2016 FC Astana season

FC Astana

2016 season

Chairman

Kaisar Bekenov

Manager

Stadium

1st

Champions

Third qualifying round vs Celtic

Europa League

Group Stage

Kazakhstan Super Cup

Runners-up

Top goalscorer

League: Đorđe Despotović (8)
All: Đorđe Despotović (12)

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2016 FC Astana season is the eighth successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana are defending Kazakhstan Premier League Champions, having been crowned Champions for the second time the previous season. They will also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup and the Champions League, entering at the Second Qualifying Stage.

Squad

As of 25 August 2016.^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Nenad Erić
5	DF	Marin Aničić
6	MF	Nemanja Maksimović
7	MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov
8	MF	Askhat Tagybergen
9	MF	Agim Ibraimi
10	FW	Đorđe Despotović
12	MF	Gevorg Najarian
13	MF	Azat Nurgaliev (loan from Ordabasy)
14	DF	Igor Shitov
15	DF	Abzal Beisebekov
17	FW	Tanat Nusserbayev (captain)

No.	Position	Player
22	DF	Konstantin Engel
23	FW	Patrick Twumasi
25	DF	Serhiy Malyi
27	DF	Yuriy Logvinenko
28	DF	Birzhan Kulbekov
30	FW	Junior Kabananga
35	GK	Aleksandr Mokin
40	GK	Mikhail Golubnichy
47	GK	Abylaikhan Duysen
71	MF	Madi Zhakipbayev
77	DF	Dmitri Shomko
88	MF	Roger Cañas

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player
21		DF	Berik Shaikhov (at Zhetysu)
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov (at Ventspils)

No.		Position	Player
85		GK	Vladimir Loginovsky (at Tobol)

Reserves

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

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Ardak Saulet
34	DF	Adil Zhakipbaev
35	GK	Alexander Konochkin
36	DF	Erbol Zhaylaubekov
37	MF	Amir Kalabao
38	MF	Zholaman Tabigat
42	DF	Abylkayyr Ismailov
46	MF	Madiyar Mukhametzhanov
49	GK	Dastan Dulat
50	DF	Ayhan Kozhabekov

No.	Position	Player
51	MF	Alexander Sharifullin
54	MF	Aizat Bersembaev
55	DF	Paul Khalezov
57	DF	Sanjar Umurzakov
66	MF	Temirlanali Begimbay
69	FW	Igor Aspendikov
80	FW	Daulet Esbergenov
80	MF	Kuat Seksimbaev
95	MF	Madi Zamataev
99	MF	Islam Akhmetov

Transfers

Winter

Main article: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2016

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	MF	Askhat Tagybergen (from Aktobe)^[2]
3	DF	Mark Gorman (from Kairat)^[2]
8	MF	Gevorg Najarian ^[3]
10	FW	Đorđe Despotović (from Red Star Belgrade)^[2]
13	DF	Berik Shaikhov (from Irtysh Pavlodar)
16	MF	Besart Abdurahimi (loan from Lokeren)^[4]
20	MF	Lukman Haruna (loan from Dynamo Kyiv)^[5]
27	DF	Yuriy Logvinenko (from Aktobe)
35	GK	Aleksandr Mokin (from Shakhter Karagandy)^[2]
47	GK	Abylaikhan Duysen (from Bayterek)^[2]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Yeldos Akhmetov (to Irtysh Pavlodar)^[6]
8	MF	Georgy Zhukov (loan return to Standard Liège)^[7]
10	MF	Foxi Kéthévoama (to Gaziantep B.B.)
12	DF	Igor Pikalkin (to Shakhter Karagandy)
19	MF	Alexei Rodionov
20	MF	Zhakyp Kozhamberdi (to Okzhetpes)^[8]
22	FW	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev
24	MF	Denys Dedechko (to Oleksandriya)
31	MF	Islambek Kulekenov (to Aktobe)
33	DF	Branko Ilić (to Urawa Red Diamonds)^[9]
85	GK	Vladimir Loginovsky (loan to Tobol)
89	FW	Junior Kabananga (loan to Kardemir Karabükspor)^[10]
	MF	Rinat Khayrullin (to Spartaks Jūrmala)^[11]
	MF	Ulan Konysbayev (to Atyrau)
	MF	Vladislav Mendybayev
	MF	Toktar Zhangylyshbay (to Aktobe)

