2018 FC Astana season

FC Astana
2018 season
Chairman	Sayan Khamitzhanov
Manager	Stanimir Stoilov ; (until 1 March); Grigori Babayan (Interim); (1 March-1 June); Roman Hryhorchuk ; (from 1 June); Grigori Babayan (Interim); (from 17 August)
Stadium	Astana Arena
Premier League	1st
Kazakhstan Cup	Last 16 vs Makhtaaral
Champions League	Third-qualifying round vs Dinamo Zagreb
2017–18 Europa League	Round of 16 vs Sporting CP
2018–19 Europa League	Group Stage
Super Cup	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Marin Tomasov (14); All: Marin Tomasov (19)
Highest home attendance	29,737 vs Sporting CP ; (15 February 2018)
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 FC Astana season is the tenth 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 forth time the previous season. Astana will continue in the UEFA Europa League having finished second in their group at the end of the 2017 season. In the summer Astana will enter the Champions League, at the Second Qualifying Stage, and the Kazakhstan Cup.

Season events

On 8 January, Stoilov signed a new contract with Astana,^[1] but left to take over the vacant Kazakhstan nation team Managers position on 1 March,^[2] with Grigori Babayan being announced as his interim replacement on the same day.^[3] On 1 June 2018, Astana announced Roman Hryhorchuk as the club's new manager.^[4]

On 25 June, FC Tambov announced that Marat Bystrov had left to join Astana on a three-year contract, whilst also being rented to FC Tobol until the end of the 2018 season.^[5]

Igor Shitov left Astana on 3 July after his contract was not renewed,^[6] with Astana signing Antonio Rukavina and Richard Almeida the following day.^[7]^[8]

On 12 July, Astana announced that Junior Kabananga had re-joined Astana on a year-long loan deal from Al-Nassr.^[9]

On 14 July, Astana announced that Pedro Henrique had joined Astana on a year-long loan deal from PAOK.^[10]

On 20 July, Astana announced the signing of Rangelo Janga from KAA Gent.^[11]

On 23 July, Astana announced that Đorđe Despotović and Marko Stanojević had both left the club.^[12]^[13]

On 27 July, Astana confirmed that their all-time leading goalscorer Patrick Twumasi had moved to La Liga club Deportivo Alavés,^[14]^[15] the following day Yuriy Pertsukh was loaned to Atyrau.^[16]

On 17 August, Hryhorchuk left Astana on compassionate leave with Grigori Babayan again stepping in as Caretaker Manager.^[17]

Squad

As of match played 13 December 2018^[18]

