2017 FC Astana season

FC Astana
2017 season
Chairman	Sayan Khamitzhanov
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov
Stadium	Astana Arena
Premier League	1st
Kazakhstan Cup	Last 16 vs Zhetysu
Champions League	Play-off round vs Celtic
Europa League	Group Stage
Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Junior Kabananga (19); All: Junior Kabananga (22)
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The 2017 FC Astana season is the ninth 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 third time the previous season, and the defending Kazakhstan Cup champions. Astana will also enter the Champions League, entering at the Second Qualifying Stage.

Squad

As of match played 7 December 2017^[1]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nenad Erić	GK	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 35)	Kairat	2011	221	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin	GK	(1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 36)	Shakhter Karagandy	2016	37	0
51	Danil Podymksy	GK	(1998-06-05)5 June 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	0	0
85	Oleg Medvedev	GK	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
90	Sayenko Vladislav	GK	(2000-06-04)4 June 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
94	Abylaikhan Duysen	GK	(1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 23)	Bayterek	2016	0	0
Defenders
4	Igor Shitov	DF	(1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 31)	Mordovia Saransk	2016	64	1
5	Marin Aničić	DF	(1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 28)	Zrinjski Mostar	2014	152	7
15	Abzal Beisebekov	DF	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 25)	Vostok	2012	208	5
21	Berik Shaikhov	DF	(1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 23)	Astana-1964	2015	7	0
25	Serhiy Malyi	DF	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 27)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016	23	1
27	Yuriy Logvinenko	DF	(1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 29)	Aktobe	2016	79	8
33	Alim Ilyasov	DF	(2000-06-22)22 June 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
44	Yevgeny Postnikov	DF	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 31)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014	127	2
49	Dauren Iskakov	DF	(1999-04-25)25 April 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	0	0
57	Kashken Dinmuhammed	DF	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
72	Sanzhar Aitym	DF	(2000-03-02)2 March 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
74	Sagi Sovet	DF	(2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
77	Dmitri Shomko	DF	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 27)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014	175	8
92	Danil Mikhailov	DF	(2000-02-29)29 February 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
99	Talgat Kusyapov	DF	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	1	0
Midfielders
6	László Kleinheisler	MF	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 23)	loan from Werder Bremen	2017	10	0
7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	MF	(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 28)	Kaisar	2015	131	12
8	Srđan Grahovac	MF	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 25)	loan from Rapid Wien	2017	36	8
14	Marin Tomasov	MF	(1987-08-31)31 August 1987 (aged 30)	loan from Rijeka	2017	19	3
17	Askhat Tagybergen	MF	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 27)	Aktobe	2016	49	6
18	Ivan Mayewski	MF	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 29)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	43	4
34	Sayan Mukanov	MF	(1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	0	0
49	Nurdaulet Mamatov	MF	(1998-03-04)4 March 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	0	0
61	Artem Tsoi	MF	(2000-02-10)10 February 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2017	0	0
66	Ruslan Mahan	MF	(2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
70	Sultan Sagnayev	MF	(2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	2	0
71	Madi Zhakypbayev	MF	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	6	0
78	Alisher Saginov	MF	(1998-01-20)20 January 1998 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	0	0
98	Zhaslan Kairkenov	MF	(2000-03-27)27 March 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
	Daulet Zainetdinov	MF	(1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	1	0
Forwards
9	Đorđe Despotović	FW	(1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 25)	Red Star Belgrade	2016	58	14
23	Patrick Twumasi	FW	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 23)	Spartaks Jūrmala	2015	153	60
30	Junior Kabananga	FW	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 28)	Cercle Brugge	2015	95	38
45	Roman Murtazayev	FW	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 24)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2017	44	6
54	Viktor Pron	FW	(1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	1	0
80	Vladislav Prokopenko	FW	(2000-07-01)1 July 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	4	0
81	Ramazan Karimov	FW	(1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	0	0
89	Lev Skvortsov	FW	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 17)	Academy	2016	0	0
Players away on loan
10	Azdren Llullaku	FW	(1988-02-15)15 February 1988 (aged 29)	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2017	19	1
22	Gevorg Najaryan	MF	(1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 19)	Shakhter Karagandy	2016	9	0
31	Abay Zhunussov	MF	(1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 22)	Academy	2016	6	0
73	Didar Zhalmukan	MF	(1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 21)	Aktobe	2017	19	3
99	Aleksey Shchotkin	FW	(1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 26)	Taraz	2015	50	4
Players that left during the season

