2021 FC Tobol season

The 2021 FC Tobol season was the 23rd successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season as Champions, reached the semifinals of the Kazakhstan Cup, won the Super Cup and were knocked out of the Europa Conference League at Third Qualifying Round by Žilina.

FC Tobol

2021 season
Chairman	Nikolay Panin
Manager	Grigori Babayan (until 17 June) Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) (from 18 June)
Stadium	Central Stadium
Premier League	Champions
Kazakhstan Cup	Semifinal vs Shakhter Karagandy
Super Cup	Champions
Europa Conference League	Third Qualifying Round vs Žilina
Top goalscorer	League: Nemanja Nikolić (8) All: Igor Sergeyev (9)
Highest home attendance	3,000 vs Zhetysu (19 June 2021)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Taraz (2 May 2021) 0 vs Atyrau (16 July 2021) 0 vs Žilina (5 August 2021)
Average home league attendance	988 (21 November 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2020 2022 →

Season events

On 18 February, Tobol announced the signing of Yegor Tsuprikov from Shakhter Karagandy,^[1] Askhat Tagybergen and Elguja Lobjanidze from Kaisar,^[2][3] and Toni Silva from Taraz.^[4] Also on 18 February, Serhiy Malyi signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2021 season.^[5]

On 1 March, Tobol announced that they had signed Dušan Jovančić on loan from Çaykur Rizespor.^[6]

On 28 March, Tobol announced the signing of Nemanja Nikolić on a free transfer after he'd left Al Raed.^[7]

On 16 April, Tobol announced the signing of Zoran Tošić on a free transfer after he'd left Taizhou Yuanda.^[8]

On 17 June, Grigori Babayan left Tobol by mutual consent and was appointed by CSKA Moscow as a member of their coaching staff.^[9][10] The following day, Tobol confirmed Alexander Moskalenko as Acting Head Coach.^[11]

On 29 June, Oralkhan Omirtayev left Tobol after his contract was ended by mutual agreement.^[12]

On 1 July, Tobol announced the signing of Bagdat Kairov from Ordabasy,^[13] with Rúben Brígido also joining from Ordabasy the following day,^[14] and Carlos Fonseca leaving the club after his contract expired.^[15]

On 7 July, Tobol announced the return of Dušan Jovančić on an 18-month contract from Çaykur Rizespor, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June.^[16]

On 19 July, Tobol announced the signing of Igor Sergeev from Aktobe, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June.^[17]

On 30 July, Tobol Nemanja Nikolić left Tobol by mutual consent.^[18]

