2021 FC Akzhayik season explained

Club:	FC Akzhayik
Season:	2021
Manager:	Volodymyr Mazyar
Chairman:	Rashid Khusnutdinov
Stadium:	Petr Atoyan Stadium
League Result:	9th
Cup1 Result:	Group stage
League Topscorer:	Mykola Kovtalyuk (6)
Season Topscorer:	Mykola Kovtalyuk (7)
Highest Attendance:
Lowest Attendance:
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022
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The 2021 FC Akzhayik season was Akzhayik's 1st season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, following their relegation from the league in 2018.

Season events

On 19 February, Akzhayik announced the signing of Miram Sapanov from Zhetysu,^[1] and Yerkin Tapalov from Shakhter Karagandy.^[2]

The following day, 20 February, Akzhayik announced the signings of Pavel Nazarenko from Vitebsk,^[3] Sergey Shustikov from Torpedo Moscow,^[4] Soslan Takulov from Shakhter Karagandy,^[5] Yevgeni Yatskiy from Akron Tolyatti,^[6] Oleksiy Chychykov from Dnipro-1,^[7] and Marat Burayev.^[8] Whilst Serhiy Litovchenko signed for the club on 21 February.^[9]

On 27 February, Akzhayik announced the signing of Nauryzbek Zhagorov from Ekibastuz.^[10]

On 2 March Magomed Paragulgov joined Akzhayik from Ermis Aradippou,^[11] Yevgeni Kozlov joined from Ventspils,^[12] Vyacheslav Shvyrev on loan from Kairat,^[13] and Dmitri Michurenkov from Nizhny Novgorod.^[14]

On 4 March, Akzhayik announced the signings of Artem Baranovskyi and Mykola Kovtalyuk.^[15] ^[16]

On 1 July, Akzhayik announced the signings of Ștefan Sicaci, Mikhail Gashchenkov and Luka Imnadze.^[17] ^[18] ^[19]

On 23 August, Akzhayik announced the signing of Reginaldo from Shkupi.^[20]

Squad

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Serhiy Litovchenko	GK	1987 10, df=yes	Unattached	2021	19	0
88	Ștefan Sicaci	GK	1988 9, df=yes	Samtredia	2021	8	0
Defenders
4	Artem Baranovskyi	DF	1990 3, df=yes	Kyzylzhar	2021	23	0
5	Vladimir Pokatilov	DF	1992 12, df=yes	Zhetysu	2018
6	Sergey Shustikov	DF	1989 3, df=yes	Torpedo Moscow	2021	31	0
13	Miram Sapanov	DF	1986 3, df=yes	Zhetysu	2021
14	Bauyrzhan Omarov	DF	1990 8, df=yes	Kaisar	2018
19	Vitaliy Pryndeta	DF	1993 2, df=yes	Volyn Lutsk	2021	4	0
28	Soslan Takulov	DF	1995 4, df=yes	Shakhter Karagandy	2021	20	0
29	Maksim Litvinov	DF	1998 8, df=yes	Youth Team	2019
Midfielders
7	Yevgeni Yatskiy	MF	1997 3, df=yes	Akron Tolyatti	2021	15	0
10	Yerkin Tapalov	MF	1993 9, df=yes	Shakhter Karagandy	2021
15	Rysbek Konyrov	MF	2002 7, df=yes	Academy	2021	2	0
17	Yevgeni Kozlov	MF	1995 2, df=yes	Ventspils	2021	27	6
18	Ruslan Khairov	MF	1990 1, df=yes	Altay	2018
20	Adlet Bolatov	MF	1998 8, df=yes	Youth Team	2018
21	Nauryzbek Zhagorov	MF	1998 3, df=yes	Ekibastuz	2021
33	Luka Imnadze	MF	1997 8, df=yes	Sabail	2021	13	2
57	Mikhail Gashchenkov	MF	1992 6, df=yes	Nizhny Novgorod	2021	13	3
77	Eldar Abdrakhmanov	MF	1987 1, df=yes	Atyrau	2020
96	Ivan Antipov	MF	1996 1, df=yes	Atyrau	2020
99	Daniil Kochnev	MF	1999 1, df=yes	Youth Team	2017
Forwards
11	Reginaldo	FW	1990 6, df=yes	Shkupi	2021	4	0
22	Mykola Kovtalyuk	FW	1995 4, df=yes	Dila Gori	2021	28	7
23	Oleksiy Chychykov	FW	1987 9, df=yes	Dnipro-1	2021	25	1
Players away on loan
Players that left during the season
9	Dmitri Michurenkov	FW	1995 5, df=yes	Nizhny Novgorod	2021	18	2
11	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	FW	2001 1, df=yes	loan from Kairat	2021	9	1
16	Ilya Karavaev	GK	1995 5, df=yes	Kairat	2019
19	Pavel Nazarenko	DF	1995 1, df=yes	Vitebsk	2021	13	1
32	Ardak Saulet	MF	1997 1, df=yes	loan from Aktobe	2021	7	0
33	Magomed Paragulgov	MF	1994 3, df=yes	Ermis Aradippou	2021	4	0
71	Marat Burayev	MF	1995 10, df=yes	Unattached	2021	4	0
88	Erzhan Ibragimov	FW	2000 5, df=yes	Youth team	2019

