2024 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2024
Dates	1 March - 10 November 2024 [1]
Matches played	78
Goals scored	169 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maksim Samorodov (5)
Biggest home win	Ordabasy 5–0 Shakhter Karagandy (2 March 2024) Kairat 4–2 Shakhter Karagandy (2 June 2024)
Biggest away win	Kaisar 1-3 Aktobe (1 March 2024) Kaisar 0–3 Kyzylzhar (6 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Ordabasy 5–0 Shakhter Karagandy (2 March 2024) Tobol 4–2 Yelimay (6 March 2024)
Longest winning run	2 matches Ordabasy Tobol Aktobe Yelimay
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches Aktobe Ordabasy
Longest winless run	3 matches Shakhter Karagandy Zhenis
Longest losing run	3 matches Turan Zhenis
Highest attendance	22,804 - Kairat vs Aktobe (20 April 2024)
Lowest attendance	100 - Zhenis vs Turan (20 April 2024)
Total attendance	331,304
Average attendance	4,247 (1 July 2024)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 1 July 2024.

The 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 33rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

Teams

The league consisted of thirteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the 2023 Kazakhstan First Division.

The three promoted teams were First Division champions Elimai (promoted after a nine season absence), runners-up Turan (promoted after a single season absence), and third-placed Zhenis (promoted for the first time in history if counting the new club founded in 2009 or promoted after a 15 season absence if counting the club who went bankrupt in 2009). They replaced the 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League bottom three teams; Okzhetpes (relegated after one season in the top flight), Caspiy (relegated after four seasons in top flight), and Aksu (relegated after two seasons in the top flight). Maktaaral were also relegated (after two seasons in the top flight) after being refused a Premier League license, reducing the number of teams to thirteen. ^[2]

Team overview

Aktobe

Astana

Atyrau

Elimai

Kairat

Kaisar

Kyzylzhar

Ordabasy

Shakhter

Tobol

Turan

Zhenis

Zhetysu

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Locations of teams in the 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktobe	Aktobe	Central Stadium	12,729
Astana	Astana	Astana Arena 1	30,200
Atyrau	Atyrau	Munaishy Stadium	8,900
Elimai	Semey	Spartak Stadium	8,000
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Kaisar	Kyzylorda	Gany Muratbayev Stadium	7,000
Kyzylzhar	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	20,000
Shakhter	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium	19,500
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium	10,500
Turan	Turkistan	Turkistan Arena	7,000
Zhenis	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	12,250
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Samat Suyumbayev Stadium	5,550

¹ Astana will play their home matches at the Khan Taniri Stadium in Almaty due to renovation work to the Astana Arena. ^[3]

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	Dmytro Parfenov	Adilkhan Tanzharikov	Adidas	Olimpbet
Astana	Grigori Babayan	Abzal Beisebekov [4]	Adidas	Samruk Kazyna, Olimpbet, Chery, [5] SportQory
Atyrau	Vitaly Zhukovsky	Igor Stasevich	Macron	GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ, Olimpbet
Elimai	Andrei Karpovich	Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev	Puma
Kairat	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	Danil Ustimenko	Joma	1XBET
Kaisar	Viktor Kumykov	Ruslan Sakhalbaev	Joma
Kyzylzhar	Ali Aliyev	Yevgeny Beryozkin	Nike	Olimpbet
Ordabasy	Aleksandr Sednyov	Askhat Tagybergen	Nike	Olimpbet
Shakhter	Andrei Finonchenko (Acting Head Coach)	Aydos Tattybayev	Kelme	Olimpbet
Tobol	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	Ruslan Valiullin	Macron	Polymetal, Olimpbet
Turan	Rinat Alyuetov	Nikola Cuckić	Nike
Zhenis	Akis Vavalis	Rinat Khayrullin / Nikita Kalmykov	Diadora
Zhetysu	Kayrat Nurdauletov	Serikzhan Muzhikov	Nike	Kainar

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to thirteen per KPL team squad of 25 players.

Foreign players in KPL as of 16 July 2024.

