2018 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 27th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana defended their championship, winning the Premier League for a fifth time.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2018
ChampionsAstana
RelegatedKyzylzhar
Akzhayik
Champions LeagueAstana
Europa LeagueKairat
Tobol
Matches played198
Goals scored471 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcos Pizzelli (18)
← 2017
2019 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2018.

Teams

FC Okzhetpes and FC Taraz were relegated at the end of the 2016 season, and were replaced by FC Zhetysu and FC Kyzylzhar.

Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000
Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,690
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
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 10,500
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Zhetysu 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 Marcos Pizzelli Adidas  —
Akzhayik Artur Avakyants Miram Sapanov Adidas  —
Astana Roman Hryhorchuk Dmitri Shomko Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau Viktor Kumykov Marat Khayrullin Nike  —
Irtysh Dimitar Dimitrov Nikita Kalmykov Nike ENRC
Kairat Carlos Alós Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike Halyk Bank
Kaisar Stoycho Mladenov Maksat Baizhanov Nike  —
Kyzylzhar Andrey Kucheryavykh Timur Muldinov Nike  —
Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Azat Nurgaliev Nike Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter Nikolay Kostov Evgeniy Tarasov Nike BTL Kazakhstan
Tobol Marek Zub Azat Nurgaliev Adidas Polymetal
Zhetysu Dmitriy Ogai Mantas Kuklys 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Aktobe Marcos Pizzelli Reynaldo Hrvoje Miličević Jean-Eudes Maurice Saša Marjanović Milan Radin Aleksandar Simčević
Akzhayik Denis Glavina Artūrs Karašausks Malick Mané Andriy Tkachuk Yevhen Borovyk Ambrosiy Chachua Ihor Khudobyak Serhiy Basov
Astana Richard Almeida Ivan Mayewski Marin Aničić Pedro Henrique Marin Tomasov Rangelo Janga Junior Kabananga László Kleinheisler Antonio Rukavina
Atyrau Joseph Nane Tomislav Barbarić Jure Obšivač Tunde Adeniji František Kubík Novica Maksimović Predrag Sikimić Rizvan Ablitarov
Irtysh Gbolahan Salami Carlos Fonseca Adrian Avramia Doru Popadiuc Miloš Stamenković Adri Syarhey Kislyak
Kairat Isael Juan Felipe Syarhey Palitsevich Ivo Iličević Ákos Elek Márton Eppel Andrey Arshavin Sheldon Bateau Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar Abdel Lamanje Ivan Graf Franck Dja Djedjé Paul Were Mathias Coureur John Kamara Bratislav Punoševac Volodymyr Arzhanov
Kyzylzhar Momodou Ceesay Shota Grigalashvili Giorgi Popkhadze Uroš Delić Freddy Coronel Miroslav Lečić Maksym Drachenko Oleksandr Stetsenko
Ordabasy Pablo Fontanello Mirzad Mehanović Luka Muženjak Helton Nikita Bocharov Abdoulaye Diakate Nemanja Kojić Kyrylo Kovalchuk
Shakhter Gegham Harutyunyan Alyaksandr Valadzko Mateo Mužek Lukas Droppa Egon Vuch Sergei Mošnikov Damir Kojašević Yevhen Tkachuk
Tobol Juan Lescano Fernander Kassaï Jaba Kankava Nika Kvekveskiri Artūras Žulpa Ionuț Larie Dmytro Nepohodov
Zhetysu Kamo Hovhannisyan Edgar Malakyan Andrey Lebedzew Ivan Sadownichy Lasha Kasradze David Mawutor Mantas Kuklys Ruslan Stepanyuk Server Djeparov

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
Irtysh Pavlodar Vyacheslav Hroznyi End of contract 16 November 2017[1] Pre-season Gerard Nus 21 December 2017[2]
Tobol Robert Yevdokimov End of contract 1 December 2017 Vladimir Nikitenko 25 December 2017
Akzhayik Vakhid Masudov Volodymyr Mazyar 17 December 2017
Atyrau Kuanysh Kabdulov (caretaker) End of contract Vakhid Masudov 8 January 2018[3]
Ordabasy Aleksei Petrushin End of contract Georgi Dermendzhiev 11 January 2018[4]
Shakhter Karagandy Saulius Širmelis End of contract 31 December 2017 Uladzimir Zhuravel 9 January 2018[5]
Atyrau Vakhid Masudov Resigned 9 April 2018[6] 12th Adrian Sosnovschi 11 April 2018[7]
Irtysh Pavlodar Gerard Nus Sacked 28 April 2018[8] 8th Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker) 28 April 2018
Akzhayik Volodymyr Mazyar 15 May 2018 7th
Irtysh Pavlodar Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker) End of Contract 13 June 2018 5th Oirat Saduov 13 June 2018[9]
Shakhter Karagandy Uladzimir Zhuravel Mutual Termination 3 July 2018[10] 10th Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) 3 July 2018[10]
Atyrau Adrian Sosnovschi Resigned 1 July 2018[11] 12th Viktor Kumykov 4 July 2018[12]
Irtysh Pavlodar Oirat Saduov Sacked 10 July 2018 9th Dimitar Dimitrov 10 July 2018[13]
Tobol Vladimir Nikitenko Resignation 1 August 2018[14] 3rd Marek Zub 6 August 2018[15]
Kairat Carlos Alós Mutual Consent 15 October 2018[16] 2nd Andrei Karpovich (Caretaker) 15 October 2018[17]