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 36)	Kairat	2011	258	0
35	Aleksandr Mokin	GK	(1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 37)	Shakhter Karagandy	2016	50	0
53	Stanislav Pavlov	GK	(1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 24)	Tobol	2018	2	0
85	Oleg Medvedev	GK	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0
90	Vladislav Sayenko	GK	(2000-06-04)4 June 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0
Defenders
2	Antonio Rukavina	DF	(1984-01-26)26 January 1984 (aged 34)	Villarreal	2018^[7]	17	0
5	Marin Aničić	DF	(1989-08-17)17 August 1989 (aged 29)	Zrinjski Mostar	2014	194	9
15	Abzal Beisebekov	DF	(1992-11-30)30 November 1992 (aged 26)	Vostok	2012	242	5
25	Serhiy Malyi	DF	(1990-06-05)5 June 1990 (aged 28)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2016	43	3
27	Yuriy Logvinenko	DF	(1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 30)	Aktobe	2016	99	9
33	Alim Ilyasov	DF	(2000-06-22)22 June 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	2	0
44	Yevgeny Postnikov	DF	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 32)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2014	162	3
49	Dauren Iskakov	DF	(1999-04-25)25 April 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	1	0
55	Talgat Kusyapov	DF	(1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2016	2	0
57	Kashken Dinmuhammed	DF	(2000-01-04)4 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0
66	Samat Bortay	DF	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2018	1	0
68	Danijar Kushekbaev	DF	(1999-09-11)11 September 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2018	1	0
69	Yuri Akhanov	DF	(2002-07-31)31 July 2002 (aged 16)	Academy	2018	0	0
71	Samat Mazhit	DF	(2000-03-24)24 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	1	0
72	Sanzhar Aitym	DF	(2000-03-02)2 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	0	0
74	Sagi Sovet	DF	(2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	1	0
75	Adilzhan Dyusembaev	DF	(2001-02-24)24 February 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	1	0
77	Dmitri Shomko	DF	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 28)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2014	213	11
91	Lev Skvortsov	DF	(2000-02-02)2 February 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	2	0
93	Zhantore Zhumadilov	DF	(2000-01-20)20 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	1	0
Midfielders
6	László Kleinheisler	MF	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 24)	Werder Bremen	2018	54	2
7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	MF	(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 29)	Kaisar	2015	166	16
11	Pedro Henrique	MF	(1990-06-16)16 June 1990 (aged 28)	loan from PAOK	2018^[10]	19	3
14	Marin Tomasov	MF	(1987-08-31)31 August 1987 (aged 31)	Rijeka	2018	66	22
18	Ivan Mayewski	MF	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 30)	Anzhi Makhachkala	2017	85	5
19	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	MF	(1995-03-16)16 March 1995 (aged 23)	Taraz	2018	35	6
20	Richard Almeida	MF	(1989-03-20)20 March 1989 (aged 29)	Qarabağ	2018^[8]	19	1
21	Madi Zhakypbayev	MF	(2000-03-21)21 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	7	0
34	Sayan Mukanov	MF	(1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2017	1	0
37	Shadiyar Aryntay	MF	(1999-09-20)20 September 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2017	0	0
49	Nurdaulet Mamatov	MF	(1998-03-04)4 March 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2017	0	0
53	Alliyar Baltash	MF		Academy	2018	0	0
61	Artem Tsoi	MF	(2000-02-10)10 February 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2017	0	0
70	Sultan Sagnayev	MF	(2000-01-14)14 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	8	0
78	Alisher Saginov	MF	(1998-01-20)20 January 1998 (aged 20)	Academy	2016	0	0
79	Ruslan Makhan	MF	(2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2018	1	0
87	Zhaslan Kairkenov	MF	(2000-03-27)27 March 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	2	0
Forwards
30	Junior Kabananga	FW	(1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 29)	loan from Al-Nassr	2018^[9]	112	38
32	Rangelo Janga	FW	(1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 26)	KAA Gent	2018^[11]	20	4
45	Roman Murtazayev	FW	(1993-09-10)10 September 1993 (aged 25)	Irtysh Pavlodar	2017	84	16
54	Viktor Pron	FW	(1997-09-23)23 September 1997 (aged 21)	Academy	2017	2	0
72	Stanislav Basmanov	FW	(2001-06-24)24 June 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	1	0
78	Daniil Pichkarev	FW	(2001-09-10)10 September 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2018	1	0
80	Vladislav Prokopenko	FW	(2000-07-01)1 July 2000 (aged 18)	Academy	2016	11	1
81	Ramazan Karimov	FW	(1999-07-05)5 July 1999 (aged 19)	Academy	2018	2	1
99	Aleksey Shchotkin	FW	(1991-05-21)21 May 1991 (aged 27)	Taraz	2015	83	14
Players away on loan
8	Srđan Grahovac	MF	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 26)	Rapid Wien	2018	36	8
28	Yuriy Pertsukh	MF	(1996-05-13)13 May 1996 (aged 22)	Akzhayik	2018	7	1
54	Danil Podymksy	GK	(1993-05-13)13 May 1993 (aged 25)	Academy	2016	0	0
73	Didar Zhalmukan	MF	(1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 22)	Aktobe	2017	19	3
	Marat Bystrov	DF	(1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 26)	Tambov	2018^[5]	0	0
Left during the season
4	Igor Shitov	DF	(1986-10-24)24 October 1986 (aged 32)	Mordovia Saransk	2016	71	1
9	Đorđe Despotović	FW	(1992-03-04)4 March 1992 (aged 26)	Red Star Belgrade	2016	78	20
23	Patrick Twumasi	FW	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 24)	Spartaks Jūrmala	2015	171	69
31	Abay Zhunusov	MF	(1995-03-15)15 March 1995 (aged 23)	Academy	2016	6	0
88	Marko Stanojević	MF	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 30)	Shakhter Karagandy	2018	13	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
8	MF	BIH	Srđan Grahovac (at Rijeka)
28	MF	KAZ	Yuriy Pertsukh (at Atyrau)
54	GK	KAZ	Danil Podymksy (at Altai Semey)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
73	MF	KAZ	Didar Zhalmukan (at Atyrau)
—	DF	KAZ	Marat Bystrov (at Tobol)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 November 2017	MF	Yuriy Pertsukh	Akzhayik	Undisclosed	^[19]
25 November 2017	MF	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	Taraz	Undisclosed	^[20]
25 December 2017	MF	Marko Stanojević	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed	^[21]
1 January 2018	MF	Srđan Grahovac	Rapid Wien	Undisclosed	^[22]
1 January 2018	MF	Abay Zhunusov	Aktobe	Loan return
1 January 2018	MF	Didar Zhalmukan	Tobol	Loan return
1 January 2018	FW	Aleksey Shchotkin	Tobol	Loan return
1 July 2018	DF	Marat Bystrov	Tambov	Undisclosed	^[5]
1 July 2018	MF	László Kleinheisler	Werder Bremen	Undisclosed
1 July 2018	MF	Marin Tomasov	HNK Rijeka	Undisclosed
4 July 2018	DF	Antonio Rukavina	Villarreal	Undisclosed	^[7]
4 July 2018	MF	Richard Almeida	Qarabağ	Free	^[8]
20 July 2018	FW	Rangelo Janga	KAA Gent	Free	^[11]
30 January 2018	MF	Didar Zhalmukan	Aktobe	Loan return

