The 2019 FC Irtysh Pavlodar season was the 28th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Irtysh also participate in the Kazakhstan Cup, reaching the Quarterfinal's before defeat to Kaisar, and finishing 8th in the Premier League.
Season events
At the end of April, rumors that manager Dimitar Dimitrov had left his role where downplayed by the club,[1] however Dimitrov and his coaching staff subsequently went AWOL for Irtysh Pavlodar's match against Zhetysu on 1 May. The following day, 2 May, Dimitrov and his staff where summoned by clubs leadership to explain their absence, an explanation that wasn't demean valid by the club but he was suspended over the matter, with Sergey Klimov being appointed as caretaker manager.[2]
Note: Match played at the Astana Arena instead of Shakhter Karagandy's regular home ground, Shakhter Stadium, Astana was re-named Nur-Sultan on 23 March 2019.