2016 FC Astana season
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| 2016 season | |||
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| Chairman | Kaisar Bekenov | ||
| Manager | Stanimir Stoilov | ||
| Stadium | Astana Arena | ||
| Premier League | 1st | ||
| Kazakhstan Cup | Winners | ||
| Champions League | Third qualifying round vs Celtic | ||
| Europa League | Group Stage | ||
| Kazakhstan Super Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Đorđe Despotović (8) All: Đorđe Despotović (13) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 29,000 vs Celtic (27 July 2016) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 500 vs Caspiy (27 April 2016) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 7,482 (24 November 2016) | ||
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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.
- As of match played 9 December 2016
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals | ||
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| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nenad Erić |  [1] |
GK | 26 May 1982 (aged 34) | Kairat | 2011 | 202 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Aleksandr Mokin |  |
GK | 19 June 1981 (aged 35) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2016 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 40 | Mikhail Golubnichi | |
GK | 31 January 1995 (aged 21) | Bayterek | 2015 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Abylaikhan Duysen | |
GK | 3 June 1994 (aged 22) | Bayterek | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | Damil Podymsky | |
GK | 5 June 1998 (aged 18) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Oleg Medvedev | |
GK | 21 March 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Sayenko Vladislav | |
GK | 4 June 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 5 | Marin Aničić |  |
DF | 17 August 1989 (aged 27) | Zrinjski Mostar | 2014 | 117 | 7 | ||
| 14 | Igor Shitov |  |
DF | 24 October 1986 (aged 30) | Mordovia Saransk | 2016 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Konstantin Engel | |
DF | 27 July 1988 (aged 28) | Ingolstadt 04 | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Serhiy Malyi | |
DF | 5 June 1990 (aged 26) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2016 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 27 | Yuriy Logvinenko | |
DF | 22 July 1988 (aged 28) | Aktobe | 2016 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Birzhan Kulbekov | |
DF | 22 April 1994 (aged 22) | Academy | 2015 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 33 | Alim Ilyasov | |
DF | 22 June 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Alexandr Berg | |
DF | 4 February 1997 (aged 19) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | Kashken Dinmuhammed | |
DF | 4 January 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 72 | Sanzhar Aitym | |
DF | 2 March 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 74 | Sagi Sovet | |
DF | 15 March 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Dmitri Shomko | |
DF | 19 March 1990 (aged 26) | Irtysh Pavlodar | 2014 | 133 | 7 | ||
| 92 | Danil Mikhailov | |
DF | 29 February 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 95 | Amanbol Aliyev | |
DF | 10 July 1995 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 99 | Talgat Kussyapov | |
DF | 14 February 1999 (aged 17) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 6 | Nemanja Maksimović | |
MF | 26 January 1995 (aged 21) | Domžale | 2015 | 81 | 12 | ||
| 7 | Serikzhan Muzhikov | |
MF | 17 June 1989 (aged 27) | Zhetysu | 2014 | 88 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Askhat Tagybergen | |
MF | 9 August 1990 (aged 26) | Aktobe | 2016 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Agim Ibraimi |  |
MF | 29 August 1988 (aged 28) | Maribor | 2016 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Gevorg Najaryan | |
MF | 6 January 1998 (aged 18) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2016 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Azat Nurgaliev | |