Summer

Main article: List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2016

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	MF	Agim Ibraimi (from Maribor)^[12]
13	MF	Azat Nurgaliev (loan from Ordabasy)^[13]
14	DF	Igor Shitov (from Mordovia Saransk)^[14]
22	DF	Konstantin Engel (from Ingolstadt 04)^[15]
25	DF	Serhiy Malyi (from Irtysh Pavlodar)^[16]
30	FW	Junior Kabananga (loan return from Kardemir Karabükspor)^[17]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Mark Gorman (to Tobol)^[18]
11	FW	Aleksey Shchotkin (to Aktobe)
16	MF	Besart Abdurahimi (loan return to Lokeren)^[19]
20	MF	Lukman Haruna (loan return to Dynamo Kyiv)^[19]
21	DF	Berik Shaikhov (loan to Zhetysu)^[20]
44	DF	Yevgeny Postnikov (loan to Ventspils)^[21]

Friendlies

27 January 2016	Astana	0 – 5	Spartak Moscow	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		Summary	Luís 55', 72' Promes 79' Popov 81' Zuyev 85'	Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Sports Center Referee: A. Al-Saadi Oman

6 February 2016	Astana	1 – 1	Zorya Luhansk	Belek Turkey
21:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 72'	Summary	Y.Kvasov 83'

9 February 2016	Astana	3 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Belek Turkey
21:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 7' Twumasi 25' G.Najarian	Summary

12 February 2016	Astana	3 – 2	Sarajevo	Belek Turkey
(UTC+6)	Shchotkin 57' Cañas 62' Despotović 87'	Summary	Benko 45' Okić 49'

19 February 2016	Astana	2 – 0	Maribor	Belek Turkey
21:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 12' Despotović 24'	Summary

18 February 2016	Astana	3 – 6	Olimpik Donetsk	Belek Turkey
(UTC+6)	Nusserbayev Aničić Twumasi 71' (pen.)	Summary	13' 15'

21 February 2016	Astana	1 – 1	Karpaty Lviv	Belek Turkey
(UTC+6)	Despotović 14'	Summary	Kadymyan 31'

4 March 2016	Astana	5 – 1	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Shchotkin Maksimović Twumasi Despotović	Summary	Fonseca	Stadium: Astana Arena

Competitions

Kazakhstan Super Cup

Main article: Kazakhstan Super Cup

8 March 2016	Astana	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Cañas 46' Twumasi 69'	Summary	Marković 22' Tesák 90' Tymoshchuk 103' Gohou 106'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
		Penalties
	Cañas Aničić Shchotkin Maksimović Twumasi Beisebekov Postnikov		Islamkhan Soares Riera V.Li Gohou Tymoshchuk Tesák

Kazakhstan Premier League

Main article: 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League

Regular season

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	17	2	3	34	14	+20	53	10	1	0	17	5	+12	7	1	3	17	9	+8

Last updated: 8 August 2016.
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
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L
Position	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

12 March 2016 1	Astana	2 – 1	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 47' Nusserbayev 65'	Summary	D.Ubbink 7' Baizhanov 61'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

20 March 2016 2	Ordabasy	1 – 3	Astana	Shymkent
15:00 (UTC+6)	Junuzović 15' Kasalica 48' Mukhtarov 73', 90+5' E.Tungyshbaev 73'	Summary	Despotović 11' Simčević 43' (o.g.) Aničić 45' Postnikov 58' Muzhikov 73', 89'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

3 April 2016 3	Astana	1 – 0	Aktobe	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko 59' Twumasi 83'	Summary	Zhangylyshbay 27' B.Kairov 44'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

9 April 2016 4	Astana	2 – 1	Taraz	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 21' Shomko 81' Cañas 90+2'	Summary	Zyankovich 48' D.Bayaliev 56' K.Karaman 70'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,358 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

13 April 2016 5	Zhetysu	0 – 1	Astana	Taldykorgan
16:00 (UTC+6)	T.Adilkhanov 76' Turysbek 83' Simonovski 86' Kadio 90+4'	Summary	Despotović 67' Logvinenko 78' Shchotkin 88', 89' Muzhikov 90+4'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

