2018 Kazakhstan Premier League

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Kazakhstan Premier League 2018
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The 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League will be the 27th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana are the defending champions having won their fourth league championship the previous year.

Teams

FC Okzhetpes and FC Taraz were relegated at the end of the 2016 season, and were replaced by FC Zhetysu and FC Kyzylzhar.

Team overview

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktobe	Aktobe	Aktobe Central Stadium	15,000
Akzhayik	Oral	Petr Atoyan Stadium	8,320
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
Kyzylzhar	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	35,000
Shakhter	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium	20,000
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 sponsor
Aktobe	Vladimir Mukhanov	Marcos Pizzelli	Adidas	—
Akzhayik	Artur Avakyants	Miram Sapanov	Adidas	—
Astana	Roman Hryhorchuk	Dmitri Shomko	Adidas	Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau	Viktor Kumykov	Marat Khayrullin	Nike	—
Irtysh	Dimitar Dimitrov	Nikita Kalmykov	Nike	ENRC
Kairat	Carlos Ferrer	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	Nike	Halyk Bank
Kaisar	Stoycho Mladenov	Maksat Baizhanov	Nike	—
Kyzylzhar	Andrey Kucheryavykh	Timur Muldinov	Nike	—
Ordabasy	Kakhaber Tskhadadze	Azat Nurgaliev	Nike	Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter	Nicolai Kostov	Evgeniy Tarasov	Nike	BTL Kazakhstan
Tobol	Vladimir Nikitenko	Azat Nurgaliev	Adidas	Polymetal
Zhetysu	Dmitriy Ogai	Mantas Kuklys	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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Former
Aktobe	Marcos Pizzelli	Reynaldo	Hrvoje Miličević	Saša Marjanović	Milan Radin	Aleksandar Simčević
Akzhayik	Denis Glavina	Idrissa Kouyaté	Artūrs Karašausks	Malick Mané	Andriy Tkachuk	Yevhen Borovyk	Ihor Khudobyak	Michael Odibe	Serhiy Basov
Astana	Richard Almeida	Ivan Mayewski	Marin Tomasov	Marin Aničić	Patrick Twumasi	László Kleinheisler	Đorđe Despotović	Pedro Henrique	Marko Stanojević	Antonio Rukavina Junior Kabananga
Atyrau	Joseph Nane	Tomislav Barbarić	Ivica Žunić	Tunde Adeniji	Novica Maksimović	Stefan Živković	Predrag Sikimić	Rizvan Ablitarov
Irtysh	Gbolahan Salami	Carlos Fonseca	Adrian Avramia	Doru Popadiuc	Miloš Stamenković	Adri	Syarhey Kislyak
Kairat	Isael	Juan Felipe	Syarhey Palitsevich	Ivo Iličević	Ákos Elek	Márton Eppel	Andrey Arshavin	Sheldon Bateau	Aderinsola Eseola
Kaisar	Abdel Lamanje	Ivan Graf	Franck Dja Djedjé	Paul Were	Mathias Coureur	John Kamara	Bratislav Punoševac	Volodymyr Arzhanov
Kyzylzhar	Boško Stupić	Shota Grigalashvili	Giorgi Popkhadze	Momodou Ceesay	Uroš Delić	Freddy Coronel	Vitali Volkov	Maksym Drachenko
Ordabasy	Pablo Fontanello	Hrvoje Spahija	Nikita Bocharov	Abdoulaye Diakate	Kyrylo Kovalchuk
Shakhter	Alyaksandr Valadzko	Mateo Mužek	Egon Vuch	Damir Kojašević	Milan Stojanović	Oleksandr Mihunov	Yevhen Tkachuk	Lukas Droppa	Danijel Subotić
Tobol	Juan Lescano	Fernander Kassaï	Jaba Kankava	Nika Kvekveskiri	Artūras Žulpa	Ionuț Larie	Dmytro Nepohodov
Zhetysu	Kamo Hovhannisyan	Edgar Malakyan	Ivan Sadownichy	Lasha Kasradze	David Mawutor	Mantas Kuklys	Oleg Hromțov	Milan Bojović

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
Irtysh Pavlodar	Vyacheslav Hroznyi	End of contract	16 November 2017	Pre-season	Gerard Nus	21 December 2017
Tobol	Robert Yevdokimov	End of contract	1 December 2017		Vladimir Nikitenko	25 December 2017
Akzhayik	Vakhid Masudov				Volodymyr Mazyar	17 December 2017
Atyrau	Kuanysh Kabdulov (caretaker)	End of contract			Vakhid Masudov	8 January 2018
Ordabasy	Aleksei Petrushin	End of contract			Georgi Dermendzhiev	11 January 2018
Shakhter Karagandy	Saulius Širmelis	End of contract	31 December 2017		Uladzimir Zhuravel	9 January 2018
Atyrau	Vakhid Masudov	Resigned	9 April 2018	12th	Adrian Sosnovschi	11 April 2018
Irtysh Pavlodar	Gerard Nus	Sacked	28 April 2018	8th	Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker)	28 April 2018
Akzhayik	Volodymyr Mazyar		15 May 2018	7th
Irtysh Pavlodar	Dmitry Kuznetsov (Caretaker)	End of Contract	13 June 2018	5th	Oirat Saduov	13 June 2018
Shakhter Karagandy	Uladzimir Zhuravel	Mutual Termination	3 July 2018	10th	Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker)	3 July 2018
Atyrau	Adrian Sosnovschi	Resigned	1 July 2018	12th	Viktor Kumykov	4 July 2018
Irtysh Pavlodar	Oirat Saduov	Sacked	10 July 2018	9th	Dimitar Dimitrov	10 July 2018

Regular season

Table

Template:2018 Kazakhstan Premier League table

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Pavel Shabalin for Irtysh Pavlodar against Atyrau (11 March 2018)

Top scorers

As of matches played 15 July 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcos Pizzelli	Aktobe	14
2	Isael	Kairat	9
	Aderinsola Eseola	Akzhayik/Kairat
4	Patrick Twumasi	Astana	8
5	Roman Murtazayev	Astana	7
	Andrey Arshavin	Kairat
	Malick Mané	Akzhayik
	Marin Tomasov	Astana
9	Azat Nurgaliev	Tobol	6
10	Mathias Coureur	Kaisar	5
	Đorđe Despotović	Astana
	Aleksey Shchotkin	Astana
	Abdoulaye Diakate	Ordabasy
	Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev	Ordabasy
	Damir Kojašević	Shakhter Karagandy
	Tanat Nusserbayev	Tobol

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Baktiyar Zaynutdinov	Astana	Irtysh Pavlodar	6–1	02018-04-07-7 April 2018
Milan Bojović	Zhetysu	Ordabasy	4–2	02018-05-14-14 May 2018
Marcos Pizzelli	Aktobe	Tobol	3–2	02018-06-23-23 June 2018

External links

• Official website

Template:2018 in Kazakh football

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