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.

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.

[3] On 21 November, Irtysh signed Miloš Stamenković, Carlos Fonseca, Arman Kenesov, Serikbol Kapanov, Alexander Zarutsky and Dmitry Schmidt to new contracts.

[4] On 29 November, Irtysh announced that Arman Nusip and Rafkat Aslan had signed new contracts with the club.