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

Kazakhstan Premier League

1st

Kazakhstan Cup

Semi Final vs Aktobe

Europa League

Play-off Round vs Villarreal

Top goalscorer

League: (16)
Foxi Kéthévoama
All: (20)
Foxi Kéthévoama

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

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 10 July 2014

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 ^[1]
2	DF	Yeldos Akhmetov
4	DF	Viktor Dmitrenko ^[2]
5	DF	Marin Aničić
6	MF	Kairat Nurdauletov
7	MF	Damir Kojašević
10	MF	Foxi Kéthévoama
12	DF	Igor Pikalkin
13	MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov
15	MF	Abzal Beisebekov
16	DF	Yevgeni Goryachi
17	FW	Tanat Nusserbayev

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Patrick Twumasi (on loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)
19	MF	Georgiy Zhukov (on loan from Standard Liège)
22	FW	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev ^[3]
24	GK	Denis Tolebayev
25	MF	Guy Essame (loan from Atyrau)
31	MF	Azat Smagulov
32	MF	Rinat Khairullin
44	DF	Yevgeny Postnikov ^[4]
76	FW	Atanas Kurdov
77	DF	Dmitri Shomko
85	GK	Vladimir Loginovskiy ^[5]
88	MF	Roger Cañas

Reserve Team

^[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
34	DF	Adil Zhakipbaev
35	GK	Alexander Konochkin
36	DF	Genghis Asylhanuly
37	MF	Islambek Kulekenov
38	DF	Sayat Erikov
39	DF	Farhat Janibekov
41	MF	Ardak Saulet
42	FW	Ilyas Kuanyshbaev
43	DF	Abylkayyr Ismailov
46	MF	Alexander Sharifullin
47	MF	Rasul Maru
55	DF	Paul Khalezov

No.	Position	Player
63	MF	Amanbol Aliyev
66	MF	Temirlanali Begimbay
71	DF	Igilik Akanov
78	GK	Rimas Martinkus
79	GK	Alexander Sidorov
80	FW	Adil Balgabaev
87	FW	Igor Popadinets
94	DF	Birzhan Kulbekov
95	MF	Madi Zamataev
96	MF	Vladislav Mendybayev
99	FW	Islam Akhmetov

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
8		MF	Marat Shakhmetov (at Atyrau)

Transfers

Winter

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

No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Marin Aničić (from Zrinjski Mostar)^[7]
19	MF	Georgiy Zhukov (loan from Standard Liège)^[8]
20	MF	Renan Bressan (from FC Aktobe)^[9]
22	FW	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev (from Tobol)^[10]
33	FW	Vitali Lee (from Kairat)^[11]
44	DF	Yevgeny Postnikov (from Shakhtyor Salihorsk)^[12]
77	DF	Dmitri Shomko (from Irtysh)
76	FW	Atanas Kurdov (from Slavia Sofia)^[13]
88	MF	Roger Cañas (from Shakhter Karagandy)^[14]

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

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Valeri Korobkin (to Aktobe)^[15]
5	DF	Kirill Pasichnik (to Atyrau)
7	MF	Ulan Konysbayev (to Shakhter Karagandy)
11	MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (loan return to Kuban Krasnodar)
12	FW	Patrick Twumasi (loan return to Spartaks Jūrmala)
14	DF	Blažo Igumanović (to Rudar)
21	DF	Alexander Kirov (to Shakhter Karagandy)
26	DF	Zelão
85	FW	Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (loan return to Shakhter Karagandy)

Summer

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

No.	Position	Player
15	MF	Abzal Beisebekov (loan return from Korona Kielce)
18	FW	Patrick Twumasi (loan from Spartaks Jūrmala)^[16]
25	MF	Guy Essame (loan from Atyrau)^[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
8	MF	Marat Shakhmetov (loan to Atyrau)^[17]
9	FW	Sergei Ostapenko (to Kaisar)^[18]
11	FW	Cícero (loan return to Paços Ferreira)^[19]
20	MF	Renan Bressan (to Rio Ave)^[20]^[21]
23	MF	Islambek Kuat (to Kairat)^[22]
33	MF	Vitali Li (to Kairat)

