2013 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 22nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 9 March 2013 and ended on 2 November. Shakhter Karagandy were the defending champions, having won their second league championship the previous year.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2013
ChampionsAktobe
RelegatedVostok
Akzhayik
Champions LeagueAktobe
Europa LeagueAstana
Kairat
Shakhter Karagandy
Matches played134
Goals scored298 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Igor Zenkovich
(Shakhter Karagandy, 15 goals)
Biggest home winTobol 5–1 Astana (R1)
Akzhayik 4–0 Atyrau (R11)
Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17)
Shakhter 4–0 Akzhayik (R22)
Biggest away winZhetysu 1–4 Tobol (R11)
Highest scoringKairat 3–3 Zhetysu (R1)
Tobol 5–1 Astana (R1)
Kairat 4–2 Tobol (R5)
Ordabasy 4–2 Akzhayik (R8)
Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17)
← 2012
2014 →

Changes from 2012 season

The league was reduced from fourteen to twelve teams for this season.

Teams

For the 2013 season, the league changed from 14 teams to 12, meaning the bottom two teams from the previous season, Sunkar and Okzhetpes, along with Kaisar were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division with only Vostok, the second place team, gaining promotion.

Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 13,500
Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,000
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 37,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter 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

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 Nikitenko Petr Badlo adidas —
Akzhayik Ljupko Petrović Ruslan Khairov Puma —
Astana Ioan Andone Kairat Nurdauletov adidas Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau Miodrag Radulović Valentin Chureev adidas —
Irtysh Talgat Baisufinov Sergei Ivanov adidas ENRC
Kairat Vladimír Weiss Kyril Shestakov Nike KazRosGaz
Ordabasy Vakhid Masudov Kairat Ashirbekov adidas TAU
Shakhter Viktor Kumykov Andrey Finonchenko Nike —
Taraz Arno Pijpers Vitali Yevstigneyev adidas —
Tobol Sergei Maslenov Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev adidas —
Vostok Vladimir Fomichyov Roman Nesterenko Umbro —
Zhetysu Omari Tetradze Zahar Korobov adidas —

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Kairat José Pérez Serer End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Vladimír Weiss November 2012
Ordabasy Viktor Pasulko End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Vakhid Masudov December 2012
Aktobe Vladimir Mukhanov Resign November 2012 Pre-Season Vladimir Nikitenko December 2012
Atyrau Yuri Skates End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Miodrag Radulović December 2012
Akzhayik Jozef Škrlík End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Poghos Galstyan February 2013
Vostok Paul Evteev December 2012 Pre-Season Vladimir Fomichyov December 2012
Tobol Vyacheslav Hrozny End of contract December 2012 Pre-Season Sergei Maslenov December 2012
Zhetysu Slobodan Krčmarević Sacked December 2012 Pre-Season Omari Tetradze February 2013

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
Aktobe Petr Badlo Robert Primus Robert Arzumanyan Serghei Covalciuc Timur Kapadze Sergei Davydov
Akzhayik Jakub Chleboun Pavel Černý Haman Sadjo
Astana Nenad Erić Foxi Kéthévoama Patrick Twumasi Blažo Igumanović Damir Kojašević Zelão Cícero
Atyrau Jovan Golić George Peikrishvili Artyom Fomin Miloš Stojčev Đorđe Tutorić Nenad Injac Robert Alviž Nikola Milanković
Irtysh Nemanja Džodžo Alyaksandr Kulchy Predrag Govedarica Mamoutou Coulibaly Sergei Strukov Ulugbek Bakayev Štěpán Kučera Kamoliddin Murzoev
Kairat Daniel Addo Stuart Duff Josip Knežević Alexei Eremenko Ľubomír Michalík Momodou Ceesay Artur Yedigaryan
Ordabasy Andrew Mwesigwa Gueye Mansour Artem Kasyanov Davit Chagelishvili Andrezinho Edin Junuzović Baba Collins Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy Gediminas Vičius Nikola Vasiljević Andrey Paryvayew Aldin Đidić Gevorg Ghazaryan Ihar Zyankovich Aleksandar Simčević Roger Cañas
Taraz Ersin Mehmedović Abdoulaye Diakate Nikolai Nesterenko Miroslav Lečić Vukašin Tomić Titi Essomba Marko Ranđelović Obiora Odita
Tobol Jhonnes Mensur Kurtiši Nenad Šljivić Igor Bugaiov Vitali Volkov Aleksandr Alumona Nikola Tonev Ognjen Krasić
Vostok Martin Komárek Radanfah Abu Bakr Ramón Sánchez Ebrima Sohna Walter Moore Papa Niang
Zhetysu Mehmedalija Čović Davron Ergashev Shavkat Salomov Ruslan Melziddinov Arūnas Klimavičius Marko Đalović Ivan Perić