17 April 2016 6	Astana	1 – 0	Tobol	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Haruna 32' Shomko 76' Logvinenko 89'	Summary	Y.Levin 24' Šimkovič 32' D.Miroshnichenko 61' R.Jalilov 74'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

23 April 2016 7	Irtysh Pavlodar	2 – 2	Astana	Pavlodar
18:00 (UTC+6)	Akhmetov 2' Fonseca 60' Freidgeimas 81' Kerla 87' Gogua 90+2'	Summary	Despotović 7' Muzhikov 31' Cañas 44' Beisebekov 46'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

1 May 2016 8	Astana	1 – 0	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Maksimović 6' Shomko 29' Muzhikov 43' Despotović 82' Haruna 90+2'	Summary	Tesák 47'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

5 May 2016 9	Okzhetpes	0 – 1	Astana	Shchuchinsk
17:00 (UTC+6)	Nane 66'	Summary	Despotović 74'	Stadium: Zhaksy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

10 May 2016 10	Astana	2 – 0	Akzhayik	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 45' Twumasi 48'	Summary		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Viktor Antonov

15 May 2016 11	Atyrau	1 – 0	Astana	Atyrau
18:00 (UTC+6)	A.Saparov 22' 77' Arzhanov 34' V.Kuzmin 85' Curtean 90+1'	Summary	Muzhikov 14'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

21 May 2016 12	Astana	3 – 1	Ordabasy	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Aničić 7' Cañas 21' Nusserbayev 72' A.Tagybergen 90'	Summary	G.Suyumbaev 6' Simčević 10'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

29 May 2016 13	Aktobe	0 – 1	Astana	Aktobe
20:00 (UTC+6)	Bocharov 22'	Summary	Postnikov 38' Maksimović 83' Shchotkin 89'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev

2 June 2016 14	Taraz	0 – 2	Astana	Taraz
17:00 (UTC+6)	M.Nuraly 39' V.Yevstigneyev 73'	Summary	Postnikov 12' Shomko 39' Aničić 77' Despotović 88' Muzhikov 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

11 June 2016 15	Astana	1 – 0	Zhetysu	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Beisebekov 17', 65' Nusserbayev 45' Cañas 64' Shchotkin 90+3'	Summary	Klein 39' Simonovski 65'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

15 June 2016 16	Tobol	1 – 2	Astana	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Y.Levin 45+1' 54' Asildarov 82'	Summary	Maksimović 17' A.Tagybergen 58' Twumasi 78' Haruna 79' Nusserbayev 82'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

19 June 2016 17	Astana	1 – 1	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 37' Nusserbayev 50' 51'	Summary	Jallow 36' Kerla 59' 69' R.Murtazayev 86' Loria 90'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy

23 June 2016 18	Kairat	1 – 0	Astana	Almaty
20:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 23' Postnikov 68'	Summary	Gohou 11' Arshavin 45+3' Marković 81'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

5 July 2016 19	Astana	1 – 0	Okzhetpes	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 22' Nurgaliev 38' Logvinenko 60' Kabananga 86' Cañas 90+3'	Summary	Chichulin 24' Khairullin 53'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Artyom Kuchin

8 July 2016 20	Akzhayik	1 – 5	Astana	Oral
20:00 (UTC+6)	Govedarica 20' 45+2' Dudchenko 54'	Summary	Nurgaliev 2', 90+1' Kabananga 22' A.Tagybergen 44' Muzhikov 64'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

16 July 2016 21	Astana	2 – 1	Atyrau	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev 20', 39' Muzhikov 71' Cañas 90'	Summary	Arzhanov 7' A.Saparov 86'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

7 August 2016^[22] 22	Shakhter Karagandy	2 – 0	Astana	Karaganda
17:00 (UTC+6)	Simonovski 57' Vasiljević 67' Y.Goryachi 87' 87'	Summary	Muzhikov 33' Malyi 50' Logvinenko 51' Shomko 88'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astana	22	17	2	3	34	14	+20	53	Qualification to Championship round
2	Kairat	22	14	4	4	50	22	+28	46
3	Irtysh Pavlodar	22	12	5	5	37	18	+19	41
4	Okzhetpes	22	11	4	7	33	23	+10	37
5	Ordabasy	22	9	6	7	26	27	−1	33