Competitions

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

Results

15 March 2014 1	Astana	0 – 0	Zhetysu	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Aničić 84'	Summary	Klimavičius 90+5'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

22 March 2014 2	Ordabasy	0 – 1	Astana	Shymkent
15:00 (UTC+6)	Diakate 59' Y.Tungyshbayev 78'	Summary	Shomko 69' Cícero 82'	Stadium: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

29 March 2014 3	Astana	1 – 0	Kaisar	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Nurdauletov 9' Shomko 30' Kojašević 90+4' (pen.) 90+4'	Summary	Coulibaly 14' Maruško 36' Savić 63' Zemlianukhin 63' N.Kunov 90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

5 April 2014 4	Astana	1 – 0	Taraz	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Y.Akhmetov 19' Dzholchiev 65'	Summary	V.Evstigneev 26' Shchetkin 28' Barroilhet 35' M.Amirkhanov 50'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

9 April 2014 5	Kairat	0 – 0	Astana	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kislitsyn 57' Yedigaryan 52', 90' Pliyev 83', 90' Bakayev 90'	Summary	Kéthévoama 2' Nurdauletov 62' Cañas 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

13 April 2014 6	Astana	1 – 0	Tobol	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev 30' Kojašević 80' (pen.) Nusserbayev 83'	Summary	Bugaiov 59' Šljivić 79' Zhumaskaliyev 79'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev

19 April 2014 7	Irtysh	3 – 4	Astana	Pavlodar
15:00 (UTC+6)	Džudović 16' Bakayev 28', 45' (pen.) 60', 68' Chleboun 34' Amanow 82'	Summary	Nusserbayev 18' Aničić 25', 45' Cañas 31' Shomko 31' Kurdov 31' 45+1', 56', 75'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

27 April 2014 8	Astana	1 – 2	Aktobe	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 15' Cañas 84' Kuat 88'	Summary	Zenkovich 4' 88' Khairullin 45' A.Tagybergen 70' P.Badlo 90+1'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

1 May 2014 9	Shakhter Karagandy	0 – 0	Astana	Karagandy
16:00 (UTC+6)		Summary	Dmitrenko 59' V.Lee 73'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

6 May 2014 10	Astana	5 – 0	Spartak Semey	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 15', 52' Kurdov 42' Dmitrenko 72' Kéthévoama 76' Cícero 89'	Summary	A.Sakenov 33' Kutsov 36' Samchenko 37'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

10 May 2014 11	Atyrau	1 – 0	Astana	Atyrau
17:00 (UTC+6)	Odibe 2' Trifunović 30' (pen.) Blažić 61' A.Shabanov 88'	Summary		Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov

18 May 2014 12	Astana	1 – 1	Ordabasy	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Dzholchiev 18' Muzhikov 34' Nusserbayev 75'	Summary	P.Aliyev 18' Diakate 26'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Viktor Antonov

24 May 2014 13	Kaisar	1 – 0	Astana	Kyzylorda
19:00 (UTC+6)	Dmitrenko 7' (o.g.) Shestakov 30' D.Dautov 37' K.Pryadkin 90+5'	Summary	Dzholchiev 34' Aničić 90+2'	Stadium: Gany Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

28 May 2014 14	Taraz	1 – 2	Astana	Taraz
18:00 (UTC+6)	Tleshev 68'	Summary	Y.Akhmetov 30' Dzholchiev 63' Shakhmetov 66' Kurdov 84' Cañas 90+4'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Igor Khisamutdinov

1 June 2014 15	Astana	2 – 2	Kairat	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Bressan 29' Dzholchiev 34' Muzhikov 83'	Summary	Pliyev 39' 76' Gurman 63' A.Darabayev 65' Bakayev 71'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

14 June 2014 16	Tobol	1 – 1	Astana	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Šimkovič 90' 90+1'	Summary	Y.Akhmetov 55' Kéthévoama 60' Shakhmetov 74' Loginovskiy 90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Akmmalkhan Kholmatov

