The 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 29th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana were the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season.
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. On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.
On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. 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.
Irtysh Pavlodar On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.
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
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 was restricted to eight per KPL team. A team could 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. ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 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 End of Caretaker Role 14 December 2019Pre-Season Grigori Babayan 14 December 2019 Shakhter Karagandy Nikolay Kostov End of Contract 30 December 2019 Vyacheslav Hroznyi 30 December 2019 Taraz Nurken Mazbayev End of Contract 31 December 2019 Vladimir Nikitenko 16 January 2020 Astana Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Termination 13 January 2020 Michal Bílek 14 January 2020 Shakhter Karagandy Vyacheslav Hroznyi Mutual Termination 17 June 2020 8th Konstantin Gorovenka 18 June 2020 Astana Michal Bílek Sacked 26 August 2020 2nd Paul Ashworth 26 August 2020 Astana Paul Ashworth Mutual Termination 7 October 2020 2nd Andrey Tikhonov 16 October 2020
Regular season
League table
Results Games 1–20
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Pieros Sotiriou for Astana against Kyzylzhar ()
Top scorers UEFA.com RankPlayerClubGoals1 João PauloOrdabasy122 Abat AimbetovKairat103 Elguja LobjanidzeKaisar84 Vágner LoveKairat75 Rúnar Már SigurjónssonAstana6 Pieros SotiriouAstana Aybar ZhaksylykovZhetysu8 Artjom DmitrijevOkzhetpes5 Pedro EugénioZhetysu Arsen KhubulovShakhter Karagandy Jérémy ManzorroTobol Azat NurgalievTobol Aydos TattybaevShakhter Karagandy
Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Aleksandr ZarutskiyKaisar3 Miroslav LobantsevKyzylzhar Vladimir PlotnikovOrdabasy Igor ShatskiyTobol Aleksandr MokinTobol Almat BekbaevZhetysu Stas PokatilovKairat8 Nenad ErićAstana2 Dmytro NepohodovAstana Danil UstimenkoKairat Marsel IslamkulovKaisar Mukhammejan SeisenTaraz Andrey ShabanovZhetysu
References
External links Official website