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aktobe 22 14 5 3 30 12 +18 47 Qualification for the championship round
2 Astana 22 12 5 5 35 24 +11 41
3 Shakhter Karagandy 22 10 5 7 31 23 +8 35
4 Irtysh Pavlodar 22 9 7 6 24 20 +4 34
5 Kairat 22 7 10 5 28 24 +4 31
6 Ordabasy 22 8 6 8 20 20 0 30
7 Atyrau 22 7 6 9 18 28 −10 27 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Tobol 22 7 5 10 30 27 +3 26
9 Vostok 22 5 8 9 12 24 −12 23
10 Zhetysu[lower-alpha 1] 22 4 12 6 20 25 −5 21
11 Taraz 22 4 6 12 19 29 −10 18
12 Akzhayik[lower-alpha 2] 22 4 7 11 24 35 −11 13
Source: FFK (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
Notes:
  1. Zhetysu were deducted 3 points.
  2. Akzhayik were deducted 6 points.

Results
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT ORD SHA TAR TOB VOS ZHE
Aktobe 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1
Akzhayik 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Astana 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–1
Atyrau 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Kairat 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 3–3
Ordabasy 0–1 4–2 0–2 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–2
Shakhter Karagandy 1–2 4–0 1–3 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Taraz 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0
Tobol 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–0 3–1
Vostok 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Zhetysu 0–0 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2013. Source: (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aktobe (C) 32 20 6 6 46 22 +24 43 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Astana 32 19 5 8 54 35 +19 42 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Kairat 32 12 12 8 44 38 +6 33
4 Irtysh Pavlodar 32 12 8 12 41 39 +2 27
5 Shakhter Karagandy 32 12 7 13 43 45 −2 26 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Ordabasy 32 11 8 13 33 34 −1 23
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Shakter qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2013 Kazakhstan Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AKT AST IRT KRT ORD SHA
Aktobe 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–0
Astana 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 1–2
Irtysh Pavlodar 4–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 2–1
Kairat 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 3–3
Ordabasy 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 4–0
Shakhter Karagandy 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–2 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Tobol 32 14 6 12 48 33 +15 35
8 Atyrau 32 10 11 11 26 38 −12 28
9 Zhetysu 32 6 17 9 22 32 −10 22
10 Taraz 32 7 9 16 30 38 −8 21
11 Vostok (R) 32 6 13 13 20 37 −17 20 Qualification for the relegation play-off
12 Akzhayik (R) 32 7 10 15 37 50 −13 19 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
(R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away AKZ ATY TAR TOB VOS ZHE
Akzhayik 3–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–0
Atyrau 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
Taraz 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
Tobol 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Vostok 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 0–0
Zhetysu 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off
Spartak Semey1–0 (a.e.t.)FC Vostok
Puryshkin  118'
Spartak Stadium, Semey

Top goalscorers
As of 11 November 2013[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Igor Zenkovich Shakhter Karagandy[lower-alpha 1] 15 (3)
2 Igor Bugaiov Tobol 13 (2)
3 Momodou Ceesay Kairat 12
4 Edin Junuzović Ordabasy 12 (0)
5 Josip Knežević Kairat 10 (4)
  1. Zenkovich scored 9 for Akzhayik.
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References
  1. UEFA.com
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