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2018	MF	Gevorg Najaryan	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
9 January 2018	MF	Askhat Tagybergen	Kaisar	Undisclosed	^[23]
24 January 2018	DF	Berik Shaikhov	Akzhayik	Undisclosed	^[24]
31 January 2018	FW	Junior Kabananga	Al-Nassr	Undisclosed	^[25]
2 March 2018	GK	Abylaikhan Duysen	Shakhter Karagandy	Undisclosed
27 July 2018	FW	Patrick Twumasi	Deportivo Alavés	Undisclosed	^[14]^[15]
28 July 2018	MF	Abay Zhunusov	Akzhayik	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
12 July 2018	FW		Junior Kabananga	Al-Nassr	1 July 2019	^[9]
14 July 2018	MF		Pedro Henrique	PAOK	1 July 2019	^[10]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
13 February 2018	MF	Srđan Grahovac	Rijeka	31 December 2018	^[26]
21 February 2018	MF	Didar Zhalmukan	Ordabasy	2 April 2018	^[27]
2 April 2018	MF	Didar Zhalmukan	Aktobe	31 December 2018	^[28]
2 July 2018	DF	Marat Bystrov	Tobol	End of season	^[5]
28 July 2018	MF	Yuriy Pertsukh	Atyrau	End of season	^[16]
31 July 2018	MF	Didar Zhalmukan	Atyrau	End of season
	GK	Danil Podymksy	Altai Semey	End of Season

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
31 December 2017	FW	Azdren Llullaku	Virtus Entella	13 February 2018	^[29]
3 July 2018^[6]	DF	Igor Shitov	Dinamo Minsk	16 July 2018	^[30]
23 July 2018^[13]	MF	Marko Stanojević	Levadiakos
23 July 2018^[12]	FW	Đorđe Despotović	Orenburg	31 August 2018	^[31]
31 December 2018	GK	Aleksandr Mokin	Irtysh Pavlodar	4 January 2019	^[32]
31 December 2018	MF	Srđan Grahovac	Rapid Wien	15 January 2019	^[33]
31 December 2018	DF	Alim Ilyasov
31 December 2018	DF	Dauren Iskakov
31 December 2018	DF	Kashken Dinmuhammed
31 December 2018	DF	Samat Bortay
31 December 2018	DF	Danijar Kushekbaev
31 December 2018	DF	Yuri Akhanov
31 December 2018	DF	Samat Mazhit
31 December 2018	DF	Sanzhar Aitym
31 December 2018	DF	Adilzhan Dyusembaev
31 December 2018	DF	Zhantore Zhumadilov
31 December 2018	MF	Sayan Mukanov
31 December 2018	MF	Shadiyar Aryntay
31 December 2018	MF	Nurdaulet Mamatov
31 December 2018	MF	Alliyar Baltash
31 December 2018	MF	Artem Tsoi
31 December 2018	MF	Alisher Saginov
31 December 2018	MF	Ruslan Makhan
31 December 2018	FW	Viktor Pron
31 December 2018	FW	Daniil Pichkarev

Friendlies

22 January 2018	Astana	3–2	Spartak Moscow	United Arab Emirates
15:00 (UTC+6)	Stanojević 19' Tomasov 33' Despotović 75'	Report	Promes 79' (pen.) Pedro Rocha 89'

26 January 2018	Astana	3–1	Krasnodar	Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)	Malyi 9' Tomasov 24', 44'	Report	Claesson 35'	Stadium: New York University Abu Dhabi

