Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2021
ChampionsTobol
RelegatedKaisar
Zhetysu
Champions LeagueTobol
Europa Conference LeagueAstana
Kairat
Matches played182
Goals scored448 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerMarin Tomasov
(17 goals)
Biggest home winTobol 5–0 Turan
(23 April 2021)
Kairat 5–0 Atyrau
(2 July 2021)
Biggest away winOrdabasy 0–5 Kyzylzhar
(26 August 2021)
Highest scoringAktobe 4–4 Ordabasy
(9 April 2021)
Astana 6–2 Atyrau
(10 April 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Astana
Longest unbeaten run16 matches
Astana
Longest winless run11 matches
Kaisar
Longest losing run6 matches
Zhetysu
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021.

The 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 30th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Kairat were the defending champions after winning their third title the previous season. FC Tobol won their second title.

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

Map of Kazakhstan and the 12 teams of the 2021 Premier League
Aktobe
Akzhayik
Astana
Atyrau
Caspiy
Kairat
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar
Ordabasy
Shakhter
Taraz
Tobol
Turan
Zhetysu
Locations of teams in the 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League
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 Russia Vladimir Mukhanov Kazakhstan Yury Logvinenko Adidas Parimatch
Akzhayik Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Adidas
Astana Russia Andrey Tikhonov Kazakhstan Abzal Beisebekov[1] Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau Armenia Aram Voskanyan Adidas GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ
Caspiy Serbia Srdjan Blagojevic Macron XCOM (Back of shirt)
Kairat Turkmenistan Kurban Berdyev Kazakhstan Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Nike Halyk Bank
Kaisar Kazakhstan Sultan Abildayev Adidas -
Kyzylzhar Kazakhstan Andrei Karpovich Nike
Ordabasy Belarus Aleksandr Sednyov Kazakhstan Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev Adidas -
Shakhter Russia Magomed Adiyev Russia Arsen Khubulov Adidas Kazakhmys
Taraz Armenia Vardan Minasyan Puma -
Tobol Kazakhstan Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) Kazakhstan Azat Nurgaliyev Adidas Polymetal
Turan Kazakhstan Abdukhalik Buribayev Adidas -
Zhetysu Kazakhstan Rinat Alyuetov 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.[2]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9
Aktobe Cameroon Hervaine Moukam Czech Republic Michal Jeřábek Lithuania Artūras Žulpa Mali Tongo Doumbia Ukraine Dmytro Korkishko Ukraine Vitaliy Balashov Georgia (country) Zaza Tsitskishvili Ghana Joachim Adukor
Akzhayik Ukraine Artem Baranovskyi Ukraine Oleksiy Chychykov Ukraine Mykola Kovtalyuk Ukraine Serhiy Litovchenko Ukraine Vitaliy Pryndeta Moldova Ștefan Sicaci Mozambique Reginaldo Georgia (country) Luka Imnadze
Astana Albania Eneo Bitri Croatia Luka Šimunović Croatia Marin Tomasov Moldova Valeriu Ciupercă Montenegro Žarko Tomašević Serbia Antonio Rukavina Spain Cadete Portugal Pedro Eugénio Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj
Atyrau Serbia Lazar Sajčić Brazil Alex Bruno Brazil Allef Brazil Bryan Brazil Gian Haiti Alex Junior Christian Poland Piotr Grzelczak Serbia Danijel Stojković
Caspiy France Chafik Tigroudja Serbia Miloš Stanojević Serbia Nikola Cuckić Serbia Marko Milošević Serbia Nenad Gavrić Turkmenistan Ruslan Mingazow Ukraine Taras Bondarenko
Kairat Brazil Vágner Love Brazil João Paulo Cameroon Macky Bagnack Croatia Dino Mikanović Guinea José Kanté Montenegro Nebojša Kosović Poland Jacek Góralski Portugal Ricardo Alves Serbia Rade Dugalić
Kaisar Cameroon Clarence Bitang Lithuania Karolis Laukžemis Montenegro Jovan Čađenović Montenegro Stefan Denković Senegal Ousmane N'Diaye Burundi Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana
Kyzylzhar Argentina Pablo Podio Bosnia and Herzegovina Semir Smajlagić Portugal Carlos Fonseca Ivory Coast Moussa Koné Montenegro Darko Zorić Ukraine Maksym Drachenko Ukraine Yuriy Bushman
Ordabasy Ukraine Dmytro Khlyobas Nigeria Chidi Osuchukwu Senegal Abdoulaye Diakate Serbia Aleksandar Simčević Tajikistan Muhammadjon Rakhimov
Shakhter Serbia Stefan Bukorac Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Rustemović Bulgaria Martin Toshev Croatia Ivan Graf Ghana David Mawutor North Macedonia David Atanaskoski Serbia Vuk Mitošević Cameroon Abdel Lamanje Canada Aramis Kouzine
Taraz Ivory Coast Kódjo Nigeria Faith Obilor Serbia Nenad Adamović Serbia Uroš Nenadović Portugal Erivaldo Nigeria Bruno Ibeh
Tobol France Jérémy Manzorro Georgia (country) Elguja Lobjanidze Guinea-Bissau Toni Silva North Macedonia Aleksa Amanović Portugal Rúben Brígido Serbia Dušan Jovančić Serbia Zoran Tošić Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev
Turan Montenegro Branislav Janković Ukraine Yevhen Chumak Serbia Milan Stojanović Serbia Stefan Živković Ukraine Yevhen Smirnov North Macedonia Samir Fazli Nigeria Stanley
Zhetysu Estonia Artjom Dmitrijev Georgia (country) Tengiz Tsikaridze Romania Gabriel Enache Ukraine Rizvan Ablitarov Ukraine Temur Partsvania Ukraine Vladyslav Okhronchuk 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[3]
Kyzylzhar Veaceslav Rusnac Andrei Karpovich 8 January 2021[4]
Ordabasy Kakhaber Tskhadadze Aleksandr Sednyov 21 January 2021[5]
Taraz Vladimir Nikitenko Vardan Minasyan 3 February 2021[6]
Shakhter Karagandy Konstantin Gorovenka Ali Aliyev 20 January 2021[7]
Zhetysu Dmitry Ogai Rinat Alyuetov 15 January 2021[8]
Shakhter Karagandy Ali Aliyev Resigned 10 April 2021[9] 14th Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) 10 April 2021[9]
Shakhter Karagandy Andrei Finonchenko (Caretaker) End of role 16 April 2021 14th Magomed Adiyev 16 April 2021[10]
Aktobe Alyaksey Baha Resigned 5 May 2021[11] 10th Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) 5 May 2021[11]
Aktobe Vladimir Zelenovskiy (Caretaker) End of role 7 June 2021[12] 10th Vakhid Masudov 7 June 2021[12]
Kairat Aleksey Shpilevsky Signed by Erzgebirge Aue 7 June 2021[13] 3rd Kirill Keker (Caretaker) 7 June 2021[13]
Tobol Grigori Babayan Signed by CSKA Moscow 17 June 2021[14][15] 2nd Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) 18 June 2021[16]
Aktobe Vakhid Masudov Resigned 26 July 2021[17] 10th Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) 26 July 2021[17]
Aktobe Mukhtar Erimbetov (Caretaker) End of role 4 August 2021[18] 10th Vladimir Mukhanov 4 August 2021[18]
Astana Andrey Tikhonov End of role 5 November 2021[19] End of season Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker)[19] 5 November 2021
Astana Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker) End of role 21 November 2021 End of season Srdjan Blagojevic 21 November 2021[20]
Caspiy Srdjan Blagojevic Signed by Astana 21 November 2021[20] End of season Nikolay Kostov 31 December 2021[21]

