Football league season
The 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 32nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League , the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan .
The winners (Ordabasy ) qualified for the first qualifying round of the Champions League . The 2023 Kazakhstan Cup winners (Tobol ) qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League . The runners-up (Astana ) qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League , with the third-placed team (Aktobe ) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The bottom three teams (Aksu , Caspiy , and Okzhetpes ) and Maktaaral (relegated due to failing licensing process for the 2024 season) were relegated to the 2024 Kazakhstan First Division .
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(April 2023 )
Teams
Akzhayik , Turan (both relegated after 2 seasons in top flight) and Taraz (relegated after 4 seasons in top flight) were all relegated at the end of the 2022 season. They were replaced by Okzhetpes (promoted after a 2 seasons absence), Kaisar and Zhetysu (both clubs promoted after a single season absence) from the Kazakhstan First League . FC Astana entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title the previous season.
Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team
Location
Venue
Capacity
Aksu
Pavlodar
Central Stadium
11,828
Aktobe
Aktobe
Central Stadium
12,729
Astana
Astana
Astana Arena
30,200
Atyrau
Atyrau
Munaishy Stadium
8,900
Caspiy
Aktau
Zhastar Stadium
5,000
Kairat
Almaty
Central Stadium
23,804
Kaisar
Kyzylorda
Gany Muratbayev Stadium
7,500
Kyzylzhar
Petropavl
Karasai Stadium
11,000
Maktaaral
Atakent
Alpamys Batyr Stadium
3,000
Okzhetpes
Kokshetau
Alisher Sagynbayev Stadium
4,158
Ordabasy
Shymkent
Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
20,000
Shakhter
Karaganda
Shakhter Stadium
19,500
Tobol
Kostanay
Central Stadium
9,500
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.
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.
From 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.[ 4]
For transfers during the season, see Winter 2022–23 transfers and Summer 2023 transfers .
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
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.
[ 16] (C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Tobol qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2023 Kazakhstan Cup .
^ Maktaaral were expelled from the league due to failing licensing process.
Results
Results table
Source:
Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Statistics
Top scorers
As of matches played on 29 October 2023
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
As of matches played 29 October 2023
Awards
Monthly awards
Attendances
#
Football club
Home games
Average attendance
1
FC Ordabasy
13
16,602
2
FC Kairat
13
9,705
3
FC Aktobe
13
8,396
4
FC Astana
13
6,002
5
FC Atyrau
13
4,250
6
FC Kaisar
13
4,162
7
FC Shakhter Karagandy
13
4,108
8
FC Aksu
13
3,692
9
FC Maktaaral
13
2,527
10
FC Tobol
13
2,315
11
FC Zhetysu
13
2,000
12
FC Caspiy
13
1,908
13
FC Kyzylzhar
13
1,767
14
FC Okzhetpes
13
525
Source: European Football Statistics
References
External links
Domestic leagues Domestic cups European competitions
Champions League
Europa League
Europa Conference League
Related to national team
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