For transfers during the season, see Winter 2023–24 transfers and Summer 2024 transfers.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Player 12	Player 13	Former players
Aktobe	Leonel Strumia	Dmitry Bessmertny	Gaby Kiki	Mateo Barać	Dorny Romero	José Cevallos	Amadou Doumbouya	Jayro Jean	Uche Agbo	Bogdan Vătăjelu	Idris Umayev
Astana	Nazmi Gripshi	Max Ebong	Karlo Bartolec	Josip Čondrić	Branimir Kalaica	Marin Tomasov	Fabien Ourega	Barnes Osei	Ousmane Camara	Kipras Kažukolovas	Nnamdi Ahanonu	Aleksa Amanović		Giannis Masouras Carlitos Dušan Jovančić
Atyrau	Yegor Khatkevich	Nikolay Signevich	Igor Stasevich	Nikita Stepanov	Mateus Barbosa	Joel Kayamba	Soslan Takulov	Jakob Novak	Fatkhullo Olimzoda	Khusrav Toirov	Oleksandr Noyok			Lamine Jarjou Pedro Eugénio
Elimai	Nikita Korzun	Ivan Šaravanja	China	Maicom David	Edarlyn Reyes	Quentin Cornette	Denis Kavlinov	Miroslav Lobantsev	Islam Mashukov	Daniil Penchikov	Dmitri Yashin			Nikolay Zolotov Robert Tambe Yegor Sorokin Sada Thioub
Kairat	Valery Gromyko	João Paulo	Élder Santana	Luka Gadrani	Giorgi Zaria	Ofri Arad	Dmitry Sergeyev	Vadim Ulyanov	Viktor Vasin	Jug Stanojev	Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev
Kaisar	Aram Ayrapetyan	Dzmitry Baradzin	Vasily Sovpel	Ruslan Yudenkov	Ştefan Sicaci	Goran Milojko	Jovan Pajovic	Vitaliy Pryndeta	Shokhnazar Norbekov					Valery Gromyko
Kyzylzhar	Yevgeny Beryozkin	Konstantin Rudenok	Rafael Sabino	Zoran Nižić	Luka Imnadze	Senin Sebai	Vladislavs Sorokins	Nikola Bogdanovski	Rúben Brígido	Dušan Jovančić	Oleksiy Shchebetun			Bryan Van Den Bogaert Irakli Bugridze Boris Cmiljanić
Ordabasy	Vsevolod Sadovsky	Reginaldo	Cristian Tovar	Lovro Cvek	Dembo Darboe	Zlatan Šehović	Artem Byesyedin	Yevheniy Makarenko	Ihor Plastun	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Shokhboz Umarov			Karlo Sentić
Shakhter	Dmitry Lisakovich	Jovan Ilic	Arthur Bougnone	Juan Asprilla	Roger Cañas	Imeda Ashortia	Layonel Adams	Yevgeni Kozlov	Milan Đokić	Miloš Nikolić	Filip Stamenković	Dmytro Ryzhuk	Maksym Drachenko	Anton Tolordava Igor Mostovei Mitar Ćuković
Tobol	Radoslav Tsonev	Pape-Alioune Ndiaye	Tsotne Mosiashvili	Ahmed El Messaoudi	Ededem Essien	Rui Costa	Pedro Eugénio	Albert Gabarayev	Igor Ivanović	Ivan Miladinović	David Henen	Yevhen Shakhov		Godberg Cooper David Domgjoni
Turan	Vladislav Vasilyuchek	Leonardo Vaca	Antonio Jakoliš	Artjom Dmitrijev	David Mawutor	Viktor Velkoski	Artyom Arkhipov	Pavel Kireyenko	Marko Nikolić	Nikola Cuckić	Fedi Ben Choug			Branislav Sluka
Zhenis	Denis Grechikho	Syarhey Volkaw	Adílio	Marin Belancić	Lukáš Budínský	Giorgi Pantsulaia	Zurab Tevzadze	Krystian Nowak	João Oliveira	Bruno Silva	Matija Rom			Alexander Jakobsen Irakli Bidzinashvili Vasilios Karagounis Arb Manaj Iljasa Zulfiu Benjamin Hjertstrand
Zhetysu	Shqiprim Taipi	Anton Shramchenko	Victor Braga	Elivelton	Gia Chaduneli	Arsen Siukayev	Orest Kostyk							Tsotne Mosiashvili Maksim Chikanchi