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[a] (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.[23]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Zhetysu had three points deducted on 10 March 2021 as a punishment for the unavailability of their nominated reserve stadium for their second match-day fixture.[22]

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.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
AktobeDDWDWLLLLWDLLLWWDLWDLWWLWL
AkzhayikLWLLWLWLWWWWLLLWDWLLDDLDDL
AstanaDWDWWWWWWWWWDDDWLLWWWWWWLD
AtyrauLLLLDDWWWLWDWWLLWDLDLLDLDL
CaspiyDLWLDDWWLDLWWDWLLDLLWDLLDW
KairatWWDWDDLWDDLWDWWWWDWLWDWWWD
KaisarLLDWLDLLDLDLLLDWLDWLLDLLLW
KyzylzharWDWWLLWWDLWLLDWLDWDWLLWLDW
OrdabasyLWWDLWWLLDDDDDWLWWLWDDLWWL
Shakhter KaragandyWLLLLWLWDDLLLDLWDWLWWDDWLW
TarazWDDWWWLWLLLLDDLLDLWDDLDWLL
TobolWDDWWDWLWWDWWWDWWDWWDWWWWW
TuranDLDLLDLLWWWLWLDLDDLDDWDDLD
ZhetysuLWLLDLLLLLLWWWLLLLDLDLLLWD
Source:[citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Tobol23544424222222221111222211
Astana52421111111111112222111122
Kairat11112353434433333333333333
Kyzylzhar910766765565599678644444454
Ordabasy105257546677788565565555545
Akzhayik13710118999853345844456667679
Caspiy81188987778108564578887781098
Aktobe7937568811991011111010101010101186767
Shakhter Karagandy481112121010101010121212131312121111111099886
Atyrau1213141414141211911897478677781010111111
Taraz346332323466679999999111191010
Turan612121313131414131211111010111111121212121212121212
Kaisar111413911111112121313131414141414141313131313131313
Zhetysu14691010121313141414141312121313131414141414141414
Leader
Europa Conference League second qualifying round
Relegation to 2022 Kazakhstan First Division
Source:[citation needed]

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

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

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External links

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