Squad

As of match played 21 November 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Sultan Busurmanov		GK	(1996-05-10)10 May 1996 (aged 25)	Academy	2015		19	0
27	Vladimir Shpakovsky		GK	(2001-01-01)1 January 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2021		1	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin		GK	(1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 40)	Atyrau	2020[19]		46	0
41	Yegor Tsuprikov		GK	(1997-05-27)27 May 1997 (aged 24)	Shakhter Karagandy	2021[1]	2021[1]	1	0
Defenders
3	Roman Asrankulov		DF	(1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 22)	Academy	2018		22	3
7	Dmitri Miroshnichenko		DF	(1992-02-26)26 February 1992 (aged 29)	Aktobe	2016		155	6
17	Ruslan Valiullin		DF	(1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 27)	Aktobe	2019[20]		75	5
21	Sultan Abilgazy		DF	(1997-02-22)22 February 1997 (aged 24)	Okzhetpes	2018		52	3
22	Aleksandr Marochkin		DF	(1990-02-14)14 February 1990 (aged 31)	Kaisar	2020[21]		38	1
24	Bagdat Kairov		DF	(1993-04-27)27 April 1993 (aged 28)	Ordabasy	2021[13]		17	0
25	Serhiy Malyi		DF	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 31)	Astana	2020[22]	2021[5]	62	9
32	Dmitriy Panov		DF	(2001-12-07)7 December 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
33	Ilyas Almukhamedov		DF	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		3	0
36	Aleksandr Krytsa		DF	(2002-08-15)15 August 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
37	Arman Tungushbaev		DF	(2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
39	Bekzat Ermekbaev		DF	(2001-12-06)6 December 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		1	0
45	Aleksa Amanović		DF	(1996-10-24)24 October 1996 (aged 25)	Javor Ivanjica	2020[23]	2021[23]	55	3
48	Marat Alpispaev		DF	(2002-04-08)8 April 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		3	0
49	Andrey Drobyshev		DF	(2000-05-03)3 May 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		1	0
Midfielders
5	Daniyar Semchenkov		MF	(1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 24)	Academy	2019		12	0
8	Askhat Tagybergen		MF	(1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 31)	Kaisar	2021[2]		33	8
10	Serikzhan Muzhikov		MF	(1989-06-17)17 June 1989 (aged 32)	Astana	2020[24]		42	5
11	Jérémy Manzorro		MF	(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 30)	Shakhter Karagandy	2020[25]		44	7
13	Azat Nurgaliev		MF	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 35)	Ordabasy	2018		271	54
14	Samat Zharynbetov		MF	(1994-01-04)4 January 1994 (aged 27)	Ekibastuz	2017		96	4
15	Toni Silva		MF	(1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 28)	Taraz	2021[4]		33	2
18	Rúben Brígido		MF	(1991-06-23)23 June 1991 (aged 30)	Ordabasy	2021[14]		18	0
20	Zhaslan Zhumashev		MF	(2001-09-27)27 September 2001 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		7	2
29	Dušan Jovančić		MF	(1990-10-19)19 October 1990 (aged 31)	Çaykur Rizespor	2021[16]	2022[16]	29	1
34	Alsaid Akhmetzhanov		MF	(2000-08-09)9 August 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		1	0
38	Rakhat Kabdullov		MF	(2000-02-20)20 February 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		2	0
46	Ali Abdibek		MF	(2003-06-23)23 June 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		1	0
47	Vyacheslav Kulpeisov		MF	(2001-12-24)24 December 2001 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		6	0
50	Bekzat Zhaparov		MF	(2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (aged 19)	Academy	2021		2	0
52	Nurbek Bayzhanov		MF	(2003-04-04)4 April 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		1	0
87	Zoran Tošić		MF	(1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 34)	Taizhou Yuanda	2021[8]	2021[8]	16	5
Forwards
30	Farid Shaymerdenov		FW	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		1	0
55	Ali Akhmet		FW	(2003-02-13)13 February 2003 (aged 18)	Academy	2021		3	0
77	Igor Sergeev		FW	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 28)	Aktobe	2021[17]		18	9
99	Elguja Lobjanidze		FW	(1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 29)	Kaisar	2021[3]		28	4
Players away on loan
	Artem Sherstov		MF	(1998-10-16)16 October 1998 (aged 23)	Academy	2019		15	1
Left during the season
19	Oralkhan Omirtayev		FW	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 23)	Shakhter Karagandy	2020[26]		19	2
23	Nemanja Nikolić		FW	(1992-10-19)19 October 1992 (aged 29)	Al Raed	2021[7]	2021[7]	19	8
40	Carlos Fonseca		MF	(1987-08-23)23 August 1987 (aged 34)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2020[27]		24	0

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 — MF  KAZ Artem Sherstov (at SDYUSSHOR No. 8)

No. Pos. Nation Player

Transfers

Main articles: List of Kazakhstan football transfers winter 2020–21 and List of Kazakhstan football transfers summer 2021

