2019 FC Astana season

The 2019 FC Astana season was the eleventh successive season that Astana played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Astana defended their Kazakhstan Premier League title, having won their fifth title the previous season. Domestically, Astana defeated FC Kairat in the season-opening Super Cup and reached the Last 16 of the Kazakhstan Cup. In Europe, Astana entered the Champions League at the first qualifying round and were defeated by CFR Cluj, dropping into the Europa League where they reached the Group Stage.

FC Astana

2019 season
Chairman	Sayan Khamitzhanov
Manager	Roman Hryhorchuk
Stadium	Astana Arena
Premier League	1st
Kazakhstan Cup	Last 16 vs Altai Semey
Champions League	First qualifying round vs CFR Cluj
Europa League	Group Stage
Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Marin Tomasov (19) All: Marin Tomasov (26)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018 2020 →

Season events

When announcing their pre-season training camp dates, Astana also announced that Roman Hryhorchuk would return to lead the team after missing the second half of the 2018 season due to family reasons.^[1] On 28 January, Pedro Henrique's loan ended early and he returned to PAOK.^[2]

On 22 February, Astana announced the signing of Luka Šimunović on a three-year contract from Shakhtyor Soligorsk.^[3]

On 26 February, Astana announced the signing of Dorin Rotariu on a four-year contract from Club Brugge.^[4]

On 17 June, Astana announced the signing of Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson on a free transfer after his contract with Grasshoppers had expired.^[5]

On 2 July, Astana announced the signing of Ndombe Mubele on a one-year loan deal from Toulouse.^[6]

On 1 August, after their 4-1 victory over Santa Coloma in the UEFA Europa League Second round qualifier, Astana announced that Marin Aničić had moved to Konyaspor for an undisclosed fee.^[7]

On 3 August, Astana announced the signing of Žarko Tomašević on a free transfer.^[8]

On 26 August, Astana announced that Antonio Rukavina had extended his contract with the club until 2021, and that Marin Tomasov had extended his contract until 2022.^[9]

On 20 December, Ivan Mayewski signed a new 1+1-year contract with Astana, whilst the club confirmed that Yevgeny Postnikov had also extended his contract.^[10]

Squad

As of match played 12 December 2019^[11]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Nenad Erić		GK	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 37)	Kairat	2011		301	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin		GK	(1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 38)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2019		57	0
53	Stanislav Pavlov		GK	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 25)	Tobol	2018		2	0
Defenders
2	Antonio Rukavina		DF	(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 35)	Villarreal	2018[12]	2021[9]	60	0
6	Žarko Tomašević		DF	(1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 29)	Oostende	2019[8]		6	0
15	Abzal Beisebekov		DF	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 27)	Vostok	2012		283	7
24	Luka Šimunović		DF	(1997-05-24)24 May 1997 (aged 22)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2019[3]	2021[3]	29	0
27	Yuriy Logvinenko		DF	(1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 31)	Aktobe	2016		127	14
42	Lev Skvortsov		DF	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2018		3	0
44	Yevgeny Postnikov		DF	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 33)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014		208	5
77	Dmitri Shomko		DF	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 29)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014		257	12
	Ravil Ibragimov		DF	(2000-12-25)25 December 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2019		1	0
	Sagi Sovet		DF	(2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		1	0
Midfielders
7	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 30)	Kaisar	2015		189	19
10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson		MF	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 29)	Grasshoppers	2019[5]		23	7
14	Marin Tomasov		MF	(1987-08-31)31 August 1987 (aged 32)	Rijeka	2018	2022[9]	108	48
18	Ivan Mayewski		MF	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 31)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	2020 (+1)[10]	126	7
28	Yuriy Pertsukh		MF	(1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 23)	Akzhayik	2018		44	3
71	Madi Zhakypbayev		MF	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		7	0
73	Didar Zhalmukan		MF	(1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 23)	Aktobe	2017		28	5
87	Zhaslan Kairkenov		MF	(2000-03-27)27 March 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		2	0
Forwards
9	Dorin Rotariu		FW	(1995-07-29)29 July 1995 (aged 24)	Club Brugge	2019[4]	2022[4]	47	8
19	Ndombe Mubele		FW	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 25)	loan from Toulouse	2019[6]	2020[6]	12	1
32	Rangelo Janga		FW	(1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 27)	KAA Gent	2018[13]		64	11
45	Roman Murtazayev		FW	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 26)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2017		131	26
72	Stanislav Basmanov		FW	(2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2018		1	0
80	Vladislav Prokopenko		FW	(2000-07-01)1 July 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		13	1
81	Ramazan Karimov		FW	(1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2018		3	1
91	Sergei Khizhnichenko		FW	(1991-07-17)17 July 1991 (aged 28)	Ordabasy	2019		30	6
Players away on loan
20	Richard Almeida		MF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 30)	Qarabağ	2018[14]		19	1
25	Serhiy Malyi		DF	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 29)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016[15]		43	3
31	Danil Podymksy		GK	(1998-05-13)13 May 1998 (aged 21)	Academy	2016		0	0
55	Talgat Kusyapov		DF	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		2	0
70	Sultan Sagnayev		MF	(2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 19)	Academy	2016		9	0
99	Aleksey Shchotkin		FW	(1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 28)	Taraz	2015		83	14
	Dmytro Nepohodov		GK	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 31)	Tobol	2019		0	0
	Marat Bystrov		DF	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 27)	Tambov	2018[15]		0	0
Left during the season
5	Marin Aničić		DF	(1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 30)	Zrinjski Mostar	2014		212	11
11	Pedro Henrique		MF	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 29)	loan from PAOK	2018[16]	2019[16]	19	3
30	Junior Kabananga		FW	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 30)	loan from Al-Nassr	2018[17]	2019[17]	128	42