Out on loan

Transfers

See main article: article, List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2020–21 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2021.

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
19 February 2021	DF	Miram Sapanov	Zhetysu	Undisclosed
19 February 2021	MF	Yerkin Tapalov	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
20 February 2021	DF	Pavel Nazarenko	Vitebsk	Undisclosed
20 February 2021	DF	Sergey Shustikov	Torpedo Moscow	Undisclosed
20 February 2021	DF	Soslan Takulov	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
20 February 2021	MF	Marat Burayev	Unattached	Free
20 February 2021	MF	Yevgeni Yatskiy	Akron Tolyatti	Undisclosed
20 February 2021	FW	Oleksiy Chychykov	Dnipro-1	Undisclosed
21 February 2021	GK	Serhiy Litovchenko	Unattached	Free
27 February 2021	MF	Nauryzbek Zhagorov	Ekibastuz	Undisclosed
2 March 2021	MF	Magomed Paragulgov	Ermis Aradippou	Undisclosed
2 March 2021	MF	Yevgeni Kozlov	Ventspils	Undisclosed
2 March 2021	FW	Dmitri Michurenkov	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed
4 March 2021	DF	Artem Baranovskyi	Kyzylzhar	Undisclosed
4 March 2021	FW	Mykola Kovtalyuk	Dila Gori	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	GK	Ștefan Sicaci	Samtredia	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	MF	Luka Imnadze	Sabail	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	MF	Mikhail Gashchenkov	Nizhny Novgorod	Undisclosed
23 August 2021	FW	Reginaldo	Shkupi	Undisclosed
26 August 2021	DF	Vitaliy Pryndeta	Volyn Lutsk	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 March 2021	FW		Vyacheslav Shvyrev	Kairat	30 June 2021
9 April 2021	MF		Ardak Saulet	Aktobe	28 July 2021	^[21]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
9 July 2021	DF		Pavel Nazarenko	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed	^[22]
12 July 2021	MF		Marat Burayev	Slutsk	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Ref.
30 June 2021	MF	Magomed Paragulgov	Torpedo Kutaisi
13 July 2021	GK	Ilya Karavaev		^[23]
13 July 2021	FW	Dmitri Michurenkov	SKA Rostov-on-Don	^[24]

Competitions

Premier League

See main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League.

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

See main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Cup.

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		22	Mykola Kovtalyuk	6	1	7
2	MF		17	Yevgeni Kozlov	3	3	6
3	MF		96	Ivan Antipov	2	1	3
	MF		57	Mikhail Gashchenkov	2	1	3
				Own goal	3	0	3
6	FW		9	Dmitri Michurenkov	2	0	2
	MF		10	Yerkin Tapalov	2	0	2
	MF		33	Luka Imnadze	1	1	2
9	DF		19	Pavel Nazarenko	1	0	1
	DF		13	Miram Sapanov	1	0	1
	FW		11	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	1	0	1
	FW		23	Oleksiy Chychykov	1	0	1
				TOTALS	25	7	32