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 February 2021	GK		Yegor Tsuprikov	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed	[1]
18 February 2021	MF		Askhat Tagybergen	Kaisar	Undisclosed	[2]
18 February 2021	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	Kaisar	Undisclosed	[3]
18 February 2021	FW		Toni Silva	Taraz	Undisclosed	[4]
28 March 2021	FW		Nemanja Nikolić	Al Raed	Free	[7]
16 April 2021	MF		Zoran Tošić	Taizhou Yuanda	Free	[8]
1 July 2021	DF		Bagdat Kairov	Ordabasy	Free	[13]
2 July 2021	MF		Rúben Brígido	Ordabasy	Undisclosed	[14]
7 July 2021	MF		Dušan Jovančić	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	[16]
19 July 2021	FW		Igor Sergeev	Aktobe	Undisclosed	[17]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
1 March 2021	MF		Dušan Jovančić	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclosed	[6]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
13 January 2020	FW		Senin Sebai	Khimki	15 January 2021	[28][29]
16 January 2020	MF		Jaba Kankava	Valenciennes	16 January 2021	[30][31]
19 January 2020	MF		Petros Avetisyan	Noah	27 February 2021	[32][33]
19 January 2020	FW		Roman Murtazayev	Astana	23 February 2021	[34][35]
20 January 2021	MF		Nika Kvekveskiri	Lech Poznań	29 January 2021	[36][37]
19 February 2021	DF		Temirlan Yerlanov	Ordabasy	28 February 2021	[36][38]
29 June 2021	FW		Oralkhan Omirtayev	Shakhter Karagandy	5 July 2021	[12][39]
2 July 2021	MF		Carlos Fonseca	Kyzylzhar	12 July 2021	[15][40]
30 July 2021	FW		Nemanja Nikolić	Spartak Subotica		[18]
23 December 2021	GK		Yegor Tsuprikov	Shakhter Karagandy		[41]
31 December 2021	DF		Sultan Abilgazy	Turan
31 December 2021	DF		Ruslan Valiullin	Banned
31 December 2021	MF		Jérémy Manzorro	Astana	16 February 2022	[42]
31 December 2021	MF		Toni Silva	Turan	14 March 2022	[43]
31 December 2021	FW		Elguja Lobjanidze	Dinamo Batumi

Friendlies

RFS v Tobol

February 2021	RFS	0 – 0	Tobol	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report

Orenburg v Tobol

20 February 2021	Orenburg	0 – 1	Tobol	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Nurgaliev 13'

Dila Gori v Tobol

17 February 2021	Dila Gori	2 – 0	Tobol	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report

Olimp-Dolgoprudny v Tobol

23 February 2021	Olimp-Dolgoprudny	0 – 0	Tobol	Belek, Turkey
20:00 (UTC+6)		Report

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	14 March 2021	30 October 2021	Matchday 1	1st	26	18	7	1	54	18	+36	069.23
Kazakhstan Cup	10 July 2021		Group stage		9	6	0	3	17	16	+1	066.67
Super Cup	3 March 2021	6 March 2021	Semifinal	Final	2	0	2	0	5	5	+0	000.00
Europa Conference League	22 July 2021	12 August 2021	Second Qualifying Round	Third Qualifying Round	4	1	0	3	4	9	−5	025.00
Total					41	25	9	7	80	48	+32	060.98

Last updated: 6 November 2021
Source: Competitions

Super Cup

Main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Super Cup

Tobol v Kairat

3 March 2021 Semifinal	Tobol	3 – 3 (4 – 2 p)	Kairat	Turkistan
15:00 (UTC+6)	Malyi  19' 73' Tagybergen 10' Muzhikov 75'	Report	Alip  32'  90+5' Kosović 40' Mikanović  59' A.Shushenachev 67' Usenov  78' Alykulov 90+1'	Stadium: Turkistan Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
	Penalties
	Muzhikov Jovančić Tagybergen Lobjanidze		Dugalić Kosović Abiken Hovhannisyan

Tobol v Astana

6 March 2021 Final	Tobol	1 – 1 (5 – 4 p)	Astana	Turkistan
15:00 (UTC+6)	Malyi 15'  81' Nurgaliev  77' Abilgazy  89'	Report	S.Sovet  21' Barseghyan  45+2' S.Smajlagić  48' Ciupercă  76' Tomasov 90+1'	Stadium: Turkistan Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov
	Penalties
	Muzhikov Amanović Tagybergen Jovančić Nurgaliev		Beisebekov Ciupercă Murtazayev Barseghyan Tomasov

Premier League

Main article: 2021 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
26	18	7	1	54	18	+36	61	11	2	0	31	8	+23	7	5	1	23	10	+13

Last updated: 30 October 2021.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

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

Results

Tobol v Akzhayik

14 March 2021 1	Tobol	2 – 0	Akzhayik	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev 30'  45' Tagybergen 75'	Report	Takulov  7' R.Khairov  74' I.Antipov  84'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy

Aktobe v Tobol

20 March 2021 2	Aktobe	1 – 1	Tobol	Aktobe
19:00 (UTC+6)	Pertsukh  19' Sergeev 54' A.Azhimov  58' Manucharyan  72'	Report	Lobjanidze  2' Valiullin  10' 71' Nurgaliev  45' Tagybergen  51'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Astana

5 April 2021 3	Tobol	1 – 1	Astana	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	S.Zharynbetov  15' Amanović  31' Tomašević 31' (o.g.) Malyi  45+1' Tagybergen  73'	Report	Rukavina  42' Tomašević 83'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Zhetysu v Tobol

10 April 2021 4	Zhetysu	0 – 2	Tobol	Taldıqorğan
15:00 (UTC+6)	A.Adil  57' R.Aslan  76'	Report	Amanović 25' S.Zharynbetov  33' Jovančić  63' Lobjanidze 74' Muzhikov  85'	Stadium: Zhetysu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexander Gauser
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Kaisar

14 April 2021 5	Tobol	1 – 0	Kaisar	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Silva 2' Nurgaliev  82'	Report	Denković  19' Bitang  26'  73'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Elzhas Altynbekov

Kairat v Tobol

19 April 2021 6	Kairat	2 – 2	Tobol	Almaty
19:00 (UTC+6)	Kanté 20', 68' Hovhannisyan  25'  80'	Report	Nurgaliev 3' S.Zharynbetov  54' Valiullin  63' Nikolić 70' Tagybergen  72'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Turan

23 April 2021 7	Tobol	5 – 0	Turan	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 8', 63' Nurgaliev 44' (pen.) Miroshnichenko 76' Z.Zhumashev 84'	Report	T.Amirov  13'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatsky

Caspiy v Tobol

28 April 2021 8	Caspiy	2 – 1	Tobol	Aktau
15:00 (UTC+6)	Darabayev  4' Karayev 31' Cuckić 72'	Report	Silva  24' Valiullin  50' Omirtayev 90+4'	Stadium: Zhastar Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Taraz

2 May 2021 9	Tobol	3 – 0	Taraz	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 30', 42' S.Zharynbetov  39' Valiullin 82' Omirtayev  90+2'	Report	Z.Zhaksylykov  25'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis Izmaylov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Atyrau

9 May 2021 10	Tobol	2 – 0	Atyrau	Kostanay
18:00 (UTC+6)	Amanović  70' Muzhikov 80' Manzorro 90+3'	Report	Gian  33' Alex Bruno  56' Ayrapetyan  83'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Alexander Gauzer

Ordabasy v Tobol

15 May 2021 11	Ordabasy	1 – 1	Tobol	Shymkent
17:00 (UTC+6)	Yerlanov  36' Dosmagambetov  42' Kleshchenko  80' Tungyshbayev 87'	Report	Nurgaliev  40' Malyi  49' Jovančić  54' Tagybergen  62' S.Zharynbetov 67'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Kyzylzhar

19 May 2021 12	Tobol	2 – 0	Kyzylzhar	Kostanay
20:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 62' Muzhikov 77' (pen.)	Report	Danilo  51' N.Dairov  73' Lobantsev  75'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Bolat Karlibaev

Shakhter Karagandy v Tobol

24 May 2021 13	Shakhter Karagandy	0 – 3	Tobol	Nur-Sultan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Y.Kybyray  27' D.Atanaskoski  38' M.Gabyshev  65' Balashov  84'	Report	Tagybergen 30', 57' (pen.) Muzhikov  39' S.Zharynbetov  59' Lobjanidze 81'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: Aidyn Rakhimbaev

Tobol v Aktobe

29 May 2021 14	Tobol	2 – 1	Aktobe	Kostanay
20:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliev 17' (pen.) Miroshnichenko 29' Nikolić  65' Manzorro  75'	Report	Samorodov  40' Totadze  43' Dubajić 87'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

