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Kazakhstan Premier League
2021
Season information
Dates
Winners Tobol
Relegated Kaisar
Zhetysu
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League Tobol
Europa Conference League Astana
Kairat
Season statistics
Matches played 182
Goals scored 448
Top goalscorer Marin Tomasov
(17 goals)
Biggest home win Tobol 5–0 Turan
(23 April 2021)
Kairat 5–0 Atyrau
(2 July 2021)
Biggest away win Ordabasy 0–5 Kyzylzhar
(26 August 2021)
Highest scoring Aktobe 4–4 Ordabasy
(9 April 2021)
Astana 6–2 Atyrau
(10 April 2021)
 ← 2020
2022 → 

The 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League was 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.

Teams[]

FC Okzhetpes (relegated after two years in the top flight) 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[]

Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 13,200
Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
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 Central Stadium 10,500
Turan Turkistan Turkistan Arena 7,000
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 Flag of Russia Vladimir Mukhanov Flag of Kazakhstan Yury Logvinenko Adidas Parimatch
Akzhayik Flag of Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Flag of ? Adidas
Astana Flag of Russia Andrey Tikhonov Flag of Kazakhstan Abzal Beisebekov Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau Flag of Armenia Aram Voskanyan Flag of ? Adidas GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ
Caspiy Flag of Serbia Srdjan Blagojevic Flag of ? Macron XCOM (Back of shirt)
Kairat Flag of Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Flag of Kazakhstan Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Nike Halyk Bank
Kaisar Flag of Kazakhstan Sultan Abildaev Flag of ? Adidas -
Kyzylzhar Flag of Kazakhstan Andrei Karpovich Flag of ? Nike
Ordabasy Flag of Belarus Aleksandr Sednyov Flag of Kazakhstan Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev Adidas -
Shakhter Flag of Russia Magomed Adiyev Flag of Russia Arsen Khubulov Adidas Kazakhmys
Taraz Flag of Armenia Vardan Minasyan Flag of ? Puma -
Tobol Flag of Kazakhstan Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) Flag of Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliyev Adidas Polymetal
Turan Flag of Kazakhstan Abdukhalik Buribayev Flag of ? Adidas -
Zhetysu Flag of Kazakhstan Rinat Alyuetov Flag of ? 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. 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Aktobe Flag of Cameroon Hervaine Moukam Flag of Czech Republic Michal Jeřábek Flag of Lithuania Artūras Žulpa Flag of Mali Tongo Doumbia Flag of Ukraine Dmytro Korkishko Flag of Ukraine Vitaliy Balashov Flag of Georgia Zaza Tsitskishvili Flag of Ghana Joachim Adukor
Akzhayik Flag of Ukraine Artem Baranovskyi Flag of Ukraine Oleksiy Chychykov Flag of Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk Flag of Ukraine Serhiy Litovchenko Flag of Ukraine Vitaliy Pryndeta Template:Country data MLD Ștefan Sicaci Flag of Mozambique Reginaldo Flag of Georgia Luka Imnadze
Astana Flag of Albania Eneo Bitri Flag of Croatia Luka Šimunović Flag of Croatia Marin Tomasov Flag of Moldova Valeriu Ciupercă Flag of Montenegro Žarko Tomašević Flag of Serbia Antonio Rukavina Flag of Spain Cadete Flag of Portugal Pedro Eugénio Flag of Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj
Atyrau Flag of Serbia Lazar Sajčić Flag of Brazil Alex Bruno Flag of Brazil Allef Flag of Brazil Bryan Flag of Brazil Gian Flag of Haiti Alex Junior Christian Flag of Poland Piotr Grzelczak Flag of Serbia Danijel Stojković
Caspiy Flag of France Chafik Tigroudja Flag of Serbia Miloš Stanojević Flag of Serbia Nikola Cuckić Flag of Serbia Marko Milošević Flag of Serbia Nenad Gavrić Flag of Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow Flag of Ukraine Taras Bondarenko
Kairat Flag of Brazil Vágner Love Flag of Brazil João Paulo Flag of Cameroon Macky Bagnack Flag of Croatia Dino Mikanović Flag of Guinea José Kanté Flag of Montenegro Nebojša Kosović Flag of Poland Jacek Góralski Flag of Portugal Ricardo Alves Flag of Serbia Rade Dugalić
Kaisar Flag of Cameroon Clarence Bitang Flag of Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis Flag of Montenegro Jovan Čađenović Flag of Montenegro Stefan Denković Flag of Senegal Ousmane N'Diaye Flag of Burundi Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
Kyzylzhar Flag of Argentina Pablo Podio Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Semir Smajlagić Flag of Portugal Carlos Fonseca Flag of Ivory Coast Moussa Koné Flag of Montenegro Darko Zorić Flag of Ukraine Maksym Drachenko Flag of Ukraine Yuriy Bushman
Ordabasy Flag of Ukraine Dmytro Khlyobas Flag of Nigeria Chidi Osuchukwu Flag of Senegal Abdoulaye Diakate Flag of Serbia Aleksandar Simčević Flag of Tajikistan Muhammadjon Rakhimov
Shakhter Flag of Serbia Stefan Bukorac Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Rustemović Flag of Bulgaria Martin Toshev Flag of Croatia Ivan Graf Flag of Ghana David Mawutor Flag of North Macedonia David Atanaskoski Flag of Serbia Vuk Mitošević Flag of Cameroon Abdel Lamanje Flag of Canada Aramis Kouzine
Taraz Flag of Ivory Coast Kódjo Flag of Nigeria Faith Obilor Flag of Serbia Nenad Adamović Flag of Serbia Uroš Nenadović Flag of Portugal Erivaldo Flag of Nigeria Bruno Ibeh
Tobol Flag of France Jérémy Manzorro Flag of Georgia Elguja Lobjanidze Flag of Guinea-Bissau Toni Silva Flag of North Macedonia Aleksa Amanović Flag of Portugal Rúben Brígido Flag of Serbia Dušan Jovančić Flag of Serbia Zoran Tošić Flag of Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev
Turan Flag of Montenegro Branislav Janković Flag of Ukraine Yevhen Chumak Flag of Serbia Milan Stojanović Flag of Serbia Stefan Živković Flag of Ukraine Yevhen Smirnov Flag of North Macedonia Samir Fazli Flag of Nigeria Stanley
Zhetysu Flag of Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev Flag of Georgia Tengiz Tsikaridze Flag of Romania Gabriel Enache Flag of Ukraine Rizvan Ablitarov Flag of Ukraine Temur Partsvania Flag of Ukraine Vladyslav Okhronchuk Flag of Nigeria Ugochukwu Oduenyi

