2009 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2009
ChampionsAktobe
RelegatedKazakhmys
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar
Champions LeagueAktobe
Europa LeagueLokomotiv
Shakhter
Atyrau (via dom. cup)
Matches played182
Goals scored502 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorerWladimir Baýramow (18)
Murat Tleshev (18)
Biggest home winTobol 6–0 Zhetysu
Biggest away winKyzylzhar 0–7 FC Tobol
Highest scoringTobol 6–2 Vostok
Okzhetpes 1–7 Aktobe
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The 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 18th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. It started on 7 March 2009 and ended in November 2009. Aktobe were the defending champions.

Changes from 2008

Team changes

Energetik-2 were relegated to the First Division after finishing in 14th place. FC Atyrau, who originally were going to be demoted as well, were spared because of the withdrawal of Alma-Ata in December 2008.[1]

Kazakhmys and Taraz finished the 2008 season of the First Division in first two places and were therefore promoted to the Premier League.

After the withdrawal of Alma-Ata, the club merged with fellow Almaty team Megasport to create a new side called Lokomotiv. The club is based in Astana.[2]

On 20 January 2009 Kairat voluntarily withdrew from the league because of financial reasons.[3] On the same day FC Astana-64 also withdrew due to unpaid debts.[4]

Esil Bogatyr were renamed Kyzylzhar.[5]

On 29 January 2009, after two withdrawals, one club merger and one name change, FFK board finally decided that the 2009 season would feature 14 instead of 16 teams.[6]

On 2 March 2009 Kazakhmys withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties caused by global economic crisis. Since there was no time to find a replacement or take any action, FFK board decided that there would be only 13 teams participating in 2009 season of Kazakhstan Premier League.[7] However, on 5 March 2009 Kazakhmys addressed a letter to FFK revoking their decision and stating that they would guarantee financing of the club to participate in the Premier League.[8]

Structural changes

On 20 March 2009, FFK board decided that the 2010 season will feature 12 clubs.[9] The bottom three teams will be directly relegated while the 11th-placed team will play a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the First division.[10]

Team overview

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Locations of teams in the 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 13,500
Atyrau Atyrau Munayshy Stadium 08,660
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 07,300
Kazakhmys Satpaev Kazakhmys Stadium 02,300
Kyzylzhar Petropavl Avangard Stadium 11,000
Lokomotiv Astana K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Astana 12,350
Okzhetpes Kokshetau Torpedo Stadium 06,000
Ordabasy Shymkent K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent 37,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhtyor Stadium 19,000
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 08,323
Vostok Oskemen Vostok Stadium 08,500
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Zhetysu Stadium 04,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aktobe (C) 26 21 2 3 65 19 +46 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Lokomotiv[a] 26 20 0 6 54 24 +30 60
3 Shakhter Karagandy 26 18 3 5 50 18 +32 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Tobol 26 14 9 3 54 23 +31 51
5 Zhetysu 26 13 5 8 33 26 +7 44
6 Atyrau 26 11 7 8 37 29 +8 40 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
7 Ordabasy 26 10 6 10 33 30 +3 36
8 Taraz 26 9 6 11 37 36 +1 33
9 Irtysh Pavlodar 26 8 5 13 24 31 −7 29
10 Vostok[c] (R) 26 7 5 14 32 56 −24 23 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division[d]
11 Okzhetpes 26 6 4 16 22 48 −26 22 Qualification for the relegation play-off
12 Kazakhmys[c] (R) 26 7 3 16 32 61 −29 21 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
13 Kaisar (R) 26 3 5 18 15 45 −30 14
14 Kyzylzhar[e] (R) 26 3 4 19 14 56 −42 6
Source: kff.kz (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Lokomotiv Astana were denied UEFA license.[11]
  2. ^ As winners of the 2009 Kazakhstan Cup.
  3. ^ a b Vostok and Kazakhmys were both deducted three points due to unpaid debts to FFK.[12][13]
  4. ^ Vostok were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division for being unable to pay off their debts.
  5. ^ Kyzylzhar were docked seven points due to unpaid debts to FFK.[14][15]

Relegation play-offs

FC Okzhetpes and FC Akzhayik from the First Division competed in a promotion/relegation play-off for one spot in the 2010 season. Akzhayik won 3–2 and were promoted to the Premier League. However, Okzhetpes were spared from relegation as well after the license of Vostok was revoked after the Oskemen club failed to pay all its debts by 30 January 2010.[16]

FC Okzhetpes2 – 3FC Akzhayik
Krutskevich 17'
Dosmagambetov 68'		 Report 29' Avakyants
83' (o.g.) Aliev
90+2' Avakyants
Attendance: 500

Results

Home \ Away AKT ATY IRT KSR KZM KYZ LOK OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB VOS ZHE
Aktobe 2–1 3–1 3–1 4–0 6–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–2 4–0 1–1
Atyrau 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–2 0–2
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2
Kaisar 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3
Kazakhmys 2–4 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–4 1–4 1–4 1–5 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–2
Kyzylzhar 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–7 4–1 1–4
Lokomotiv 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 4–0 3–2 1–0
Okzhetpes 1–7 0–1 1–4 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–5 1–2 0–5 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
Ordabasy 1–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–0
Shakhter Karagandy 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–0
Taraz 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 5–0 5–0 1–2 0–1 0–5 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–1
Tobol 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 5–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 4–1 6–2 6–0
Vostok 0–4 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–0
Zhetysu 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–2
Source: kff.kz (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games on 25 October; Source: Kazakhstan Football Federation

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkmenistan Wladimir Baýramow Tobol 18
Kazakhstan Murat Tleshev Aktobe
3 Serbia Danilo Belić Zhetysu 13
4 Russia Andrey Tikhonov Lokomotiv 12
5 Kazakhstan Serhiy Kostyuk Shakhter 11
6 Kazakhstan Geysar Alekperzade Tobol/Kazakhmys 10
Serbia Ivan Perić Shakhter
8 Belarus Dmitri Parkhachev Ordabasy 9
Russia Denis Zubko Atyrau
10 Russia Konstantin Golovskoy Aktobe 8
Tunisia Toafik Salhi Vostok
Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol

References

  1. ^ Атырау в Премьер Лиге[permanent dead link] (in Russian)
  2. ^ Almaty pair consolidate to accumulate
  3. ^ "Кайрат" хочет играть в первой лиге. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  4. ^ Astana fall short of Kazakh requirements
  5. ^ Петропавловск отныне болеет за "Кызылжар" Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  6. ^ Состоялось заседание Исполкома ФФК. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  7. ^ Футбольный клуб "Казахмыс" отказался от участия в Премьер-лиге. Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  8. ^ "Казахмыс" снова в числе участников Премьер-лиги. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  9. ^ В 2010 году в Премьер-лиге будут выступать 12 клубов. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  10. ^ Состоялось заседание Исполнительного комитета ФФК. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  11. ^ В еврокубках сезона 2010/2011 выступят "Актобе", "Атырау", "Шахтер" и "Тобол". Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  12. ^ С ФК "КАЗАХМЫС" И "ВОСТОК" СНЯТЫ ТУРНИРНЫЕ ОЧКИ Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  13. ^ Вступило в силу решение КДК о снятии очков с футбольных клубов "Казахмыс", "Айжарык", "Экибастуз" и "Туркестан". Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  14. ^ Вступило в силу решение о снятии трех очков с ФК "Кызылжар". Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  15. ^ "Кызылжар" потерял еще четыре очка (in Russian)
  16. ^ Состоялось заседание Исполкома ФФК [A meeting of the Board FFK] (in Russian). FC Vostok official site. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.