Astana v Tobol

13 June 2021 15	Astana	1 – 1	Tobol	Nur-Sultan
19:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 44' (pen.) Rukavina  64' Ciupercă  71'	Report	Amanović  22' Nikolić 29'  62' Manzorro  73'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Bulat Sariev

Tobol v Zhetysu

19 June 2021 16	Tobol	2 – 1	Zhetysu	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nikolić 36' (pen.) Nurgaliyev 48' (pen.) Amanović  62' Silva  67' Valiullin  82'	Report	A.Adil 19' A.Adakhadzhiev  38' Ablitarov  44' M.Golubnichy  47' N.Nurbergen  66'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

Kaisar v Tobol

23 June 2021 17	Kaisar	1 – 3	Tobol	Kyzylorda
21:00 (UTC+6)	Čađenović 27'	Report	Malyi 13' Manzorro  52' Miroshnichenko 63' R.Asrankulov 74'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatsky

Tobol v Kairat

28 June 2021 18	Tobol	2 – 2	Kairat	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Tagybergen  17'  59' Valiullin 53' Dugalić 66' (o.g.) Muzhikov  73'	Report	A.Shushenachev 23' Abiken  52' Kosović  54' Kanté  75' Vágner Love 76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Artem Kuchin

Turan v Tobol

3 July 2021 19	Turan	2 – 4	Tobol	Turkistan
21:00 (UTC+6)	T.Amirov 16'  27' Kerimzhanov  63' A.Abbas  68' Malyi 76' (o.g.)	Report	Kerimzhanov 33' (o.g.) Nurgaliev 56' (pen.) Malyi 84' Lobjanidze 87'	Stadium: Turkistan Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Tobol v Caspiy

12 September 2021 20	Tobol	2 – 1	Caspiy	Kostanay
20:00 (UTC+6)	Malyi 15' Jovančić  43' Brígido  68' Amanović 77' Zharynbetov  85'	Report	Karimov 40' Darabayev  41' Gavrić  45+1' Stanojević  90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Bulat Sariev

Taraz v Tobol

19 September 2021 21	Taraz	0 – 0	Tobol	Taraz
17:00 (UTC+6)	Malyi  40' Tagybergen  75' Jovančić  86'	Report	Kódjo  26' Adamović  65' Dosmagambetov  73' A.Taubay  77' Seysen  90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Atyrau v Tobol

27 September 2021 22	Atyrau	0 – 1	Tobol	Atyrau
18:00 (UTC+6)	Alex Bruno  34' Gian  39' Udo  63'	Report	Amanović 18' B.Kairov  90+3'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sergei Nozhenko

Tobol v Ordabasy

2 October 2021 23	Tobol	3 – 1	Ordabasy	Kostanay
17:00 (UTC+6)	Jovančić  6' Sergeyev 25' Nurgaliyev  52' Tošić 74' R.Asrankulov 86'	Report	S.Astanov 30' S.Tursynbay  31' S.Shamshi  62' Kleshchenko  77'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Denis Izmailov

Kyzylzhar v Tobol

17 October 2021 24	Kyzylzhar	0 – 2	Tobol	Petropavl
15:00 (UTC+6)	Smajlagić  19' Fonseca  45+2'	Report	B.Kairov  19' Lobantsev 33' (o.g.) Manzorro 77'	Stadium: Karasai Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sultan Abilgazy

Tobol v Shakhter Karagandy

24 October 2021 25	Tobol	4 – 1	Shakhter Karagandy	Kostanay
15:00 (UTC+6)	Marochkin 16' Sergeyev 31' Nurgaliyev 56' Lobjanidze 83' Z.Zhumashev  90+5'	Report	T.Nurseitov  22' A.Altynkhan  53' A.Giorgiadi 86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

Akzhayik v Tobol

30 October 2021 26	Akzhayik	0 – 2	Tobol	Oral
16:00 (UTC+6)	B.Omarov  28' Tapalov  62'	Report	Sergeyev 27' Brígido  38' Tagybergen 60' Malyi  70'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexander Zatula

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tobol (C)	26	18	7	1	54	18	+36	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Astana	26	17	6	3	53	25	+28	57	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Kairat	26	14	9	3	52	21	+31	51
4	Kyzylzhar	26	11	6	9	32	24	+8	39
5	Ordabasy	26	10	8	8	36	35	+1	38

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.^[44]
(C) Champions

Kazakhstan Cup

Main article: 2021 Kazakhstan Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tobol (A)	6	4	0	2	13	11	+2	12	Advanced to Quarterfinals
2	Taraz (A)	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10
3	Makhtaaral	6	2	3	1	13	9	+4	9
4	Atyrau	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2021. Source: PFLK
(A) Advance to a further round

Taraz v Tobol

10 July 2021 1	Taraz	1 – 3	Tobol	Taraz
20:00 (UTC+6)	B.Aitbayev 14' Baytana  67' A.Zhumabek  90+4'	Report	Tošić 5', 32' B.Kairov  78' Jovančić  86' Tagybergen 90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

Tobol v Atyrau

16 July 2021 2	Tobol	2 – 0	Atyrau	Kostanay
21:00 (UTC+6)	Silva 42' Tošić 90+1'	Report	Kuanysh Kalmuratov  24' Dmitrenko  57'  69' Medved  72'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rustam Omarov

Tobol v Makhtaaral

25 July 2021 3	Tobol	3 – 4	Makhtaaral	Kostanay
21:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 30' Z.Zhumashev 68' 68'  78' D.Aripov 83' (o.g.)	Report	V.Sedelnikov 8' E.Oralbai 11'  34' R.Liuhai 17' E.Serik  64' E.Levin  67' M.Hasein 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Galymzhan Kenzhalinov

Makhtaaral v Tobol

1 August 2021 4	Makhtaaral	4 – 0	Tobol	Atakent
18:00 (UTC+6)	M.Khasein  29' D.Koné 31' E.Oralbai  45+2' 87' B.Ryskul  47' E.Levin 51' S.Duiseshov 90+1'	Report	B.Zhaparov  20' R.Kabdullov  34' V.Kulpeisov  90'	Stadium: Alpamys Batyr Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Denis Izmailov
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Tobol v Taraz

8 August 2021 5	Tobol	2 – 1	Taraz	Kostanay
19:00 (UTC+6)	Nurgaliyev  24' S.Zharynbetov  42' Manzorro  50' Sergeyev 69' Abilgazy  68' 90+3'	Report	Baytana 44' Kódjo  53' A.Taubay  86'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Aidyn Rakhimbaev

Atyrau v Tobol

14 August 2021 6	Atyrau	1 – 3	Tobol	Atyrau
18:00 (UTC+6)	Allef 8' Dashyan  17' Udo  31' Alex Bruno  32' Stojković  52' Medved  63'	Report	Sergeyev 58' Muzhikov  62' Manzorro 75' Tošić 86'	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniyar Kurbanov

Knockout stages

Kyzylzhar v Tobol

21 August 2021 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Kyzylzhar	0 – 1	Tobol	Petropavl
17:00 (UTC+6)	Fonseca  16'  65' A.Kasym  28' D.Shmidt  44' Murachyov  62'	Report	Sergeyev 36' Marochkin  49'	Stadium: Karasai Stadium Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Aidyn Rakhimbaev

Tobol v Kyzylzhar

22 September 2021 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Tobol	1 – 0 (2 – 0 agg.)	Kyzylzhar	Kostanay
20:00 (UTC+6)	R.Asrankulov 61'	Report	A.Saparov  23' Murachyov  63' Podio  89'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

Shakhter Karagandy v Tobol

6 November 2021 Semifinal 1st leg	Shakhter Karagandy	5 – 2	Tobol	Nur-Sultan
15:00 (UTC+6)	Umayev 8', 45+1' D.Atanaskoski 14' Mawutor 48' Bukorac  83' Tattybayev 88' Shikavka  90'	Report	Tagybergen 45' Jovančić  45+3' Sergeyev 58' Zharynbetov  73' Z.Zhumashev  85' Malyi  86'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 600 Referee: Igor Chesnokov
Note: Match played at the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan, instead of Shakhter Karagandy's regular Shakhter Stadium in Karaganda.

