 27 April 1993 (age 31)	Tobol	2024 [1]		111	2
31	Adilkhan Tanzharikov		DF	(1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 27)	Academy	2018
44	Mateo Barać		DF	(1994-07-20) 20 July 1994 (age 29)	Krylia Sovetov	2024 [5]		3	0
88	Bogdan Vătăjelu		DF	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993 (age 31)	Universitatea Cluj	2024 [8]		5	0
Midfielders
3	Dmitry Bessmertny		MF	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)	BATE Borisov	2023		12	1
4	Uche Agbo		MF	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 28)	Slovan Bratislava	2024 [6]		5	0
5	Leonel Strumia		MF	(1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 31)	Liepāja	2023		35	0
7	Bauyrzhan Baytana		MF	(1992-06-06) 6 June 1992 (age 31)	Taraz	2022		55	3
10	Maksim Samorodov		MF	(2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 21)	Academy	2019
16	José Cevallos		MF	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)	Emelec	2024 [4]		3	0
18	Jayro Jean		MF	(1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 (age 25)	Always Ready	2024 [7]		4	0
20	Ramazan Orazov		MF	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 26)	Koper	2024 [2]		41	0
42	Ayan Baydavletov		MF	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 18)	Academy	2024		0	0
48	Alisher Kenzhegulov		MF	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 18)	Academy	2024		0	0
57	Miras Umaniyazov		MF	(2006-09-08) 8 September 2006 (age 17)	Academy	2024		1	0
80	Arman Kenesov		MF	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 23)	SKA-Khabarovsk	2022		55	8
Forwards
9	Abylaykhan Zhumabek		FW	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 22)	Taraz	2023		22	1
11	Idris Umayev		FW	(1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 25)	Akhmat Grozny	2024 [9]		21	5
12	Amadou Doumbouya		FW	(2002-10-12) 12 October 2002 (age 21)	Botev Plovdiv	2024 [10]		1	0
17	Dorny Romero		FW	(1998-01-24) 24 January 1998 (age 26)	Always Ready	2024 [11]	2026 [11]	4	1
Players away on loan
Players that left during the season

Transfers

Main articles: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2023–24 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2024

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
20 December 2023	DF		Bagdat Kairov	Tobol	Undisclosed	[1]
16 January 2024	MF		Ramazan Orazov	Koper	Undisclosed	[2]
23 January 2024	DF		Gaby Kiki	Sheriff Tiraspol	Undisclosed	[3]
8 February 2024	MF		José Cevallos	Emelec	Undisclosed	[4]
10 February 2024	MF		Mateo Barać	Krylia Sovetov	Undisclosed	[5]
10 February 2024	MF		Uche Agbo	Slovan Bratislava	Undisclosed	[6]
18 February 2024	MF		Jayro Jean	Always Ready	Undisclosed	[7]
24 February 2024	DF		Bogdan Vătăjelu	Universitatea Cluj	Undisclosed	[8]
25 February 2024	FW		Idris Umayev	Akhmat Grozny	Undisclosed	[9]
26 February 2024	FW		Amadou Doumbouya	Botev Plovdiv	Undisclosed	[10]
13 March 2024	FW		Dorny Romero	Always Ready	Undisclosed	[11]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	2 March 2024		Matchday 1	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	075.00
Kazakhstan Cup	14 April 2024		Round of 16	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	25 July 2024		First qualifying round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	080.00

Last updated: 20 April 2024
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2024 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
4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10	1	1	0	4	1	+3	2	0	0	6	2	+4

Last updated: 20 April 2024.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	21	3	4	5
Ground	A	-	H	H	A
Result	W	P	W	D	W
Position	2	6	3	4	1

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

• ¹ Aktobe had a bye during the second round of fixtures.

