The 2019

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 was the 21st successive season that the club played 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

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in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season in 4th position, reached the Semifinals of 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 ...

and were knocked out of 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 ...

at the first qualifying round.

Season Events

On 31 December 2018, Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager. Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July, after Tobol were eliminated from the

2019–20 UEFA Europa League The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League was the 49th season of Europe's secondary club association football, football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Sevilla FC, Sevill ...

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. On 22 July,

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (, ''Nūrbol Jūmasqaliev''; born 11 May 1981) is a Kazakh football coach and a former player who played as a attacking midfielder and forward. He is the manager of Tobol and an assistant coach with the Kazakhstan national ...

was appointed as Caretaker manager of Tobol.

New Contracts

On 22 November 2018, Tobol signed new two-year contracts with Sultan Busurmanov, Sultan Abilgazy,

Nika Kvekveskiri Nikoloz "Nika" Kvekveskiri() ( ka, ნიკოლოზ "ნიკა" კვეკვესკირი, tr, , ; born 29 May 1992), nicknamed Kvekve, is a Georgian professional footballer who most recently played as a defensive midfielder for ...

and

Jaba Kankava Jaba Kankava ( ka, ჯაბა კანკავა, tr, ; born 18 March 1986) is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Dinamo Tbilisi. Kankava is the three-time winner of Slovakia's Slovak First Football ...

. On 14 December 2018, Azat Nurgaliev signed a new one-year contract with Tobol, with Samat Zharynbetov signing a new two-year contract on 27 December 2018. On 13 January 2019, Grigori Sartakov signed a new two-year contract with Tobol, whilst Viktor Dmitrenko and

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both signed new one-year contracts on 18 January 2019. Aleksandr Zhukov signed a new one-year contract with Tobol on 26 January.

Squad

On loan

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Trial

Friendlies

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

Official Website
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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 ...