2017 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 26th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana are the defending champions having won their third league championship the previous year.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2017
Champions LeagueAstana
Europa LeagueKairat
Irtysh
Tobol
Matches played198
Goals scored488 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerGerard Gohou
(24 goals)
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 5 November 2017.

On 23 December 2016, a league format change was announced. The previous system of 22 regular season games followed by 10 games in the championship (top six) or relegation (bottom six) round was discontinued. Instead, the teams played 33 games over three rounds, with at least one home game and one away game against each opponent. These 33 games alone decided the champion, European participants and relegation.[1]

Teams

FC Zhetysu and FC Taraz were relegated at the end of the 2016 season, and were replaced by FC Kaisar and FC Altai Semey. However, on 3 February 2017, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier League, and ruled that FC Taraz will replace them for the 2017 season.[2]

Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000
Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,690
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Okzhetpes Kokshetau Okzhetpes Stadium 4,158
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 35,000
Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 11,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 10,500

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 Igor Prokhnitsky Adidas  —
Akzhayik Artur Avakyants Predrag Govedarica Adidas Expo 2017
Astana Stanimir Stoilov Nenad Eric Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau Kuanysh Kabdulov (caretaker) Zhasur Narzikulov Adidas  —
Irtysh Vyacheslav Hroznyi David Loria Nike ENRC
Kairat Carlos Ferrer Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike Expo 2017
Kaisar Stoycho Mladenov Maksat Baizhanov Nike Expo 2017
Okzhetpes Viktor Pasulko Alibek Buleshev Kappa Chempionat
Ordabasy Aleksei Petrushin Azat Nurgaliev Adidas Aysu Mineral Water
Shakhter Saulius Širmelis Nike  —
Taraz Vait Talgayev Dmitri Yevstigneyev Nike  —
Tobol Robert Yevdokimov 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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Player 10
Aktobe Tomáš Šimkovič Joseph Nane Jérémy Faug-Porret Muarem Muarem Dušan Savić Marko Obradović Slobodan Simović Kristián Kolčák Oleksandr Volovyk
Akzhayik Jhoan Arenas Denis Glavina Marko Đurović Jovan Nikolić Michael Odibe Freddy Coronel Predrag Govedarica Miroslav Lečić Kostyantyn Dudchenko
Astana Ivan Mayewski Igor Shitov Marin Aničić Srđan Grahovac Junior Kabananga Marin Tomasov Patrick Twumasi László Kleinheisler Đorđe Despotović
Atyrau Jure Obšivač Vladimir Dvalishvili Ucha Lobjanidze Jovan Đokić Novica Maksimović Predrag Sikimić Shavkat Salomov Rizvan Ablitarov
Irtysh Rodrigo António Béko Fofana Igor Bugaiov Carlos Fonseca Mario Maslać Stefan Živković Miloš Stamenković Vladyslav Ohirya
Kairat Isael Ivo Iličević Ákos Elek Gerard Gohou Chuma Anene Andrey Arshavin Žarko Marković César Arzo Sheldon Bateau
Kaisar Saidi Ntibazonkiza Abdel Lamanje Ivan Graf Mathias Coureur Milan Bojović John Kamara Volodymyr Arzhanov Franck Dja Djédjé
Okzhetpes Marvin Ogunjimi Gogita Gogua Georgas Freidgeimas Aleksandr Kozlov Matvei Matveyev Saša Stamenković Lucas Horvat Vitaliy Hoshkoderya
Ordabasy Pablo Fontanello Roger Canas Preslav Yordanov Oliver Petrak Nikita Bocharov Abdoulaye Diakate Aleksandar Simčević Srđan Vujaklija Kyrylo Kovalchuk Alexander Geynrikh
Shakhter Jiří Valenta Jakub Chleboun Korede Aiyegbusi Marko Stanojević Milan Stojanović Július Szöke Štefan Zošák
Taraz Mohammed Diarra Jean-Eudes Maurice Nemanja Mijušković Andrei Gorbanets Yevgeni Shipitsin Davron Ergashev Maksym Feshchuk Malick Mané
Tobol Amer Bekić Azdren Llullaku Fernander Kassaï Egon Vuch Nika Kvekveskiri Artūras Žulpa Vanče Šikov Dmytro Nepohodov

