2008 Kazakhstan Premier League

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Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2008
Champions Aktobe
Champions League Aktobe
UEFA Cup Tobol
Irtysh Pavlodar
Okzhetpes
Top goalscorer Alexandru Golban (13)
Murat Tleshev (13)
← 2007
2009 →

The 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 8 March and 5 November. [1] [2]

Contents

Teams

For the 2007 season, Megasport and Energetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Taraz and Ekibastuzets, who had been thrown out of the league for Match fixing, [3]

Team overview

TeamManagerLocationVenueCapacity
Aktobe Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Mukhanov Aktobe Central Stadium 13,200
Almaty Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Storck AlmatyCentral Stadium23,804
Astana Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vyacheslav Ledovskih Astana Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 12,350
Atyrau Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Andreyev Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,500
Energetic-2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Linchevskiy Ekibastuz Shakhter6,300
Esil Bogatyr Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Evgeny Yarovenko Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000
Irtysh Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Oirat Saduov Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vakhid Masudov Almaty Central Stadium 23,804
Kaisar Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Nikitenko Kyzylorda Gani Muratbayev Stadium 7,000
Megasport Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov Almaty Central Stadium 23,804
Okzhetpes Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Viktor Rymar Kokshetau Okzhetpes Stadium 4,158
Ordabasy Flag of Serbia.svg Jovica Nikolić Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Shakhter Karagandy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ivan Azovskiy Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Tobol Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dmitriy Ogai Kostanay Central Stadium 8,323
Vostok Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Holokolosov Oskemen Vostok Stadium 8,500
Zhetysu Flag of Moldova.svg Ilie Karp Taldykorgan Zhetysu Stadium 4,000

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureIncoming manager
Almaty Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco BragonjeSacked Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Storck
Astana Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Irkhin Sacked Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vyacheslav Ledovskih
Atyrau Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergei Volgin Sacked Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Andreyev
Energetik-2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Valeriy ZhuravlevMutual consent Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Linchevskiy
Megasport Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ravil RamazanovMutual consent Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov
Okzhetpes Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vyacheslav LedovskihSigned by Astana Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Viktor Rymar
Ordabasy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov Mutual consent Flag of Serbia.svg Jovica Nikolić
Shakhter Karagandy Flag of Georgia.svg Revaz Dzodzuashvili Mutual consent Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker)
Zhetysu Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Eduard GlazunovMutual consent Flag of Moldova.svg Ilie Karp

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Aktobe (C)3020736118+4367 [a] Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Tobol 3020735821+3767 [a] Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Irtysh Pavlodar 3018845828+3062Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Kaisar 30131072922+749
5 Megasport [b] (D)30126123338−542Withdrew from the league, dissolved and merged
6 Zhetysu 30118112827+141
7 Shakhter Karagandy [c] 29111354126+1537
8 Alma-Ata [b] (D)30107133339−637Withdrew from the league, dissolved and merged
9 Okzhetpes [b] 30105153248−1635Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
10 Kairat [d] (D, R)30910112528−334Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division [e]
11 Astana [f] (D, R)30811113733+432Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division [g]
12 Ordabasy 3079142544−1930
13 Esil Bogatyr 30412142142−2124 [h]
14 Energetik-2 (D, R)3058172143−2223Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
15 Atyrau [b] 30310172254−3219
— Vostok [c] (D, D, D, D, R, R, R, R)29105143548−1335 [h] Expelled and disqualified and excluded and withdrawn from the league
Source: kff.kz (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Championship was decided in a decision game.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Alma-Ata declared their withdrawal from the league in December 2008. As a consequence, Atyrau were spared from relegation. [4] Subsequently, Alma-Ata and Megasport officials announced that the two clubs have merged to a new team called "Lokomotiv" and expressed their will to move to Astana. [5] Lokomotiv also inherited Alma-Ata's 2009–10 UEFA Europa League spot earned through Kazakhstan Cup 2008. [6] However, Lokomotiv were eventually denied the UEFA License for competing in Europa League due to legal difficulties when creating the new club. Thereby, the potential candidates for one spot left in Europa League were Kaisar, Zhetysu, Shakhter and Okzhetpes. Kaisar and Shakhter were, however, denied a license and Zhetysu eventually withdrew from Europe due to financial difficulties. That left Okzhetpes as the third Europa League participant from Kazakhstan. [7]
  3. 1 2 On 2 October 2008, the FFK revisited their decisions upon Shakhter and Vostok for playing a fixed match from 16 September 2008. [8] Shakhter were docked nine points while Vostok were immediately expelled from the competition. The result of the game in question has been cancelled and all remaining Vostok games were counted as won by 3–0 for their opponents. The expulsion of Vostok from Kazakhstan Cup 2008 has been revoked. [9]
  4. ↑ Kairat were docked three points for not paying back existing debts in a timely manner. [10]
  5. ↑ On 20 January 2009, Kairat handed a letter to the FFK citing they will voluntarily withdraw from the Kazakhstan Premier League due to financial reasons. They are eligible for competing in the First Division. [11]
  6. ↑ Astana were docked three points [12] for not paying transfer money to Okzhetpes and Alma-Ata, and for not paying salary to former manager Aleksandr Irkhin.
  7. ↑ On 20 January 2009, Astana withdrew from 2009 season due to unpaid debts. They do not compete on a professional level, but keep their youth academy. [13]
  8. 1 2 On 16 November 2008 FFK board decided not to change the competition format for the 2009 season, what meant that it would feature the same number of teams (16). Since there were four teams originally scheduled to be relegated at the end of the season, the board decided to save from relegation Esil Bogatyr (due to higher number of points) and Vostok (due to importance of the team for the development of football in the East region of Kazakhstan). [14] However, after two withdrawals the 2009 season features 14 teams.

