2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final

The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 24th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Astana at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 21 November 2015 and was the final match of the competition.

2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final
The match programme cover
Event2015 Kazakhstan Cup
Kairat Astana
2 1
Date21 November 2015
VenueAstana Arena, Astana
RefereeCüneyt Çakir (Turkey)
Attendance10,500

Background

Kairat were playing a record 9th Kazakhstan Cup final. They had previously won 6, most recently last season's final against Aktobe. Their most recent defeat in the final was in 2005, losing 2–1 to Zhenis.

It was Astana's 3rd final. They had won both previous finals, most recently in 2012 with a 2–0 win over Irtysh.

Kairat and Astana had played twice during the league season. In the first game, on April 19, 2015 Astana won 4–3 at Astana Arena. Georgy Zhukov, Nemanja Maksimovic, Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev and Tanat Nusserbayev scored for Astana, and Gerard Gohou scored twice and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan scored once for Kairat. On June 28, 2015, Kairat won a victory 2–0 with goals from Isael and Bauyrzhan Islamkhan's penalty.

Route to the Final

Kairat
Round Opposition Score
SR Irtysh (H) 0–0 (4–1 p)
QF Taraz (H) 4–1
SF Tobol 1–5 (0–3 (A) / 1–2 (H))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Astana
Round Opposition Score
SR Ekibastuz (A) 2–3
QF Kaisar (A) (after extra time) 1–2
SF Aktobe 1–3 (0–2 (A) / 1–1 (H))
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Match

Details
Kairat2–1Astana
Despotovic  48'  70' Report Twumasi  28'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)
Kairat
Astana
GK1 Vladimir Plotnikov
DF2 Timur Rudoselskiy 83'
DF3 Zaurbek Pliyev
DF4 Bruno Soares
DF6 Zarko Markovic 64'
MF8 Mikhail Bakayev
MF9 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c)
MF15 Sito Riera
MF20 Islambek Kuat 89'
MF44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
FW28 Dorde Despotovic 44' 90+3'
Substitutes:
GK16 Serhiy Tkachuk
DF5 Mark Gurman 89'
DF13 Ermek Kuantayev
MF10 Isael da Silva Barbosa
MF17 Aslan Darabayev
MF24 Rifat Nurmugamet 83'
FW11 Gerard Gohou 90+3'
Manager:
Vladimir Weiss
GK1 Nenad Eric
DF15 Abzal Beisebekov 76'
DF44 Yevgeny Postnikov
DF5 Marin Anicic
DF77 Dmitri Shomko 15'
MF11 Serikzhan Muzhikov
MF19 Georgy Zhukov
MF6 Nemanja Maksimovic
FW22 Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev 76'
FW17 Tanat Nusserbayev (c) 86'
FW18 Patrick Twumasi
Substitutes:
GK85 Vladimir Loginovsky
DF28 Birzhan Kulbekov
DF33 Branko Ilic 68'
MF10 Foxi Kethevoama 76'
NF24 Denys Dedechko
FW9 Aleksey Shchotkin 86'
FW89 Junior Kabananga 76'
Manager:
Stanimir Stoilov

Man of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Artem Kuchin (Karagandy)
  • Reserve official: Zhumagali Mumbayev (Shymkent)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics
Statistic Kairat Astana
Goals scored 2 1
Possession 49% 51%
Shots on target 6 4
Shots off target 11 7
Corner kicks 6 2
Fouls 15 14
Offsides 3 0
Yellow cards 2 1
Red cards 0 0

References
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