22 June 2014 17	Astana	5 – 3	Irtysh	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 5' Cícero 17', 62' Kojašević 32' Shomko 66' Dzholchiev 90+1'	Summary	Bakayev 23' Dudchenko 31' A.Totay 47' Starokin 61'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

27 June 2014 18	Aktobe	1 – 1	Astana	Aktobe
21:00 (UTC+6)	Korobkin 3' Antonov 65' Neco 79'	Summary	Cícero 32' Kéthévoama 38'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

6 July 2014 19	Astana	4 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kojašević 6' Beisebekov 25' Kéthévoama 29' Zhukov 62' Dzholchiev 64' Aničić 72' Nusserbayev 85'	Summary	A.Borantayev 6' Đidić 34'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

12 July 2014 20	Spartak Semey	1 – 1	Astana	Semey
(UTC+6)	Peev 42' A.Sakenov 70'	Summary	Postnikov 60' Kéthévoama 77' Obradović 82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

27 July 2014 21	Astana	3 – 0	Atyrau	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Kéthévoama 26', 56', 90+3' 90+4'	Summary	Adiyiah 54'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

3 August 2014 22	Zhetysu	0 – 0	Astana	Taldykorgan
18:00 (UTC+6)	Kovalev 47' R.Esatov 55' Goa 88'	Summary	Dmitrenko 27' Nusserbayev 89'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aktobe !Aktobe	22	12	7	3	34	17	+17	43	Championship round
2	Kairat !Kairat	22	13	3	6	40	20	+20	42
3	Astana !Astana	22	10	9	3	34	17	+17	39
4	Shakhter !Shakhter	22	11	3	8	33	27	+6	36
5	Ordabasy !Ordabasy	22	10	5	7	25	21	+4	35
6	Kaisar !Kaisar	22	8	8	6	22	24	−2	32
7	Zhetysu !Zhetysu	22	7	6	9	15	18	−3	27	Relegation round
8	Tobol !Tobol	22	6	8	8	22	29	−7	26
9	Irtysh !Irtysh	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	24		ATY 0–1 IRT IRT 0-1 ATY
10	Atyrau !Atyrau	22	6	6	10	20	27	−7	24		ATY 0–1 IRT IRT 0-1 ATY
11	Taraz !Taraz	22	5	4	13	21	34	−13	19
12	Spartak Semey !Spartak Semey	22	3	5	14	16	41	−25	14

Updated to games played on 2 August 2014.
Source: Soccerway (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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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

Results

22 August 2014 1	Astana	Postponed^[23]	Kairat	Astana
(UTC+6)		Summary		Stadium: Astana Arena

28 August 2014 2	Aktobe	Postponed^[24]	Astana	Aktobe
(UTC+6)		Summary		Stadium: Central Stadium

14 September 2014 3	Astana	5 – 0	Ordabasy	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 2', 74' Kéthévoama 13', 84' Nusserbayev 34' 55' Aničić 80'	Summary	P.Aliyev 16' G.Suyumbaev 86'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

20 September 2014 4	Astana	2 – 0	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko 36' Twumasi 48'	Summary	Malyi 25' Konysbayev 78' S.Bauyrzhan 87'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

28 September 2014 5	Kaisar	1 – 1	Astana	Kyzylorda
17:00 (UTC+6)	R.Rozybakiev 32' Zemlianukhin 58'	Summary	Nusserbayev 50' Beisebekov 57' Cañas 90+3'	Stadium: Gany Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ruslan Duzmambetov

4 October 2014 6	Astana	6 – 1	Aktobe	Astana
18:30 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 41', 52', 75' Kéthévoama 51', 65' Dzholchiev 71' Kojašević 87' (pen.)	Summary	Tsarikayev 4' P.Badlo 35' Antonov 57'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

18 October 2014 7	Ordabasy	1 – 2	Astana	Shymkent
16:00 (UTC+6)	Mwesigwa 27' Tazhimbetov 65' A.Diakate 68' Kudela 76' B.Kozhabayev 80'	Summary	Kéthévoama 14' Twumasi 57' Erić 82'	Stadium: Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

