The 2021

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

season was the 23rd successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season as Champions, reached the semifinals of the Kazakhstan Cup, won the

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and were knocked out of the Europa Conference League at Third Qualifying Round by

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Season events

On 18 February, Tobol announced the signing of Yegor Tsuprikov from

Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ;Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footbal ...

Askhat Tagybergen Askhat Tagybergenuly Tagybergen ( kk, Асхат Тағыбергенұлы Тағыберген, Ashat Tağybergenūly Tağybergen; born 9 August 1990) is a Kazakhstani professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier Le ...

and

Elguja Lobjanidze Elguja Lobjanidze ( ka, ელგუჯა ლობჯანიძე; born 17 September 1992) is a Georgian football player who is playing for China League One club Heilongjiang Ice City. Club career Lobjanidze made his debut in the Russian Pr ...

from Kaisar, and

Toni Silva Toni Brito Silva Sá (born 15 September 1993) is a Bissau-Guinean professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Aksu in the Kazakhstan Premier League. Career Early years Silva kicked off his career with the youth academy of Real Sport ...

from

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...

. Also on 18 February,

Serhiy Malyi Serhiy Viktorovych Malyi ( uk, Сергій Вікторович Малий; born 5 June 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ordabasy. Born in Ukraine, he plays for the Kazakhstan national team. Career Malyi is th ...

signed a new contract with the club until the end of the 2021 season. On 1 March, Tobol announced that they had signed

Dušan Jovančić Dušan Jovančić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Јованчић; born 19 October 1990) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Astana, Astana. Club career Borac Čačak ...

on loan from Çaykur Rizespor. On 28 March, Tobol announced the signing of Nemanja Nikolić on a free transfer after he'd left Al Raed. On 16 April, Tobol announced the signing of

Zoran Tošić Zoran Tošić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Тошић, ; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Greek Super League club Lamia. He has built a reputation as a free-kick specialist and a tricky dribbler. Toši ...

on a free transfer after he'd left

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. On 17 June,

Grigori Babayan Grigori Konstantinovich Babayan (russian: Григорий Константинович Бабаян; 2 April 1980) is a Kazakh football manager and a former player of Armenian descent, who is currently Head Coach of Astana. Career Club During h ...

left Tobol by mutual consent and was appointed by CSKA Moscow as a member of their coaching staff. The following day, Tobol confirmed Alexander Moskalenko as Acting Head Coach. On 29 June, Oralkhan Omirtayev left Tobol after his contract was ended by mutual agreement. On 1 July, Tobol announced the signing of

Bagdat Kairov Bagdat Sanatuly Kairov ( kk, Бағдат Санатұлы Қайыров, ''Bağdat Sanatūly Qaiyrov''; born 27 April 1993) is a Kazakhstani professional footballer who plays for Tobol. International career He made his debut for Kazakhstan nati ...

from Ordabasy, with

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also joining from Ordabasy the following day, and

Carlos Fonseca Carlos Fonseca Amador (23 June 1936 – 8 November 1976) was a Nicaraguan teacher, librarian and revolutionary who founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). Fonseca was later killed in the mountains of the Zelaya Department, Nicar ...

leaving the club after his contract expired. On 7 July, Tobol announced the return of

on an 18-month contract from Çaykur Rizespor, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June. On 19 July, Tobol announced the signing of Igor Sergeev from

Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of K ...

, after his previous loan deal had ended at the end of June. On 30 July, Tobol Nemanja Nikolić left Tobol by mutual consent.

Squad

On loan

Transfers

In

Loans in

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Super Cup

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

League table

Kazakhstan Cup

Group stage

Knockout stages

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="16", ''Players away from Tobol on loan:'' , - , colspan="16", ''Players who left Tobol during the season:''

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Official Website
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Tobol The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River was ...