The 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 24th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began in March 2015 and finished in November. Astana were the defending champions having won their first league championship the previous year.
Teams Spartak Semey was relegated at the end of the 2014 season, and were replaced by Okzhetpes.
Team overview
Team Location Venue Capacity Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000 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 Okzhetpes Kokshetau Okzhetpes Stadium 4,158 Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 35,000 Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000 Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 11,525 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 sponsorAktobe Ioan Andone Yuriy Logvinenko Adidas —Astana Stanimir Stoilov Tanat Nusserbayev Adidas Samruk-KazynaAtyrau Vladimir Nikitenko Guy Essame Nike —Irtysh Dimitar Dimitrov Samat Smakov Nike ENRCKairat Vladimír Weiss Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike KazRosGazKaisar Fyodor Shcherbachenko Martin Klein Nike —Okzhetpes Vladimir Mukhanov Alibek Buleshev Adidas —Ordabasy Viktor Kumykov Kairat Ashirbekov Adidas TAUShakhter Ihor Zakharyak Aldin Đidić Adidas —Taraz Evgeny Yarovenko Dmitri Yevstigneyev Nike —Tobol Sergey Maslenov Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Joma —Zhetysu Ivan Azovskiy Andrey Pasechenko Puma —
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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8 Aktobe Ciprian Deac Marcos Pizzelli Danilo Neco Anderson Mineiro Danilo Artūras Žulpa Dele Adeleye Astana Marin Aničić Roger Cañas Patrick Twumasi Foxi Kéthévoama Branko Ilić Nemanja Maksimović Denys Dedechko Junior Kabananga Atyrau Michael Odibe Anton Grigoryev Ruslan Fomin Guy Essame Volodymyr Arzhanov Abdoulaye Diakate Dmitri Parkhachev Ivan Ivanović Irtysh Alassane N'Diaye Kostyantyn Dudchenko Tomáš Jirsák Carlos Fonseca Fernander Kassaï Evandro Roncatto Ferreira Mustapha Jarju Kairat Žarko Marković Sito Riera Isael Gerard Gohou Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Djordje Despotović Serginho Bruno Soares Kaisar Martin Klein Rimo Hunt Sergei Strukov Vuk Mitošević Josip Knežević Anton Matsveenka Georgi Karaneychev Okzhetpes Alyaksandr Pawlaw Vitali Volkov Daniil Chertov Oleksandr Chyzhov Michal Smejkal Luka Rotković Ivan Cvetković Dmitry Sychev Ordabasy Artem Kasyanov Branislav Trajković Kyrylo Petrov Ivan Božić Alexander Geynrikh Aleksandar Simčević Edin Junuzović Shakhter Nikola Vasiljević Mihret Topcagić Jan Vošahlík Pedro Sass Aubrey David Desley Ubbink Maksym Feshchuk Plamen Dimov Taraz Jovan Golić Denys Vasilyev Oleksandr Yarovenko Dmytro Bashlay Ioan Mera Oleksandr Pyschur Izu Azuka Alan Gatagov Tobol Serhiy Yavorskyi Nenad Šljivić Ognjen Krasić Uche Kalu Tomáš Šimkovič Arūnas Klimavičius Deivydas Matulevičius Zhetysu Davron Ergashev Dušan Savić Ruslan Galiakberov Ilsur Samigullin Aleksei Gerasimov Elbeyi Guliyev Bobir Davlatov Mikhail Petrolay 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 Vardan Minasyan Sacked 16 April 2015 8th Sergei Maslenov (caretaker) 16 April 2015 Zhetysu Askar Kozhabergenov Resigned 20 April 2015 12th Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker) 20 April 2015 Shakhter Vladimir Cheburin Resigned 6 May 2015 12th Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker) 8 May 2015 Irtysh Dmitri Cheryshev Sacked 8 May 2015 10th Sergey Klimov (caretaker) 8 May 2015 Zhetysu Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker) End of caretaker role 28 May 2015 12th Ivan Azovskiy 28 May 2015 Irtysh Sergey Klimov (caretaker) End of caretaker role 1 June 2015 10th Dimitar Dimitrov 1 June 2015 Shakhter Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker) End of caretaker role 5 June 2015 12th Ihor Zakharyak (caretaker) 5 June 2015 Aktobe Vladimir Gazzayev 20 July 2015 1st Ioan Andone 20 July 2015 Kaisar Dmitriy Ogai Resigned 23 July 2015 12th Fyodor Shcherbachenko 06 August 2015
Regular season In the regular season twelve teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 22 matches per team. The top six teams advanced to the Championship round and the bottom six teams qualified for the Relegation round.
Regular season table
Regular season results
Championship round The top six teams from Regular season will participate in the Championship round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth placed team may also qualify for Europa League if they or one of the top three teams wins the 2015 Kazakhstan Cup.
Championship round table
Championship round results
Relegation round The bottom six teams from Regular season will participate in the Relegation round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Relegation round the winners will be considered 7th-placed team of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League, the runners-up will be 8th and so on, with the last team being 12th. The 11th-placed team will qualify for Relegation play-off against runners-up of 2015 Kazakhstan First Division, with the loser being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team will be directly relegated to 2016 Kazakhstan First Division as the last-placed team.
Relegation round table
Relegation round results
Relegation play-offs
Statistics
Top scorers UEFA.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gerard GohouKairat222 Luka RotkovićOkzhetpes13 Đorđe DespotovićZhetysu/Kairat4 Dušan SavićZhetysu125 Tanat NusserbayevAstana116 Sergei KhizhnichenkoAktobe9 Oleksandr PyschurTaraz8 Kostyantyn DudchenkoIrtysh8 Roger CañasAstana Alibek BuleshevOkzhetpes Edin JunuzovićKaisar/Ordabasy
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Gerard Gohou Kairat Tobol 4–0 Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol Shakhter Karagandy 4–1 Uche Kalu Tobol Zhetysu 3–1 Kostyantyn Dudchenko Irtysh Kaisar 4–2 Gerard Gohou Kairat Okzhetpes 3–1 Sergei Khizhnichenko Aktobe Okzhetpes 4–2
Scoring First goal of the season: Ivan Božić for Ordabasy against Irtysh (7 March 2015) Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute, Grigori Sartakov for Irtysh against Tobol (21 March 2015) Latest goal of the season: 94th minute, Gerard Gohou for Kairat against Tobol (7 March 2015) Awards Annual awards Award Winner Club Premier League Player of the Year Gerard Gohou Kairat Premier League Goalkeeper of the Year Stas Pokatilov Aktobe Premier League Manager of the Year Stanimir Stoilov Astana Premier League Top Scorer Gerard Gohou Kairat Team of the Year The Kazakhstan Premier League Team of the Year for 2015 was a symbolic selection of 22 players compiled by the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan following a survey of the league's club head coaches.
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Stas Pokatilov Nenad Erić Dmitry Shomko Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Yermek Kuantayev Abzal Beysebekov Marin Aničić Yuri Logvinenko Žarko Marković Yevgeny Postnikov Roger Cañas Mikhail Bakayev Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Marcos Pizzelli Baurzhan Dzholchiyev Carlos Fonseca Isael Azat Nurgaliyev Gerard Gohou Tanat Nusserbayev Konstantin Dudchenko Đorđe Despotović
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Kairat 8,675 2 Aktobe 5,300 3 Atyrau 4,172 4 Astana 3,894 5 Irtysh 3,550 6 Taraz 3,344 7 Ordabasy 3,144 8 Tobol 2,656 9 Kaysar 2,563 10 Shakhter 2,131 11 Zhetysu 1,844 12 Okzhetpes 1,681
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