Source: UEFA.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Matches won; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.^[23]

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	6	2	2	13	7	+6	20	4	0	1	10	4	+6	2	2	1	3	3	0

Last updated: 31 October 2016.
Source: See Results

Results by round

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

Source: See Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

11 August 2016 1	Astana	3 – 0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Logvinenko 11' 90+4' Kabananga 32' Despotović 90'	Summary	Kerla 36' Fonseca 90+4'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

21 August 2016 2	Astana	2 – 0	Ordabasy	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev 2' (pen.) Twumasi 50' Shitov 51'	Summary	Diakate 65' Smakov 87' Trajković 89'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

26 August 2016 3	Okzhetpes	Postponed	Astana	Kokshetau
(UTC+6)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium

10 September 2016 4	Astana	1 – 4	Kairat	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev 54' Aničić 59' Despotović 71' 87' Nusserbayev 74'	Summary	Acevedo 5' Islamkhan 62' Gohou 68' Arshavin 76' G.Suyumbayev 90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

18 September 2016 5	Aktobe	1 – 2	Astana	Aktobe
20:00 (UTC+6)	Sorokin 66' S.Otarbayev 88' Nikolić 90+1'	Summary	Kabananga 11' A.Tagybergen 62' Aničić 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

25 September 2016 6	Ordabasy	0 – 1	Astana	Shymkent
16:00 (UTC+6)	Smakov 69', 70' Simčević 71' Diakate 72'	Summary	Kabananga 44' 78' Beisebekov 75' Maksimović 79'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

2 October 2016 7	Astana	3 – 0	Okzhetpes	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 2', 89' Logvinenko 45' Nurgaliev 56'	Summary	Yurin 61' Kozhamberdi 64'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

16 October 2016 8	Kairat	2 – 0	Astana	Almaty
18:00 (UTC+6)	Kuat 13' 35' Arzo 29' Marković 58'	Summary	A.Tagybergen 22' Nurgaliev 25' Malyi 72'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

23 October 2016 9	Astana	1 – 0	Aktobe	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 12'	Summary	Tsveiba 29' Kouadja 58' Sorokin 78', 89'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

26 October 2016 3	Okzhetpes	0 – 0	Astana	Kokshetau
15:00 (UTC+6)		Summary	Logvinenko 67'	Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium Referee: Igor Chesnokov

29 October 2016 10	Irtysh Pavlodar	0 – 0	Astana	Pavlodar
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kerla 45' A.Ayaganov 51'	Summary	Malyi 28' A.Zhunussov 38', 85' Nusserbayev 70'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Astana (C)	32	23	4	5	47	21	+26	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Kairat	32	22	5	5	75	30	+45	71	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Irtysh Pavlodar	32	14	7	11	52	36	+16	49
4	Ordabasy	32	13	9	10	41	44	−3	48
5	Okzhetpes	32	13	6	13	42	44	−2	45
6	Aktobe	32	9	9	14	37	52	−15	36

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams are tied); 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Matches won; 10) Goals scored; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Draw.^[24]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Astana qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2016 Kazakhstan Cup

27 April 2016 Last 16	Astana	1 – 0	Caspiy	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	B.Kulbekov 13' Nusserbayev 90'	Summary	R.Zhanysbayev 50' A.Kyzyltaev 53'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Ruslan Omarov

25 May 2016 Quarterfinal	Kyzylzhar	2 – 3	Astana	Petropavl
18:00 (UTC+6)	A.Burtsev 69' Stupić 80' Hichri 90'	Summary	Despotović 33', 65' B.Shaikhov 63' A.Tagybergen 73'	Stadium: Avangard Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

21 September 2016 Semifinal 1st leg	Irtysh Pavlodar	1 – 2	Astana	Pavlodar
19:00 (UTC+6)	Murtazayev 33'	Summary	A.Tagybergen 23' Nusserbayev 37' 71' Nurgaliev 89' D.Zainetdinov 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

6 November 2016 Semifinal 2nd leg	Astana	5 – 3 (7 – 4 agg.)	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 19' A.Aliyev 27' Kabananga 35', 62' B.Kulbekov 70' Malyi 84' Cañas 90+2'	Summary	A.Smailov 37', 48' Fonseca 45' R.Bogdanov 57' M.Ramazanov 83'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Final

