Astana entered the group stage of the Europa League thanks to the victory over APOEL in the series of post-match penalties (1: 0 in regular time, 0: 1 in the first match).
Note that in recent matches the team is led by an assistant to Roman Grigorchuk Grigory Babayan. Roman Iosifovich temporarily left the club's location due to personal circumstances.
Astana - APOEL 1: 0 (0: 1 first match, 2:
1 in the penalties series).
Goal: Pedro Enrique, 16 (penalty) Astana: Erich - Rukavina, Postnikov, Anichich, Shomko-Tomasov, Majewski (Logvinenko, 120), Kleinhaysler (Beisebekov, 99), Pedro Enrique - Muzhikov (Rishard, 53) - Kabananga , 84) APOEL: Waterman-Vooros (Gentsoglu, 120), Morais, Carlao-Nsue, Zahid (De Vincenti, 64), Lucas, Caju-Al-Tamari (Efrem, 84), Guchannejad (Dellatorre, 94), Shallai Warnings : Muzhikov, Rishard, Shomko, Anichich, Pedro Enrique - Carlao, Shallai.