Results

Kaisar v Aktobe

1 March 20241	Kaisar	1–3	Aktobe	Kyzylorda
17:00 (UTC+5)	Baradzin  30' Kalmuratov 42' Zhangylyshbay  90+4' Yudenkov 90+5'	Report	Umayev 24', 64' Samorodov 55' Kairov  90+4'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Artem Kuchin

v

2		Bye
(UTC+5)

Aktobe v Zhenis

31 March 20243	Aktobe	3–0	Zhenis	Aktobe
14:00 (UTC+5)	Samorodov 13' (pen.) Umayev 16' Romero 48' Barać  51'  73' Shatsky  90+2' Kasym  90+3'	Report	Kenzhebek 30' Hjertstrand  46' Sovet 82'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alexander Zatula

Aktobe v Atyrau

7 April 20244	Aktobe	1–1	Atyrau	Aktobe
14:00 (UTC+5)	Tanzharikov10' Orazov  33'	Report	Najaryan  29' Zhagorov 45' Signevich 68' Zhumakhanov 83'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Kairat v Aktobe

20 April 20245	Kairat	1–3	Aktobe	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+5)	Gadrani  16' Arad  45' Seydakhmet  89' Shvyryov 90+6'	Report	Kasym 40' (pen.) Baytana  45' Umayev  45' Samorodov  61'68', 90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 22,804 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

Zhetysu v Aktobe

28 April 20246	Zhetysu	v	Aktobe	Taldykorgan
19:00 (UTC+5)				Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aktobe	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6	10	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Astana	6	3	1	2	8	4	+4	10	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Zhetysu	5	3	1	1	4	3	+1	10	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4	Ordabasy	6	2	3	1	10	5	+5	9
5	Tobol	5	2	3	0	9	5	+4	9

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2024. 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. ^[12]

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2024 Kazakhstan Cup

Aktobe v Zhetysu

14 April 2024Last 16	Aktobe	1–0	Zhetysu	Aktobe
16:00 (UTC+6)	Bessmertny 44' Umayev  90+1' Strumia  90+2'	Report	Shramchenko  25'  85' Dairov 30'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ruslan Sultangaliev

Ordabasy v Aktobe

8 May 2024Quarterfinal	Ordabasy	v	Aktobe	Shymkent
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

v

9–10 July 2024First qualifying round 1st leg		v
(UTC+5)

v

16–17 July 2024Second qualifying round 2nd leg		v
(UTC+5)

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 April 2024

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	KAZ	Igor Trofimets	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	MF	BLR	Dmitry Bessmertny	5	1	3+1	0	1	1	0	0
4	MF	NGA	Uche Agbo	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
5	MF	ARG	Leonel Strumia	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	KAZ	Alibek Kasym	5	1	3+1	1	1	0	0	0
7	MF	KAZ	Bauyrzhan Baytana	3	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	KAZ	Maksim Samorodov	5	4	4	4	1	0	0	0
11	FW	RUS	Idris Umayev	5	3	4	3	0+1	0	0	0
12	FW	GUI	Amadou Doumbouya	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	CMR	Gaby Kiki	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ECU	José Cevallos	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	DOM	Dorny Romero	4	1	1+2	1	1	0	0	0
18	MF	HAI	Jayro Jean	4	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	KAZ	Ramazan Orazov	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
24	DF	KAZ	Bagdat Kairov	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	KAZ	Igor Shatsky	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	KAZ	Adilkhan Tanzharikov	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
44	DF	CRO	Mateo Barać	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
57	MF	KAZ	Miras Umaniyazov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	KAZ	Arman Kenesov	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	DF	ROU	Bogdan Vătăjelu	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
Players who left Astana during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	MF		10	Maksim Samorodov	4	0	0	4
2	FW		11	Idris Umayev	3	0	0	3
3	FW		17	Dorny Romero	1	0	0	1
	DF		31	Adilkhan Tanzharikov	1	0	0	1
	DF		6	Alibek Kasym	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Dmitry Bessmertny	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	10	1	0	11

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	UEFA Conference League	Total
1	GK		30	Igor Shatsky	1	0	0	1
	GK		1	Igor Trofimets	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	1	1	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		UEFA Conference League		Total
5		MF	Leonel Strumia	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Alibek Kasym	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Bauyrzhan Baytana	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Maksim Samorodov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Idris Umayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Ramazan Orazov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Bagdat Kairov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		GK	Igor Shatsky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Mateo Barać	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Astana during the season:
			TOTALS	9	1	2	0	0	0	11	1

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