The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup final was the 24th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Astana and Kairat at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 21 November 2015 and was the final match of the competition.
Background It was Astana's third Kazakhstan Cup final. They had won both previous finals, most recently in 2012 with a 2–0 win over Irtysh.
Kairat were playing a record ninth 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.
Astana and Kairat 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 Astana RoundOppositionScoreSREkibastuz (A)2–3QFKaisar (A) (after extra time)1–2SFAktobe 1–3 (0–2 (A) / 1–1 (H))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Kairat RoundOppositionScoreSRIrtysh (H)0–0 (4–1 p)QFTaraz (H)4–1SFTobol 1–5 (0–3 (A) / 1–2 (H))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Match Details
GK 1 Nenad EricDF 15 Abzal Beisebekov DF 44 Yevgeny PostnikovDF 5 Marin AnicicDF 77 Dmitri Shomko MF 11 Serikzhan Muzhikov MF 19 Georgy ZhukovMF 6 Nemanja Maksimovic FW 22 Bauyrzhan Dzholchiyev FW 17 Tanat Nusserbayev (c) FW 18 Patrick TwumasiSubstitutes:GK 85 Vladimir LoginovskyDF 28 Birzhan KulbekovDF 33 Branko Ilic MF 10 Foxi Kethevoama NF 24 Denys DedechkoFW 9 Aleksey Shchotkin FW 89 Junior Kabananga Manager: Stanimir Stoilov GK 1 Vladimir PlotnikovDF 2 Timur Rudoselskiy DF 3 Zaurbek Pliyev DF 4 Bruno SoaresDF 6 Zarko Markovic MF 8 Mikhail BakayevMF 9 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c)MF 15 Sito RieraMF 20 Islambek Kuat MF 44 Anatoliy TymoshchukFW 28 Dorde Despotovic Substitutes:GK 16 Serhiy TkachukDF 5 Mark Gurman DF 13 Ermek KuantayevMF 10 Isael da Silva BarbosaMF 17 Aslan DarabayevMF 24 Rifat Nurmugamet FW 11 Gerard Gohou Manager: Vladimir Weiss
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 StatisticAstanaKairatGoals scored 1 2Possession 51% 49%Shots on target 4 6Shots off target 7 11Corner kicks 2 6Fouls 14 15Offsides 0 3Yellow cards 1 2Red cards 0 0
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