Tobol v Shakhter Karagandy

21 November 2021 Semifinal 2nd leg	Tobol	0 – 2 (2 – 7 agg.)	Shakhter Karagandy	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Manzorro  63'	Report	Nazarenko 35' Toshev 39'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 650 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

UEFA Europa Conference League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

Hajduk Split v Tobol

23 July 2021 Second Qualifying Round 1st leg	Hajduk Split	2 – 0	Tobol	Split Croatia
01:00 (UTC+6)	Ljubičić 21', 53'  50'	Report	Amanović  39' B.Kairov  43'	Stadium: Stadion Poljud Attendance: 11,141[45] Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

Tobol v Hajduk Split

29 July 2021 Second Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Tobol	4 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 agg.)	Hajduk Split	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
21:00 (UTC+6)	B.Kairov  31' Jovančić  37' 56' Sergeyev 61', 67' Valiullin  81' Tagybergen 118'	Report	Vušković  14' Krovinović 70' Sahiti 90+4' Simić  94'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,000[46] Referee: Vladimir Moskalev (Russia)

Tobol v Žilina

5 August 2021 Third Qualifying Round 1st leg	Tobol	0 – 1	Žilina	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Amanović  58' Silva  77' Jovančić  90+2'	Report	Gono 27'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 0[47] Referee: Sergei Ivanov (Russia)
Note: Match played at the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan, instead of Tobol's regular Central Stadium in Kostanay, due to it not meeting UEFA requirements. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kazakhstan.

Žilina v Tobol

12 August 2021 Third Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Žilina	5 – 0 (6 – 0 agg.)	Tobol	Žilina, Slovakia
22:45 (UTC+6)	Ďuriš 14' Anang  16' Rusnák 41' Kaprálik  55' Bichakhchyan 64', 90+1' Slebodník 81'	Report	Valiullin  52' Jovančić  77' Malyi  90'	Stadium: Štadión pod Dubňom Attendance: 2,227[48] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Squad statistics

