2021 Kazakhstan Premier League
Season | 2021 |
---|---|
Champions | Tobol |
Relegated | Kaisar Zhetysu |
Champions League | Tobol |
Europa Conference League | Astana Kairat |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 448 (2.46 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Marin Tomasov (17 goals) |
Biggest home win | Tobol 5–0 Turan (23 April 2021) Kairat 5–0 Atyrau (2 July 2021) |
Biggest away win | Ordabasy 0–5 Kyzylzhar (26 August 2021) |
Highest scoring | Aktobe 4–4 Ordabasy (9 April 2021) Astana 6–2 Atyrau (10 April 2021) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Astana |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Astana |
Longest winless run | 11 matches Kaisar |
Longest losing run | 6 matches Zhetysu |
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021. |
The 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 30th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Kairat were the defending champions after winning their third title the previous season. FC Tobol won their second title.
Teams
after they had spent one season in the Kazakhstan First Division.Team overview
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
Akzhayik | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 |
Astana | Nur-Sultan
|
Astana Arena | 30,000 |
Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 8,690 |
Caspiy | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium | 5,000 |
Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 25,057 |
Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 |
Kyzylzhar | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 |
Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
Shakhter | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium
|
20,000 |
Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium | 11,525 |
Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 10,500 |
Turan | Turkistan | Turkistan Arena | 7,000 |
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 | Vladimir Mukhanov | Yury Logvinenko | Adidas | Parimatch
|
Akzhayik | Volodymyr Mazyar | Adidas | ||
Astana | Andrey Tikhonov | Abzal Beisebekov[1]
|
Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna |
Atyrau | Aram Voskanyan | Adidas | GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ | |
Caspiy | Srdjan Blagojevic | Macron | XCOM (Back of shirt) | |
Kairat | Kurban Berdyev | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | Nike | Halyk Bank |
Kaisar | Sultan Abildayev | Adidas | - | |
Kyzylzhar | Andrei Karpovich
|
Nike | ||
Ordabasy | Aleksandr Sednyov | Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | Adidas | - |
Shakhter | Magomed Adiyev | Arsen Khubulov | Adidas | Kazakhmys |
Taraz | Vardan Minasyan | Puma | - | |
Tobol | Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) | Azat Nurgaliyev | Adidas | Polymetal |
Turan | Abdukhalik Buribayev | Adidas | - | |
Zhetysu | Rinat Alyuetov | 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. For the 2020 season, the
KFF announced that players from countries of the Eurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.[2]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aktobe | Pre-Season | Alyaksey Baha
|
21 January 2021[3] | |||
Kyzylzhar | Veaceslav Rusnac | Andrei Karpovich
|
8 January 2021[4] | |||
Ordabasy | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Aleksandr Sednyov | 21 January 2021[5] | |||
Taraz | Vladimir Nikitenko | Vardan Minasyan | 3 February 2021[6] | |||
Shakhter Karagandy | Konstantin Gorovenka
|
Ali Aliyev | 20 January 2021[7] | |||
Zhetysu | Dmitry Ogai
|
Rinat Alyuetov | 15 January 2021[8] | |||
Shakhter Karagandy | Ali Aliyev | Resigned | 10 April 2021[9] | 14th | Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) | 10 April 2021[9] |
Shakhter Karagandy | Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) | End of role | 16 April 2021 | 14th | Magomed Adiyev | 16 April 2021[10] |
Aktobe | Alyaksey Baha
|
Resigned | 5 May 2021[11] | 10th | Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) | 5 May 2021[11] |
Aktobe | Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) | End of role | 7 June 2021[12] | 10th | Vakhid Masudov | 7 June 2021[12] |
Kairat | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Signed by Erzgebirge Aue | 7 June 2021[13] | 3rd | Kirill Keker (Caretaker) | 7 June 2021[13] |
Tobol | Grigori Babayan
|
Signed by CSKA Moscow | 17 June 2021[14][15] | 2nd | Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) | 18 June 2021[16] |
Aktobe | Vakhid Masudov | Resigned | 26 July 2021[17] | 10th | Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) | 26 July 2021[17] |
Aktobe | Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) | End of role | 4 August 2021[18] | 10th | Vladimir Mukhanov | 4 August 2021[18] |
Astana | Andrey Tikhonov | End of role | 5 November 2021[19] | End of season | Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker)[19] | 5 November 2021 |
Astana | Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker) | End of role | 21 November 2021 | End of season | Srdjan Blagojevic | 21 November 2021[20] |
Caspiy | Srdjan Blagojevic | Signed by Astana | 21 November 2021[20] | End of season | Nikolay Kostov | 31 December 2021[21] |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tobol (C) | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Astana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
3 | Kairat | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 51 | |
4 | Kyzylzhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 39 | |
5 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 38 | |
6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 33 | |
7 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
8 | Caspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 | |
9 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 | |
10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 | |
11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 28 | |
12 | Turan | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 26 | |
13 | Kaisar (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
|
14 | Zhetysu[a] (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 16 |
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.[23]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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.[23]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes: