The 2018
FC Tobol
FC Tobol () is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh professional association football, football club based at the Kostanay Central Stadium, Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. In 20 ...
season is the 20th successive season that the club playing in the
Kazakhstan Premier League
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (, ''Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy''), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the ...
, the highest tier of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
in Kazakhstan. Tobol will also play in the
Kazakhstan Cup
The Kazakhstan Cup is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan Football (soccer), football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for club ...
. After finishing the
previous season in third position,
Ordabasy would have qualified for the
Europa League first qualifying round but they failed to obtain a UEFA licence, meaning that Tobol qualified in their place.
Season events
Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as the club's manager following the expiration of
Robert Yevdokimov's contract. On 1 August, Vladimir Nikitenko resigned as manager after Tobol were eliminated from the
Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
.
Andrei Miroshnichenko
Andrei Gennadyevich Miroshnichenko (; born 21 December 1968) is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player. He is a technical director with FC Tobol.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1 ...
was appointed as Caretaker manager before
Marek Zub
Marek Zub (born 24 August 1964) is a Polish professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Polish club Stal Rzeszów.
Managerial statistics
Honours Manager
Žalgiris Vilnius
* A Lyga: 2013, 2014
* Lithuanian Footba ...
was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018.
Squad
Transfers
In
Out
Loans in
Loans out
Released
Competitions
Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
League table
Kazakhstan Cup
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
, -
, colspan="14", ''Players away from Tobol on loan:''
, -
, colspan="14", ''Players who left Tobol during the season:''
Goal scorers
Disciplinary record
References
External links
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FC Tobol seasons
Tobol
The Tobol (, ) is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is .
History
The Tobol River was one of the four important rivers of the S ...