On loan

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 20 MF  AZE Richard Almeida (at Qarabağ) 25 DF  KAZ Serhiy Malyi (at Ordabasy) 31 GK  KAZ Danil Podymksy (at Caspiy) 55 DF  KAZ Talgat Kusyapov (at Caspiy)

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 FW  KAZ Aleksey Shchotkin (at Ordabasy) — GK  KAZ Dmytro Nepohodov (at Ordabasy) — DF  RUS Marat Bystrov (at Ordabasy)

Transfers

Main articles: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2018–19 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2019

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
22 February 2019	DF		Luka Šimunović	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Undisclosed	[3]
26 February 2019	FW		Dorin Rotariu	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	[4]
Winter 2019	FW		Sergei Khizhnichenko	Ordabasy	Undisclosed
17 June 2019	MF		Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	Grasshoppers	Free	[5]
3 August 2019	DF		Žarko Tomašević	Oostende	Free	[8]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
12 January 2019	MF		Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	Rostov	Undisclosed	[18]
16 January 2019	MF		László Kleinheisler	NK Osijek	Undisclosed	[19]
1 August 2019	DF		Marin Aničić	Konyaspor	Undisclosed	[7]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
12 July 2018	FW		Junior Kabananga	Al-Nassr	1 July 2019	[17]
14 July 2018	MF		Pedro Henrique	PAOK	28 January 2019	[16][2]
2 July 2019	FW		Ndombe Mubele	Toulouse	1 July 2020	[6]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Winter 2019	DF		Talgat Kusyapov	Caspiy	End of Season
12 January 2019	MF		Richard Almeida	Qarabağ	End of Season
14 January 2019	GK		Dmytro Nepohodov	Ordabasy	End of Season
14 January 2019	DF		Marat Bystrov	Ordabasy	End of Season	[20]
14 January 2019	FW		Aleksey Shchotkin	Ordabasy	End of Season	[20]
17 February 2019	DF		Serhiy Malyi	Ordabasy	End of Season	[21]
3 July 2019	MF		Sultan Sagnayev	Irtysh Pavlodar	End of Season	[22]
24 July 2019	GK		Danil Podymksy	Caspiy	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
25 December 2019[23]	FW		Roman Murtazayev	Tobol	7 January 2020	[24]
31 December 2019	MF		Richard	Baniyas	21 January 2020	[25]
31 December 2019	MF		Ravil Ibragimov	Kairat