Transfers

Winter

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	BIH	Srđan Grahovac (loan from Rapid Wien)^[2]
10	FW	ALB	Azdren Llullaku (from Gaz Metan Mediaș)^[3]
18	MF	BLR	Ivan Mayewski (from Anzhi Makhachkala)^[4]
44	DF	RUS	Yevgeny Postnikov (loan return from Ventspils)
45	FW	KAZ	Roman Murtazayev (from Irtysh Pavlodar)^[5]
73	MF	KAZ	Didar Zhalmukan (from Aktobe)

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	KAZ	Askhat Tagybergen (loan to Tobol)
10	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović (loan to Tobol)^[6]
13	MF	KAZ	Azat Nurgaliev (loan return to Ordabasy)
14	MF	KAZ	Ardak Saulet (to Aktobe)
17	FW	KAZ	Tanat Nusserbayev (to Ordabasy)^[7]^[8]
21	DF	KAZ	Berik Shaikhov (loan to Okzhetpes, previously on loan to Zhetysu)
22	DF	KAZ	Konstantin Engel (to VfL Osnabrück)^[9]
25	DF	KAZ	Serhiy Malyi (loan to Tobol)^[10]
28	DF	KAZ	Birzhan Kulbekov
37	MF	KAZ	Amir Kalabayev
40	GK	KAZ	Mikhail Golubnichy (to Okzhetpes)
48	DF	KAZ	Alexandr Berg
85	GK	KAZ	Vladimir Loginovsky (to Taraz)
88	MF	COL	Roger Cañas (loan to APOEL)^[11]
94	GK	KAZ	Abylaikhan Duysen (loan to Spartaks Jūrmala)
95	DF	KAZ	Amanbol Aliyev
—	FW	KAZ	Aleksey Shchotkin (loan to Tobol, previously on loan to Aktobe)^[12]

Summer

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	HUN	László Kleinheisler (loan from Werder Bremen)^[13]
9	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović (loan return from Tobol)^[14]
14	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov (loan from Rijeka)^[15]
17	MF	KAZ	Askhat Tagybergen (loan return from Tobol)^[14]
21	DF	KAZ	Berik Shaikhov (loan return from Okzhetpes)
25	DF	KAZ	Serhiy Malyi (loan return from Tobol)
47	GK	KAZ	Abylaikhan Duysen (loan return from Spartaks Jūrmala)^[16]

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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	SRB	Nemanja Maksimović (to Valencia)^[17]
9	MF	MKD	Agim Ibraimi (to Domžale)
10	FW	ALB	Azdren Llullaku (loan to Tobol)
22	MF	KAZ	Gevorg Najaryan (loan to Shakhter Karagandy)^[18]
31	MF	KAZ	Abay Zhunusov (loan to Aktobe)^[19]
73	MF	KAZ	Didar Zhalmukan (loan to Tobol)
88	MF	COL	Roger Cañas (to Ordabasy, previously on loan at APOEL)^[20]

Friendlies

28 January 2017	Riga	0–2	Astana	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		Report	Murtazayev Llullaku

31 January 2017	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	0–3	Astana	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		[1]	Nurgaliev Muzhikov D.Zhalmukan

8 February 2017	Oleksandriya	2–2	Astana	Turkey
(UTC+6)		[2]	Llullaku Twumasi

11 February 2017	Željezničar Sarajevo	1–1	Astana	Turkey
(UTC+6)		[3]	Murtazayev

14 February 2017	Zorya Luhansk	0–1	Astana	Turkey
(UTC+6)		[4]	Muzhikov

17 February 2017	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	Astana	Turkey
(UTC+6)	Kabananga	[5]	Oduwa

21 February 2017	Arsenal Tula	0–0	Astana	Turkey
(UTC+6)		[6]

Competitions

Kazakhstan Super Cup

4 March 2017	Astana	0–2	Kairat	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Mayewski 57' Logvinenko 84'	Report	Kuat 28' 90+5' 90+4' Arshavin 60' Arzo 76' Marković 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Premier League

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
33	25	4	4	74	21	+53	79	15	1	1	46	6	+40	10	3	3	28	15	+13

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
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	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W
Position	12	10	7	3	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