Regular season

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Astana (C) 33 24 5 4 66 22 +44 77 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kairat 33 19 5 9 60 33 +27 62 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Tobol 33 15 8 10 36 30 +6 53
4 Ordabasy 33 13 7 13 38 44 −6 46
5 Kaisar 33 11 12 10 35 31 +4 45
6 Zhetysu 33 11 10 12 36 40 −4 43
7 Aktobe[lower-alpha 2] 33 13 9 11 51 47 +4 42
8 Shakhter Karagandy 33 8 12 13 29 36 −7 36
9 Atyrau 33 9 9 15 34 47 −13 36
10 Irtysh Pavlodar (O) 33 10 5 18 28 45 −17 35 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Kyzylzhar (R) 33 10 5 18 27 48 −21 35 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
12 Akzhayik (R) 33 7 9 17 31 48 −17 30
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.[19]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of 2018 Kazakhstan Cup, Kairat, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team).
  2. Aktobe had six points deducted on 27 April 2018 as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Danilo Neco.[18]

Results

Games 1–22
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT KSR KYZ ORD SHA TOB ZHE
Aktobe — 5–3 1–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–1
Akzhayik 1–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Astana 3–1 3–0 — 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–3 2–0 1–0 3–0
Atyrau 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–0
Irtysh Pavlodar 2–1 2–0 1–6 2–1 — 1–2 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2
Kairat 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 4–0 — 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Kaisar 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–0
Kyzylzhar 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0
Ordabasy 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–2
Shakhter Karagandy 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–1
Tobol 2–3 1–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 — 1–0
Zhetysu 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 0–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 23–33
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT KSR KYZ ORD SHA TOB ZHE
Aktobe — 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–3
Akzhayik 0–0 — 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–1
Astana — 4–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 3–0
Atyrau 3–1 2–1 0–1 — 3–2 2–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 2–0 1–0 — 0–1 0–1 1–1
Kairat 6–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 — 0–0 0–0
Kaisar 2–2 1–2 — 2–1 2–1 1–0
Kyzylzhar 2–1 1–0 — 1–2 2–1 1–1
Ordabasy 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 — 1–1
Shakhter Karagandy 0–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 — 2–1
Tobol 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 — 2–2
Zhetysu 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs
16 November 2018 1st legKyran0 – 3Irtysh PavlodarShymkent
15:00 (UTC+6) D.Kuanyshbay  30'
S.Turekhanov  40'
A.Makhambetov  90+1'		 Report Rodrigo  9'
Shestakov  40'
A.Pazylkhan  49' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Lokomotive Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Aleksandr Gauzer
20 November 2018 2nd legIrtysh Pavlodar2 – 1
(5 – 1 agg.)		KyranPavlodar
15:00 (UTC+6) A.Smailov  66'
Stamenković  82'		 Report S.Abzhal  76' Stadium: Central Stadium
Attendance: 800
Referee: Georgiy Chekhovskiy

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers
As of matches played 11 November 2018[20]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Marcos Pizzelli Aktobe 18
2 Aderinsola Eseola Akzhayik/Kairat 17
3 Marin Tomasov Astana 14
4 Isael Kairat 12
5 Aleksey Shchotkin Astana 10
Bratislav Punoševac Kaisar
7 Andrey Arshavin Kairat 9
Malick Mané Akzhayik
9 Azat Nurgaliev Tobol 8
Babatunde Temitope Adeniji Atyrau
Damir Kojašević Shakhter Karagandy
Timur Muldinov Kyzylzhar
Roman Murtazayev Astana
Patrick Twumasi Astana
Marat Khairullin Atyrau

    Hat-tricks
    PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
    Baktiyar ZaynutdinovAstanaIrtysh Pavlodar6–17 April 2018[21]
    Milan BojovićZhetysuOrdabasy4–214 May 2018[22]
    Marcos PizzelliAktobeTobol3–223 June 2018[23]
    Aleksey ShchotkinAstanaKyzylzhar3–026 August 2018[24]
    gollark: No, the big research organisations are annoyingly serious.
    gollark: I feel like it ought to be possible, if not necessarily very good.
    gollark: I should really look into automated meme generation at some point.
    gollark: We have calculators for a reason.
    gollark: Dimensional analysis? Theory?

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