2019 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 28th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana defended their title, winning the championship for the sixth season in a row, whilst FC Atyrau and FC Aktobe were relegated and FC Taraz survived a relegation playoff against FC Akzhayik.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2019
ChampionsAstana
RelegatedAtyrau
Aktobe
Champions LeagueAstana
Europa LeagueKairat
Ordabasy
Kaisar (via Kazakhstan Cup)
Matches played192
Goals scored495 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorerMarin Tomasov (19)
Aderinsola Eseola (19)
Highest attendance16,200- Astana vs Kairat
(20 October 2019)
Lowest attendance200 - Atyrau vs Taraz
(31 May 2019)
Total attendance720,250
Average attendance3,751
(10 November 2019)
2018
2020
All statistics correct as of 11 November 2019.

Teams

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FC Kyzylzhar and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2018 season, and were replaced by FC Okzhetpes and FC Taraz.

Team overview

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Locations of teams in the 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000
Astana Nur-Sultan Nur-Sultan Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,690
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gani Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Okzhetpes Kokshetau Alisher Sagynbayev Stadium 4,158
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Taraz Taraz Yerkebulan Babayev Stadium 11,525
Tobol Kostanay Bauyrzhan Sagintayev Stadium 10,500
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Samat Suyumbayev Stadium 4,000

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aktobe   Mykhaylo Fomenko   Marcos Pizzelli Adidas  —
Astana   Roman Hryhorchuk   Dmitri Shomko Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau   Yuri Krasnozhan   Marat Khayrullin Nike  —
Irtysh   Samvel Babayan   Nikita Kalmykov Nike ENRC
Kairat   Talgat Baysufinov   Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike Halyk Bank
Kaisar   Stoycho Mladenov   Maksat Baizhanov Nike  —
Okzhetpes   Bakhytzhan Babayev Adidas  —
Ordabasy   Kakhaber Tskhadadze   Azat Nurgaliev Nike Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter   Nikolay Kostov   Evgeniy Tarasov Nike BTL Kazakhstan
Taraz   Nurken Mazbaev   Ilya Vorotnikov Nike  —
Tobol   Vladimir Gazzayev   Azat Nurgaliev Adidas Polymetal
Zhetysu   Dmitry Ogai Adidas  —

Foreign players

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The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Aktobe   Marcos Pizzelli   Hrvoje Miličević   Oleksandr Kitsak
Astana   Ivan Mayewski   Luka Šimunović   Marin Tomasov   Rangelo Janga   Ndombe Mubele   Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson   Žarko Tomašević   Dorin Rotariu   Antonio Rukavina
Atyrau   Alex Bruno   Sebastijan Antić   Antun Marković   Jacques Alberto Ngwem   Piotr Grzelczak   Islamnur Abdulavov   Vitali Ustinov   Boubacar Mansaly   Rizvan Ablitarov
Irtysh   Jérémy Manzorro   Patrik Hidi   Carlos Fonseca   Dejan Georgijević   Milan Mirosavljev   Miloš Stamenković   Uroš Vitas   Ruslan Mingazow
Kairat   Syarhey Palitsevich   Dino Mikanović   Márton Eppel   Han Jeong-uh   Nebojša Kosović   Konrad Wrzesiński   Rade Dugalić   Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar   Tigran Barseghyan   Joshua John   Ivan Sadownichy   Abdel Lamanje   Ivan Graf   André Bukia   Kule Mbombo   Bratislav Punoševac
Okzhetpes   Danilo Almeida Alves   Plamen Dimov   Artjom Dmitrijev   Deimantas Petravičius   Darko Zorić   Milan Stojanović   Ivan Bobko
Ordabasy   Pablo Fontanello   Ziguy Badibanga   Mirzad Mehanović   João Paulo   May Mahlangu   Abdoulaye Diakate   Kyrylo Kovalchuk
Shakhter   Ivan Pešić   Sergei Zenjov   Donjet Shkodra   Reginaldo   Miloš Vidović   Luwagga Kizito   Artem Baranovskyi   Yevhen Tkachuk
Taraz   Elivelto   Gian   Lasha Kasradze   Elguja Lobjanidze   Mihailo Jovanović   Aleksandar Simčević   Nemanja Subotić   Serge Nyuiadzi
Tobol   Emil Balayev   Fernander Kassaï   Nika Kvekveskiri   Jaba Kankava   Senin Sebai   Vytautas Andriuškevičius   Artūras Žulpa   Nikita Bocharov
Zhetysu   Kamo Hovhannisyan   Andrey Lebedzew   Nikita Naumov   Martin Toshev   David Mawutor   Mantas Kuklys   Oleg Hromțov   Nenad Adamović   Ruslan Stepanyuk

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Kairat   Andrei Karpovich (Caretaker) End of Contract 25 November 2018 Pre-Season   Aleksey Shpilevsky 25 November 2018[1]
Aktobe   Vladimir Mukhanov Pre-Season   Aleksandr Sednyov 9 January 2019[2]
Okzhetpes   Sergey Popkov Pre-Season   Andrei Karpovich 3 January 2019[3]
Tobol   Marek Zub End of Contract 31 December 2018[4] Pre-Season   Vladimir Gazzayev 31 December 2018[5]
Atyrau   Viktor Kumykov Mutual Consent 27 April 2019[6] 11th   Kuanysh Kuandulov (Caretaker) 27 April 2019[6]
Irtysh Pavlodar   Dimitar Dimitrov Suspended 2 May 2019[7] 9th   Sergey Klimov (Caretaker) 2 May 2019
Atyrau   Kuanysh Kuandulov (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 3 May 2019 11th   Oleg Dulub 3 May 2019[8]
Irtysh Pavlodar   Sergey Klimov (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 7 June 2019 9th   Milan Milanović 7 June 2019[9]
Tobol   Vladimir Gazzayev Resigned 21 July 2019[10] 1st   Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) 22 July 2019[11]