8 March 2017 1	Ordabasy	3–0	Astana	Shymkent
14:00 (UTC+6)	M.Tolebek 15' E.Tungyshbaev 29' Nurgaliev 74' Diakate 88'	Report	Muzhikov 22' Erić 71'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

12 March 2017 2	Irtysh Pavlodar	1–1	Astana	Pavlodar
15:00 (UTC+6)	Tkachuk 30' A.Darabayev 40'	Report	Muzhikov 14' Postnikov 84'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Denis Izmailov

15 March 2017 3	Astana	3–1	Akzhayik	Astana
17:30 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 12' Llullaku 13' Twumasi 62' Mayewski 79'	Report	D.Schmidt 26' Nikolić 48' A.Shabaev 54' Rubio 65' Odibe 79'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Furkhat Atazhanov

1 April 2017 4	Shakhter Karagandy	1–2	Astana	Temirtau
15:00 (UTC+6)	M.Gabyshev 62'	Report	Kabananga 88' Mayewski 88' Skorykh 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandr Metallurg Stadium

8 April 2017 5	Atyrau	0–1	Astana	Atyrau
16:00 (UTC+6)	Chichulin 10'	Report	D.Zhalmukan 60' Logvinenko 84'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

12 April 2017 6	Astana	3–0	Aktobe	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Logvinenko 12' Llullaku 63' Grahovac 70' Kabananga 87' (pen.) D.Zhalmukan 90+1'	Report	Volovyk 80'	Stadium: Tarlan Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Aleksandr Aliyev

16 April 2017 7	Okzhetpes	0–3	Astana	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Strukov 44' Yurin 87'	Report	Muzhikov 61' Grahovac 64' (pen.) Murtazayev 79'	Stadium: Tarlan Arena Attendance: 900 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

23 April 2017 8	Astana	4–0	Taraz	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Grahovac 13' Kabananga 33', 84' Beisebekov 34' D.Zhalmukan 43'	Report	M.Amirkhanov 40'	Stadium: Tarlan Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Furkhat Atazhanov

29 April 2017 9	Kaisar	0–3	Astana	Kyzylorda
16:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 30' M.Islamkulov 73'	Report	Twumasi 28' Mayewski 34' Aničić 48' Beisebekov 61' Murtazayev 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

2 May 2017 10	Astana	1–1	Kairat	Astana
20:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 28' Grahovac 87' Mayewski 90+3'	Report	J.Vorogovsky 26' Kuat 34' Suyumbayev 62' Gohou 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Anatoyli Vishnichenko

6 May 2017 11	Tobol	1–1	Astana	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Shchotkin 71'	Report	Llullaku 63' Kabananga 75'	Stadium: Stadion Zatobolets Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

14 May 2017 12	Astana	2–0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Murtazayev 13' Shomko 57' D.Zhalmukan 79'	Report	I.Kalinin 27' Fofana 32' Aliev 62' Fonseca 64'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

20 May 2017 13	Akzhayik	0–2	Astana	Oral
18:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 57' 69'	Report	Logvinenko 53' Mayewski 60' Shomko 68' Murtazayev 75'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

28 May 2017 14	Astana	4–1	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 10', 19', 56' Muzhikov 24' Shitov 50'	Report	Kadio 29' A.Tattybaev 52' Szöke 62'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

31 May 2017 20	Kairat	3–0	Astana	Almaty
20:30 (UTC+6)	Arshavin 22' 40' Logvinenko 61' (o.g.) Iličević 77' Kuat 83'	Report	Logvinenko 29' Mayewski 70' Beisebekov 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

3 June 2017 15	Astana	4–0	Atyrau	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 22', 73' Grahovac 62' (pen.) Twumasi 66'	Report	Khairullin 41' A.Suley 79' A.Saparov 87'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Aleksei Bobrov

18 June 2017 16	Aktobe	2–4	Astana	Aktobe
19:00 (UTC+6)	Zyankovich 18' B.Kairov 36' Grahovac 45+1' (o.g.) Šimkovič 90+3'	Report	Twumasi 19', 56' Kabananga 47' Mayewski 52' Muzhikov 86' Beisebekov 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

24 June 2017 17	Astana	3–0	Okzhetpes	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 39' Grahovac 77' Kabananga 78'	Report	Buleshev 84'	Stadium: Tarlan Arena Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

1 July 2017 18	Taraz	0–1	Astana	Taraz
19:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Postnikov 40' Kabananga 67'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Furkat Atajanov

