The 2019 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 28th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana defended their title, winning the championship for the sixth season in a row, whilst FC Atyrau and FC Aktobe were relegated and FC Taraz survived a relegation playoff against FC Akzhayik.
Teams FC Kyzylzhar and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2018 season, and were replaced by FC Okzhetpes and FC Taraz.
Team overview
Team Location Venue Capacity Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000 Astana Nur-Sultan Nur-Sultan 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 Gani Muratbayev Stadium 7,500 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 Aktobe Mykhaylo Fomenko Marcos Pizzelli Adidas — Astana Roman Hryhorchuk Dmitri Shomko Adidas Samruk-Kazyna Atyrau Yuri Krasnozhan Marat Khayrullin Nike — Irtysh Samvel Babayan Nikita Kalmykov Nike ENRC Kairat Talgat Baysufinov Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike Halyk Bank Kaisar Stoycho Mladenov Maksat Baizhanov Nike — Okzhetpes Bakhytzhan Babayev Adidas — Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Azat Nurgaliev Nike Aysu Mineral Water Shakhter Nikolay Kostov Evgeniy Tarasov Nike BTL Kazakhstan Taraz Nurken Mazbaev Ilya Vorotnikov Nike — Tobol Vladimir Gazzayev Azat Nurgaliev Adidas Polymetal Zhetysu Dmitry Ogai 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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9 Aktobe Marcos Pizzelli Hrvoje Miličević Oleksandr Kitsak Astana Ivan Mayewski Luka Šimunović Marin Tomasov Rangelo Janga Ndombe Mubele Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson Žarko Tomašević Dorin Rotariu Antonio Rukavina Atyrau Alex Bruno Sebastijan Antić Antun Marković Jacques Alberto Ngwem Piotr Grzelczak Islamnur Abdulavov Vitali Ustinov Boubacar Mansaly Rizvan Ablitarov Irtysh Jérémy Manzorro Patrik Hidi Carlos Fonseca Dejan Georgijević Milan Mirosavljev Miloš Stamenković Uroš Vitas Ruslan Mingazow Kairat Syarhey Palitsevich Dino Mikanović Márton Eppel Han Jeong-uh Nebojša Kosović Konrad Wrzesiński Rade Dugalić Aderinsola Eseola Kaisar Tigran Barseghyan Joshua John Ivan Sadownichy Abdel Lamanje Ivan Graf André Bukia Kule Mbombo Bratislav Punoševac Okzhetpes Danilo Almeida Alves Plamen Dimov Artjom Dmitrijev Deimantas Petravičius Darko Zorić Milan Stojanović Ivan Bobko Ordabasy Pablo Fontanello Ziguy Badibanga Mirzad Mehanović João Paulo May Mahlangu Abdoulaye Diakate Kyrylo Kovalchuk Shakhter Ivan Pešić Sergei Zenjov Donjet Shkodra Reginaldo Miloš Vidović Luwagga Kizito Artem Baranovskyi Yevhen Tkachuk Taraz Elivelto Gian Lasha Kasradze Elguja Lobjanidze Mihailo Jovanović Aleksandar Simčević Nemanja Subotić Serge Nyuiadzi Tobol Emil Balayev Fernander Kassaï Nika Kvekveskiri Jaba Kankava Senin Sebai Vytautas Andriuškevičius Artūras Žulpa Nikita Bocharov Zhetysu Kamo Hovhannisyan Andrey Lebedzew Nikita Naumov Martin Toshev David Mawutor Mantas Kuklys Oleg Hromțov Nenad Adamović Ruslan Stepanyuk 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 Kairat Andrei Karpovich End of Contract 25 November 2018 Pre-Season Aleksey Shpilevsky 25 November 2018 Aktobe Vladimir Mukhanov Pre-Season Aleksandr Sednyov 9 January 2019 Okzhetpes Sergey Popkov Pre-Season Andrei Karpovich 3 January 2019 Tobol Marek Zub End of Contract 31 December 2018 Pre-Season Vladimir Gazzayev 31 December 2018 Atyrau Viktor Kumykov Mutual Consent 27 April 2019 11th Kuanysh Kuandulov 27 April 2019 Irtysh Pavlodar Dimitar Dimitrov Suspended 2 May 2019 9th Sergey Klimov 2 May 2019 Atyrau Kuanysh Kuandulov End of Caretaker Role 3 May 2019 11th Oleg Dulub 3 May 2019 Irtysh Pavlodar Sergey Klimov End of Caretaker Role 7 June 2019 9th Milan Milanović 7 June 2019 Tobol Vladimir Gazzayev Resigned 21 July 2019 1st Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev 22 July 2019
Regular season
Table
Results Games 1–22
Games 23–33
Relegation play-offs
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Ablaykhan Makhambetov for Zhetysu against Okzhetpes (9 March 2019)
Top scorers UEFA.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 Marin TomasovAstana19 Aderinsola EseolaKairat3 Abat AimbetovAktobe16 Márton EppelKairat5 João PauloOrdabasy156 Tigran BarseghyanKaisar11 Azat NurgalievTobol8 Kule MbomboKaisar9 Martin ToshevZhetysu10 Toktar ZhangylyshbayOrdabasy8 Ivan PešićShakhter Karagandy Sergei ZenjovShakhter Karagandy Elguja LobjanidzeTaraz Serge NyuiadziTaraz Senin SebaiTobol Bauyrzhan TurysbekTobol
Clean sheets Updated to matches played on 10 November 2019. Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Emil BalayevTobol182 Dmytro NepohodovOrdabasy163 Stas PokatilovKairat134 Almat BekbaevZhetysu115 Nenad ErićAstana10 Igor ShatskiyShakhter Karagandy7 Aleksandr GrigorenkoKaisar68 Andrey ShabanovZhetysu5 Anton TsirinIrtysh Pavlodar10 Yaroslav BaginskyOkzhetpes4 Mukhammejan SeisenTaraz Alexander ZarutskyAtyrau Attendance
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
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References
External links Official website