2022 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 31st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Tobol were the defending champions after winning their second title the previous season.

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2022
Dates	5 March – 6 November 2022
Champions	Astana
Relegated	Taraz Turan Akzhayik
Champions League	Astana
Europa Conference League	Aktobe Tobol
Matches played	182
Goals scored	478 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pedro Eugénio (18)
Biggest home win	Astana 6–0 Kairat
Biggest away win	Kairat 0–4 Astana
Highest scoring	Shakhter Karagandy 5–1 Maktaaral Astana 6–0 Kairat Tobol 4–2 Maktaaral Shakhter Karagandy 4–2 Aksu Astana 5–1 Atyrau
Longest winning run	Aktobe (8)
Longest unbeaten run	Aktobe Atyrau (8)
Longest winless run	Atyrau Kyzylzhar Taraz (7)
Longest losing run	Aksu (5)
Highest attendance	15000 - Ordabasy vs Aktobe (29 October 2022)[1]
Lowest attendance	100 - Atyrau vs Aksu (5 March 2022)[2]
Total attendance	624,057
Average attendance	3,429 (06 November 2022)
← 2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 06 November 2022.

Events

On 11 March, Shakhter Karagandy were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Astana after Astana fielded seven foreign players on the pitch at the same time during their match on 5 March 2022.^[3]

Teams

FC Kaisar (relegated after five years in the top flight) and Zhetysu (relegated after four years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2021 season. They were replaced by Aksu and Maktaaral from the Kazakhstan First League (both promoted to the top division for the first time in their history).

Team overview

Aksu

Aktobe

Akzhayik

Astana

Atyrau

Caspiy

Kairat

Kyzylzhar

Maktaaral

Ordabasy

Shakhter

Taraz

Tobol

Turan

Locations of teams in the 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aksu	Pavlodar	Central Stadium	11,828
Aktobe	Aktobe	Central Stadium	12,729
Akzhayik	Oral	Petr Atoyan Stadium	8,320
Astana	Astana	Astana Arena	30,200
Atyrau	Atyrau	Munaishy Stadium	8,900
Caspiy	Aktau	Zhastar Stadium	5,000
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Kyzylzhar	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Maktaaral	Zhetisay	Erlan Zeykenov Stadium	3,000
Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	20,000
Shakhter	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium	19,500
Taraz	Taraz	Central Stadium	12,527
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium	9,500
Turan	Turkistan	Turkistan Arena	7,000

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
Aksu	Ruslan Kostyshyn	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	Adidas	Parimatch[4]
Aktobe	Andrei Karpovich	Artūras Žulpa	Adidas	Parimatch
Akzhayik	Oleg Bejenar	Sergey Shustikov	Adidas	-
Astana	Grigori Babayan	Abzal Beisebekov[5]	Adidas
Atyrau	Vitaly Zhukovsky	Aram Ayrapetyan	Puma	GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ
Caspiy	Nikolay Kostov	Nurlybek Ayazbaev	Adidas
Kairat	Kirill Keker	Macky Bagnack	Nike
Kyzylzhar	Ali Aliyev	Miroslav Lobantsev	Nike
Maktaaral	Konstantin Gorovenko	Ruslan Yudenkov	Nike
Ordabasy	Aleksandr Sednyov	Bekkhan Shayzada	Adidas
Shakhter	Vakhid Masudov	Igor Shatsky	Adidas	Triangle Tyres
Taraz	Nurken Mazbaev	Maksat Amirkhanov	Nike
Tobol	Milan Milanović	Askhat Tagybergen	Adidas	Polymetal
Turan	Aleksandr Kuchma	Azat Nurgaliyev	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. From 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.^[6]

