2020 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2020
ChampionsKairat
RelegatedOkzhetpes
Champions LeagueKairat
Europa Conference LeagueTobol
Astana
Shakhter Karagandy
Matches played78
Goals scored195 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerJoão Paulo
(11 goals)
Biggest home winKairat 5–0 Okzhetpes
(11 March 2020)
Biggest away winTobol 0–4 Ordabasy
(16 September 2020)
Tobol 0–4 Kairat
(26 October 2020)
Okzhetpes 1–5 Astana
(26 October 2020)
Caspiy 0–4 Shakhter Karagandy
(27 November 2020)
Highest scoringOkzhetpes 3–3 Kairat
(27 September 2020)
Zhetysu 2–4 Kairat
(18 October 2020)
Okzhetpes 1–5 Astana
(26 October 2020)
Taraz 2–4 Shakhter Karagandy
(8 November 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Kairat
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Kairat
Longest winless run7 matches
Okzhetpes
Longest losing run5 matches
Okzhetpes
Caspiy
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 23 December 2020.

The 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 29th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana were the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season.

Season events

COVID-19

On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[2]

On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.[3] The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.[4]

Irtysh Pavlodar

On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.[5]

Teams

FC Aktobe and FC Atyrau were relegated at the end of the 2019 season, and were replaced by FC Kyzylzhar and FC Caspiy.

Team overview

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Locations of teams in the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Astana Nur-Sultan Nur-Sultan Arena 30,000
Caspiy Aktau Zhastar Stadium 5,000
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Kyzylzhar Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000
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
Astana Russia Andrey Tikhonov Kazakhstan Dmitri Shomko Germany Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Caspiy Serbia Srđan Blagojević Kazakhstan Ruslan Sakhalbaev United States Nike  —
Irtysh Uzbekistan Samvel Babayan Kazakhstan Nikita Kalmykov Germany Puma ENRC
Kairat Kazakhstan Talgat Baysufinov Kazakhstan Bauyrzhan Islamkhan United States Nike 1xBet
Kaisar Bulgaria Stoycho Mladenov Kazakhstan Maksat Baizhanov United States Nike  —
Kyzylzhar Moldova Veaceslav Rusnac Georgia (country) Shota Grigalashvili United States Nike  —
Okzhetpes Kazakhstan Andrei Karpovich Kazakhstan Yaroslav Baginsky Germany Adidas  —
Ordabasy Georgia (country) Kakhaber Tskhadadze Argentina Pablo Fontanello United States Nike Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter Kazakhstan Konstantin Gorovenka Kazakhstan Evgeniy Tarasov United States Nike BTL Kazakhstan
Taraz Kazakhstan Vladimir Nikitenko Kazakhstan Ilya Vorotnikov United States Nike  —
Tobol Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliev Germany Adidas Polymetal
Zhetysu Kazakhstan Dmitriy Ogai Kazakhstan Almat Bekbaev Germany Adidas  —

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was restricted to eight per KPL team. A team could 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.[6]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Astana Croatia Luka Šimunović Croatia Marin Tomasov Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou Iceland Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Montenegro Žarko Tomašević Romania Dorin Rotariu Serbia Uroš Radaković Serbia Antonio Rukavina
Caspiy Croatia Branko Čubrilo France Billal Sebaihi Serbia Stefan Bukorac Serbia Marko Milošević Ukraine Maksym Marusych
Irtysh
Kairat Brazil Vágner Love Croatia Dino Mikanović Montenegro Nebojša Kosović Poland Jacek Góralski Poland Konrad Wrzesiński Serbia Rade Dugalić Ukraine Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar Bulgaria Aleksandar Kolev Cameroon Clarence Bitang Cape Verde Alvin Fortes Croatia Ivan Graf Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Mozambique Reginaldo Serbia Aleksandar Stanisavljević
Kyzylzhar Argentina Pablo Podio The Gambia Momodou Ceesay Georgia (country) Shota Grigalashvili Ivory Coast Moussa Koné Lithuania Vytautas Andriuškevičius Moldova Mihai Plătică Montenegro Uroš Delić Ukraine Artem Baranovskyi Ukraine Maksym Drachenko
Okzhetpes Brazil Gian Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev Moldova Vsevolod Nihaev Montenegro Marko Obradović Montenegro Darko Zorić Nigeria Aliyu Abubakar Serbia Milan Stojanović Ukraine Taras Bondarenko
Ordabasy Argentina Pablo Fontanello Belgium Ziguy Badibanga Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirzad Mehanović Brazil João Paulo Portugal Rúben Brígido South Africa May Mahlangu Senegal Abdoulaye Diakate Serbia Aleksandar Simčević
Shakhter Cameroon Abdel Lamanje Estonia Sergei Zenjov Ghana Gideon Baah Ivory Coast Cédric Kouadio Nigeria Muhammed Usman Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow Ukraine Yevhen Tkachuk
Taraz Guinea-Bissau Toni Silva Lithuania Ovidijus Verbickas Montenegro Dejan Boljević Montenegro Jovan Čađenović Serbia Goran Brkić Serbia Bratislav Punoševac Togo Serge Nyuiadzi
Tobol Georgia (country) Nika Kvekveskiri Georgia (country) Jaba Kankava Ivory Coast Senin Sebai North Macedonia Aleksa Amanović France Jérémy Manzorro Portugal Carlos Fonseca
Zhetysu Bulgaria Martin Toshev Ghana David Mawutor Kosovo Donjet Shkodra Lithuania Artūras Žulpa Portugal Pedro Eugénio Serbia Nenad Adamović Serbia Stefan Živković