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
Shakhter Karagandy	Igor Soloshenko	Resigned	2 April 2024	13th	Andrei Finonchenko (Acting Head Coach)	2 April 2024
Kairat	Kirill Keker	Resigned	29 April 2024 [6]	8th	Rafael Urazbakhtin (Caretaker)	29 May 2024
Zhenis	Levan Korgalidze	Mutual agreement	21 May 2024 [7]	13th	Akis Vavalis	22 May 2024 [8]
Kairat	Rafael Urazbakhtin (Caretaker)	End of caretaker role	29 May 2024	3rd	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	29 May 2024 [9]
Tobol	Milić Ćurčić	Mutual agreement	10 June 2024 [10]	7th	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker)	10 June 2024 [11]
Tobol	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker)	End of role	3 July 2024 [12]	4th	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	3 July 2024 [12]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ordabasy	12	7	4	1	20	8	+12	25	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Aktobe	12	6	4	2	21	12	+9	22	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Kairat	13	6	4	3	17	12	+5	22	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4	Tobol	12	5	4	3	16	12	+4	19
5	Elimai	13	4	7	2	17	16	+1	19
6	Kaisar	13	5	4	4	13	15	−2	19
7	Atyrau	12	4	5	3	11	7	+4	17
8	Zhetysu	13	4	5	4	12	14	−2	17
9	Astana	12	4	3	5	12	11	+1	15
10	Kyzylzhar	12	3	4	5	12	10	+2	13
11	Turan	12	3	3	6	10	14	−4	12
12	Zhenis	13	2	3	8	8	22	−14	9
13	Shakhter	13	2	2	9	5	21	−16	8	Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2024. 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. ^[13]

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	AKT	AST	ATY	ELI	KRT	KSR	KYZ	ORD	SHA	TOB	TUR	ZNS	ZTS
Aktobe		1–1	1–1					0–0	1–0	3–4		3–0
Astana				0–1	1–3	1–1		0–1		2–2		2–0
Atyrau		1–0					2–0	1–1		0–0			0–1
Elimai	2–2		0–0		1–1	1–0		1–1	2–1				1–1
Kairat	1–3		1–0			1–0	2–1		4–2			1–1	0–0
Kaisar	1–3		1–1	2–1	1–0		0–3				1–1	1–0
Kyzylzhar	0–2	0–1		1–1					2–0	0–0	0–1	4–0
Ordabasy					1–2	2–1	1–1		5–0	1–0			3–1
Shakhter		1–0	0–3			0–0				1–0	0–2		0–0
Tobol				4–2	1–0	1–2					2–0	1–1	1–0
Turan	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–2	0–0			0–1					2–3
Zhenis			0–1	1–2	0–2			1–3	1–0		1–0
Zhetysu	2–1	0–2				1–2	0–0		1–0			2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Aktobe	W	P	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L
Astana	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	P	L	W	L
Atyrau	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	P	W	W	W	D	L
Elimai	D	L	W	W	P	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	D
Kairat	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	W	L	P	W
Kaisar	L	L	P	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L
Kyzylzhar	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	P	L	W
Ordabasy	W	D	L	W	D	D	P	W	D	W	W	W	W
Shakhter	L	L	L	W	L	P	D	L	W	L	L	L	L
Tobol	W	W	D	P	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W
Turan	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	P	L	D	D	W
Zhenis	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	P
Zhetysu	P	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Aktobe	2	6	3	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Astana	4	2	4	7	6	2	3	7	7	7	8	8	9
Atyrau	6	8	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	5	5	6
Elimai	7	9	8	6	7	7	4	3	2	4	4	4	5
Kairat	5	4	2	1	5	8	5	3	3	2	3	3	3
Kaisar	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	7	7	8
Kyzylzhar	9	5	6	2	2	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	10
Ordabasy	1	3	5	3	3	4	7	5	5	3	2	1	1
Shakhter	13	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13
Tobol	3	1	1	5	4	9	1	6	6	8	9	6	4
Turan	12	10	7	8	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Zhenis	11	7	10	12	9	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Zhetysu	8	11	9	9	8	3	6	4	4	5	6	9	7

	Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Conference League first qualifying round
	Relegation to 2025 Kazakhstan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2024. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Elkhan Astanov for Astana against Zhenis (1 March 2024)

Top scorers

As of matches played on 1 July 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Maksim Samorodov	Aktobe	5
2	Valeriy Gromyko	Kairat
3	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Ordabasy
4	Yevgeny Beryozkin	Kyzylzhar	4
	João Paulo	Kairat
	Igor Ivanović	Tobol
	Dorny Romero	Aktobe
	Idris Umayev	Aktobe
9	Elkhan Astanov	Astana	3
	Islam Chesnokov	Tobol
	Dembo Darboe	Ordabasy
	Serikzhan Muzhikov	Zhetysu
	Adilet Sadybekov	Kairat
	Nikolay Signevich	Atyrau
	Leonardo Vaca	Turan
	Ruslan Yudenkov	Kaisar

Own goals

• Nikita Kalmykov - for Astana vs Zhenis (1 March 2024)
• Olzhas Kerimzhanov - for Ordabasy vs Atyrau (6 March 2024)
• Ihor Plastun - for Kairat vs Ordabasy (31 March 2024)