29 January 2018	Astana	0–1	ŠK Žilina	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		Report	Jánošík 48'

4 February 2018	Astana	0–2	BK Häcken	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+6)		Report	Lundberg 3' Berggren 72'

6 February 2018	Astana	6–0	Liaoning Whowin	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 (UTC+6)	Pertsukh 33' B.Zaynutdinov 36' Shchotkin 42' Murtazayev 44' Despotović 89' Tomasov 90'	Report

8 February 2018	Astana	3–0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 (UTC+6)	Logvinenko 26' Despotović 67' Pertsukh 90+1'	Report

11 February 2018	Astana	11–0	Bolat	Astana
(UTC+6)	Despotović Kleinheisler Twumasi Shomko Murtazayev Stanojević Pertsukh B.Zaynutdinov	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena

Competitions

UEFA Europa League

Knockout phase

15 February 2018 Round of 32 1st leg	Astana	1–3	Sporting CP	Astana, Kazakhstan
22:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 7' Logvinenko 4762' Beisebekov 80' Mayewski 81'	Report	Coates 25' Fernandes 48' (pen.) Gelson 50' Doumbia 56' Carvalho 76'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 29,737^[34] Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

23 February 2018 Round of 32 2nd leg	Sporting CP	3–3 (6–3 agg.)	Astana	Lisbon, Portugal
00:00 (UTC+6)	Dost 3' Fernandes 53', 63'	Report	Tomasov 37' Kleinheisler 59' Twumasi 80' Shomko 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Super Cup

4 March 2018	Astana	3–0	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 55' Mayewski 59' Tomasov 62', 67'	Report	Gogoua 58'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 12,500 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	24	5	4	66	22	+44	77	14	3	0	41	8	+33	10	2	4	25	14	+11

Last updated: 11 November 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

Results

11 March 2018 1	Astana	3–0	Akzhayik	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 9' Muzhikov 50' 80' Malyi 75' B.Zaynutdinov 85'	Report	Eseola 56'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

17 March 2018 2	Zhetysu	0–2	Astana	Taldykorgan
15:00 (UTC+6)	Kozhamberdi 83'	Report	Twumasi 28' Shchotkin 45+3'	Stadium: Zhetysu Reserve Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

31 March 2018 3	Astana	2–0	Kaisar	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 9' Murtazayev 15' Tomasov 63'	Report	Coureur 12' Korobkin 76' Graf 81'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

7 April 2018 4	Irtysh Pavlodar	1–6	Astana	Pavlodar
15:00 (UTC+6)	I.Kalinin 73' Hernández 90'	Report	Zaynutdinov 39', 50', 61' Murtazayev 65' Pertsukh 70' Tomasov 88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

14 April 2018 5	Astana	1–1	Kairat	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Zaynutdinov 52' 74' Shomko 88' Tomasov 90+5' Kleinheisler 90+5'	Report	Silveira 40' Suyumbayev 60' Arshavin 71' 90+5' Kuat 72' Abiken 90+5'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

22 April 2018 6	Ordabasy	1–2	Astana	Shymkent
17:00 (UTC+6)	Tungyshbayev 44' Jighauri 85' Diakate 89'	Report	Beisebekov 23' Mayewski 27' Shchotkin 29', 38' Kleinheisler 32' Malyi 51' Stanojević 90+1'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

25 April 2018 19	Kyzylzhar	0–2	Astana	Petropavl
15:00 (UTC+6)	Coronel 43' T.Muldinov 74'	Report	Malyi 50' Aničić 70' Twumasi 80', 90+3' 80'	Stadium: Karasai Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

29 April 2018 7	Astana	1–0	Tobol	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Zaynutdinov 37' Twumasi 67' (pen.)	Report	Kassaï 34' Nurgaliev 41' Dmitrenko 61' Nusserbayev 66'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bolat Saryev

5 May 2018 8	Shakhter Karagandy	1–0	Astana	Temirtau
16:00 (UTC+6)	Najaryan 15' Shakhmetov 60' Kojašević 70' Mihunov 86'	Report	Muzhikov 78' Postnikov 90+1'	Stadium: Metallurg Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

9 May 2018 9	Astana	2–0	Kyzylzhar	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 58' Despotović 79' Tomasov 82'	Report	O.Altayev 8'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sergey Gorokhovodatskiy

13 May 2018 10	Atyrau	0–2	Astana	Atyrau
18:30 (UTC+6)	Khairullin 32' A.Saparov 32'	Report	Kleinheisler 32' Malyi 36' Twumasi 61' (pen.) Tomasov 64' Despotović 70'	Stadium: Tomarly Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