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
Aktobe Yuri Utkulbayev Pre-season Ihor Rakhayev [3]
Atyrau Stoycho Mladenov Zoran Vulić 14 December 2016[4]
Kaisar Stoycho Mladenov 21 November 2016[5]
Taraz Yuriy Maksymov Vait Talgayev 4 January 2017[6]
Ordabasy Bakhtiyar Bayseitov Aleksei Petrushin 5 February 2017[7]
Atyrau Zoran Vulić Resigned 11 April 2017[8] 12th Sergei Pavlov 13 April 2017[9]
Aktobe Ihor Rakhayev Sacked 13 May 2017[10] 12th Igor Prokhnitsky (caretaker) 13 May 2017[10]
Okzhetpes Vladimir Mukhanov Resigned 17 May 2017[11] 8th Viktor Semenov (caretaker) 17 May 2017[11]
Aktobe Igor Prokhnitsky End of caretaker spell 24 May 2017 12th Vladimir Mukhanov 24 May 2017[12]
Okzhetpes Viktor Semenov End of caretaker spell 25 May 2017 9th Viktor Pasulko 25 May 2017
Shakhter Karagandy Aleksei Yeryomenko Fired 29 May 2017[13] 12th Saulius Širmelis 2 June 2017[14]
Tobol Omari Tetradze Resigned 27 June 2017[15] 5th Robert Yevdokimov 7 July 2017[16]
Kairat Kakhaber Tskhadadze Resigned 21 July 2017[17] 2nd Sergei Labodovsky (caretaker) 23 July 2017[18]
Kairat Sergei Labodovsky (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 26 July 2017 2nd Carlos Ferrer 26 July 2017[19]
Irtysh Pavlodar Dimitar Dimitrov Resigned 9 August 2017[20] 4th Sergei Klimov (caretaker) 10 August 2017[21]
Irtysh Pavlodar Sergei Klimov (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 17 August 2017 4th Vyacheslav Hroznyi 17 August 2017[22]
Atyrau Sergei Pavlov Resigned 21 September 2017[23] 11th Kuanysh Kabdulov (caretaker) 21 September 2017[24]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Astana (C) 33 25 4 4 74 21 +53 79 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Kairat 33 23 9 1 75 28 +47 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 Ordabasy 33 18 4 11 44 37 +7 58
4 Irtysh Pavlodar 33 12 12 9 35 32 +3 48 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
5 Tobol 33 12 11 10 36 26 +10 47
6 Kaisar 33 11 9 13 30 36 −6 42
7 Shakhter Karagandy 33 12 4 17 36 50 −14 40
8 Atyrau[lower-alpha 2] 33 10 8 15 34 54 −20 35
9 Aktobe 33 8 9 16 38 46 −8 33
10 Akzhayik (O) 33 7 9 17 29 47 −18 30 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
11 Taraz[lower-alpha 3] (R) 33 8 8 17 29 50 −21 26 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
12 Okzhetpes (R) 33 7 3 23 28 61 −33 24
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Matches won; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.[28]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kairat qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Kazakhstan Cup. Ordabasy would have qualified too, but they failed to obtain a licence, so Tobol took their place.
  2. Atyrau started the season with –9 points as a punishment for unpaid debts to former manager Zoran Filipović.[25] On 24 April 2017, Atyrau had six points returned to after they cleared their debt to Filipović, with three points retained due to debts to Jonathas.[26]
  3. Taraz had six points deducted as a punishment for unpaid debts to former player Obiora Odita.[27]

Results

Games 1–22
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT KSR OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB
Aktobe — 1–1 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3
Akzhayik 2–2 — 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–0
Astana 3–0 3–1 — 4–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–0
Atyrau 2–0 2–0 0–1 — 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 3–3 1–3 1–0
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 — 3–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 5–2 0–1
Kairat 1–0 4–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 4–0 2–0
Kaisar 3–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Okzhetpes 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–2 2–3 3–1 — 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0
Ordabasy 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 — 1–0 3–0 1–2
Shakhter Karagandy 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 — 0–1 1–1
Taraz 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 — 1–0
Tobol 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Games 23–33
Home \ Away AKT AKZ AST ATY IRT KRT KSR OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB
Aktobe — — 0–3 — — — 0–1 — 2–0 2–0 — 1–0
Akzhayik 2–2 — — 1–0 — — 0–0 2–0 — 1–2 — —
Astana — 2–0 — 7–0 2–1 0–2 — 4–0 — — 2–0 —
Atyrau 2–2 — — — 0–0 0–1 — — — 3–1 3–2 —
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–1 0–1 — — — 1–1 0–0 — — 1–0 — 1–2
Kairat 3–2 2–1 — — — — 3–1 — 5–1 3–1 — 2–0
Kaisar — — 1–4 4–1 — — — 2–1 1–1 — — 1–0
Okzhetpes 0–2 — — 1–2 1–2 0–1 — — — — 2–1 —
Ordabasy — 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 — — 3–2 — — 1–0 —
Shakhter Karagandy — — 0–1 — — — 2–1 2–1 2–1 — — 1–1
Taraz 1–0 0–1 — — 1–1 1–5 0–1 — — 2–3 — —
Tobol — 2–0 1–1 2–0 — — — 4–1 0–0 — 1–1 —
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs
9 November 2017 (2017-11-09) Akzhayik 2–1MakhtaaralAstana
15:00 (UTC+6) Dudchenko  45+1', 86' Report S.Chulagov  35' Stadium: Astana Arena

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers
As of matches played 28 October 2017[29]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gerard Gohou Kairat 24
2 Junior Kabananga Astana 19
3 Patrick Twumasi Astana 13
4 Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Kairat 11
5 Milan Stojanović Shakhter Karagandy 10
Aleksey Shchotkin Tobol
7 Ihar Zyankovich Aktobe 9
Tanat Nusserbayev Ordabasy
9 Srđan Grahovac Astana 8
Isael Kairat

    Hat-tricks
    PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
    Aleksey ShchotkinTobolAtyrau3–08 March 2017[30]
    Gerard GohouKairatShakhter Karagandy4–18 April 2017[31]
    Junior KabanangaAstanaShakhter Karagandy4–128 May 2017[32]
    Milan StojanovićShakhter KaragandyTaraz3–221 October 2017[33]
    Egon VůchTobolOkzhetpes4–122 October 2017[34]

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