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 2 DF Yeldos Akhmetov 4 DF Viktor Dmitrenko 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 24 GK Denis Tolebayev 25 MF Guy Essame (loan from Atyrau) 31 MF Azat Smagulov 32 MF Rinat Khairullin 44 DF Yevgeny Postnikov 76 FW Atanas Kurdov 77 DF Dmitri Shomko 85 GK Vladimir Loginovskiy 88 MF Roger Cañas

Reserve Team

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) 19 MF Georgiy Zhukov (loan from Standard Liège) 20 MF Renan Bressan (from FC Aktobe) 22 FW Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev (from Tobol) 33 FW Vitali Lee (from Kairat) 44 DF Yevgeny Postnikov (from Shakhtyor Salihorsk) 77 DF Dmitri Shomko (from Irtysh) 76 FW Atanas Kurdov (from Slavia Sofia) 88 MF Roger Cañas (from Shakhter Karagandy)

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) 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) 25 MF Guy Essame (loan from Atyrau)

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) 9 FW Sergei Ostapenko (to Kaisar) 11 FW Cícero (loan return to Paços Ferreira) 20 MF Renan Bressan (to Rio Ave) 23 MF Islambek Kuat (to Kairat) 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

Astana v Zhetysu

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

Ordabasy v Astana

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

Astana v Kaisar

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

Astana v Taraz

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

Kairat v Astana

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

Astana v Tobol

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

Irtysh v Astana

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

Astana v Aktobe

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

Shakhter Karagandy v Astana

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

Astana v Spartak Semey

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

Atyrau v Astana

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

Astana v Ordabasy

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

Kaisar v Astana

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

Taraz v Astana

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

Astana v Kairat

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

Tobol v Astana

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

Astana v Irtysh

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

Aktobe v Astana

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

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

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

Spartak Semey v Astana

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

Astana v Atyrau

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

Zhetysu v Astana

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	22	12	7	3	34	17	+17	43	Championship round
2	Kairat	22	13	3	6	40	20	+20	42
3	Astana	22	10	9	3	34	17	+17	39
4	Shakhter	22	11	3	8	33	27	+6	36
5	Ordabasy	22	10	5	7	25	21	+4	35
6	Kaisar	22	8	8	6	22	24	−2	32
7	Zhetysu	22	7	6	9	15	18	−3	27	Relegation round
8	Tobol	22	6	8	8	22	29	−7	26
9	Irtysh	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	24		ATY 0–1 IRT IRT 0-1 ATY
10	Atyrau	22	6	6	10	20	27	−7	24
11	Taraz	22	5	4	13	21	34	−13	19
12	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

Astana v Kairat

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

Aktobe v Astana

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

Astana v Ordabasy

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

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

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

Kaisar v Astana

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

Astana v Aktobe

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

Ordabasy v Astana

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

Astana v Kairat

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

Shakhter Karagandy v Astana

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

Astana v Kaisar

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

Aktobe v Astana

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

Kairat v Astana

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 (C) (Q)	32	18	10	4	63	26	+37	45	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Aktobe (Q)	32	17	10	5	52	31	+21	40	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Kairat (Q)	32	18	5	9	58	31	+27	38
4	Ordabasy (Q)	32	13	5	14	34	44	−10	27
5	Kaisar	32	10	13	9	30	34	−4	27
6	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

Astana v Astana-64

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

Astana v Tobol

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

Aktobe v Astana

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

Astana v Aktobe

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

Pyunik v Astana

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)

Astana v Pyunik

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)

Astana v Hapoel Tel Aviv

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)

Hapoel Tel Aviv v Astana

25 July 2014 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Hapoel Tel Aviv	1 – 0 (1 – 3 agg.)	Astana	Larnaca, Cyprus
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 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)

AIK v Astana

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)

Astana v Villarreal

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)

Villarreal v Astana

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
				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	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

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
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

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