19 May 2018 11	Astana	3–1	Aktobe	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Despotović 1' Tomasov 7' Mayewski 44' Shomko 68'	Report	Reynaldo 17' 48'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

23 May 2018 22	Akzhayik	3–0	Astana	Oral
18:00 (UTC+6)	Khudobyak 4' E.Tapalov 39' M.Sapanov 47' Mané 54' Eseola 85' 86'	Report	Mayewski 15' Beisebekov 50'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

27 May 2018 12	Astana	3–0	Zhetysu	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Twumasi 26' Glavina 46' (o.g.) Kleinheisler 53' Shomko 68' Tomasov 74'	Report		Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Furkat Atajanov

31 May 2018 13	Kaisar	0–2	Astana	Kyzylorda
18:00 (UTC+6)	Lamanje 16'	Report	Despotović 19' Twumasi 22' Muzhikov 41' 65'	Stadium: Gani Muratbayev Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

17 June 2018 14	Astana	3–0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Kleinheisler 21' Murtazayev 40', 67' Despotović 60'	Report	Fonseca 55'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

24 June 2018 15	Kairat	1–2	Astana	Almaty
20:30 (UTC+6)	Kuat 30' 63' Juan Felipe 54'	Report	Despotović 45+2' 90+3' Shomko 52' Mayewski 54' Murtazayev 88'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 19,200 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

30 June 2018 16	Astana	5–3	Ordabasy	Astana
16:00 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 10' Murtazayev 34', 36' Shomko 45+1' Logvinenko 71' Shchotkin 90+1' Despotović 90+5'	Report	Diakate 9' (pen.) Fontanello 22' Bertoglio 54' 89' Bocharov 82' V.Li 90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

5 July 2018 17	Tobol	0–0	Astana	Kostanay
18:00 (UTC+6)	Nusserbayev 45' Turysbek 59'	Report	Muzhikov 16' Aničić 19' Kleinheisler 89'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi

14 July 2018 18	Astana	2–0	Shakhter Karagandy	Astana
20:00 (UTC+6)	Shchotkin 44' Tomasov 82'	Report	K.Pasichnik 54' Chichulin 90'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Bakhyt Kyzylbaev

28 July 2018 20	Astana	2–0	Atyrau	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Logvinenko 2' Malyi 62'	Report	Ablitarov 49'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bolat Saryev

4 August 2018 21	Aktobe	1–1	Astana	Aktobe
21:00 (UTC+6)	Simčević 54' Marjanović 57' Pizzelli 73'	Report	Beisebekov 27' S.Sagnayev 34' Janga 36'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

18 August 2018 23	Shakhter Karagandy	–	Astana	Karaganda
(UTC+6)				Stadium: Shakhter Stadium
Note: Match played on 31 October 2018

26 August 2018 24	Astana	3–0	Kyzylzhar	Astana
20:00 (UTC+6)	Shchotkin 13', 41', 72' S.Sagnayev 67'	Report	Drachenko 23' A.Shabaev 42' Stetsenko 52' Ceesay 73'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Anatolyi Vishnichenko

16 September 2018 26	Astana	0–0	Kaisar	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)		Report	Tagybergen 34' Graf 57' Were 63' D.Yevstigneyev 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

23 September 2018 27	Akzhayik	1–2	Astana	Oral
18:00 (UTC+6)	Basov 23' Karašausks 37'	Report	Richard 23' (pen.) Shchotkin 26' Beisebekov 38' Muzhikov 69'	Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Askhat Abdanbayev

26 September 2018 25	Atyrau	0–1	Astana	Atyrau
18:30 (UTC+6)	E.Abdrakhmanov 50' Kubík 54' A.Nurybekov 84' Obšivač 85'	Report	Henrique 48' Shchotkin 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Munaishy Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bagdat Abdullaev

30 September 2018 28	Astana	3–0	Zhetysu	Astana
18:00 (UTC+6)	Janga 38' Tomasov 85', 87'	Report	Mawutor 43'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bolat Karlibayev

7 October 2018 29	Aktobe	1–2	Astana	Aktobe
19:00 (UTC+6)	S.Zhumagali 55' A.Kakimov 58'	Report	Janga 42' Murtazayev 54' Malyi 60' Muzhikov 62'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Denis Tevyashov

20 October 2018 30	Astana	1–1	Ordabasy	Astana
19:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 53'	Report	Kovalchuk 19' Dosmagambetov 21' Moldakaraev 55' B.Shayzada 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Igor Chesnokov