Friendlies

Astana v Al-Wasl

24 January 2019	Astana	3 – 2	Al-Wasl	United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)	Murtazayev Tomasov	Report

Astana v Copenhagen

27 January 2019	Astana	0 – 4	Copenhagen	United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		Report

Astana v Midtjylland

30 January 2019	Astana	2 – 4	Midtjylland	United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)	Tomasov	Report

Astana v Lokomotiv Tashkent

6 February 2019	Astana	1 – 1	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Pertsukh	Report

Astana v Mladost Lučani

7 February 2019	Astana	2 – 3	Mladost Lučani	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Zhakypbayev Kabananga	Report

Astana v Sarajevo

11 February 2019	Astana	2 – 0	Sarajevo	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Logvinenko	Report

Astana v Sogdiana Jizzakh

12 February 2019	Astana	0 – 0	Sogdiana Jizzakh	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

Astana v Banants

17 February 2019	Astana	4 – 2	Banants	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Murtazayev Kabananga Tomasov Pertsukh	Report

Astana v Dynamo Brest

21 February 2019	Astana	2 – 2	Dynamo Brest	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)	Skvortsov Muzhikov	Report

Astana v Krylia Sovetov

24 February 2019	Astana	0 – 0	Krylia Sovetov	Antalya, Turkey
(UTC+6)		Report

Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: Kazakhstan Super Cup

Astana v Kairat

3 March 2019	Astana	2 – 0	Kairat	Almaty
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 7', 65' Beisebekov  45' Postnikov  56'	Report	Mikanović  57' Kuat  61' Eseola  84'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Premier League

Main article: 2019 Kazakhstan 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	22	3	8	67	27	+40	69	13	0	4	41	15	+26	9	3	4	26	12	+14

Last updated: 10 November 2019.
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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L
Position	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1

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

Results

Astana v Aktobe

11 March 2019 1	Astana	4 – 1	Aktobe	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 20', 39' Logvinenko 34' 90+3' Pertsukh 90+4'	Report	Aimbetov 3' 55' S.Zhumagali  18' A.Shurigin  66'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Astana v Okzhetpes

15 March 2019 2	Astana	2 – 1	Okzhetpes	Astana
19:30 (UTC+6)	Janga 59' Mayewski 72'	Report	D.Babakhanov  54' Dmitrijev 69' Stojanović  82'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Igor Aleshin
Note: On 19 March 2019, Astana was renamed Nur-Sultan.

Zhetysu v Astana

30 March 2019 3	Zhetysu	0 – 2	Astana	Taldıqorğan
17:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Aničić 26' Rotariu 58' Pertsukh  90+2'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

Astana v Atyrau

3 April 2019 18	Astana	3 – 1	Atyrau	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kabananga 17' Rotariu 40' Beisebekov 49' Aničić  82'	Report	K.Kalmuratov  47' D.Kayralliyev  54' Tkachuk  81' R.Dzhumatov 85'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Kaisar v Astana

7 April 2019 4	Kaisar	0 – 0	Astana	Kyzylorda
17:00 (UTC+6)	Mbombo  32' Barseghyan  36' Gorman  49' Narzildaev  66'	Report	Shomko  36' Tomasov  50'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Astana v Ordabasy

14 April 2019 5	Astana	2 – 1	Ordabasy	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Rotariu 15' Muzhikov  42' Tomasov 65' (pen.)	Report	Zhangylyshbay 44' Erlanov  64' U.Zhaksybaev  85' João Paulo  90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Kairat v Astana

20 April 2019 6	Kairat	0 – 1	Astana	Almaty
17:00 (UTC+6)	Suyumbayev  61' Kosović  87'	Report	Rotariu 21'  41' Beisebekov  60'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

Astana v Tobol

27 April 2019 7	Astana	2 – 1	Tobol	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov  37' Aničić 59' Mayewski  73' Murtazayev 90+2'	Report	Bocharov 8' Kvekveskiri  33' Kassaï  51' Balayev  90' Kleshchenko  90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy

Atyrau v Astana

1 May 2019 8	Atyrau	0 – 3	Astana	Atyrau
17:30 (UTC+6)	K.Kalmuratov  16'	Report	Tomasov 7'  14' Muzhikov 59' Khizhnichenko 90+2'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Rustam Omarov

Astana v Irtysh Pavlodar

5 May 2019 9	Astana	0 – 1	Irtysh Pavlodar	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Pertsukh  50' Postnikov  61' Muzhikov  73'	Report	S.Tursynbay  57' Cañas 78'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Taraz v Astana

11 May 2019 10	Taraz	2 – 0	Astana	Taraz
16:00 (UTC+6)	D.Karaman  30' Nyuiadzi 48' (pen.) A.Taubay  56' Gian  72' Lobjanidze 76' M.Amirkhanov  89'	Report	Logvinenko  20' Postnikov  80'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bulat Saryev

Irtysh Pavlodar v Astana

15 May 2019 19	Irtysh Pavlodar	0 – 4	Astana	Pavlodar
18:30 (UTC+6)	Tsirin  90+2'	Report	Kabananga 40' Tomasov 63', 85' Janga 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

19 May 2019 11	Astana	1 – 2	Shakhter Karagandy	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Murtazayev 35' Tomasov  77'	Report	Shakhmetov  59' 78' (pen.) Zenjov 87' Najaryan  90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Okzhetpes v Astana

26 May 2019 12	Okzhetpes	1 – 1	Astana	Kokshetau
17:00 (UTC+6)	S.Zhumakhanov  49' Alves  53' Stojanović 90+1'	Report	Logvinenko  32' Mayewski  32' Murtazayev 45'  60' Postnikov  54' Muzhikov  90+4'  90+4'	Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Ruslan Omarov

Astana v Zhetysu

31 May 2019 13	Astana	1 – 0	Zhetysu	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 36'  80' Rukavina  90'	Report	Adamović  51' O.Kerimzhanov  74'  79'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

Astana v Kaisar

16 June 2019 14	Astana	4 – 1	Kaisar	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Murtazayev 14' Pertsukh 26' Rotariu 46' Tomasov 50' Muzhikov  60'	Report	Narzildaev  45' Graf  54' Barseghyan 79' Gorman  89'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

Ordabasy v Astana

23 June 2019 15	Ordabasy	3 – 2	Astana	Shymkent
19:00 (UTC+6)	M.Tolebek 28' Mehanović 36'  56' Malyi  44'  73' Zhangylyshbay 47'	Report	Tomasov 44' Murtazayev 74'  78'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

Astana v Kairat

30 June 2019 16	Astana	0 – 2	Kairat	Pavlodar
20:00 (UTC+6)	Mayewski  50'	Report	Akhmetov  32' Dugalić 68' Abiken 70' Kuat  90+2'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match was played at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar instead of Astana's normal home ground of the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan.

Tobol v Astana

5 July 2019 17	Tobol	0 – 2	Astana	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Turysbek  35' Žulpa  74'	Report	Mayewski  43' Sigurjónsson 53' Tomasov 76' Janga  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Astana v Taraz

28 July 2019 20	Astana	4 – 0	Taraz	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Janga  16' 33', 71' Aničić  44' Mubele 63' Tomasov 88'	Report	Kasradze  42'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Zhandos Abzhan

Shakhter Karagandy v Astana

4 August 2019 21	Shakhter Karagandy	1 – 0	Astana	Karaganda
19:30 (UTC+6)	Pešić 39' J.Payruz  41' Najaryan  83' Shatskiy  90+4'	Report	Muzhikov  63' Mayewski  68'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ruslan Omarov

Aktobe v Astana

11 August 2019 22	Aktobe	2 – 3	Astana	Aktobe
20:00 (UTC+6)	Aimbetov 56', 84'  84' A.Tanzharikov  63'	Report	Mayewski 8' Sigurjónsson 53' Murtazayev 86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Astana v Taraz

25 August 2019 24	Astana	5 – 0	Taraz	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Janga 18' D.Zhalmukan 57', 83' Murtazayev 59' Tomašević  67' Tomasov 76'	Report	Nyuiadzi  67' R.Rozybakiev  71'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer