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
Tobol Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 14 December 2019 Pre-Season Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan 14 December 2019[7]
Shakhter Karagandy Bulgaria Nikolay Kostov End of Contract 30 December 2019 Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi 30 December 2019[8]
Taraz Kazakhstan Nurken Mazbayev End of Contract 31 December 2019 Kazakhstan Vladimir Nikitenko 16 January 2020[9]
Astana Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Termination 13 January 2020[10] Czech Republic Michal Bílek 14 January 2020[11]
Shakhter Karagandy Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi Mutual Termination 17 June 2020[12] 8th Kazakhstan Konstantin Gorovenka 18 June 2020[13]
Astana Czech Republic Michal Bílek Sacked 26 August 2020[14] 2nd England Paul Ashworth (Caretaker) 26 August 2020[14]
Astana England Paul Ashworth (Caretaker) Mutual Termination 7 October 2020[15] 2nd Russia Andrey Tikhonov 16 October 2020[16]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kairat (C) 20 14 3 3 48 19 +29 45 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Tobol 20 12 2 6 26 16 +10 38 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Astana 20 11 3 6 32 21 +11 36
4 Shakhter Karagandy 20 9 5 6 29 22 +7 32
5 Ordabasy 20 9 4 7 27 26 +1 31
6 Zhetysu 20 9 1 10 27 28 −1 28
7 Kaisar 20 6 6 8 20 23 −3 24
8 Taraz 20 5 8 7 19 23 −4 23
9 Kyzylzhar 20 6 5 9 15 24 −9 23
10 Caspiy 20 5 2 13 15 34 −19 17
11 Okzhetpes (R) 20 2 5 13 16 38 −22 11 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
12 Irtysh Pavlodar (R, D, R, D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn, relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division
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.[17]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated


Results

Games 1–20

Home \ Away AST CAS KRT KSR KYZ OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB ZHE
Astana 1–2 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0
Caspiy 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–2
Kairat 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0
Kaisar 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0
Kyzylzhar 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1
Okzhetpes 1–5 2–2 3–3 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1
Ordabasy 1–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1
Shakhter Karagandy 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2
Taraz 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–4 0–0 0–2
Tobol 2–0 2–0 0–4 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–4 3–1 2–0 2–0
Zhetysu 1–2 3–0 2–4 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–3 3–2 0–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

[18]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil João Paulo Ordabasy 12
2 Kazakhstan Abat Aimbetov Kairat 10
3 Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Kaisar 8
4 Brazil Vágner Love Kairat 7
5 Iceland Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Astana 6
Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou Astana
Kazakhstan Aybar Zhaksylykov Zhetysu
8 Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev Okzhetpes 5
Portugal Pedro Eugénio Zhetysu
Russia Arsen Khubulov Shakhter Karagandy
France Jérémy Manzorro Tobol
Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliev Tobol
Kazakhstan Aydos Tattybaev Shakhter Karagandy

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 4 October 2020.
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Kazakhstan Aleksandr Zarutskiy Kaisar 3
Russia Miroslav Lobantsev Kyzylzhar
Kazakhstan Vladimir Plotnikov Ordabasy
Kazakhstan Igor Shatskiy Tobol
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Mokin Tobol
Kazakhstan Almat Bekbaev Zhetysu
Kazakhstan Stas Pokatilov Kairat
8 Kazakhstan Nenad Erić Astana 2
Kazakhstan Dmytro Nepohodov Astana
Kazakhstan Danil Ustimenko Kairat
Kyrgyzstan Marsel Islamkulov Kaisar
Kazakhstan Mukhammejan Seisen Taraz
Kazakhstan Andrey Shabanov Zhetysu

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