28 October 2018 31	Tobol	1–0	Astana	Kostanay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Fedin 40' Nurgaliev 59' 79'	Report	Mayewski 42' Muzhikov 76'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Saken Bayimbet

31 October 2018 23	Shakhter Karagandy	3–1	Astana	Karaganda
19:00 (UTC+6)	Omirtayev 21', 27', 38'	Report	S.Sagnayev 60' Prokopenko 65' Karimov 85'	Stadium: Shakhter Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Furkat Atajanov
Note: Match originally scheduled for 18 August 2018

3 November 2018 32	Astana	3–2	Kairat	Astana
17:00 (UTC+6)	Rukavina 23' Tomasov 35' Zaynutdinov 39' Murtazayev 61' 90+3' Mayewski 90+1'	Report	Sarsenov 14' Paragulgov 22' Kuat 29' Vorogovskiy 37' Eseola 60' Akhmetov 87' Alip 90+1'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Artyom Kuchin

11 November 2018 33	Astana	4–0	Irtysh Pavlodar	Astana
15:00 (UTC+6)	Tomasov 21', 65', 68' Zaynutdinov 25' Janga 51'	Report	Fonseca 59' Camará 90+2'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Aydin Rakhimbayev

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana (C)	33	24	5	4	66	22	+44	77	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kairat	33	19	5	9	60	33	+27	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Tobol	33	15	8	10	36	30	+6	53
4	Ordabasy	33	13	7	13	38	44	−6	46
5	Kaisar	33	11	12	10	35	31	+4	45

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.^[35]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the winners of 2018 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

Kazakhstan Cup

18 April 2018 Last 16	Makhtaaral	3–1	Astana	Zhetisay
16:00 (UTC+6)	Oleg Pasechenko 35' Elmar Nabiev 39' 80' Geysar Alekperzade 42' Askar Abutsov 57' 63'	Report	S.Sovet 64' Prokopenko 86'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

11 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	1–0	Sutjeska Nikšić	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Aničić 12' Murtazayev 29' (pen.)	Report	Mi.Vučić 45' Bulatović 62' Cicmil 73'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 20,500^[36] Referee: Ferenc Karakó (Hungary)

19 July 2018 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Sutjeska Nikšić	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Astana	Nikšić, Montenegro
00:00 (UTC+6)	N.Nedić 52' Merdović 55'	Report	Despotović 38' Muzhikov 65'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 3,200^[36] Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

24 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	2–1	Midtjylland	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Kleinheisler 31', 90+4' Richard 81'	Report	Sanneh 19' Wikheim 51' Poulsen 70'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 23,010^[37] Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

1 August 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Midtjylland	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Astana	Herning, Denmark
23:00 (UTC+6)	Sparv 47' Korcsmár 59' Mabil 80' Okosun 90+6'	Report	Aničić 65' Mayewski 81' Muzhikov 90' Postnikov 90+6'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 8,731^[37] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

7 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Astana	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Mayewski 50'	Report	Hajrović 36' Budimir 39' Stojanović 41' Gojak 70' Olmo 84'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 26,500^[38] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

15 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Dinamo Zagreb	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	Astana	Zagreb, Croatia
00:00 (UTC+6)	Gavranović 74'	Report	Postnikov 44' Malyi 55'	Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

23 August 2018 Playoff round 1st leg	APOEL	1–0	Astana	Nicosia, Cyprus
23:00 (UTC+6)	Caju 79' Lucas Souza 84'	Report	Kleinheisler 55' Henrique 66' Rukavina 86'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

30 August 2018 Playoff round 2nd leg	Astana	1–0 (1–0 agg.) (2–1 p)	APOEL	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:00 (UTC+6)	Muzhikov 13' Henrique 16' (pen.) 108' Richard 57' Shomko 74' Aničić 98'	Report	Carlão 16' Sallai 18'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
	Penalties
	Richard Aničić Henrique Beisebekov		Nuno Morais De Vincenti Efrem Dellatorre Souza

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase
2	Rennes	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9	Advance to knockout phase
3	Astana	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
4	Jablonec	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 September 2018 1	Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Astana	Kyiv, Ukraine
22:55 (UTC+6)	Tsyhankov 11' Burda 42' Harmash 45+1' Rusyn 81'	Report	Aničić 21' Murtazayev 90+5'	Stadium: NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium Attendance: 21,783^[39] Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

