2013 Kazakhstan Premier League

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Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2013
Champions Aktobe
Relegated Vostok
Akzhayik
Champions League Aktobe
Europa League Astana
Kairat
Shakhter Karagandy
Matches played134
Goals scored298 (2.22 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus.svg Igor Zenkovich
(Shakhter Karagandy, 15 goals)
Biggest home winTobol 5–1 Astana (R1)
Akzhayik 4–0 Atyrau (R11)
Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17)
Shakhter 4–0 Akzhayik (R22)
Biggest away winZhetysu 1–4 Tobol (R11)
Highest scoringKairat 3–3 Zhetysu (R1)
Tobol 5–1 Astana (R1)
Kairat 4–2 Tobol (R5)
Ordabasy 4–2 Akzhayik (R8)
Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17)
2012
2014

The 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 22nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 9 March 2013 and ended on 2 November. Shakhter Karagandy were the defending champions, having won their second league championship the previous year.

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Changes from 2012 season

The league was reduced from fourteen to twelve teams for this season.

Teams

For the 2013 season, the league changed from 14 teams to 12, meaning the bottom two teams from the previous season, Sunkar and Okzhetpes, along with Kaisar were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division with only Vostok, the second place team, gaining promotion.

Team overview

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Locations of teams in the 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League
TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 13,500
Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,000
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 37,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 19,000
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 8,323
Vostok Oskemen Vostok Stadium 8,500
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.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aktobe Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Nikitenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Petr Badlo adidas
Akzhayik Flag of Serbia.svg Ljupko Petrović Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Ruslan Khairov Puma
Astana Flag of Romania.svg Ioan Andone Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kairat Nurdauletov adidas Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau Flag of Montenegro.svg Miodrag Radulović Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Valentin Chureevadidas
Irtysh Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Talgat Baisufinov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergei Ivanov adidas ENRC
Kairat Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Weiss Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kyril Shestakov Nike KazRosGaz
Ordabasy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vakhid Masudov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kairat Ashirbekov adidasTAU
Shakhter Flag of Russia.svg Viktor Kumykov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Finonchenko Nike
Taraz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Arno Pijpers Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vitali Yevstigneyev adidas
Tobol Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergei Maslenov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev adidas
Vostok Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Fomichyov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Roman Nesterenko Umbro
Zhetysu Flag of Russia.svg Omari Tetradze Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zahar Korobovadidas

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Kairat Flag of Spain.svg José Pérez Serer End of contractNovember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Slovakia.svg Vladimír Weiss November 2012
Ordabasy Flag of Ukraine.svg Viktor Pasulko End of contractNovember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vakhid Masudov December 2012
Aktobe Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Mukhanov ResignNovember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir NikitenkoDecember 2012
Atyrau Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Yuri SkatesEnd of contractNovember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Montenegro.svg Miodrag Radulović December 2012
Akzhayik Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Škrlík End of contractNovember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Armenia.svg Poghos Galstyan February 2013
Vostok Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Paul EvteevDecember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Vladimir Fomichyov December 2012
Tobol Flag of Ukraine.svg Vyacheslav Hrozny End of contractDecember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Sergei MaslenovDecember 2012
Zhetysu Flag of Serbia.svg Slobodan Krčmarević SackedDecember 2012Pre-Season Flag of Russia.svg Omari Tetradze February 2013

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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8
Aktobe Flag of Ukraine.svg Petr Badlo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Robert Primus Flag of Armenia.svg Robert Arzumanyan Flag of Moldova.svg Serghei Covalciuc Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Timur Kapadze Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Davydov
Akzhayik Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Chleboun Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Černý Flag of Cameroon.svg Haman Sadjo
Astana Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Erić Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Foxi Kéthévoama Flag of Ghana.svg Patrick Twumasi Flag of Montenegro.svg Blažo Igumanović Flag of Montenegro.svg Damir Kojašević Flag of Brazil.svg Zelão Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Cícero
Atyrau Flag of Serbia.svg Jovan Golić Flag of Georgia.svg George Peikrishvili Flag of Russia.svg Artyom Fomin Flag of Montenegro.svg Miloš Stojčev Flag of Serbia.svg Đorđe Tutorić Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Injac Flag of Croatia.svg Robert Alviž Flag of Serbia.svg Nikola Milanković
Irtysh Flag of Serbia.svg Nemanja Džodžo Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Kulchy Flag of Serbia.svg Predrag Govedarica Flag of Mali.svg Mamoutou Coulibaly Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Strukov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Ulugbek Bakayev Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Štěpán Kučera Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Kamoliddin Murzoev
Kairat Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel Addo Flag of Scotland.svg Stuart Duff Flag of Croatia.svg Josip Knežević Flag of Finland.svg Alexei Eremenko Flag of Slovakia.svg Ľubomír Michalík Flag of The Gambia.svg Momodou Ceesay Flag of Armenia.svg Artur Yedigaryan
Ordabasy Flag of Uganda.svg Andrew Mwesigwa Flag of Senegal.svg Gueye Mansour Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Kasyanov Flag of Georgia.svg Davit Chagelishvili Flag of Brazil.svg Andrezinho Flag of Croatia.svg Edin Junuzović Flag of Nigeria.svg Baba Collins Flag of Tunisia.svg Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy Flag of Lithuania.svg Gediminas Vičius Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nikola Vasiljević Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Paryvayew Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Aldin Đidić Flag of Armenia.svg Gevorg Ghazaryan Flag of Belarus.svg Ihar Zyankovich Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Simčević Flag of Colombia.svg Roger Cañas
Taraz Flag of Serbia.svg Ersin Mehmedović Flag of Senegal.svg Abdoulaye Diakate Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Nesterenko Flag of Serbia.svg Miroslav Lečić Flag of Serbia.svg Vukašin Tomić Flag of Cameroon.svg Titi Essomba Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Ranđelović Flag of Nigeria.svg Obiora Odita
Tobol Flag of Brazil.svg Jhonnes Flag of North Macedonia.svg Mensur Kurtiši Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Šljivić Flag of Moldova.svg Igor Bugaiov Flag of Russia.svg Vitali Volkov Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Alumona Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nikola Tonev Flag of Serbia.svg Ognjen Krasić
Vostok Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Komárek Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Radanfah Abu Bakr Flag of El Salvador.svg Ramón Sánchez Flag of The Gambia.svg Ebrima Sohna Flag of Guyana.svg Walter Moore Flag of Senegal.svg Papa Niang
Zhetysu Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Mehmedalija Čović Flag of Tajikistan.svg Davron Ergashev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Shavkat Salomov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Ruslan Melziddinov Flag of Lithuania.svg Arūnas Klimavičius Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Đalović Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Perić