Astana v Shakhter Karagandy

15 September 2019 26	Astana	2 – 1	Shakhter Karagandy	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 54' Vidović 66' (o.g.) Shomko  67'	Report	Shkodra 34' Kizito  80' Reginaldo  90'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

Zhetysu v Astana

22 September 2019 27	Zhetysu	2 – 1	Astana	Taldıqorğan
16:00 (UTC+6)	Toshev 80' Zhaksylykov 89'	Report	Rotariu 8' Sigurjónsson  43' Postnikov  68'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

Atyrau v Astana

25 September 2019 23	Atyrau	1 – 4	Astana	Atyrau
16:00 (UTC+6)	K.Kalmuratov  73' 89'	Report	Marković 13' (o.g.) Tomasov 15', 33' Rotariu 45+2'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 17 August 2019 but postponed due to Astana's involvement in UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Astana v Kaisar

29 September 2019 28	Astana	3 – 0	Kaisar	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Beisebekov 14' Khizhnichenko 24', 58' Mayewski  27'	Report	Graf  61' Sadownichy  71' V.Chureyev  82' Gorman  90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Ordabasy v Astana

6 October 2019 29	Ordabasy	1 – 1	Astana	Shymkent
18:00 (UTC+6)	João Paulo 51'	Report	Yerlanov 15' (o.g.) Mayewski  54' Erić  64' Beisebekov  79'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

Astana v Kairat

20 October 2019 30	Astana	3 – 1	Kairat	Nur-Sultan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 9' Erić  55' Rotariu  55' Khizhnichenko 61' Janga 90+5'  90+5'	Report	Eseola  39' Islamkhan  55' Plotnikov  55' Dugalić 68'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 16,200 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

Astana v Aktobe

27 October 2019 31	Astana	5 – 0	Aktobe	Nur-Sultan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Pertsukh  19' Tomasov 22', 45', 49', 55' Muzhikov 90'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,400 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

Okzhetpes v Astana

30 October 2019 25	Okzhetpes	0 – 1	Astana	Kokshetau
15:00 (UTC+6)	A.Saparov  27' Alves  73' T.Zhakupov  90+3'	Report	Logvinenko 33'	Stadium: Okzhetpes Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev
Note: Match originally scheduled for 1 September 2019 but postponed due to Astana's involvement in UEFA Europa League qualifiers.[26]

Tobol v Astana

3 November 2019 32	Tobol	0 – 1	Astana	Kostanay
15:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev  35' Sebai  56'	Report	Logvinenko 37'	Stadium: Tobol Indoor Arena Attendance: 2,700 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

Astana v Irtysh Pavlodar

10 November 2019 33	Astana	0 – 2	Irtysh Pavlodar	Nur-Sultan
15:00 (UTC+6)	Pertsukh  56' Postnikov  75'	Report	Manzorro 43' Hidi  59' Mingazow 68'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana (C)	33	22	3	8	67	28	+39	69	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kairat	33	22	2	9	65	32	+33	68	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Ordabasy	33	19	8	6	52	24	+28	65
4	Tobol	33	19	6	8	45	27	+18	63
5	Zhetysu	33	16	8	9	45	25	+20	56

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw.^[27]
(C) Champions

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2019 Kazakhstan Cup

Altai Semey v Astana

10 April 2019 Last 16	Altai Semey	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (15 – 14 p)	Astana	Semey
15:00 (UTC+6)	A.Umashev 64'	Report	Muzhikov 25' R.Ibragimov  76' D.Zhalmukan  110'	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Zhandos Abzhan
	Penalties
	A.Umashev V.Vyatkin N.Sovetkazy Bilyi Dudkin M.Zhaksylyk Podprugin D.Kenzhegulov T.Adulhanov A.Shakin A.Sapargaliev A.Umashev V.Vyatkin N.Sovetkazy Bilyi		Beisebekov Shomko D.Zhalmukan Karimov Muzhikov Šimunović S.Sagnayev Skvortsov Rotariu Kabananga Mokin Beisebekov Shomko D.Zhalmukan Karimov
Note: Match played at Vostok's Vostok Stadium in Oskemen, instead of Altai Semey's regular Spartak Stadium in Semey.

