2015 Kazakhstan Cup final

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

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 edit

Kairat edit

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 edit

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 edit

Details edit

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