FC Tobol

Following a surprise defeat to Kyzylzhar in the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup, manager Dmitriy Ogai left the club by mutual consent,[1] with Oleg Lotov being appointed as interim manager on 30 April 2016.[2] Lotov was replaced with Omari Tetradze as the club's manager on 30 May 2016.[3]

Prior to the start of the season, Vladimir Nikitenko was appointed as Tobol'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.[4] Andrei Miroshnichenko was appointed as Caretaker manager before Marek Zub was announced as Tobol's new manager on 6 August 2018.[5] On 31 December 2018, Zub left Tobol after his contract wasn't renewed,[6] and Vladimir Gazzayev was appointed as the club's new manager.[7] Gazzayev resigned as manager on 21 July 2019 after Tobol were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League by Jeunesse Esch.[8]

On 14 December 2019, Grigori Babayan was appointed as manager of FC Tobol.[9]

Domestic history

Season	Level	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Points	Domestic Cup	Top goalscorer
1992	1st	13	26	7	3	16	29	45	17		V.Velman –
1993		8	22	7	5	10	26	31	19		O.Malyshev – 19
1994		10	30	11	5	14	42	37	27		M.Nizovtsev – 20
1995		12	30	10	6	14	28	33	36		O.Malyshev –
1996		11	34	10	15	9	35	35	45		O.Malyshev –
1999		8	30	12	5	13	28	29	41		E.Glazunov –
2000		7	28	13	3	12	42	39	42		A.Gornalev –
2001		6	32	15	4	13	48	43	49		Zhumaskaliyev – 12
2002		3	32	15	7	10	45	43	52		M.Mazbaev – 9
2003		2	32	24	4	4	55	19	76	Runners-up	Zhumaskaliyev – 16
2004		3	36	22	11	3	87	27	60		Bakayev – 22
2005		2	30	21	6	3	53	21	69		Bakayev – 15
2006		3	30	16	8	6	43	22	56		Zhumaskaliyev – 14
2007		2	30	19	7	4	60	20	64	Winners	S.Ostapenko – 10
2008		2	30	20	7	3	58	21	67	Semi-final	A.Golban –
2009		4	26	14	9	3	54	23	51	Second round	W.Baýramow – 18
2010		1	32	19	7	6	53	25	64	Quarter-final	U.Bakayev – 16
2011		7	32	14	3	15	48	44	32	Runners-up	S.Gridin – 12
2012		6	26	13	6	7	42	27	45	Quarter-final	B.Dzholchiyev – 8
2013		7	32	14	6	12	48	33	35	Quarter-final	I.Bugaiov – 13
2014		7	32	10	12	10	35	35	26	Quarter-final	T.Šimkovič – 5 N.Zhumaskaliyev – 5 J.Jeslínek – 5
2015		7	32	12	6	14	32	42	30	Semi-final	T.Šimkovič – 5 N.Zhumaskaliyev – 5 U.Kalu – 5
2016		7	32	12	5	15	40	10	41	Last 16	S.Khizhnichenko – 10
2017		5	33	12	11	10	36	26	47	Last 16	A.Shchotkin – 10
2018		3	33	15	8	10	36	30	53	Quarter-final	A.Nurgaliev – 8
2019		4	33	19	6	8	45	27	63	Semi-final	A.Nurgaliev – 10

Continental history

Tobol performed remarkably in their first European appearance, reaching the third round of the Intertoto Cup 2003. They beat Polonia Warszawa and Sint-Truiden, and lost to SV Pasching. In UEFA Cup 2006-07 FC Basel were hard nuts to crack for Tobol. They won the Intertoto Cup 2007, defeating FC Zestafoni, Slovan Liberec and OFI Crete and advanced to 2nd qualifying round of UEFA Cup 2007-08.

As of match played 18 July 2019

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
European Cup / Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	16	4	4	8	11	18	−7	025.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	12	8	1	3	16	8	+8	066.67
Total	29	12	5	12	28	29	−1	041.38

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
2003	Intertoto Cup	1R	Polonia Warszawa	2–1	3–0	5–1
		2R	Sint-Truidense	1–0	2–0	3–0
		3R	SV Pasching	0–1	0–3	0–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	FC Basel	0–0	1–3	1–3
2007	Intertoto Cup	1R	FC Zestafoni	3–0	0–2	3–2
		2R	Slovan Liberec	1–1	2–0	3–1
		3R	OFI Crete	1–0	1–0	2–0
2007–08	UEFA Cup	2Q	Dyskobolia Grodzisk	0–1	0–2	0–3
2008–09	UEFA Cup	1Q	Austria Wien	1–0	0–2	1–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Galatasaray	1–1	0–2	1–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Zrinjski Mostar	1–2	1–2	2–4
2011–12	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	0–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Samtredia	2–0	1–0	3–0
		2Q	Pyunik	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Jeunesse Esch	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)

• Kazakhstan Premier League

Winners (1): 2010

• Kazakhstan Cup

Winners (1): 2007

• UEFA Intertoto Cup[10]

Winners (1): 2007

As of 26 February 2020[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 4 DF Arman Hovhannisyan 6 DF Stephen Eze 7 DF Dmitri Miroshnichenko 8 DF Temirlan Yerlanov 10 MF Nika Kvekveskiri 11 MF Serikzhan Muzhikov 12 GK Sultan Busurmanov 13 MF Azat Nurgaliev 14 MF Samat Zharynbetov 15 FW Oralkhan Omirtayev 17 MF Ruslan Valiullin 18 MF Daniyar Semchenkov

No. Position Player 19 FW Senin Sebai 20 MF Jaba Kankava 21 DF Sultan Abilgazy 23 DF Roman Asrankulov 24 DF Aleksa Amanović 26 DF Sagadat Tursynbay 30 GK Igor Shatskiy 35 GK Aleksandr Mokin 45 FW Roman Murtazayev 70 MF Luka Zarandia (on loan from Zulte Waregem) 77 MF Petros Avetisyan 96 MF Maxim Fedin

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