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Astana v CFR Cluj

9 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	1 – 0	CFR Cluj	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 68'  90+5'	Report	Camora  85'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 18,587[28] Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

CFR Cluj v Astana

18 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	CFR Cluj	3 – 1 (3 – 2 agg.)	Astana	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
00:00 (UTC+6)	Omrani 10', 31' Postnikov 26' (o.g.)	Report	Murtazayev 4'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 8,092[28] Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Santa Coloma v Astana

24 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Santa Coloma	0 – 0	Astana	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
00:00 (UTC+6)	Nicolás  75' Jesús Rubio  83' Rebés  84' Juanma Miranda  85' Eloy  90+1'	Report	Mayewski  75'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 382[29] Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

Astana v Santa Coloma

1 August 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Astana	4 – 1 (4 – 1 agg.)	Santa Coloma	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Janga  38' Sigurjónsson 24' (pen.) Tomasov 73', 79', 90+4'  75' Aničić  90+1'	Report	Pi 7'  24' Juanma Miranda  26' Nájera  89' Cisteró  90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 16,103[29] Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Astana v Valletta

8 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	5 – 1	Valletta	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Sigurjónsson 8', 57' Logvinenko 15'  82' Tomasov 35' Janga 80'	Report	Fontanella 67'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 18,707[30] Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov (Russia)

Valletta v Astana

16 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Valletta	0 – 4 (1 – 9 agg.)	Astana	Ta' Qali, Malta
00:00 (UTC+6)	Peña  45' K.Tulimieri  56' E.Sala  58'	Report	Murtazayev 25', 68' Tomasov 37', 89'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Attendance: 595[30] Referee: Stephan Klossner (Switzerland)

Astana v BATE Borisov

22 August 2019 Playoff round 1st leg	Astana	3 – 0	BATE Borisov	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Shomko  17' Tomasov 23' Rukavina  38' Logvinenko 44' Sigurjónsson 52' (pen.)	Report	Moukam  25' Simović  81'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 24,369[31] Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Ukraine)

BATE Borisov v Astana

29 August 2019 Playoff round 2nd leg	BATE Borisov	2 – 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Astana	Barysaw, Belarus
23:00 (UTC+6)	Skavysh 6' Yablonskiy 85' Chichkan  90+7' Stasevich  90+7' Willumsson  90+7'	Report	Tomasov  54'	Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 10,701[31] Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Group stage

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Manchester United	6	4	1	1	10	2	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase
2	AZ	6	2	3	1	15	8	+7	9
3	Partizan	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
4	Astana	6	1	0	5	4	19	−15	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Manchester United v Astana

20 September 2019 1	Manchester United	1 – 0	Astana	Manchester, England
00:00 (UTC+6)	Greenwood 73' Fred  85'	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 50,783[32] Referee: François Letexier (France)

Astana v Partizan

3 October 2019 2	Astana	1 – 2	Partizan	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
20:50 (UTC+6)	Sigurjónsson 85'	Report	Sadiq 29', 73'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 20,137[33] Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

AZ v Astana

24 October 2019 3	AZ	6 – 0	Astana	The Hague, Netherlands
22:55 (UTC+6)	Koopmeiners 39' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Boadu 43' Stengs 77' Sugawara 85' Idrissi 90+2'	Report	Shomko  38' Mayewski  41' Postnikov  83'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 8,123[34] Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
Note: AZ played their home matches at Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague, instead of their regular home stadium AFAS Stadion, Alkmaar due to the latter's roof collapse.[35]

Astana v AZ

7 November 2019 4	Astana	0 – 5	AZ	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
21:50 (UTC+6)	Postnikov  75' Pertsukh  79'	Report	Boadu 29', 77' De Wit  33' Midtsjø 52' Idrissi 57' Hatzidiakos 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 11,584[36] Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen (Denmark)

Astana v Manchester United

28 November 2019 5	Astana	2 – 1	Manchester United	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
21:50 (UTC+6)	Sigurjónsson  39' Shomko 55'  83' Bernard 62' (o.g.) Logvinenko  69' Beisebekov  81'	Report	Lingard 10' Levitt  59' Ramazani  88'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 28,949[37] Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Partizan v Astana