22 October 2014 1	Astana	5 – 1	Kairat	Astana
19:30 (UTC+6)	Cañas 44', 45' Nusserbayev 47' 61' Aničić 81' Kéthévoama 85' Twumasi 87'	Summary	Isael 5' Gohou 49' Pliyev 61' Islamkhan 83'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Akmalkhan Kholmatov

25 October 2014 8	Shakhter Karagandy	0 – 2	Astana	Karagandy
16:00 (UTC+6)	Salomov 33'	Summary	Kurdov 33' (pen.), 80'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Igor Aleshin

1 November 2014 9	Astana	3 – 0	Kaisar	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 13' Shomko 71' Kéthévoama 78'	Summary	Furdui 27' R.Rozybakiev 40' I.Kalinin 48' Jablan 77'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Denis Izmailov

5 November 2014 2	Aktobe	3 – 0	Astana	Aktobe
18:00 (UTC+6)	Antonov 41' A.Tagybergen 45' Arzumanyan 69' Khairullin 90+3'	Summary	R.Khairullin 29' Beisebekov 29' Y.Akhmetov 60'	Stadium: Central Stadium

9 November 2014 10	Kairat	2 – 3	Astana	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Islamkhan 19' Gohou 60', 90+4' 70' Marković 63' Yedigaryan 65'	Summary	Twumasi 4' Cañas 21' Muzhikov 36' Kéthévoama 53'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Igor Khisamutdinov

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana !Astana (C) (Q)	32	18	10	4	63	26	+37	45	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Aktobe !Aktobe (Q)	32	17	10	5	52	31	+21	40	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Kairat !Kairat (Q)	32	18	5	9	58	31	+27	38
4	Ordabasy !Ordabasy (Q)	32	13	5	14	34	44	−10	27
5	Kaisar !Kaisar	32	10	13	9	30	34	−4	27
6	Shakhter !Shakhter	32	11	6	15	41	49	−8	21

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source: Soccerway (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 amount of points from first round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2014 Kazakhstan Cup

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

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

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

24 September 2014 Semi 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'	Summary	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

3 July 2014 First 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)

10 July 2014 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	2 – 0 (4 – 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: Sergei Tsinkevich (Belarus)

17 July 2014 Second 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)

25 July 2014 Second 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)

31 July 2014 Third 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)

8 August 2014 Third 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)

21 August 2014 Play-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)

29 August 2014 Play-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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Nenad Erić	23	0	14	0	2	0	7	0
2	DF		Yeldos Akhmetov	20	0	9+4	0	2+1	0	3+1	0
4	DF		Viktor Dmitrenko	36	1	23+3	1	3+1	0	6	0
5	DF		Marin Aničić	33	0	27	0	2	0	4	0
6	DF		Kairat Nurdauletov	21	0	13+7	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Damir Kojašević	27	6	5+16	4	2+1	2	1+2	0
10	MF		Foxi Kéthévoama	35	20	25	16	2	2	7+1	2
12	DF		Igor Pikalkin	26	0	18+2	0	2	0	3+1	0
13	MF		Serikzhan Muzhikov	26	1	10+7	1	3	0	0+6	0
15	MF		Abzal Beisebekov	26	2	13+2	1	2+1	0	7+1	1
16	DF		Yevgeni Goryachi	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
17	FW		Tanat Nusserbayev	37	10	19+7	6	1+2	1	8	3
18	FW		Patrick Twumasi	17	10	10+1	10	1	0	1+4	0
19	MF		Georgy Zhukov	23	0	5+7	0	3	0	7+1	0
22	FW		Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev	33	9	18+6	6	2	0	7	3
25	MF		Guy Essame	18	0	10+1	0	1	0	5+1	0
32	MF		Rinat Khairullin	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
37	MF		Islambek Kulekenov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF		Yevgeny Postnikov	24	0	12+2	0	3	0	7	0
55	DF		Pavel Khalezov	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
76	FW		Atanas Kurdov	32	7	16+9	6	0+2	0	1+4	1
77	DF		Dmitri Shomko	34	4	27	2	1	0	5+1	2
80	MF		Adil Balgabayev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
85	GK		Vladimir Loginovskiy	21	0	18	0	2	0	1	0
87	FW		Igor Popadinets	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF		Roger Cañas	39	4	29+1	3	2	0	7	1
94	DF		Birzhan Kulbekov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
96	MF		Vladislav Mendybaev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
8	MF		Marat Shakhmetov	14	0	9+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Astana that left during the season:
9	FW		Sergei Ostapenko	8	1	2+5	0	1	1	0	0
11	FW		Cícero	13	6	11+1	5	1	1	0	0
20	MF		Renan Bressan	7	1	3+3	1	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Islambek Kuat	3	0	0+2	0	1	0	0	0
33	FW		Vitali Lee	6	0	3+2	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	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
2	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
6	FW	7	Damir Kojašević	4	2	0	6
8	MF	88	Roger Cañas	3	0	1	4
8	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