As of match played 21 November 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	KAZ	Roman Asrankulov	16	3	5+3	2	7	1	1	0	0	0
5	MF	KAZ	Daniyar Semchenkov	7	0	1	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	KAZ	Dmitri Miroshnichenko	22	3	10+7	3	1+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
8	MF	KAZ	Askhat Tagybergen	34	8	22+1	4	2+3	2	2	1	3+1	1
10	MF	KAZ	Serikzhan Muzhikov	25	4	10+6	2	3+1	1	2	1	1+2	0
11	MF	FRA	Jérémy Manzorro	29	3	15+5	2	5	1	2	0	0+2	0
12	GK	KAZ	Sultan Busurmanov	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	KAZ	Azat Nurgaliev	34	7	17+8	7	4	0	1+1	0	1+2	0
14	MF	KAZ	Samat Zharynbetov	35	1	21+3	1	6+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
15	MF	GNB	Toni Silva	33	2	15+9	1	3+2	1	0+1	0	1+2	0
17	DF	KAZ	Ruslan Valiullin	25	3	17	3	2	0	1+1	0	4	0
18	MF	POR	Rúben Brígido	19	0	3+3	0	4+5	0	0	0	3+1	0
20	MF	KAZ	Zhaslan Zhumashev	6	2	0+3	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
21	DF	KAZ	Sultan Abilgazy	15	1	3+5	0	7	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	KAZ	Aleksandr Marochkin	39	1	25	1	6+2	0	2	0	4	0
24	DF	KAZ	Bagdat Kairov	18	0	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	4	0
25	DF	KAZ	Serhiy Malyi	37	5	24+1	3	4+2	0	2	2	4	0
27	GK	KAZ	Vladimir Shpakovsky	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SRB	Dušan Jovančić	30	1	12+5	0	4+3	0	0+2	0	3+1	1
30	FW	KAZ	Farid Shaymerdenov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	KAZ	Dmitriy Panov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	KAZ	Ilyas Almukhamedov	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	KAZ	Alsaid Akhmetzhanov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	KAZ	Aleksandr Mokin	34	0	26	0	2	0	2	0	4	0
36	DF	KAZ	Aleksandr Krytsa	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	KAZ	Arman Tungushbaev	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	KAZ	Rakhat Kabdullov	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	KAZ	Bekzat Ermekbaev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	KAZ	Yegor Tsuprikov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	MKD	Aleksa Amanović	38	3	24	3	6+2	0	2	0	4	0
46	MF	KAZ	Ali Abdibek	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	KAZ	Vyacheslav Kulpeisov	6	0	0+2	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	KAZ	Marat Alpispaev	3	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF	KAZ	Andrey Drobyshev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	MF	KAZ	Bekzat Zhaparov	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
52	MF	KAZ	Nurbek Bayzhanov	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	FW	KAZ	Ali Akhmet	3	0	0	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	UZB	Igor Sergeyev	18	9	6+1	3	5+2	4	0	0	3+1	2
87	MF	SRB	Zoran Tošić	17	5	2+6	1	2+3	4	0	0	3+1	0
99	FW	GEO	Elguja Lobjanidze	29	4	8+14	4	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
Players away from Tobol on loan:
Players who left Tobol during the season:
19	FW	KAZ	Oralkhan Omirtayev	6	1	0+4	1	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
23	FW	SRB	Nemanja Nikolić	19	8	12+5	8	1	0	0	0	1	0
40	MF	POR	Carlos Fonseca	12	0	1+10	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	FW		77	Igor Sergeyev	3	4	0	2	9
2	FW		23	Nemanja Nikolić	8	0	0	0	8
	MF		8	Askhat Tagybergen	4	2	1	1	8
4	MF		13	Azat Nurgaliev	7	0	0	0	7
5	MF		87	Zoran Tošić	1	4	0	0	5
				Own goal	4	1	0	0	5
7	FW		99	Elguja Lobjanidze	4	0	0	0	4
	MF		10	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	1	0	4
9	DF		7	Dmitri Miroshnichenko	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		17	Ruslan Valiullin	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		45	Aleksa Amanović	3	0	0	0	3
	DF		3	Roman Asrankulov	2	1	0	0	3
	MF		11	Jérémy Manzorro	2	1	0	0	3
	DF		25	Serhiy Malyi	1	0	2	0	3
15	DF		25	Serhiy Malyi	2	0	0	0	2
	MF		15	Toni Silva	1	1	0	0	2
	MF		20	Zhaslan Zhumashev	1	1	0	0	2
18	FW		19	Oralkhan Omirtayev	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		14	Samat Zharynbetov	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		22	Aleksandr Marochkin	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		21	Sultan Abilgazy	0	1	0	0	1
	MF		29	Dušan Jovančić	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	54	17	4	4	79

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	UEFA Europa Conference League	Total
1	GK		35	Aleksandr Mokin	12	2	0	0	14
2	GK		12	Sultan Busurmanov	0	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	12	3	0	0	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
8		MF	Askhat Tagybergen	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
11		MF	Jérémy Manzorro	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13		MF	Azat Nurgaliev	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
14		MF	Samat Zharynbetov	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
15		MF	Toni Silva	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
17		DF	Ruslan Valiullin	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
18		MF	Rúben Brígido	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
20		MF	Zhaslan Zhumashev	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21		DF	Sultan Abilgazy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22		DF	Aleksandr Marochkin	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Bagdat Kairov	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	8	0
29		MF	Dušan Jovančić	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	10	0
38		MF	Rakhat Kabdullov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45		DF	Aleksa Amanović	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
47		MF	Vyacheslav Kulpeisov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50		MF	Bekzat Zhaparov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99		FW	Elguja Lobjanidze	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Tobol during the season:
19		FW	Oralkhan Omirtayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		FW	Nemanja Nikolić	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	52	2	16	0	4	0	12	0	84	2