The 2020

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, they became Urozhay in ...

season is the 10th successive season that the club will play in the

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, the highest tier of

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in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat will also play in the

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and the

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Season events

On 11 January, Kairat announced the signing of

Kamo Hovhannisyan Kamo Hovhannisyan ( hy, Կամո Հովհաննիսյան, born on 5 October 1992) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Astana and the Armenia national team. Club career Kamo Hovha ...

to a two-year contract. On 19 January, Kairat announced the signing of Jacek Góralski to a three-year contract. On 27 January, Kairat announced the signing of Gulzhigit Alykulov on a two-year contract, with the option of a third, and the signing of

Abat Aimbetov Abat Kayratuly Aymbetov ( kk, Абат Қайратұлы Айымбетов, Abat Qairatūly Aiymbetov; born 7 August 1995) is a Kazakhstani professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for ...

to a one-year contract, with the option of a second. On 3 February, Danil Ustimenko extended his contract with Kairat until the end of the 2024 season, Adam Adakhadzhiev and Vyacheslav Shvyrev extended their contracts until the end of the 2023 season and Artur Shushenachev extended his contract until the end of the 2022 season. On 13 March, the

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announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the

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. On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April. On 26 March, Kairat announced the signing of

Kirill Kolesnichenko Kirill Aleksandrovich Kolesnichenko (russian: Кирилл Александрович Колесниченко; born 31 January 2000) is a Russian football player who plays as a left winger or left-back for Leningradets Leningrad Oblast on loan ...

to a three-year contract from Chertanovo Moscow. After Ramazan Orazov left the club in March to join

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, whilst still having a valid contract with Kairat, Kairat filled a grievance lawsuit with FIFA against the Latvian club, seeking compensation. On 26 July, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. On 3 July, the Kazakhstan Premier League was suspended for two-weeks due to the

. On 8 July, Kairat announced the signing of Brazilian international

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on a six-month contract, with the option to extend it. On 24 August, Kairat announced the signing of

Dzyanis Palyakow Denis Aleksandrovich Polyakov or Dzyanis Alyaksandravich Palyakow ( be, Дзяніс Аляксандравіч Палякоў; russian: Денис Александрович Поляков; born 17 April 1991) is a Belarusian professional foo ...

to an 18-month contract after his release by Ural Yekaterinburg. On 3 September,

joined

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. On 5 November, Kairat extended their contract with

until the end of the 2021 season, with Rade Dugalić extending his contract until the end of the 2022 season on 6 November, and Dino Mikanović also extending his contract for two year on 7 November. On 20 November,

Nebojša Kosović Nebojša Kosović ( cnr, Небојша Косовић; born 24 February 1995) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka and the Montenegro national team. Club career Vojvodina ...

extended his contract with Kairat for an additional two-years, with the club confirming that

Nuraly Alip Nuraly Paktuly Alip ( kk, Нұралы Пақтұлы Әліп, ''Nūraly Paqtūly Älıp'', ; born 22 December 1999) is a Kazakh professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit St. Petersburg and the Ka ...

is under contract with Kairat until the 2023 the following day. On 2 December, Nurlan Dairov and Konrad Wrzesiński left the club after their contracts had expired.

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

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Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

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Competitions

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Clean sheet

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Official Website
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