6 July 2017 19	Astana	2–0	Kaisar	Astana
18:30 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 14' Logvinenko 70'	Report	Muldarov 68'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Igor Aleshin

22 July 2017 21	Astana	2–0	Tobol	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko 26' Twumasi 43', 70' Aničić 59'	Report	S.Zharynbektov 45' Moldakaraev 57' Kvekveskiri 69'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

7 August 2017 22	Astana	1–0	Ordabasy	Astana
17:30 (UTC+6)	Beisebekov 56' Grahovac 71' Kleinheisler 87' Tagybergen 90+3'	Report	B.Beisenov 4' T.Erlanov 46'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

11 August 2017 23	Aktobe	0–3	Astana	Aktobe
21:00 (UTC+6)	Valiullin 32' Volovyk 41' B.Kairov 66'	Report	Zyankovich 33' (o.g.) Kabananga 51' Muzhikov 65' Grahovac 79'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

19 August 2017 24	Astana	v	Okzhetpes	Astana
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Astana Arena

27 August 2017 25	Shakhter Karagandy	v	Astana	Temirtau
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Metallurg Stadium

9 September 2017 26	Astana	7–0	Atyrau	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 28', 38' Murtazayev 44' Tomasov 60', 89' Grahovac 69' Twumasi 87'	Report	A.Suley 43'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

18 September 2017 27	Kaisar	1–4	Astana	Kyzylorda
17:30 (UTC+6)	Zhangylyshbay 46' Muldarov 55' R.Sakhalbayev 75'	Report	Grahovac 60' Shitov 65' Logvinenko 76' Tagybergen 90'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

23 September 2017 28	Astana	2–0	Taraz	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 21' Postnikov 26'	Report	Feshchuk 75'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

1 October 2017 29	Tobol	1–1	Astana	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Moldakaraev 33'	Report	Tagybergen 34' Shomko 41' 51' Shitov 86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

11 October 2017 25	Shakhter Karagandy	0–1	Astana	Temirtau
16:00 (UTC+6)	I.Mangutkin 70'	Report	Malyi 35' Kabananga 40' 70' (pen.) Murtazayev 85'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Furkhat Atazhanov

15 October 2017 30	Astana	2–1	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 45+1' Murtazayev 52' Twumasi 64' (pen.) Beisebekov 90+2'	Report	António 41' Stamenković 59' Aliev 72'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Aleksei Bobrov

22 October 2017 31	Ordabasy	2–1	Astana	Shymkent
15:00 (UTC+6)	Tungyshbayev 35' 78' Diakate 62' Nurgaliev 88'	Report	B.Shaikhov 22' Despotović 60' Tagybergen 61'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

25 October 2017 24	Astana	4–0	Okzhetpes	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Mayewski 10' Kabananga 20' Twumasi 61' Shitov 64' Abdulin 80' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 500 Referee: Bolat Saryev

28 October 2017 32	Astana	0–2	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 45' Shomko 45+2' Mayewski 67'	Report	Bateau 45+2' Abiken 71' Kuat 82' Gohou 88' Pokatilov 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

5 November 2017 33	Astana	2– 0	Akzhayik	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 50', 90+4' Shitov 61'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana (C)	33	25	4	4	74	21	+53	79	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kairat	33	23	9	1	75	28	+47	78	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round ^[a]
3	Ordabasy	33	18	4	11	44	37	+7	58
4	Irtysh Pavlodar	33	12	12	9	35	32	+3	48	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round ^[b]
5	Tobol	33	12	11	10	36	26	+10	47

Source: UEFA, 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.^[21]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Kairat qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Kazakhstan Cup.
^ Ordabasy would have qualified too, but they failed to obtain a licence, so Tobol took their place.

Kazakhstan Cup

19 April 2017 Last 16	Zhetysu	2–1	Astana	Taldykorgan
16:00 (UTC+6)	S.Ibraev 43' Hromțov 75' A.Shakin 86' A.Shabanov 90+3'	Report	Beisebekov 5'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dmitiry Bystrov

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

12 July 2017 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Spartaks Jūrmala	0–1	Astana	Jūrmala, Latvia
20:00 (UTC+6)	Ibragimov 26' E.Vardanjans 33' J.Kazačoks 50'	Report	Shitov 29' Logvinenko 47' Muzhikov 66' Twumasi 73' Grahovac 74'	Stadium: Slokas Stadium Attendance: 1,987^[22] Referee: Neil Doyle (Republic of Ireland)

