2020 Kazakhstan Premier League

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

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.

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On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.[5]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
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 Andrey Tikhonov Dmitri Shomko Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Caspiy Srđan Blagojević Ruslan Sakhalbaev Nike  —
Irtysh Samvel Babayan Nikita Kalmykov Puma ENRC
Kairat Talgat Baysufinov Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike 1xBet
Kaisar Stoycho Mladenov Maksat Baizhanov Nike  —
Kyzylzhar Veaceslav Rusnac Shota Grigalashvili Nike  —
Okzhetpes Andrei Karpovich Yaroslav Baginsky Adidas  —
Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Pablo Fontanello Nike Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter Konstantin Gorovenka Evgeniy Tarasov Nike BTL Kazakhstan
Taraz Vladimir Nikitenko Ilya Vorotnikov Nike  —
Tobol Grigori Babayan Azat Nurgaliev Adidas Polymetal
Zhetysu Dmitriy Ogai Almat Bekbaev 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. 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 Luka Šimunović Marin Tomasov Pieros Sotiriou Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Žarko Tomašević Dorin Rotariu Uroš Radaković Antonio Rukavina
Caspiy Branko Čubrilo Billal Sebaihi Stefan Bukorac Marko Milošević Maksym Marusych
Irtysh
Kairat Vágner Love Dino Mikanović Nebojša Kosović Jacek Góralski Konrad Wrzesiński Rade Dugalić Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar Aleksandar Kolev Clarence Bitang Alvin Fortes Ivan Graf Elguja Lobjanidze Reginaldo Aleksandar Stanisavljević
Kyzylzhar Pablo Podio Momodou Ceesay Shota Grigalashvili Moussa Koné Vytautas Andriuškevičius Mihai Plătică Uroš Delić Artem Baranovskyi Maksym Drachenko
Okzhetpes Gian Artjom Dmitrijev Vsevolod Nihaev Marko Obradović Darko Zorić Aliyu Abubakar Milan Stojanović Taras Bondarenko
Ordabasy Pablo Fontanello Ziguy Badibanga Mirzad Mehanović João Paulo Rúben Brígido May Mahlangu Abdoulaye Diakate Aleksandar Simčević
Shakhter Abdel Lamanje Sergei Zenjov Gideon Baah Cédric Kouadio Muhammed Usman Ruslan Mingazow Yevhen Tkachuk
Taraz Toni Silva Ovidijus Verbickas Dejan Boljević Jovan Čađenović Goran Brkić Bratislav Punoševac Serge Nyuiadzi
Tobol Nika Kvekveskiri Jaba Kankava Senin Sebai Aleksa Amanović Jérémy Manzorro Carlos Fonseca
Zhetysu Martin Toshev David Mawutor Donjet Shkodra Artūras Žulpa Pedro Eugénio Nenad Adamović 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 Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) End of Caretaker Role 14 December 2019 Pre-Season Grigori Babayan 14 December 2019[7]
Shakhter Karagandy Nikolay Kostov End of Contract 30 December 2019 Vyacheslav Hroznyi 30 December 2019[8]
Taraz Nurken Mazbayev End of Contract 31 December 2019 Vladimir Nikitenko 16 January 2020[9]
Astana Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Termination 13 January 2020[10] Michal Bílek 14 January 2020[11]
Shakhter Karagandy Vyacheslav Hroznyi Mutual Termination 17 June 2020[12] 8th Konstantin Gorovenka 18 June 2020[13]
Astana Michal Bílek Sacked 26 August 2020[14] 2nd Paul Ashworth (Caretaker) 26 August 2020[14]
Astana Paul Ashworth (Caretaker) Mutual Termination 7 October 2020[15] 2nd 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) 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) Champion; (R) Relegated.

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 João Paulo Ordabasy 12
2 Abat Aimbetov Kairat 10
3 Elguja Lobjanidze Kaisar 8
4 Vágner Love Kairat 7
5 Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Astana 6
Pieros Sotiriou Astana
Aybar Zhaksylykov Zhetysu
8 Artjom Dmitrijev Okzhetpes 5
Pedro Eugénio Zhetysu
Arsen Khubulov Shakhter Karagandy
Jérémy Manzorro Tobol
Azat Nurgaliev Tobol
Aydos Tattybaev Shakhter Karagandy

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

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