2019 Kazakhstan Premier League

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Aderinsola Eseola (19)
2018
All statistics correct as of 11 November 2019.

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.

Teams

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

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

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

Foreign players

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 Armenia Marcos Pizzelli Croatia Hrvoje Miličević Ukraine Oleksandr Kitsak
Astana Belarus Ivan Mayewski Croatia Luka Šimunović Croatia Marin Tomasov Curaçao Rangelo Janga Democratic Republic of the Congo Ndombe Mubele Iceland Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Montenegro Žarko Tomašević Romania Dorin Rotariu Serbia Antonio Rukavina
Atyrau
Alex Bruno
Croatia Sebastijan Antić Croatia Antun Marković Cameroon Jacques Alberto Ngwem Poland Piotr Grzelczak Russia Islamnur Abdulavov Russia Vitali Ustinov Senegal Boubacar Mansaly Ukraine Rizvan Ablitarov
Irtysh France Jérémy Manzorro Hungary Patrik Hidi Portugal Carlos Fonseca Serbia Dejan Georgijević Serbia Milan Mirosavljev Serbia Miloš Stamenković Serbia Uroš Vitas Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow
Kairat
Syarhey Palitsevich
Croatia Dino Mikanović Hungary Márton Eppel
Han Jeong-uh
Montenegro Nebojša Kosović Poland Konrad Wrzesiński Serbia Rade Dugalić
Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar Armenia Tigran Barseghyan Aruba Joshua John Belarus Ivan Sadownichy Cameroon Abdel Lamanje Croatia Ivan Graf Democratic Republic of the Congo André Bukia Democratic Republic of the Congo Kule Mbombo Serbia Bratislav Punoševac
Okzhetpes Brazil Danilo Almeida Alves Bulgaria Plamen Dimov Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev Lithuania Deimantas Petravičius Montenegro Darko Zorić Serbia Milan Stojanović Ukraine Ivan Bobko
Ordabasy Argentina Pablo Fontanello Belgium Ziguy Badibanga Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirzad Mehanović
João Paulo
South Africa May Mahlangu Senegal Abdoulaye Diakate Ukraine Kyrylo Kovalchuk
Shakhter Croatia Ivan Pešić Estonia Sergei Zenjov Kosovo Donjet Shkodra Mozambique Reginaldo Serbia Miloš Vidović Uganda Luwagga Kizito Ukraine Artem Baranovskyi
Yevhen Tkachuk
Taraz Brazil Elivelto
Gian
Georgia (country) Lasha Kasradze Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Serbia Mihailo Jovanović Serbia Aleksandar Simčević Serbia Nemanja Subotić Togo Serge Nyuiadzi
Tobol Azerbaijan Emil Balayev Central African Republic Fernander Kassaï Georgia (country) Nika Kvekveskiri Georgia (country) Jaba Kankava Ivory Coast Senin Sebai Lithuania Vytautas Andriuškevičius Lithuania Artūras Žulpa Russia Nikita Bocharov
Zhetysu Armenia Kamo Hovhannisyan Belarus Andrey Lebedzew Belarus Nikita Naumov Bulgaria Martin Toshev Ghana David Mawutor Lithuania Mantas Kuklys Moldova Oleg Hromțov Serbia Nenad Adamović Ukraine Ruslan Stepanyuk

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

Managerial changes

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 Belarus Aleksey Shpilevsky 25 November 2018[1]
Aktobe Russia Vladimir Mukhanov Pre-Season Belarus Aleksandr Sednyov 9 January 2019[2]
Okzhetpes Russia Sergey Popkov Pre-Season
Andrei Karpovich
3 January 2019[3]
Tobol Poland Marek Zub End of Contract 31 December 2018[4] Pre-Season Russia Vladimir Gazzayev 31 December 2018[5]
Atyrau Russia Viktor Kumykov Mutual Consent 27 April 2019[6] 11th Kazakhstan Kuanysh Kuandulov (Caretaker) 27 April 2019[6]
Irtysh Pavlodar Bulgaria Dimitar Dimitrov Suspended 2 May 2019[7] 9th Kazakhstan Sergey Klimov (Caretaker) 2 May 2019
Atyrau Kazakhstan Kuanysh Kuandulov (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 3 May 2019 11th Belarus Oleg Dulub 3 May 2019[8]
Irtysh Pavlodar Kazakhstan Sergey Klimov (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 7 June 2019 9th Serbia Milan Milanović 7 June 2019[9]
Tobol Russia Vladimir Gazzayev Resigned 21 July 2019[10] 1st Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) 22 July 2019[11]

Regular season

Table

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

Games 1–22

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

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

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

Scoring

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

Top scorers

As of matches played 10 November 2019[15]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Marin Tomasov Astana 19
Aderinsola Eseola
Kairat
3
Abat Aimbetov
Aktobe 16
Hungary Márton Eppel Kairat
5
João Paulo
Ordabasy 15
6 Armenia Tigran Barseghyan Kaisar 11
Azat Nurgaliev
Tobol
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo Kule Mbombo Kaisar 9
Bulgaria Martin Toshev Zhetysu
10 Kazakhstan Toktar Zhangylyshbay Ordabasy 8
Croatia Ivan Pešić Shakhter Karagandy
Estonia Sergei Zenjov Shakhter Karagandy
Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Taraz
Togo Serge Nyuiadzi Taraz
Ivory Coast Senin Sebai Tobol
Kazakhstan Bauyrzhan Turysbek Tobol

Clean sheets

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

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