18 July 2017 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Spartaks Jūrmala	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 59'	Report	I.Stuglis 43' E.Vardanjans 72' 90' Platonaw 75'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 20,500^[22] Referee: Charalambos Kalogeropoulos (Greece)

26 July 2017 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	3–1	Legia Warsaw	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 32' Kabananga 36' 84' Mayewski 45' Logvinenko 83' Twumasi 90+4' Aničić 90+6'	Report	Sadiku 78'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 26,100^[23] Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

3 August 2017 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Legia Warsaw	1–0 (2–3 agg.)	Astana	Warsaw, Poland
00:45 (UTC+6)	Jędrzejczyk 59' Czerwiński 76' Nagy 81'	Report	Mayewski 16' Shomko 59' Twumasi 74'	Stadium: Polish Army Stadium Attendance: 24,937^[23] Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

17 August 2017 Playoff round 1st leg	Celtic	5–0	Astana	Glasgow, Scotland
00:45 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 32' (o.g.) Brown 40' Sinclair 42', 60' Tierney 49' Forrest 79' Shitov 88' (o.g.)	Report	Postnikov 6' Logvinenko 63' Shitov 69'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,016^[24] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

22 August 2017 Playoff round 2nd leg	Astana	4–3 (4–8 agg.)	Celtic	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:30 (UTC+6)	Ajer 26' (o.g.) Muzhikov 48' Twumasi 49', 69' Postnikov 70' Shomko 82' Grahovac 90+2'	Report	Sinclair 34' Ntcham 81' Griffiths 90'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VIL	AST	SLP	MTA
1	Villarreal	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	2–2	0–1
2	Astana	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	1–1	4–0
3	Slavia Prague	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8		0–2	0–1	—	1–0
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	1	1	4	1	8	−7	4		0–0	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

14 September 2017 1	Villarreal	3–1	Astana	Villarreal, Spain
23:00 (UTC+6)	Sansone 16' Bakambu 75' Cheryshev 77' Mario 88'	Report	Logvinenko 57' 68' Aničić 71'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,670^[25] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

28 September 2017 2	Astana	1–1	Slavia Prague	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 27' Tomasov 42' Postnikov 85'	Report	Ngadeu-Ngadjui 18' Jugas 32' Bořil 39' Sobol 63'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 17,215^[26] Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

19 October 2017 3	Astana	4–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 13' Twumasi 33' (pen.), 42' Kabananga 47', 52' Shitov 61'	Report	Peretz 33' Blackman 41'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 10,350^[27] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

3 November 2017 4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1	Astana	Netanya^{[note 1]}, Israel
00:00 (UTC+6)	Schoenfeld 66'	Report	Tagybergen 39' Twumasi 57'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 7,934^[28] Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

23 November 2017 5	Astana	2–3	Villarreal	Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 22' 90+4' Shomko 43' Mayewski 70' Twumasi 88' Grahovac 90+2'	Report	Raba 39' Marín 63' Bakambu 65', 83' Sansone 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 29,800^[29] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

8 December 2017 6	Slavia Prague	0–1	Astana	Prague, Czech Republic
00:00 (UTC+6)	Sobol 42' Stoch 88' Necid 90+5'	Report	Aničić 39' Muzhikov 53' Erić 78' Shitov 83'	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 14,198^[30] Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