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 1 July 2024

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Yegor Khatkevich	Atyrau	5
	Stas Pokatilov	Tobol
	Igor Shatsky	Aktobe
4	Bekkhan Shayzada	Ordabasy	4
	Arsen Siukayev	Zhetysu
	Dzhurakhon Babakhanov	Kyzylzhar
7	Ștefan Sicaci	Kaisar	3
	Timurbek Zakirov	Turan
9	Vadim Ulyanov	Kairat	2
	Josip Čondrić	Astana
	Denis Kavlinov	Elimai
	Danil Ustimenko	Kairat
	Egor Tsuprikov	Kaisar
	Aleksandr Zarutskiy	Astana
15	Temirlan Anarbekov	Zhenis	1
	Igor Mostovei	Shakhter
	Nurasyl Tokhtarov	Atyrau
	Miroslav Lobantsev	Elimai
	Azamat Zhomartov	Ordabasy
	Vadim Petrov	Kyzylzhar

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 1 July 2024

• Duman Narzildayev - Kaisar vs Kyzylzhar (6 March 2024)
• Ivan Šaravanja - Tobol vs Elimai (6 March 2024)
• Mateo Barać - Aktobe vs Zhenis (31 March 2024)
• Aleksa Amanović - Astana vs Elimai (31 March 2024)
• Igor Stasevich - Kaisar vs Atyrau (20 April 2024)
• Fedi Ben Choug - Turan vs Astana (27 April 2024)
• Abay Zhunusov - Zhenis vs Elimai (4 May 2024)
• Ermek Abdulla - Tobol vs Zhetysu (4 May 2024)
• Mateus Barbosa Soares - Kairat vs Atyrau (4 May 2024)
• Islambek Kuat - Aktobe vs Astana (4 May 2024)
• Arsen Buranchiev - Zhenis vs Kairat (12 May 2024)
• Ivan Miladinovic - Ordabasy vs Tobol (12 May 2024)
• Viktor Braga- Zhetysu vs Kyzylzhar (19 May 2024)
• Tsotne Mosiashvili- Zhetysu vs Kyzylzhar (19 May 2024)
• Serikzhan Muzhikov- Zhetysu vs Kaisar (22 June 2024)
• Marko Nikolić - Turan vs Elimai (23 June 2024)

Attendances

As of match played 1 July 2024

By round

2024 Kazakhstan Premier League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	22,441	6	3,740
Round 2	9,900	6	1,650
Round 3	22,775	6	3,796
Round 4	23,057	6	3,843
Round 5	37,104	6	6,184
Round 6	23,550	6	3,925
Round 7	24,389	6	4,065
Round 8	23,255	6	3,876
Round 9	37,100	6	6,183
Round 10	27,634	6	4,606
Round 11	23,000	6	3,833
Round 12	23,299	6	3,883
Round 13	33,800	6	5,633
Total	331,304	78	4,247

By team

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Total	Average
Aktobe	—	—	3,000	3,000	—	—	12,600	—	12,600	—	—	12,400	12,400														56,000	9,333
Astana	1,094	—	1,575	—	1,700	—	—	1,032	—	—	2,000	—	3,000														10,401	1,734
Atyrau	—	5,000	5,500	—	—	4,500	—	—	5,500	—	—	4,500	—														25,000	5,000
Elimai	700	—	—	500	—	8,000	—	8,000	8,000	—	8,500	—	6,300														40,000	5,714
Kairat	5,347	—	—	8,357	22,804	—	6,589	—	—	10,159	—	—	—														53,256	10,651
Kaisar	4,000	1,000	—	—	1,500	4,450	—	—	4,000	—	2,000	—	—														16,950	2,825
Kyzylzhar	—	—	3,000	2,500	—	—	2,000	4,000	—	4,000	—	4,000	2,500														22,000	3,143
Ordabasy	8,500	—	8,700	—	9,000	—	—	9,573	—	8,500	—	—	9,300														53,573	8,929
Shakhter	—	—	1,000	4,000	—	—	1,500	—	3,000	—	2,000	—	—														11,500	2,300
Tobol	2,800	2,600	—	—	—	2,500	1,500	—	—	4,600	5,000	—	—														19,000	3,167
Turan	—	250	—	4,700	—	300	—	150	—	275	—	200	300														6,175	882
Zhenis	—	250	—	—	100	—	200	500	—	100	—	199	—														1,349	225
Zhetysu	—	800	—	—	2,000	3,800	—	—	4,000	—	3,500	2,000	—														16,100	2,683

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External links

• Official website (in Kazakh and Russian)