Clean sheets

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1	GK		1	Serhiy Litovchenko	5	0	5
2	GK		16	Ilya Karavaev	3	0	3
2	GK		88	Ștefan Sicaci	0	3	3
				TOTALS	7	3	10

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Total
4		DF	Artem Baranovskyi	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Vladimir Pokatilov	0	0	1	0	1	0
6		DF	Sergey Shustikov	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Yevgeni Yatskiy	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Yerkin Tapalov	7	0	0	0	7	0
13		DF	Miram Sapanov	3	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Bauyrzhan Omarov	4	0	1	0	5	0
18		MF	Ruslan Khairov	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		FW	Mykola Kovtalyuk	3	0	3	0	6	0
23		FW	Oleksiy Chychykov	2	0	0	0	2	0
28		DF	Soslan Takulov	5	0	0	0	5	0
33		MF	Luka Imnadze	1	0	0	0	1	0
57		MF	Mikhail Gashchenkov	2	0	2	0	4	0
77		MF	Eldar Abdrakhmanov	6	0	1	0	7	0
88		GK	Ștefan Sicaci	0	0	1	0	1	0
96		MF	Ivan Antipov	6	0	2	0	8	0
Players who left Akzhayik during the season:
9		FW	Dmitri Michurenkov	4	0	0	0	4	0
11		FW	Vyacheslav Shvyrev	1	0	0	0	1	0
32		MF	Ardak Saulet	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	52	0	12	0	64	0

Notes and References

Web site: ҚОШ КЕЛДІҢ, МИРАМ САПАНОВ! . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 19 February 2021.
Web site: Добро пожаловать, Еркін Тапалов!!! . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 19 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Павел Назаренко @nazarenko_pavel подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Сергей Шустиков подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Такулов Сослан @sos_takul подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Яцкий Евгений @yackiy подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Офицциально: Чичиков Алексей подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Бураев Марат @buraev_71 подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 20 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Сергей Литовченко подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 21 February 2021.
Web site: Сегодня Наурызбек Жагоров @zhagorov21 подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 27 February 2021.
Web site: Официально: Магомед Парагульгов подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 2 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Евгений Козлов подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 2 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Вячеслав Швырев (@v.shvyrevv) подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 2 March 2021 . Russian . 2 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Дмитрий Мичуренков подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 3 March 2021 . Russian . 2 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Артем Барановский подписал контракт с ФК Акжайык . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 4 March 2021 . Russian . 4 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Микола Ковталюк подписал контракт с ФК "Акжайык" . vk.com/ . FC AkzhayikVK . 4 March 2021 . Russian . 4 March 2021.
Web site: Официально: Степан Сикач подписал трудовое соглашение с ФК "Ақжайық" . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 1 July 2021.
Web site: Официально: Михаил Гащенков подписал трудовое соглашение с ФК "Ақжайық" . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 1 July 2021.
Web site: Официально: Лука Имнадзе подписал трудовое соглашение с ФК "Ақжайық" . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 1 July 2021.
Web site: Қош келдің, РЕЖИНАЛДО Артур! . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 23 August 2021 . Russian . 23 August 2021.
Web site: Ardaқ Saulet "Aқtөbege" Oraldy Wasps zhyldyk basynda oraldyk "Aқzhaiyk" klubyna zhalyna berilgen "aқ-Kyzyldardyk" zhatylay korgaushysy Ardaқ Sulet teammyzғa kayta oraldy. . vk.com/fcqyzyljar . FC Aktobe VK . 10 August 2021 . Kazakh . 28 July 2021.
Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ПАВЕЛ НАЗАРЕНКО — ИГРОК ФК «ШАХТЕР» . shakhter.kz/ . FC Shakhter Karagandy . 12 July 2021 . Russian . 9 July 2021.
Web site: Официально: Илья Караваев и ФК "Акжайык" расторгли трудовое соглашение по обоюдному согласию . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 13 July 2021.
Web site: Официально: Дмитрий Мичуренков и ФК "Акжайык" расторгли трудовое соглашение по обоюдному согласию . vk.com/ . FC Akzhayik VK . 16 July 2021 . Russian . 13 July 2021.