19 November 2016	Kairat	0 – 1	Astana	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Marković 90+5'	Summary	Kabananga 47'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying Rounds

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

13 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Žalgiris Vilnius	0 – 0	Astana	Vilnius, Lithuania
23:15 (UTC+6)	Ljujić 71'	Report	Kabananga 85'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 4,100^[25] Referee: Vlado Glođović (Serbia)

20 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Žalgiris Vilnius	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Aničić 31', 90+3' 90+3' Muzhikov 65' Shomko 80'	Report	Kuklys 31' Klimavičius 42' Elivelton 57'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 18,449^[25] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

27 July 2016 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	1 – 1	Celtic	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Logvinenko 19' Nurgaliev 28' Ibraimi 90+6'	Report	Griffiths 76' 78' Brown 90+6'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

4 August 2016 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Celtic	2 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Astana	Glasgow, Scotland
00:45 (UTC+6)	Griffiths 45+2' (pen.) Johansen 58' O'Connell 76' Dembélé 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Shitov 21', 90+1' Shomko 45+2', 90+2' Kabananga 45+3' Ibraimi 62' 90+1' Muzhikov 67' Erić 89' Cañas 90+1'	Stadium: Celtic Park Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying Rounds

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

18 August 2016 Play-off round 2nd leg	Astana	2 – 0	BATE Borisov	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Beisebekov 47' Kabananga 70' Aničić 79' Nurgaliev 80' 90+6' A.Tagybergen 89'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 17,536^[26] Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)

26 August 2016 Play-off round 2nd leg	BATE Borisov	2 – 2 (2 – 4 agg.)	Astana	Barysaw, Belarus
01:00 (UTC+6)	Gordeichuk 27' Rodionov 49' Kendysh 76' Stasevich 82' 90' (pen.) Rios 83'	Report	Maksimović 35' 50' Mokin 72' Twumasi 76' Muzhikov 86' Shomko 90+3'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 9,516^[26] Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Group stage

Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APOEL (A)	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Olympiacos (A)	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	8	Advance to knockout phase
3	Young Boys (E)	5	1	2	2	4	4	0	5
4	Astana (E)	5	1	2	2	5	8	−3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: UEFA
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

15 September 2016 1	APOEL	2 – 1	Astana	Nicosia, Cyprus
23:00 (UTC+6)	Morais 60' Vinícius 63' 75' de Camargo 87' Vander 90+4'	Report	Cañas 29' Shomko 33' Maksimović 45+1' Twumasi 66' Muzhikov 72' A.Tagybergen 85' Shitov 90+1'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 12,008^[27] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)

29 September 2016 2	Astana	0 – 0	Young Boys	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Nuhu 30' Sutter 73'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 21,328^[28] Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

21 October 2016 3	Olympiacos	4 – 1	Astana	Piraeus Greece
01:05 (UTC+6)	Figueiras 25' Botía 27' Elyounoussi 33' Sebá 34', 65' Milivojević 72'	Report	Cañas 44', 58' Kabananga 54' 60' A.Tagybergen 48' Shitov 77' Muzhikov 80' Twumasi 84'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 21,480^[29] Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

3 November 2016 4	Astana	1 – 1	Olympiacos	Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 8' Twumasi 57' Logvinenko 72'	Report	Sebá 30' Bouchalakis 62'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Orel Grinfeeld (Israel)

24 November 2016 5	Astana	2 – 1	APOEL	Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko 2' Aničić 59' 89' Despotović 84' Maksimović 87' Kabananga 90+4'	Report	Efrem 31' Astiz 32' Morais 75'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

9 December 2016 6	Young Boys	v	Astana	Bern, Switzerland
22:00 (UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: Stade de Suisse

