2015 Kazakhstan Cup final

2015 Kazakhstan Cup Final

The match programme cover
Event	2015 Kazakhstan Cup
Kairat Astana 2 1
Date	21 November 2015
Venue	Astana Arena, Astana
Referee	Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)
Attendance	10,500

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.

Background

Kairat were playing a record ninth 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 third 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

21 November 2015

15:00 AST

Kairat	2–1	Astana
Despotovic 48', 70'	Report	Twumasi 28'

Astana Arena, Astana

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)

Kairat

Astana

GK 1 Vladimir Plotnikov DF 2 Timur Rudoselskiy  83' DF 3 Zaurbek Pliyev DF 4 Bruno Soares DF 6 Zarko Markovic  64' MF 8 Mikhail Bakayev MF 9 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c) MF 15 Sito Riera MF 20 Islambek Kuat  89' MF 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk FW 28 Dorde Despotovic  44'  90+3' Substitutes: GK 16 Serhiy Tkachuk DF 5 Mark Gurman  89' DF 13 Ermek Kuantayev MF 10 Isael da Silva Barbosa MF 17 Aslan Darabayev MF 24 Rifat Nurmugamet  83' FW 11 Gerard Gohou  90+3' Manager: Vladimir Weiss

GK 1 Nenad Eric DF 15 Abzal Beisebekov  76' DF 44 Yevgeny Postnikov DF 5 Marin Anicic DF 77 Dmitri Shomko  15' MF 11 Serikzhan Muzhikov MF 19 Georgy Zhukov MF 6 Nemanja Maksimovic FW 22 Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev  76' FW 17 Tanat Nusserbayev (c)  86' FW 18 Patrick Twumasi Substitutes: GK 85 Vladimir Loginovsky DF 28 Birzhan Kulbekov DF 33 Branko Ilic  68' MF 10 Foxi Kethevoama  76' NF 24 Denys Dedechko FW 9 Aleksey Shchotkin  86' FW 89 Junior Kabananga  76' Manager: Stanimir Stoilov

Man of the match Match officials Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarik Ongun (Turkey) 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