Regular season

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Astana (C) 33 22 3 8 67 28 +39 69 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kairat 33 22 2 9 65 32 +33 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Ordabasy 33 19 8 6 52 24 +28 65
4 Tobol 33 19 6 8 45 27 +18 63
5 Zhetysu 33 16 8 9 45 25 +20 56
6 Kaisar 33 12 6 15 37 43 −6 42 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Okzhetpes 33 11 7 15 44 49 −5 40
8 Irtysh Pavlodar 33 11 4 18 30 45 −15 37
9 Shakhter Karagandy 33 9 8 16 40 47 −7 35
10 Taraz (O) 33 7 8 18 28 60 −32 29 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Atyrau (R) 33 6 8 19 25 58 −33 26 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
12 Aktobe[b] (R) 33 7 6 20 35 75 −40 15
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw.[14]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Kaisar qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2019 Kazakhstan Cup.
  2. ^ Aktobe had six points deducted on 18 February 2019 as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Dele Adeleye.[12] On 14 March 2019, Aktobe were handed a further six point deduction for unpaid debts to former player Nemanja Nikolić.[13]

Results

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Games 1–22

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Home \ Away AKT AST ATY IRT KRT KSR OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB ZHE
Aktobe 2–3 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–3 0–1 1–2
Astana 4–1 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0
Atyrau 1–1 0–3 1–3 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 0–1 0–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–3
Kairat 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0
Kaisar 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 5–1 0–1
Okzhetpes 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 0–1
Ordabasy 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0
Shakhter Karagandy 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–0
Taraz 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–6 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0
Tobol 2–1 0–2 3–0 3–0 3–5 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–0
Zhetysu 1–1 0–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 23–33

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Home \ Away AKT AST ATY IRT KRT KSR OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB ZHE
Aktobe 3–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 2–2
Astana 5–0 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 5–0
Atyrau 1–4 0–3 2–2 1–3 0–3
Irtysh Pavlodar 5–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–0
Kairat 6–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 4–1
Kaisar 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
Okzhetpes 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–3 1–1
Ordabasy 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 3–0
Shakhter Karagandy 0–1 0–4 3–0 2–2 0–1
Taraz 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–5
Tobol 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Zhetysu 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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15 November 2019 1st legAkzhayik0 – 0 Taraz Oral
15:00 (UTC+6) Report Stadium: Petr Atoyan Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko
18 November 2019 2nd leg Taraz 3 – 1
(3 – 1 agg.)
AkzhayikTaraz
15:00 (UTC+6) Sarsenov   9'
Abzal Taubay   14', 26'
Report Simčević   28' (o.g.) Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Grigory Moskovchenko

Statistics

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Scoring

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  • First goal of the season: Ablaykhan Makhambetov for Zhetysu against Okzhetpes (9 March 2019)

Top scorers

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As of matches played 10 November 2019[15]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Marin Tomasov Astana 19
  Aderinsola Eseola Kairat
3   Abat Aimbetov Aktobe 16
  Márton Eppel Kairat
5   João Paulo Ordabasy 15
6   Tigran Barseghyan Kaisar 11
  Azat Nurgaliev Tobol
8   Kule Mbombo Kaisar 9
  Martin Toshev Zhetysu
10   Toktar Zhangylyshbay Ordabasy 8
  Ivan Pešić Shakhter Karagandy
  Sergei Zenjov Shakhter Karagandy
  Elguja Lobjanidze Taraz
  Serge Nyuiadzi Taraz
  Senin Sebai Tobol
  Bauyrzhan Turysbek Tobol

Clean sheets

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Updated to matches played on 10 November 2019.
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Emil Balayev Tobol 18
2   Dmytro Nepohodov Ordabasy 16
3   Stas Pokatilov Kairat 13
4   Almat Bekbaev Zhetysu 11
5   Nenad Erić Astana 10
  Igor Shatskiy Shakhter Karagandy
7   Aleksandr Grigorenko Kaisar 6
8   Andrey Shabanov Zhetysu 5
  Anton Tsirin Irtysh Pavlodar
10   Yaroslav Baginsky Okzhetpes 4
  Mukhammejan Seisen Taraz
  Alexander Zarutsky Atyrau

Attendance

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Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kairat 104,800 12,000 2,500 6,164 n/a
2 Aktobe 103,700 11,500 200 6,481 n/a
3 FC Ordabasy 73,900 6,500 2,500 4,347 n/a
4 Taraz 63,100 6,500 2,800 3,943 n/a
5 Tobol 60,600 5,500 2,000 3,564 n/a
6 Kaisar 54,800 6,500 1,500 3,223 n/a
7 Astana 54,400 16,200 1,000 3,200 n/a
8 Shakhter Karagandy 50,000 7,000 500 3,125 n/a
9 FC Irtysh Pavlodar 43,600 5,800 1,200 2,725 n/a
10 Zhetysu Taldykorgan 41,500 3,500 1,000 2,441 n/a
11 Atyrau 36,150 4,500 250 2,259 n/a
12 Okzhetpes 33,700 3,000 700 2,106 n/a
League total 720,250 16,200 200 3,751 n/a

Source: [citation needed]

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References

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