Squad statistics

As of Match played 24 November 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Kazakhstan Super Cup		Champions League/Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nenad Erić	41	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
5	DF		Marin Aničić	40	6	27	3	1+1	0	1	0	10	3
6	MF		Nemanja Maksimović	42	5	28+3	3	1	0	1	0	9	2
7	MF		Serikzhan Muzhikov	43	3	26+1	3	2+2	0	1	0	8+3	0
8	MF		Askhat Tagybergen	35	4	9+17	2	3	2	0	0	1+5	0
9	MF		Agim Ibraimi	11	1	4+2	0	0	0	0	0	3+2	1
10	FW		Đorđe Despotović	46	13	21+10	8	2+2	3	1	0	4+6	2
12	MF		Gevorg Najarian	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	MF		Azat Nurgaliev	18	7	10+1	6	1	0	0	0	3+3	1
14	DF		Igor Shitov	22	0	7+2	0	3	0	0	0	9+1	0
15	DF		Abzal Beisebekov	36	0	18+4	0	3	0	1	0	8+2	0
17	FW		Tanat Nusserbayev	35	8	18+7	6	1+2	2	1	0	3+3	0
23	FW		Patrick Twumasi	40	6	24+4	5	2	0	1	0	8+1	1
25	DF		Serhiy Malyi	17	1	7	0	2+1	1	0	0	5+2	0
27	DF		Yuriy Logvinenko	37	3	23+2	2	1+2	0	0	0	9	1
28	DF		Birzhan Kulbekov	6	0	1+1	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	FW		Junior Kabananga	26	10	9+4	5	2	3	0	0	10+1	2
31	MF		Abay Zhunussov	4	0	1+1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK		Aleksandr Mokin	8	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
37	MF		Amir Kalabayev	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
54	MF		Ardak Saulet	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Sultan Sagnayev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF		Madi Zhakipbayev	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF		Dmitri Shomko	41	1	28+1	1	1	0	1	0	10	0
88	MF		Roger Cañas	44	2	30+1	1	1+1	1	1	0	10	0
95	DF		Amanbol Aliyev	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
97	MF		Daulet Zainetdinov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
21	DF		Berik Shaikhov	3	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
44	DF		Yevgeny Postnikov	18	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Astana that left during the season:
4	DF		Mark Gorman	9	0	2+4	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW		Aleksey Shchotkin	18	0	0+15	0	2	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF		Besart Abdurahimi	6	0	1+3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Lukman Haruna	12	1	6+4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Champions League/Europa League	Total
1	FW	10	Đorđe Despotović	8	3	2	13
2	FW	30	Junior Kabananga	5	3	2	10
3	FW	17	Tanat Nusserbayev	6	2	0	8
4	MF	13	Azat Nurgaliev	6	0	1	7
5	MF	23	Patrick Twumasi	5	0	1	6
5	DF	5	Marin Aničić	3	0	3	6
7	MF	6	Nemanja Maksimović	3	0	2	5
8	MF	8	Askhat Tagybergen	2	2	0	4
9	MF	7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	3	0	0	3
9	DF	27	Yuriy Logvinenko	2	0	1	3
11	MF	88	Roger Cañas	1	1	0	2
12	DF	77	Dmitri Shomko	1	0	0	1
	MF	20	Lukman Haruna	1	0	0	1
	MF	9	Agim Ibraimi	1	0	0	1
	DF	25	Serhiy Malyi	0	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	47	12	13	72

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Kazakhstan Super Cup		Champions League/Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
6		MF	Nemanja Maksimović	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
7		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	8	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	13	1
8		MF	Askhat Tagybergen	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
9		MF	Agim Ibraimi	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
10		FW	Đorđe Despotović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Aleksey Shchotkin	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
13		MF	Azat Nurgaliev	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
14		DF	Igor Shitov	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
17		FW	Tanat Nusserbayev	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20		MF	Lukman Haruna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		DF	Berik Shaikhov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Patrick Twumasi	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	0
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
28		DF	Birzhan Kulbekov	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		FW	Junior Kabananga	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	0
31		MF	Abay Zhunussov	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
35		GK	Aleksandr Mokin	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	11	1
88		MF	Roger Cañas	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	10	1
95		DF	Amanbol Aliyev	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
97		MF	Daulet Zainetdinov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	63	4	8	0	2	0	42	3	115	7

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	17	2	3	34	14	+20	53	10	1	0	17	5	+12	7	1	3	17	9	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	17	2	3	34	14	+20	53	10	1	0	17	5	+12	7	1	3	17	9	+8

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	17	2	3	34	14	+20	53	10	1	0	17	5	+12	7	1	3	17	9	+8