The 2014 Kazakhstan Cup final was the 23rd final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Kairat and Aktobe at Astana Arena in Astana. The match was played on 22 November 2014 and was the final match of the competition.
Background Kairat played a record 8th Kazakhstan Cup-final. They won 5 finals, the last time in the 2003 season against Tobol. Their last defeat in the final was in 2005, having lost 2–1 to Zhenis.
It was the 3rd final for Aktobe. They had won only once, in the 2008 season against Alma-Ata. Their other defeat in the final was in 1994, having lost 1–0 to Vostok.
Kairat and Aktobe played twice during the league season. On May 1, 2015 Aktobe won the first game 1–0 at Central Stadium. The only goal in the match was scored by Marat Khairullin. On June 6, 2015 Kairat crushed Aktobe with the score 7-1. Goals were scored by: Gerard Gohou (hat trick), Josip Knezevic (double), Zaurbek Pliyev, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (Kairat) and Oleksiy Antonov (Aktobe).
Route to the Final
Kairat RoundOppositionScoreFROkzhetpes (A)1–3SRGefest (H)3–1 QFAtyrau (A)1–3SFShakhter 4–0 (2–0 (H) / 0–2 (A))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Aktobe RoundOppositionScoreFRDid not participateNot playedSRKaisar (A)0–3QFTaraz (H) 2–1SFAstana 2–2 (3–4 p) (1–1 (H) / 1–1 (A))Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.
Match
Details
GK 24 Serhiy TkachukDF 3 Mark Gurman DF 6 Zarko MarkovicDF 20 Lubomir Michalik MF 17 Aslan Darabayev MF 31 Isael da Silva BarbosaMF 9 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan (c)MF 13 Ermek KyantayevMF 32 Islambek KuatFW 30 Gerard Gohou MF 26 Sito Riera Substitutes:GK 51 Vladimir GroshevDF 18 Timur Rudoselskiy MF 25 Oybek BaltabayevMF 10 Josip KnezevicFW 14 Bauyrzhan Baytana FW 28 Stanislav Lunin FW 29 Vitali LiManager: Vladimir Weiss GK 55 Andrei SidelnikovDF 16 Robert Arzumanyan DF 23 Yuri LogvinenkoDF 7 Dmitri MiroshnichenkoDF 70 Anderson Santana dos Santos MF 21 Valeri Korobkin MF 9 Marcos Pizzelli MF 17 Askhat Tagybergen MF 10 Marat Khairullin (c)MF 6 Taras Tsarikayev FW 86 Oleksiy AntonovSubstitutes:GK 40 Almat BekbayevDF 3 Aleksei MuldarovMF 18 Pavel Shabalin FW 73 Didar Zhalmukan MF 80 Timur KapadzeFW 78 Ihar ZyankovichFW 95 Abat Ayimbetov Manager: Vladimir Gazzayev
Man of the match
Match officials Assistant referees: Serik Zhappasbayev (Kyzylorda) Yevgeni Belski (Taraz) Fourth official: Elesh Kusainov (Astana) Reserve official: Igor Khisamutdinov (Pavlodar)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 StatisticKairatAktobeGoals scored 4 1Possession 38% 62%Shots on target 9 5Shots off target 10 11Corner kicks 5 1Fouls 12 12Offsides 1 2Yellow cards 2 2Red cards 1 0
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