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
Kyzylzhar Veaceslav Rusnac Andrei Karpovich 8 January 2021
Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Aleksandr Sednyov 21 January 2021
Taraz Vladimir Nikitenko Vardan Minasyan 3 February 2021
Shakhter Karagandy Konstantin Gorovenka Ali Aliyev 20 January 2021
Zhetysu Dmitry Ogai Rinat Alyuetov 15 January 2021
Shakhter Karagandy Ali Aliyev Resigned 10 April 2021 14th Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) 10 April 2021
Shakhter Karagandy Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) End of role 16 April 2021 14th Magomed Adiyev 16 April 2021
Aktobe Alyaksey Baha Resigned 5 May 2021 10th Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) 5 May 2021
Aktobe Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) End of role 7 June 2021 10th Vakhid Masudov 7 June 2021
Kairat Aleksey Shpilevsky Signed by Erzgebirge Aue 7 June 2021 3rd Kirill Keker (Caretaker) 7 June 2021
Tobol Grigori Babayan Signed by CSKA Moscow 17 June 2021 2nd Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) 18 June 2021
Aktobe Vakhid Masudov Resigned 26 July 2021 10th Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) 26 July 2021
Aktobe Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) End of role 4 August 2021 10th Vladimir Mukhanov 4 August 2021
Astana Andrey Tikhonov End of role 5 November 2021 End of season Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker) 5 November 2021
Astana Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker) End of role 21 November 2021 End of season Srdjan Blagojevic 21 November 2021
Caspiy Srdjan Blagojevic Signed by Astana 21 November 2021 End of season Nikolay Kostov 31 December 2021

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tobol (C) 26 18 7 1 54 18 +36 61 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Astana 26 17 6 3 53 25 +28 57 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Kairat 26 14 9 3 52 21 +31 51
4 Kyzylzhar 26 11 6 9 32 24 +8 39
5 Ordabasy 26 10 8 8 36 35 +1 38
6 Shakhter Karagandy 26 9 6 11 25 34 −9 33
7 Aktobe 26 9 6 11 35 40 −5 33
8 Caspiy 26 8 8 10 35 35 0 32
9 Akzhayik 26 9 5 12 25 31 −6 32
10 Taraz 26 7 8 11 27 34 −7 29
11 Atyrau 26 7 7 12 25 40 −15 28
12 Turan 26 5 11 10 22 40 −18 26
13 Kaisar (R) 26 4 7 15 24 44 −20 19 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
14 Zhetysu (R) 26 5 4 17 23 47 −24 16
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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Games 1–26[]

Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY CAS KRT KSR KYZ ORD SHA TAR TOB TUR ZHE
Aktobe 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–5 1–2 1–1 1–1 4–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–0
Akzhayik 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–1 3–2
Astana 2–1 1–0 6–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Atyrau 1–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–2
Caspiy 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0
Kairat 4–2 3–1 1–0 5–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 5–1 2–0
Kaisar 0–2 0–1 2–5 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–1
Kyzylzhar 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–0
Ordabasy 0–1 2–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 0–5 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0
Shakhter Karagandy 1–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 3–1
Taraz 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–3
Tobol 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–1 3–0 5–0 2–1
Turan 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–4 0–2
Zhetysu 1–5 2–2 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–2 0–2 3–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

As of matches played on 30 October 2021
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Flag of Croatia Marin Tomasov Astana 17
2 Flag of Kazakhstan Artur Shushenachev Kairat 12
3 Flag of Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev Aktobe/Tobol 11
4 Flag of Guinea José Kanté Kairat 9
Flag of Brazil João Paulo Ordabasy/Kairat
6 Flag of Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis Kaisar 8
Flag of Serbia Nemanja Nikolić Tobol
8 Flag of Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliyev Tobol 7
Flag of Armenia Tigran Barseghyan Astana
Flag of Portugal Pedro Eugénio Taraz/Astana
Flag of Kazakhstan Alibek Kasym Kyzylzhar
Flag of Brazil Vágner Love Kairat

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