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

First round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Aktobe 2214533012+1847Qualification for the championship round
2 Astana 2212553524+1141
3 Shakhter Karagandy 2210573123+835
4 Irtysh Pavlodar 229762420+434
5 Kairat 2271052824+431
6 Ordabasy 228682020030
7 Atyrau 2276918281027Qualification for the relegation round
8 Tobol 2275103027+326
9 Vostok 2258912241223
10 Zhetysu [lower-alpha 1] 2241262025521
11 Taraz 22461219291018
12 Akzhayik [lower-alpha 2] 22471124351113
Source: FFK (in Russian)
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
Notes:
  1. Zhetysu were deducted 3 points.
  2. Akzhayik were deducted 6 points.

Results

Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT ORD SHA TAR TOB VOS ZHE
Aktobe 2–02–13–03–01–11–03–13–21–00–11–1
Akzhayik 1–12–24–01–20–01–23–01–01–10–02–0
Astana 1–23–11–21–10–00–11–03–12–11–04–1
Atyrau 0–21–01–20–01–10–01–03–11–02–01–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 0–03–10–11–02–12–02–21–01–01–10–1
Kairat 1–02–11–20–03–20–01–12–14–22–03–3
Ordabasy 0–14–20–23–01–31–00–00–01–04–11–2
Shakhter Karagandy 1–24–01–33–22–12–11–33–02–02–01–0
Taraz 0–11–10–04–10–12–10–12–11–21–00–0
Tobol 1–01–15–12–10–02–30–01–22–23–03–1
Vostok 0–11–01–30–01–11–12–10–01–01–01–1
Zhetysu 0–05–11–10–11–00–00–00–01–11–40–0
Source: (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Aktobe (C)3220664622+2443Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Astana 3219585435+1942Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Kairat 32121284438+633
4 Irtysh Pavlodar 32128124139+227
5 Shakhter Karagandy 32127134345226Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
6 Ordabasy 32118133334123
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away AKT AST IRT KRT ORD SHA
Aktobe 2–03–12–02–24–0
Astana 1–04–21–23–11–2
Irtysh Pavlodar 4–00–12–33–02–1
Kairat 0–11–23–20–03–3
Ordabasy 2–10–23–11–24–0
Shakhter Karagandy 0–11–41–11–23–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
7 Tobol 32146124833+1535
8 Atyrau 3210111126381228
9 Zhetysu 32617922321022
10 Taraz 3279163038821
11 Vostok (R)326131320371720Qualification for the relegation play-off
12 Akzhayik (R)327101537501319Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AKZ ATY TAR TOB VOS ZHE
Akzhayik 3–02–11–32–20–0
Atyrau 2–21–00–01–00–0
Taraz 3–01–12–01–10–1
Tobol 2–03–12–02–12–0
Vostok 2–01–21–10–40–0
Zhetysu 0–30–00–21–00–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

Spartak Semey 1–0 (a.e.t.) FC Vostok
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Top goalscorers

As of 11 November 2013 [1]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Igor Zenkovich Shakhter Karagandy [lower-alpha 1] 15 (3)
2 Flag of Moldova.svg Igor Bugaiov Tobol 13 (2)
3 Flag of The Gambia.svg Momodou Ceesay Kairat 12
4 Flag of Croatia.svg Edin Junuzović Ordabasy 12 (0)
5 Flag of Croatia.svg Josip Knežević Kairat 10 (4)
  1. Zenkovich scored 9 for Akzhayik.

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