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
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
8		MF	Marat Shakhmetov	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
23		MF	Islambek Kuat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32		MF	Rinat Khairullin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		FW	Vitali Lee	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
			TOTALS	53	1	7	0	17	1	77	2

Notes

Notes

^ 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.^[25]

References

↑ Erić was born in Požega, SFR Yugoslavia, becoming a Kazakhstani citizen in 2014, making his debut for Kazakhstan in February 2015.
↑ Dmitrenko was born in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia, but qualified to represent Kazakhstan, making his debut for Kazakhstan in September 2012.
↑ Dzholchiev was born in Frunze, Kyrgyzstan, but qualified to represent Kazakhstan, making his debut for Kazakhstan in June 2012.
↑ Postnikov was born in Stary Oskol, Russia, but took Kazakhstani citizenship upon signing for Astana Match 2014.
↑ Loginovskiy was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, but qualified to represent Kazakhstan, making his debut for Kazakhstan in October 2011.
↑ "Дублирующий состав". http://fca.kz/. FC Astana. Retrieved 6 November 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ МАРИН АНИЧИЧ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "GEORGY ZHUKOV ON LOAN TO FC ASTANA". http://www.standard.be. Standard Liège. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Football: Renan Bressan signs contract with Astana". http://euroradio.fm/en. Euroradio.fm/en. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ БАУРЖАН ДЖОЛЧИЕВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ ВИТАЛИЙ ЛИ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Постников стал казахстанцем http://sports.kz/news/postnikov-stal-kazahstantsem". http://sports.kz/ (in Russian). Sports.kz/. Retrieved 25 July 2014. External link in |website=, |title= (help)
↑ АТАНАС КУРДОВ ПОДПИСАЛ КОНТРАКТ С «АСТАНОЙ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Рохер Каньяс подписал контракт с «Астаной» http://sports.kz/news/roher-kanyas-podpisal-kontrakt-s-astanoy". http://sports.kz (in Russian). Sports.kz. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website=, |title= (help)
↑ Пять громких трансферов ФК "Актобе". http://vesti.kz (in Russian). Vesti. Retrieved 7 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ ПАТРИК ТВУМАСИ ВЕРНУЛСЯ В «АСТАНУ». http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 9 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
1 2 СТЕФАН ГИ ЭССАМЕ ПЕРЕХОДИТ В "АСТАНУ". http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. Retrieved 9 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Сергей Остапенко перешел в Кайсар. http://today.kz/ (in Russian). today.kz/. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Cícero bisou pela Guiné-Bissau". http://www.fcpf.pt (in Portuguese). F.C. Paços de Ferreira. Retrieved 10 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Брессан больше не сыграет. http://sport.mail.ru (in Russian). Sport.mail.ru. Retrieved 14 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Bressan Assina por Dois Anos". www.rioave-fc.pt (in Portuguese). Rio Ave F.C. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
↑ Риера, Жерар, Исаэль и Куат стали игроками «Кайрата». http://fckairat.kz (in Russian). FC Kairat. Retrieved 24 June 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "16 августа 2014→МАТЧ АСТАНА - КАЙРАТ ПЕРЕНЕСЕН". http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Матч 24 тура Актобе - Астана перенесен. http://fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Emergency Panel decisions". UEFA.org. 17 July 2014.

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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	10	9	3	34	17	+17	39	7	3	1	24	8	+16	3	6	2	10	9	+1

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

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

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

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

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