4 October 2018 2	Astana	2–0	Rennes	Astana, Kazakhstan
20:50 (UTC+6)	Zaynutdinov 37' 64' Muzhikov 88' Henrique 89' Erić 89' Tomasov 90+1'	Report	Niang 41' Bensebaini 61'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 25,302^[40] Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

26 October 2018 3	Jablonec	1–1	Astana	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
01:00 (UTC+6)	Považanec 4' Trávník 80' Ikaunieks 86'	Report	Pedro Henrique 11' 31' Kleinheisler 49' Richard 76' Muzhikov 78'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 4,909^[41] Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

8 November 2018 4	Astana	2–1	Jablonec	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:50 (UTC+6)	Pedro Henrique 18' 55' Postnikov 88'	Report	Jovović 28' Zaynutdinov 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 20,092^[42] Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

29 November 2018 5	Astana	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:50 (UTC+6)	Postnikov 32' Kleinheisler 87'	Report	Verbič 29' Tchê Tchê 90' Harmash 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 26,508^[43] Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

13 December 2018 6	Rennes	2–0	Astana	Rennes, France
23:55 (UTC+6)	Bourigeaud 68' Sarr 68', 73'	Report	Zaynutdinov 52' Aničić 67'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 24,535^[44] Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

Squad statistics

As of match played 13 December 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		2017–18 Europa League		2018–19 Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	KAZ	Nenad Erić	37	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	8	0
2	DF	SRB	Antonio Rukavina	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	8	0
5	DF	BIH	Marin Aničić	42	1	27	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	7	1
6	MF	HUN	László Kleinheisler	44	2	23+5	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	2	0	7	0
7	MF	KAZ	Serikzhan Muzhikov	35	4	15+6	3	0	0	1	0	5+1	1	0	0	2+5	0
11	MF	BRA	Pedro Henrique	19	3	5+3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	3
14	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov	47	19	26+4	14	0	0	1	2	6	0	2	2	8	1
15	DF	KAZ	Abzal Beisebekov	34	0	24+4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0+3	0
18	MF	BLR	Ivan Mayewski	42	1	21+4	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	2	0	8	0
19	MF	KAZ	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	35	6	17+10	5	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	5+1	1
20	MF	AZE	Richard Almeida	19	1	5+3	1	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	6+1	0
21	MF	KAZ	Madi Zhakypbayev	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	KAZ	Serhiy Malyi	20	2	16+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
27	DF	KAZ	Yuriy Logvinenko	20	1	12+4	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	0+2	0
30	FW	COD	Junior Kabananga	17	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0	8	0
32	FW	CUW	Rangelo Janga	20	4	8+2	4	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+7	0
33	DF	KAZ	Alim Ilyasov	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	KAZ	Sayan Mukanov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	KAZ	Aleksandr Mokin	13	0	12+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	KAZ	Yevgeny Postnikov	35	1	18+2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	0	7	1
45	FW	KAZ	Roman Murtazayev	40	10	22+6	8	0	0	0	0	3+2	1	0+2	0	1+4	1
49	DF	KAZ	Dauren Iskakov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	GK	KAZ	Stanislav Pavlov	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	FW	KAZ	Viktor Pron	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	KAZ	Talgat Kusyapov	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	MF	KAZ	Samat Bortay	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	DF	KAZ	Danijar Kushekbaev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF	KAZ	Sultan Sagnayev	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF	KAZ	Samat Mazhit	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	FW	KAZ	Stanislav Basmanov	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	DF	KAZ	Sagi Sovet	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	DF	KAZ	Adilzhan Dyusembaev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	KAZ	Dmitri Shomko	38	3	22+1	2	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	1	4+2	0
78	FW	KAZ	Daniil Pichkarev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	MF	KAZ	Ruslan Makhan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	FW	KAZ	Vladislav Prokopenko	7	0	4+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	FW	KAZ	Ramazan Karimov	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	MF	KAZ	Zhaslan Kairkenov	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	FW	KAZ	Lev Skvortsov	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	DF	KAZ	Zhantore Zhumadilov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	KAZ	Aleksey Shchotkin	33	10	10+16	10	0	0	0+1	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players away from Astana on loan:
28	MF	KAZ	Yuriy Pertsukh	7	1	3+3	1	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
4	DF	BLR	Igor Shitov	7	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW	SRB	Đorđe Despotović	20	6	11+4	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0
23	FW	GHA	Patrick Twumasi	18	9	10+5	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
88	MF	SRB	Marko Stanojević	13	0	4+5	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Kazakhstan Cup	Super Cup	Champions League	2017–18 Europa League	2018–19 Europa League	Total
1	MF	14	Marin Tomasov	14	0	2	0	2	1	19
2	FW	99	Aleksey Shchotkin	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
2	FW	45	Roman Murtazayev	8	0	0	1	0	1	10
4	FW	23	Patrick Twumasi	8	0	0	0	1	0	9
5	FW	9	Đorđe Despotović	5	0	0	1	0	0	6
5	MF	19	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	5	0	0	0	0	1	6
7	FW	32	Rangelo Janga	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
7	MF	7	Serikzhan Muzhikov	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
9	DF	77	Dmitri Shomko	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
9	MF	11	Pedro Henrique	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
11	MF	25	Serhiy Malyi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
11	MF	6	László Kleinheisler	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
13	MF	28	Yuriy Pertsukh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	27	Yuriy Logvinenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	20	Richard Almeida	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	81	Ramazan Karimov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	80	Vladislav Prokopenko	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	18	Ivan Mayewski	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Marin Aničić	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	44	Yevgeny Postnikov	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	66	1	3	5	4	8	84

