2021 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 30th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Kairat are the defending champions after winning their third title the previous season.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2021
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 21 December 2020.

Teams

FC Okzhetpes was relegated at the end of the 2020 season, whilst FC Irtysh Pavlodar withdrew from the league in May 2020, and as a result also dropped down into the Kazakhstan First Division. They were replaced by FC Aktobe and FC Atyrau after they had spent one season in the Kazakhstan First Division.

Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 13,200
Astana Nur-Sultan Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,690
Caspiy Aktau Zhastar Stadium 5,000
Kairat Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gani Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Kyzylzhar Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 11,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central 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
Aktobe Alyaksey Baha
Astana Andrey Tikhonov
Atyrau Aram Voskanyan
Caspiy
Kairat Aleksey Shpilevsky
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar Andrei Karpovich
Ordabasy Aleksandr Sednyov
Shakhter Ali Aliyev
Taraz Vardan Minasyan
Tobol Grigori Babayan
Zhetysu Rinat Alyuetov

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.[1]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Aktobe
Astana Luka Šimunović Marin Tomasov Pieros Sotiriou Rúnar Sigurjónsson Žarko Tomašević Dorin Rotariu Antonio Rukavina
Atyrau
Caspiy
Kairat Vágner Love Dino Mikanović Streli Mamba Nebojša Kosović Jacek Góralski Rade Dugalić Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar
Ordabasy
Shakhter
Taraz
Tobol Aleksa Amanović Jérémy Manzorro Carlos Fonseca
Zhetysu

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
Aktobe Pre-Season Alyaksey Baha 21 January 2021[2]
Kyzylzhar Veaceslav Rusnac Andrei Karpovich 8 January 2021[3]
Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Aleksandr Sednyov 21 January 2021[4]
Taraz Vladimir Nikitenko Vardan Minasyan 3 February 2021[5]
Shakhter Karagandy Konstantin Gorovenka Ali Aliyev 20 January 2021[6]
Zhetysu Dmitry Ogai Rinat Alyuetov 15 January 2021[7]

Regular season

League Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Aktobe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Astana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Atyrau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Caspiy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kairat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kaisar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kyzylzhar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Ordabasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Shakhter Karagandy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Taraz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Tobol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
12 Zhetysu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.[8]

Games 1–22
Home \ Away AKT AST ATY CAS KRT KSR KYZ ORD SHA TAR TOB ZHE
Aktobe
Astana
Atyrau
Caspiy
Kairat
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar
Ordabasy
Shakhter Karagandy
Taraz
Tobol
Zhetysu
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


References
  1. "Кто из иностранцев больше не считается легионерами в Казахстане?". sports.kz/ (in Russian). Sports KZ. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. "Алексей Бага Түркияда командаға таныстырылды". vk.com (in Kazakh). FC Aktobe VK. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. "Андрей Карпович - главный тренер ФК "Qyzyljar"". vk.com (in Russian). FC Kyzylzhar VK. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  4. "Ордабасы бапкерлік штабын Андрей Ферапонтов толықтырды". fcordabasy.kz/ (in Kazakh). FC Ordabasy. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. "Вардан Минасян официально возглавил "Тараз"". fctaraz.kz/ (in Russian). FC Taraz. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  6. "ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: АЛИ АЛИЕВ — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК «ШАХТЕР»". shakhter.kz/ (in Russian). FC Shakhter Karagandy. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  7. "РИНАТ АЛЮЕТОВ - ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ЖЕТЫСУ". fc-zhetisu.kz/ (in Russian). FC Zhetysu. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  8. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ ЧЕМПИОНАТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН ПО ФУТБОЛУ СРЕДИ КЛУБОВ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ НА 2018 год" [Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018] (PDF). Kazakhstan Premier League (in Russian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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