The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup is the 24th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition began on 29 March 2015 and will end with the final in November 2015. Kairat are the defending champions, having won their first cup in the 2014 competition.
The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.
Participating clubs The following 25 teams qualified for the competition: Premier Leagueall clubs of season 2015 First Divisionall clubs of season 2015 FC Aktobe FC Astana FC Atyrau FC Taraz Irtysh Pavlodar Kairat Almaty Kaisar Kyzylorda Okzhetpes Kokshetau Ordabasy Shymkent Shakhter Karagandy Tobol Kostanay Zhetysu Taldykorgan Аkzhayik Oral Baikonur Kyzylorda Bayterek Astana Bolat-AMT Temirtau Caspiy Aktau CSKA Almaty FC Ekibastuz Kyzyl-Zhar SK Petropavl Kyran Shymkent Lashyn Taraz Maktaaral Atakent Spartak Semey Vostok Oskemen
Schedule The rounds of the 2015 competition are scheduled as follows: Preliminary Round: 29 March 2015 Round 1: 12 April 2015 Round 2: 29 April 2015 Quarterfinal: 20 May 2015 Semifinal: 2 June–23 September 2015 Final: 21 November 2015 at Astana Arena, Astana
Preliminary round Matches of the preliminary round took place on March 29, 2015 and featured the 10 lowest placed clubs from the Kazakhstan First Division.
First round Matches of the first round took place on 11/12 April 2015 and featured the 5 winners from the preliminary round and the three remaining Kazakhstan First Division teams.
Second round Matches of the second round took place on 28/29 April 2015 and featured the 4 winners from the first round and the 12 Kazakhstan Premier League teams.
Quarter finals On 30 April 2015, the eight winners from the Second Round were drawn in to four Quarter Final ties, to be played on 20 May 2015.
Semi-finals
Final
Scorers 6 goals:
Patrick Twumasi, Astana
4 goals:
Đorđe Despotović, Kairat
3 goals:
Azamat Aubakirov, Ekibastuz Gerard Gohou, Kairat
2 goals:
Didar Zhalmukan, Aktobe Vladimir Vyatkin, Caspiy Amangeldy Duisembaev, Ekibastuz Bauyrzhan Islamkhan, Kairat Luka Rotkovic, Okzhetpes
1 goal:
Marcos Pizzelli, Aktobe Danilo Neco, Aktobe Viktor Dmitrenko, Aktobe Valeri Korobkin, Aktobe Sergei Khizhnichenko, Aktobe Artūras Žulpa, Aktobe Oleksiy Antonov, Aktobe Ivan Antipov, Akzhayik Igor Khromtsov, Akzhayik Anton Shurygin, Akzhayik Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev, Astana Birjan Kulbekov, Astana Aleksey Shchetkin, Astana Roman Pavinic, Bolat-AMT Dmitri Zverev, Bolat-AMT Vyasheslav Serdyukov, Caspiy Aslan Orazaev, CSKA Almaty Samit Shulagov, CSKA Almaty Marat Iskulov, Ekibastuz Viktor Pavlenok, Ekibastuz Igor Voynov, Ekibastuz Isael, Kairat Zhambyl Kukeyev, Kairat Mark Gorman, Kairat Sito Riera, Kairat Edin Junuzović, Kaisar Maxim Filshakov, Kyran Elmar Nabiyev, Kyzylzhar Egor Azovskiy, Okzhetpes Ruslan Sakhalbayev, Okzhetpes Taras Danilyuk, Spartak Semey Marat Togyzbay, Taraz Almir Mukhutdinov, Taraz Tomáš Šimkovič, Tobol Artem Deli, Tobol Temirlan Elmurzayev, Tobol Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, Tobol Igor Bugaev, Tobol Vyasheslav Erbes, Vostok Vitali Kuyanov, Vostok Bauyrzhan Turysbek, Zhetysu
Own goal
Sergey Kutsov (28 April 2015 vs Kaisar) Michal Smejkal (29 April 2015 vs Shakhter Karagandy)
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