2008 Kazakhstan First Division

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The Kazakhstan First Division of 2008 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. Unlike the previous years, number of teams were shortened, due to creation of reserve teams league for Premier League teams. Thus, this season 14 teams started to play against each other on home-away system. Two best teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season. League started on May 1 and finished on October 11

The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a calendar year.

Kazakhstan Premier League association football league

The Kazakhstan Professional Football League, commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division and starts in spring and finishes in late autumn because of the low temperatures in the winter, with each championship corresponding to a calendar year. The majority of matches have been played at weekends in recent seasons.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kazakhmys (Satpaev) (C)	26	20	1	5	54	21	+33	61	Promoted to Premier League 2009
2	Taraz (Taraz)	26	19	4	3	61	14	+47	61	Promoted to Premier League 2009
3	Spartak (Semey)	26	13	8	5	50	35	+15	47
4	Ile-Saulet (Almaty Province)	26	13	5	8	44	31	+13	44
5	Avangard (Petropavl)	26	13	1	12	43	48	−5	40
6	Aktobe-Zhas (Aktobe)	27	13	1	13	54	53	+1	40
7	Asbest (Zhetykara)	26	11	4	11	37	41	−4	37
8	Aksu (Stepnogorsk)	26	10	7	9	39	38	+1	37
9	Caspiy (Aktau)	26	11	1	14	42	55	−13	34
10	Akzhayik (Oral)	26	10	1	15	35	47	−12	31
11	Bolat (Temirtau)	26	9	4	13	50	49	+1	31
12	Karasay Sarbazdary (Kaskelen)	26	6	6	14	27	38	−11	24
13	Aizharyk (Shymkent)	26	7	8	11	49	49	0	23^{[lower-alpha 1]}
14	Gornyak (Khromtau)	26	1	1	24	11	77	−66	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}

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(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ FC Aizharyk was penalized with 6 six points.
↑ FC Gornyak was not able to finish due to financial reasons and withdrew from the league in the middle of the season.

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[table_hth_AIZ0.15130979155717-1] FC Aizharyk was penalized with 6 six points.

[table_hth_GOR0.15130979155717-2] FC Gornyak was not able to finish due to financial reasons and withdrew from the league in the middle of the season.