Play-off match

Because Aktobe and Tobol were tied on points and number of wins after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.

Aktobe 1 – 1 (aet) Tobol
Smakov Soccerball shade.svg69' (pen.) Report
(in Russian)		 Golban Soccerball shade.svg49'
Penalties
4 – 2
Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Khisamutdinov (Pavlodar)

Results

Home \ Away AKT ALM AST ATY ENE ESB IRT KRT KSR MEG OKZ ORD SHA TOB VOS ZHE
Aktobe 3–03–13–01–12–13–33–01–01–01–05–13–01–13–03–0
Almaty 0–12–12–11–01–12–21–00–13–14–11–23–31–30–12–2
Astana 1–03–07–13–21–21–12–10–00–13–12–02–30–10–00–0
Atyrau 2–43–10–00–02–01–22–20–02–30–00–22–20–51–41–0
Energetik-2 2–41–32–11–00–01–10–00–10–13–12–11–10–11–20–0
Esil Bogatyr 1–10–10–02–20–00–12–10–00–22–21–10–00–22–10–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 0–01–05–23–03–03–03–12–14–02–14–02–21–12–31–0
Kairat 0–11–00–01–01–00–01–01–11–02–13–00–01–13–0 [a] 3–1
Kaisar 0–00–01–11–04–01–00–10–02–01–21–01–03–22–12–1
Megasport 0–30–10–3 [b] 0–02–11–01–11–00–15–00–11–02–23–0 [a] 0–3 [b]
Okzhetpes 0–3 [c] 0–22–13–22–12–00–12–01–12–02–10–11–10–3 [c] 2–0
Ordabasy 1–40–01–00–02–10–20–11–00–22–21–10–01–21–20–0
Shakhter Karagandy 0–01–11–12–00–13–13–13–05–02–23–0 [c] 2–11–0XXX [d] 1–0
Tobol 1–02–12–03–03–02–12–12–11–16–12–01–12–13–0 [a] 2–0
Vostok 0–3 [a] 2–00–3 [a] 0–01–08–20–3 [a] 0–02–11–20–3 [a] 3–31–10–20–3 [a]
Zhetysu 2–12–01–11–03–01–12–31–11–01–02–00–10–01–01–0
Source: kff.kz (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The games have been counted as lost with a score of 3–0 for Vostok because of their participation in a fixed game with Shakhter. [9]
  2. 1 2 The games Megasport vs. Zhetysu (Round 1, 2–1) and Megasport vs. Astana (Round 2, 0–0) were awarded against Megasport because they fielded two ineligible players. [15]
  3. 1 2 3 The games Okzhetpes vs. Vostok (Round 1, 1–1), Okzhetpes vs. Aktobe (Round 2, 2–2) and Shakhter vs. Okzhetpes (Round 3, 2–1) were awarded against Okzhetpes because of unknown reasons. [15]
  4. ↑ The result of the game (Shakhter 2–1 Vostok) has been discarded. [9]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 5 November 2008 [1]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Moldova.svg Alexandru Golban Tobol13
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Murat Tleshev Irtysh
3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol12
4 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Marat Khairullin Aktobe11
5 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Georgi Daskalov Irtysh10
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Maksat Baizhanov Kaisar
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Savin Astana

References

  1. 1 2 "2008 PREMIER LEAGUE". www.kpfl.kz/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan . Retrieved 18 December 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ СТАТУС КОМАНД ПЕРЕД СЕЗОНОМ-2008 Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. ↑ Околофутбол. www.sports.kz/ (in Russian). sports.kz. 1 January 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Атырау в Премьер Лиге [ permanent dead link ](in Russian)
  5. ↑ "Almaty pair consolidate to accumulate". UEFA. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  6. ↑ НОВЫЕ ИМЕНА [ permanent dead link ](in Russian)
  7. ↑ Окжетпес примет участие в Лиге Европы Archived 2009-06-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  8. ↑ Состоялось заседание Контрольно-Дисциплинарного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана. Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  9. 1 2 3 Состоялось заседание Апелляционного комитета Федерации Футбола Казахстана. Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  10. ↑ С ФК "Кайрат" снято три очка. Archived 2009-04-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  11. ↑ "Кайрат" хочет играть в первой лиге. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  12. ↑ С "Астаны" снято три очка. Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  13. ↑ "Astana fall short of Kazakh requirements". UEFA. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  14. ↑ В Алматы прошла пресс-конференция, посвященная решениям, принятым Исполкомом ФФК 16 ноября на своем заседании. Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  15. 1 2 "Kazakhstan 2008". RSSSF . 2010-08-11. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
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