2012 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 21st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season was scheduled to start on 9 March 2012 and to conclude on 27 October 2012[1] Shakhter Karagandy as the defending champions having won their first league championship last year succeeded in preservation of its league title.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2012
ChampionsShakhter Karagandy
RelegatedSunkar
Okzhetpes
Champions LeagueShakhter Karagandy
Europa LeagueAstana
Irtysh Pavlodar
Aktobe
Matches played144
Goals scored348 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerUlugbek Bakaev and Ihar Zyankovich (9)
Biggest home winAstana 5-0 Atyrau
Biggest away winZhetysu 1–5 Shakhter
Highest scoringZhetysu 5–2 Kaisar
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The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season.

Changes from 2011 season

The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season. This also led to a change in the competition modus. The second phase with it separate play-off groups for championship and relegation has been abolished; all teams will play a single home-and-away round-robin schedule.

Teams

Promoted

Relegated

Locations of teams in the 2012 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 Munayshy Stadium 9,000
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 07,300
Okzhetpes Kokshetau Okzhetpes Stadium 10,000
Ordabasy Shymkent K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent 37,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhtyor Stadium 19,000
Sunkar Kaskelen Tauelsizdik 10 zhyldygy 02,500
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 08,323
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 Mukhanov Samat Smakov adidas —
Akzhayik Jozef Škrlík
Astana Miroslav Beránek Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev adidas Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau Yuriy Konkov Andrei Travin adidas
Irtysh Talgat Baisufinov David Loria Nike ENRC
Kairat José Pérez Serer Ruslan Baltiev adidas KazRosGaz
Kaisar Vladimir Nikitenko Borut Semler adidas —
Okzhetpes Vladimir Cheburin Umbro —
Ordabasy Viktor Pasulko Kairat Ashirbekov adidas —
Shakhter Viktor Kumykov Andrey Finonchenko Umbro ArcelorMittal
Sunkar Vladimir Gulyaimkhadarov
Taraz Ljupko Petrović Nurtas Kurgulin Nike —
Tobol Vyacheslav Grozny Aleksandr Petukhov Erreà —
Zhetysu Slobodan Krčmarević Nike —

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Kairat John Gregory Sacked December 2011[2][3] Pre-Season Dmitry Ogay December 2011[4]
Okzhetpes Viktor Dohadailo 14th Vladimir Cheburin March 2012
Astana Oleh Protasov Resign 10th Miroslav Beránek April 2012
Kaisar Sergei Kogai 13th Vladimir Nikitenko April 2012
Zhetysu Serik Abdualiyev 13th Slobodan Krčmarević May 9, 2012[5]
Kairat Dmitry Ogai 10th Jose Perez Serer

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 Robert Primus Lukáš Bajer Emil Kenzhesariev Arūnas Klimavičius Serghei Covalciuc Alexander Geynrikh Marat Bikmaev Timur Kapadze
Akzhayik Borut Semler Jakub Chleboun Anatoliy Vlasichev Pavel Černý Miloš Stojčev Ihar Zyankovich Haman Sadjo Miloš Brezinský
Astana Nenad Erić Christian Ebala Foxi Kéthévoama Filip Ivanovski Dimitrija Lazarevski Aleksei Belkin Damir Kojašević
Atyrau Đorđe Tutorić Artyom Fomin Fausto Sandro Vladimir Buač Nivaldo Hannes Sigurðsson Nikola Milanković
Irtysh Mamoutou Coulibaly Nemanja Džodžo Ulugbek Bakayev Štěpán Kučera Darko Maletić Titi Essomba Predrag Govedarica
Kairat Alberto Heredia Stuart Duff Marko Đorđević Josip Knežević Souto Óscar Alyaksandr Bychanok
Kaisar Nemanja Džodžo Gradimir Crnogorac Marjan Marković Oleg Khromtsov Philip Edeipo Bojan Mamić Dmitri Parkhachev Karim Fachtali
Okzhetpes Marko Milovanović Adrian Grigoruta Ovidiu Mendizov Davit Chagelishvili Arslanmyrat Amanow
Ordabasy Andrew Mwesigwa Aleksandar Trajković Gueye Mansour Artem Kasyanov Baba Collins Vladimir Đilas Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy Gediminas Vičius Nikola Vasiljević Eduards Višņakovs Andrey Paryvayew Filip Arsenijević Aldin Đidić Roger Cañas
Sunkar Stanislav Nohýnek Rade Đokić Goran Cvetković Gheorghe Ovseanicov Mantas Savėnas Dragomir Vukobratović
Taraz Ersin Mehmedović Abdoulaye Diakate Neven Vukman Miroslav Lečić Ognjen Krasić Obiora Odita Ivan Perić
Tobol Syarhey Kantsavy Jhonnes Igor Bugaiov Nenad Šljivić Mensur Kurtiši Vitali Volkov Nemanja Jovanović Sergei Strukov
Zhetysu Tanko Dyakov Siniša Dobrašinović Danilo Belić Miloš Mihajlov Edin Junuzović Zoran Kostić Marko Đalović

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhter Karagandy (C) 26 17 2 7 48 15 +33 53 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Irtysh Pavlodar 26 15 6 5 46 20 +26 51 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Aktobe 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 50
4 Taraz 26 14 4 8 32 30 +2 46
5 Astana 26 13 7 6 34 24 +10 46 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 Tobol 26 13 6 7 42 27 +15 45
7 Ordabasy 26 10 9 7 29 24 +5 39
8 Akzhayik 26 10 4 12 34 39 −5 34
9 Kaisar 26 8 6 12 21 33 −12 30
10 Kairat 26 7 8 11 23 34 −11 29
11 Atyrau 26 7 6 13 16 32 −16 27
12 Zhetysu 26 6 5 15 27 45 −18 23
13 Sunkar (R) 26 5 8 13 16 31 −15 23 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
14 Okzhetpes (R) 26 3 2 21 20 56 −36 11
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
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Astana qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of 2012 Kazakhstan Cup.

Results
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT KSR OKZ ORD SHA SUN TAR TOB ZHE
Aktobe 3–4 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 4–0
Akzhayik 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–2
Astana 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0
Atyrau 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 3–0
Kairat 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–0
Kaisar 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–0
Okzhetpes 1–4 0–3 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–0
Ordabasy 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 4–1
Shakhter Karagandy 2–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 0–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 5–1
Sunkar 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0
Taraz 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–3
Tobol 2–2 6–0 3–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 2–1
Zhetysu 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–1 1–5 1–1 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 Oct 2012. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals (Pen.)
1 Ulugbek Bakaev Irtysh 14 (4)
2 Tanat Nuserbaev Astana 10
Ihar Zyankovich Akzhayik 10 (3)
4 Baurzhan Dzholchiyev Tobol 8
Edin Junuzović Zhetysu 8
6 Mansour Gueye Ordabasy 7
Miroslav Lečić Taraz 7
Sergei Strukov Irtysh/Tobol 7
Daurenbek Tazhimbetov Ordabasy 7
Gediminas Vičius Shakhter Karagandy 7

References
  1. https://int.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2012/regular-season/
  2. "John Gregory". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. "Kairat football club paid John Gregori $120 000 on termination of contract". tengrinews. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. "Dmitry Ogay". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  5. Слободан Крчмаревич - главный тренер "Жетысу" (Slobodan Krčmarević - head coach of "Zhetysu") Archived 2012-07-10 at Archive.today. Football Federation of Kazakhstan website. May 9, 2012
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