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Super Cup	Champions League	2018–19 Europa League	Total
1	GK	1	Nenad Erić	11	1	3	2	17
2	GK	35	Aleksandr Mokin	7	0	0	0	7
			TOTALS	18	1	3	2	24

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Kazakhstan Cup		Super Cup		Champions League		2017–18 Europa League		2018–19 Europa League		Total
1		GK	Nenad Erić	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		DF	Antonio Rukavina	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Marin Aničić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
6		MF	László Kleinheisler	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
7		MF	Serikzhan Muzhikov	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	12	0
11		MF	Pedro Henrique	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	0
14		MF	Marin Tomasov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Abzal Beisebekov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0
18		MF	Ivan Mayewski	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
19		MF	Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
20		MF	Richard Almeida	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
25		DF	Serhiy Malyi	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27		DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	1
44		DF	Yevgeny Postnikov	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
45		FW	Roman Murtazayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
70		MF	Sultan Sagnayev	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
74		DF	Sagi Sovet	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		DF	Dmitri Shomko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
80		FW	Vladislav Prokopenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Astana during the season:
9		FW	Đorđe Despotović	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		FW	Patrick Twumasi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Marko Stanojević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	54	0	1	0	1	0	9	0	6	1	21	0	92	1

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^ "Официально: Дидар Жалмукан игрок Ордабасы". fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АЛЕКСАНДР МОКИН ПЕРЕШЕЛ В ИРТЫШ". fcirtysh.kz/ (in Russian). FC Irtysh Pavlodar. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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^ "РЕГЛАМЕНТ ЧЕМПИОНАТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН ПО ФУТБОЛУ СРЕДИ КЛУБОВ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ НА 2018 год" [Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018] (PDF). Kazakhstan Premier League (in Russian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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External links

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[table_note_res_EL1Q0.1681404817701-35] Since the winners of 2018 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).

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[Marat_Bystrov-5] "Марат Быстров уезжает в Казахстан!". fc-tambov.ru/ (in Russian). FC Tanbov. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[Shitov_Leaves-6] "Игорь Шитов покидает Астану". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 3 July 2018. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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[Rangelo_Janga-11] "Форвард Рангело Янга подписал контракт с Астаной". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

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[Twumasi_Alavés-14] "Патрик Твумаси перешел в клуб испанской Ла-Лиги Алавес". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[Deportivo_Alavés-15] "El Deportivo Alavés incorpora al extremo diestro Patrick Twumasi". deportivoalaves.com (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[Pertsukh_Atyrau-16] "Юрий Перцух отдан в аренду в ФК Атырау". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 28 July 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

[Hryhorchuk_Leave-17] "Роман Григорчук временно покинул расположение ФК Астана". fcastana.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

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[Astana_Sign_Pertsukh-19] "Перцух подписал контракт с Астаной". fcastana.com (in Russian). FC Astana. 24 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[Astana_Sign_Zaynutdinov-20] "Лучший молодой игрок КПЛ 2017 подписал контракт с Астаной". fcastana.com (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[Astana_Sign_Stanojević-21] "Марко Станоевич подписал контракт с Астаной". fca.kz (in Russian). FC Astana. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.

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[Akzhayik_Sign_Two-24] "АКЖАЙЫК ПОДПИСАЛ ДВУХ НОВИЧКОВ". fc-akzhayik.kz (in Russian). FC Akzhayik. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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