13 December 2019 6	Partizan	4 – 1	Astana	Belgrade, Serbia
02:00 (UTC+6)	Soumah 4' Sadiq 22', 76' Asano 26'	Report	Rotariu 79'	Stadium: Partizan Stadium Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Squad statistics

As of match played 12 December 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	KAZ	Nenad Erić	43	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
2	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	43	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11+1	0
6	DF	MNE	Žarko Tomašević	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
7	MF	KAZ	Serikzhan Muzhikov	23	3	10+8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2+2	0
9	FW	ROU	Dorin Rotariu	47	8	28+3	7	0+1	0	1	0	2	0	12	1
10	MF	ISL	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	23	7	9+2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	5
14	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov	42	26	29+2	19	0	0	1	0	2	0	7+1	7
15	DF	KAZ	Abzal Beisebekov	41	2	21+9	2	0+1	0	1	0	2	0	5+2	0
18	MF	BLR	Ivan Mayewski	41	2	26	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
19	FW	COD	Ndombe Mubele	12	1	2+3	1	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	3+2	0
24	DF	CRO	Luka Šimunović	29	0	16+2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
27	DF	KAZ	Yuriy Logvinenko	28	5	14+1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	9+1	2
28	MF	KAZ	Yuriy Pertsukh	37	2	20+9	2	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	3+4	0
32	FW	CUW	Rangelo Janga	44	7	8+22	6	1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	2+8	1
35	GK	KAZ	Aleksandr Mokin	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
42	DF	KAZ	Lev Skvortsov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	KAZ	Yevgeny Postnikov	46	2	30+1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	10+2	0
45	FW	KAZ	Roman Murtazayev	47	10	26+6	7	1	0	1	0	2	1	6+5	2
73	MF	KAZ	Didar Zhalmukan	9	2	2+5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	DF	KAZ	Dmitri Shomko	44	1	26+5	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	11	1
80	FW	KAZ	Vladislav Prokopenko	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	FW	KAZ	Ramazan Karimov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	FW	KAZ	Sergei Khizhnichenko	14	4	7+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	KAZ	Ravil Ibragimov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
70	MF	KAZ	Sultan Sagnayev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
5	DF	BIH	Marin Aničić	18	2	14	2	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	2	0
30	FW	COD	Junior Kabananga	16	4	12+2	2	0+1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF		14	Marin Tomasov	19	0	0	0	7	26
2	FW		45	Roman Murtazayev	7	0	0	1	2	10
3	FW		9	Dorin Rotariu	7	0	0	0	1	8
4	FW		32	Rangelo Janga	6	0	0	0	1	7
	MF		10	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	2	0	0	0	5	7
6	DF		27	Yuriy Logvinenko	3	0	0	0	2	5
7	FW		91	Sergei Khizhnichenko	4	0	0	0	0	4
	FW		30	Junior Kabananga	2	0	2	0	0	4
				Own goal	3	0	0	0	1	4
10	MF		7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	0	0	0	3
11	DF		5	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		28	Yuriy Pertsukh	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		18	Ivan Mayewski	2	0	0	0	0	2
	MF		73	Didar Zhalmukan	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		15	Abzal Beisebekov	2	0	0	0	0	2
	DF		44	Yevgeny Postnikov	1	0	0	1	0	2
17	FW		19	Ndombe Mubele	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		77	Dmitri Shomko	0	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	64	1	2	2	20	89

Clean sheet

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	GK		1	Nenad Erić	10	0	1	1	3	15
2	GK		35	Aleksandr Mokin	3	0	0	0	0	3
				TOTALS	13	0	1	1	3	18

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		DF	Antonio Rukavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		DF	Žarko Tomašević	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
9		FW	Dorin Rotariu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
14		MF	Marin Tomasov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
28		MF	Yuriy Pertsukh	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
32		FW	Rangelo Janga	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	10	0
45		FW	Roman Murtazayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
73		MF	Didar Zhalmukan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
		DF	Ravil Ibragimov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
5		DF	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
			TOTALS	47	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	18	0	70	2