For transfers during the season, see Winter 2021–22 transfers and Summer 2022 transfers.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	EAEU Players	Former Players
Aksu	Toni Silva	Faith Obilor	Lazar Zličić	Oleksiy Dytyatyev	Yevhen Kucherenko					Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uulu Mikhail Bakayev Islam Zhilov	Sam Johnson Ali Gadzhibekov May Mahlangu Yevhen Zadoya
Aktobe	China	Hugo Vidémont	Joachim Adukor	Artūras Žulpa	Ernest Antwi	Gerard Gohou	Saša Stamenković	Vitaliy Balashov	Mate Crnčević	Ruslan Kambolov Serder Serderov Vladimir Ghinaitis	Nikita Malyarov
Akzhayik	Rafael Sabino	Luka Imnadze	Toma Tabatadze	Ștefan Sicaci	Maksym Kalenchuk	Illya Kovalenko	Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi	Vitaliy Pryndeta	Rodion Syamuk	Zaven Badoyan Pavel Nazarenko Artur Gazdanov Sergey Shustikov Aleksandr Vulfov Petros Avetisyan	Mate Crnčević Šaleta Kordić Djordje Ivkovic Miloš Stamenković Ihor Karpenko
Astana	Bryan Garcia	Marin Tomasov	Keelan Lebon	Jérémy Manzorro	Pedro Eugénio	Marko Milošević	Danylo Beskorovaynyi			Kamo Hovhannisyan Max Ebong Denis Polyakov Artsyom Rakhmanaw	Mohammed Kamara Rai Vloet
Atyrau	Todor Petrović	Matheus Bissi	Andrija Filipović	Domantas Antanavičius	Paweł Baranowski	Piotr Grzelczak	Khusrav Toirov			Aram Ayrapetyan Pavel Dolgov Denis Mitrofanov Dmitry Pletnyov Soslan Takulov Nikolai Tarasov Yuri Zavezyon	Allef Anatoli Katrich
Caspiy	Ruan Teles	Ivan Pešić	Chafik Tigroudja	Rati Ardazishvili	Rúben Brígido	Nikola Cuckić	Artem Baranovskyi	Taras Bondarenko		Pavel Kireyenko Aleksei Kozlov	Risto Jankov
Kairat	João Paulo	Macky Bagnack								Gulzhigit Alykulov Anton Krachkovsky Vadim Ulyanov Viktor Vasin	David Ekwe José Kanté Jacek Góralski Ricardo Alves Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
Kyzylzhar	Pablo Podio	Gian	Mateo Mužek	Moussa Koné	Elguja Lobjanidze	Darko Zorić	Yuriy Bushman			Valery Karshakevich Sergey Tikhonovsky Maksim Chikanchi Yevgeni Kozlov Miroslav Lobantsev Oleg Murachyov Pavel Yakovlev	Kiryl Sidarenka Lucas Cardoso Jordan Nkololo Giorgi Ivaniadze Aleksandr Dovbnya Andrei Panyukov Stefan Živković Artur Murza
Maktaaral	Alex Bruno	Billal Sebaihi	Yao Léonard Djaha	Sékou Doumbia	Dramane Koné	Artiom Rozgoniuc	Serhiy Litovchenko	Artur Zapadnya		Pavel Chikida Aleksey Nosko Ruslan Yudenkov Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov Yegor Potapov	Sheriddin Boboyev Rasambek Akhmatov
Ordabasy	Victor Braga	Luiz Guedes	Dominik Dinga	Serge Nyuiadzi	Oleksandr Batyshchev	Odil Abdumajidov	Shokhboz Umarov			Dzmitry Baradzin Vsevolod Sadovsky Igor Klyushkin Nikita Shershnyov	Sékou Doumbia Yevhen Chahovets
Shakhter	Đorđe Ćosić	Roger Cañas	Ivan Graf	Temur Chogadze	Farkhat Musabekov	Stefan Bukorac	Mykola Kovtalyuk			Aleksandr Poznyak Yevgeni Kobzar Temur Mustafin	Petros Avetisyan Pavel Nazarenko Edin Rustemović Abdel Lamanje Amir Aduyev Vladimir Khozin Kirill Malyarov
Taraz	Milen Gamakov	Luka Gadrani	Alex Junior	Maksym Dehtyarov						Denis Kavlinov	Jorge Elias
Tobol	Serges Déblé	Aleksa Amanović	Žarko Tomašević	Chidi Osuchukwu	Dušan Jovančić	Zoran Tošić	Miljan Vukadinović	Igor Sergeyev		Timur Akmurzin	Rúben Brígido Rudi Požeg Vancaš
Turan	Samir Fazli	Zvonko Ceklic	Raphael Koroma	Abdoulaye Diakate						Artyom Gurenko Oleg Yevdokimov Andrey Zaleski Erzhan Tokotayev	Emil Balayev Toni Silva Cédric Gogoua Farkhat Musabekov Chidi Osuchukwu Aleksandr Kleshchenko

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
Aksu				Pre-Season	Ruslan Kostyshyn	19 January 2022[7]
Astana	Vladimir Yezhurov (Caretaker)	End of role	21 November 2021		Srdjan Blagojevic	21 November 2021[8]
Atyrau	Aram Voskanyan				Konstantin Gorovenka	14 December 2021
Caspiy	Srdjan Blagojevic	Signed by Astana	21 November 2021[8]		Nikolay Kostov	31 December 2021[9]
Maktaaral	Konstantin Gorovenko	Resigned			Andrey Ferapontov	14 January 2022[10]
Taraz	Vardan Minasyan				Nurken Mazbaev	13 January 2022[11]
Turan	Abdukhalik Buribayev				Vladimir Gazzayev	14 January 2022[12]
Turan	Vladimir Gazzayev	Resigned	6 April 2022[13]	11th	Kuanysh Kabdulov (Interim)	6 April 2022
Aktobe	Vladimir Mukhanov	Resigned	28 April 2022[14]	8th	Petr Badlo (Acting)	28 April 2022[15]
Kyzylzhar	Andrei Karpovich	Resigned	29 April 2022[16]	13th	Ali Aliyev	29 April 2022[17]
Shakhter Karagandy	Magomed Adiyev	Appointed Kazakhstan Manager	5 May 2022[18]	7th	Konstantin Emeljanov (Acting)	5 May 2022
Aktobe	Petr Badlo (Acting)	End of role	6 May 2022	6th	Andrei Karpovich	6 May 2022[19]
Tobol	Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker)	Mutual agreement	16 May 2022[20]	7th	Milan Milanović	20 May 2022[21]
Kairat	Kurban Berdyev	Mutual agreement	6 June 2022[22]	8th	Kirill Keker	8 June 2022[23]
Turan	Kuanysh Kabdulov (Interim)	End of role	11 June 2022		Sergey Kogay (Interim)	12 June 2022
Shakhter Karagandy	Konstantin Emeljanov (Acting)	End of role	28 June 2022[24]	9th	Vakhid Masudov	28 June 2022[24]
Akzhayik	Volodymyr Mazyar		12 July 2022	13th	Igor Picușceac	14 July 2022[25]
Atyrau	Konstantin Gorovenko	Resigned	19 August 2022[26]	8th	Vyacheslav Bogatyrev (Caretaker)	19 August 2022
Akzhayik	Igor Picușceac	Moved to Assistant Manager	20 August 2022	13th	Oleg Bejenar	21 August 2022
Atyrau	Vyacheslav Bogatyrev (Caretaker)	End of role	21 August 2021	8th	Vitaly Zhukovsky	22 August 2022[27]
Turan	Sergey Kogay (Interim)	End of role	1 September 2022		Aleksandr Kuchma	1 September 2022
Maktaaral	Andrey Ferapontov		7 September 2022		Konstantin Gorovenko	8 September 2022
Astana	Srdjan Blagojevic	Signed by Debrecen	13 September 2022[28]	2nd	Grigori Babayan	13 September 2022[29]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana (C)	26	16	5	5	65	24	+41	53	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Aktobe	26	16	4	6	43	28	+15	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Tobol	26	14	5	7	46	33	+13	47	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4	Kairat	26	12	6	8	34	36	−2	42
5	Ordabasy[a]	26	11	5	10	36	39	−3	38	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Aksu	26	11	3	12	32	37	−5	36
7	Shakhter Karagandy	26	9	5	12	34	35	−1	32
8	Maktaaral	26	8	7	11	28	38	−10	31
9	Caspiy	26	9	4	13	26	42	−16	31
10	Kyzylzhar	26	7	9	10	33	32	+1	30
11	Atyrau	26	7	8	11	30	39	−9	29
12	Taraz (R)	26	6	10	10	27	29	−2	28	Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
13	Turan (R)	26	6	10	10	25	35	−10	28
14	Akzhayik (R)	26	6	7	13	19	31	−12	25

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.^[30]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Qualified as cup winners

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	AKS	AKT	AKZ	AST	ATY	CAS	KRT	KYZ	MAK	ORD	SHA	TAR	TOB	TUR
Aksu		1–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0
Aktobe	1–0		2–1	4–1	2–1	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–2
Akzhayik	0–1	3–1		1–0	4–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1
Astana	5–0	1–0	4–0		5–1	4–0	6–0	1–0	4–0	6–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–3
Atyrau	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1		3–2	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–2
Caspiy	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–1		2–2	1–0	2–4	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–0	0–2
Kairat	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–4	0–3	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–1
Kyzylzhar	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	1–2		1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	3–1
Maktaaral	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–1		0–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0
Ordabasy	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		1–0	3–2	3–1	1–2
Shakhter K	4–2	2–3	0–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	5–1	1–0		1–0	4–1	0–0
Taraz	3–4	3–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1		0–2	2–3
Tobol	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	2–2		3–0
Turan	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–2