Squad statistics

As of match played 8 December 2017

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	KAZ	Nenad Erić	19	0	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
4	DF	BLR	Igor Shitov	41	1	25+2	1	1	0	0+1	0	6	0	5+1	0
5	DF	BIH	Marin Aničić	35	1	24	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	4+1	1
6	MF	HUN	László Kleinheisler	10	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
7	MF	KAZ	Serikzhan Muzhikov	43	7	29+1	6	0	0	1	0	6	1	5+1	0
8	MF	BIH	Srđan Grahovac	36	8	22+4	8	0	0	0	0	2+4	0	2+2	0
9	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović	11	1	2+5	1	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
14	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov	19	3	8+3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3+3	1
15	DF	KAZ	Abzal Beisebekov	39	1	19+8	0	1	1	1	0	0+5	0	5	0
17	MF	KAZ	Askhat Tagybergen	14	2	3+6	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
18	MF	BLR	Ivan Mayewski	43	4	28+2	3	0	0	1	0	6	1	6	0
21	DF	KAZ	Berik Shaikhov	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	GHA	Patrick Twumasi	44	22	20+10	13	1	0	1	0	6	5	6	4
25	DF	KAZ	Serhiy Malyi	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
27	DF	KAZ	Yuriy Logvinenko	41	5	22+7	4	1	0	1	0	5	0	5	1
30	FW	COD	Junior Kabananga	43	23	30+1	19	0	0	1	0	6	1	5	3
35	GK	KAZ	Aleksandr Mokin	29	0	23+1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
44	DF	RUS	Yevgeny Postnikov	39	1	23+5	1	1	0	1	0	2+3	0	4	0
45	FW	KAZ	Roman Murtazayev	44	6	22+10	6	1	0	0+1	0	1+4	0	2+3	0
54	FW	KAZ	Viktor Pron	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	KAZ	Sultan Sagnayev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	KAZ	Madi Zhakypbayev	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	KAZ	Dmitri Shomko	44	1	30+1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0	6	0
80	FW	KAZ	Vladislav Prokopenko	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	DF	KAZ	Talgat Kusyapov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
10	FW	ALB	Azdren Llullaku	19	1	10+7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	KAZ	Gevorg Najaryan	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF	KAZ	Abay Zhunusov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	MF	KAZ	Didar Zhalmukan	19	3	4+13	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Astana during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	FW	30	Junior Kabananga	19	0	1	3	23
2	FW	23	Patrick Twumasi	13	0	5	4	22
3	MF	8	Srđan Grahovac	8	0	0	0	8
4	MF	7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	6	0	1	0	7
5	FW	45	Roman Murtazayev	6	0	0	0	6
6	DF	27	Yuriy Logvinenko	4	0	0	1	5
7	MF	18	Ivan Mayewski	3	0	1	0	4
7			Own goal	3	0	1	0	4
9	FW	73	Didar Zhalmukan	3	0	0	0	3
9	MF	14	Marin Tomasov	2	0	0	1	3
11	MF	17	Askhat Tagybergen	2	0	0	0	2
12	FW	10	Azdren Llullaku	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	4	Igor Shitov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	44	Yevgeny Postnikov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	77	Dmitri Shomko	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	9	Đorđe Despotović	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	15	Abzal Beisebekov	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Marin Aničić	0	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	74	1	9	10	94

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK	35	Aleksandr Mokin	12	1	0	13
2	GK	1	Nenad Erić	7	0	3	10
			TOTALS	19	1	3	23

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
4		DF	Igor Shitov	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	8	0
5		DF	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0
6		MF	László Kleinheisler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	7	0
8		MF	Srđan Grahovac	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	5	0
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
17		MF	Askhat Tagybergen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	9	0
21		DF	Berik Shaikhov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Patrick Twumasi	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	7	0
30		FW	Junior Kabananga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
Players away on loan:
10		FW	Azdren Llullaku	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
73		MF	Didar Zhalmukan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
			TOTALS	43	0	0	0	2	0	17	0	14	0	76	0

Notes

^ Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.

References

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External links

Official Website Archived 2014-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
Official VK

[table_note_res_EL1Qcup0.70718972883522-21] Kairat qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Kazakhstan Cup.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.70718972883522-22] Ordabasy would have qualified too, but they failed to obtain a licence, so Tobol took their place.

[Maccabi_Tel_Aviv-30] Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.

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[2] "Состав Астаны пополнит полузащитник сборной Боснии и Герцеговины". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[3] "Астана подписала форварда сборной Албании". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 24 December 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.

[4] "Игрок сборной Беларуси Иван Маевский подписал контракт с Астаной". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[5] "Роман Муртазаев зимой станет игроком "Астаны"". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[6] "Деспотович Тобыл намысын қорғайды". fc-tobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

[7] "Танат Нусербаев покидает Астану". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

[8] "Танат Нусербаев подписал контракт с ФК Ордабасы". fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

[9] "Engel kehrt zum VfL Osnabrück zurück". vfl.de (in German). VfL Osnabrück. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.

[10] "Сергей Малый – жаңа ойыншы". fc-tobol.kz (in Russian). FC Tobol. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[11] "Σύναψη συνεργασίας με Roger Cañas". apoelfc.com.cy (in Greek). APOEL FC. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

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[13] "ФК Астана подписала участника ЕВРО-2016". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

[Two_Return_to_Astana-14] "Тагыберген и Деспотович продолжат свою карьеру в Астане". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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