MF | 30 June 1986 (aged 30) | loan from Ordabasy | 2016 | 18 | 7 | ||
| 15 | Abzal Beisebekov | |
MF | 30 November 1992 (aged 24) | Vostok | 2012 | 169 | 4 | ||
| 31 | Abay Zhunussov | |
MF | 15 March 1995 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Amir Kalabayev | |
MF | 13 November 1996 (aged 20) | Academy | 2015 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 54 | Ardak Saulet | |
MF | 12 January 1997 (aged 19) | Academy | 2014 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 58 | Alisher Saginov | |
MF | 20 January 1998 (aged 18) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 66 | Ruslan Mahan | |
MF | 7 January 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 70 | Sultan Sagnayev | |
MF | 14 January 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 71 | Madi Zhakipbayev | |
MF | 14 January 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Roger Cañas |  |
MF | 27 March 1990 (aged 26) | Shakhter Karagandy | 2014 | 127 | 16 | ||
| 97 | Daulet Zainetdinov | |
MF | 15 May 1997 (aged 19) | Academy | 2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 98 | Zhaslan Kairkenov | |
MF | 27 March 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Đorđe Despotović | |
FW | 4 March 1992 (aged 24) | Red Star Belgrade | 2016 | 47 | 13 | ||
| 17 | Tanat Nusserbayev | |
FW | 1 January 1987 (aged 29) | Ordabasy | 2011 | 197 | 54 | ||
| 23 | Patrick Twumasi |  |
FW | 9 May 1994 (aged 22) | Spartaks Jūrmala | 2015 | 109 | 38 | ||
| 30 | Junior Kabananga |  |
FW | 4 April 1989 (aged 27) | Cercle Brugge | 2015 | 52 | 15 | ||
| 45 | Victor Pron | |
FW | 23 September 1997 (aged 19) | Academy | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 80 | Vladislav Prokopenko | |
FW | 1 July 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Lev Skvortsov | |
FW | 2 February 2000 (aged 16) | Academy | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan | ||||||||||
| 11 | Aleksey Shchotkin | |
FW | 21 May 1991 (aged 25) | Taraz | 2015 | 50 | 4 | ||
| 21 | Berik Shaikhov | |
DF | 20 February 1994 (aged 22) | Zhetysu | 2015 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 44 | Yevgeny Postnikov |  |
DF | 16 April 1986 (aged 30) | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2014 | 88 | 1 | ||
| 85 | Vladimir Loginovsky | [2] |
GK | 8 October 1985 (aged 31) | Zhetysu | 2013 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Players that left during the season | ||||||||||
| 4 | Mark Gorman | |
DF | 9 February 1989 (aged 27) | Kairat | 2016 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 16 | Besart Abdurahimi | |
MF | 31 July 1990 (aged 26) | loan from Lokeren | 2016 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Lukman Haruna |  |
MF | 4 December 1990 (aged 26) | Dynamo Kyiv | 2016 | 12 | 1 | ||
Transfers
Winter
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In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Summer
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In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Friendlies
| 27 January 2016 | Astana | 0 – 5 | Spartak Moscow | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| (UTC+6) | Report | 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' |
Report | Y.Kvasov 83' |
| 9 February 2016 | Astana | 3 – 0 |  Slavia Sofia | Belek Turkey |
| 21:00 (UTC+6) | Despotović 7' Twumasi 25' Najaryan |
Report |
| 12 February 2016 | Astana | 3 – 2 | Sarajevo | Belek Turkey |
| (UTC+6) | Shchotkin 57' Cañas 62' Despotović 87' |
Report | Benko 45' Okić 49' |
| 18 February 2016 | Astana | 3 – 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | Belek Turkey |
| (UTC+6) | Nusserbayev Aničić Twumasi 71' (pen.) |
Report | 13' 15' |
| 21 February 2016 | Astana | 1 – 1 | Karpaty Lviv | Belek Turkey |
| (UTC+6) | Despotović 14' |
Report | Kadymyan 31' |
| 4 March 2016 | Astana | 5 – 1 | Irtysh Pavlodar | Astana |
| 15:00 (UTC+6) | Shchotkin Maksimović Twumasi Despotović |
Fonseca |
Stadium: Astana Arena |
| 4 December 2016 | Baden  | 0 – 7 | Astana | Fislisbach, Switzerland |
| (UTC+6) | Nurgaliev 10' Kabananga 18', 35' Murtazayev 47' Twumasi 60' Despotović 77' |
Stadium: Esp Stadium |