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	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Aksu	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W
Aktobe	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W
Akzhayik	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L
Astana	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W
Atyrau	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
Caspiy	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L
Kairat	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L
Kyzylzhar	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W
Maktaaral	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Ordabasy	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D
Shakhter Karagandy	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L
Taraz	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	L	L
Tobol	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Turan	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2022. 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	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Astana	14	14	10	6	5	5	3	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Aktobe	13	7	9	10	8	8	8	9	7	8	6	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Tobol	3	3	3	2	3	4	6	6	9	6	7	7	7	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Kairat	2	2	2	4	2	3	4	7	8	9	10	9	8	6	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Ordabasy	5	10	6	8	6	6	5	2	5	7	8	8	9	7	4	3	5	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Aksu	9	6	8	9	11	12	13	12	10	12	9	10	11	12	13	10	12	10	9	8	9	7	6	6	6	6
Shakhter Karagandy	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	5	3	5	5	8	8	9	7	4	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	7
Maktaaral	6	11	12	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	8
Caspiy	4	5	4	3	4	2	2	1	3	1	4	1	4	5	7	8	8	9	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	9
Kyzylzhar	11	13	14	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	10	11	12	10	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	10
Atyrau	7	9	7	5	7	9	9	8	6	4	5	6	6	9	9	7	9	8	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11
Taraz	8	4	5	7	9	7	7	3	1	2	1	3	3	3	5	6	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	9	11	12
Turan	10	8	11	13	13	14	11	11	12	10	11	12	14	13	12	11	13	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	14	13
Akzhayik	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	10	11	10	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14

	Leader
	Europa Conference League second qualifying round
	Relegation to 2023 Kazakhstan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2022. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 6 November 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pedro Eugénio	Astana	18
2	Marin Tomasov	Astana	15
3	Andrija Filipović	Atyrau	13
4	João Paulo	Kairat	11
5	Timur Dosmagambetov	Shakhter Karagandy/Astana	9
	Abat Aymbetov	Astana
	Igor Sergeyev	Tobol
8	Hugo Vidémont	Aktobe	8
	Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev	Aksu
	Artur Shushenachev	Kairat
	Gerard Gohou	Aktobe
	Askhat Tagybergen	Tobol
	Abylayhan Zhumabek	Taraz

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Yuriy Bushman	Kyzylzhar	Atyrau	3–3 (A)	14 May 2022	[31]
Marin Tomasov	Astana	Kairat	6–0 (H)	14 May 2022	[32]
Marin Tomasov	Astana	Maktaaral	4–0 (H)	3 July 2022	[33]
Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev	Aksu	Maktaaral	4–2 (H)	4 September 2022	[34]
João Paulo	Kairat	Turan	1–3 (A)	11 September 2022	[35]
Abat Aymbetov	Astana	Ordabasy	6–0 (H)	9 October 2022	[36]
Timur Dosmagambetov	Astana	Kairat	4–0 (A)	15 October 2022	[37]
Pedro Eugénio	Astana	Atyrau	5–1 (H)	23 October 2022	[38]
Elguja Lobjanidze	Kyzylzhar	Caspiy	4–1 (H)	6 November 2022	[39]

Clean sheets

As of matches played 6 November 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Erzhan Tokotayev	Turan	8
	Danil Ustimenko	Kairat
3	Stas Pokatilov	Aktobe	7
	Aram Ayrapetyan	Atyrau
	Nurlybek Ayazbaev	Caspiy
6	Marko Milošević	Astana	6
	Aleksandr Mokin	Tobol
	Yevhen Kucherenko	Aksu
	Aleksandr Zarutskiy	Astana
10	Ștefan Sicaci	Akzhayik	5
	Mukhammedzhan Seysen	Taraz
	Igor Shatsky	Shakhter Karagandy
	Serhiy Litovchenko	Maktaaral

Aleksandr Mokin & Timur Akmurzin both played in Tobol's 4-0 victory over Ordabasy on 27 August 2022

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
March	Nikolay Kostov	Caspiy	José Kanté	Kairat	Hugo Vidémont	Aktobe	[40][41][42]
April	Aleksandr Sednyov	Ordabasy	Bauyrzhan Baytana	Taraz	Gerard Gohou	Aktobe	[43][44][45]
May	Konstantin Gorovenko	Atyrau	Andrija Filipović	Atyrau	Ular Zhaksybaev	Aksu	[46][47][48]
June	Andrei Karpovich	Aktobe	Elkhan Astanov	Ordabasy	Hugo Vidémont	Aktobe	[49][50][51]
July