2014 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season 2014
Champions Astana
Relegated Spartak Semey
Champions League Astana
Europa League Kairat
Aktobe
Ordabasy
Matches played 192
Goals scored 465 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Foxi Kéthévoama (15)
Biggest home win Kairat 7–1 Aktobe (R19)
Biggest away win Taraz 1–5 Shakhter (R3)
Highest scoring Astana 5–3 Irtysh (R17)
Kairat 7–1 Aktobe (R19)
2013
2015

The 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 15 March 2014 and was finished in November. Aktobe were the defending champions having won their fifth league championship the previous year.

Teams

FC Vostok and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2013 season, and were replaced by FC Kaisar and Spartak Semey.

Team overview

Locations of teams in the 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,000
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,500
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000
Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 35,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Spartak Semey Semey Spartak Stadium 8,000
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 11,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 10,500
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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Aktobe Kazakhstan Vladimir Nikitenko Kazakhstan Petr Badlo Adidas
Astana Bulgaria Stanimir Stoilov Kazakhstan Kairat Nurdauletov Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau Belarus Anatoliy Yurevich Kazakhstan Valentin Chureev Adidas
Irtysh Kazakhstan Talgat Baisufinov Kazakhstan Sergei Ivanov Adidas ENRC
Kairat Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Kazakhstan Kyril Shestakov Nike KazRosGaz
Kaisar Kazakhstan Dmitriy Ogai Nike
Ordabasy Ukraine Viktor Pasulko Kazakhstan Kairat Ashirbekov Adidas TAU
Shakhter Russia Viktor Kumykov Kazakhstan Andrey Finonchenko Lotto
Spartak Semey Kazakhstan Almas Kulshinbayev Adidas
Taraz Ukraine Evgeny Yarovenko Kazakhstan Vitali Yevstigneyev Adidas
Tobol Kazakhstan Timur Urazov Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Adidas
Zhetysu Russia Omari Tetradze Kazakhstan Zahar Korobov Adidas

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Atyrau Montenegro Miodrag Radulović 8 November 2013 Pre Season Belarus Anatoliy Yurevich 4 December 2013[1]
Kaisar Kazakhstan Sergei Volgin 17 November 2013 Kazakhstan Dmitriy Ogai 30 November 2013
Astana Romania Ioan Andone End of contract 27 November 2013 Uzbekistan Vadim Abramov 28 November 2013[2]
Astana Uzbekistan Vadim Abramov Contract canceled 13 December 2013 [3] Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan 1 January 2014
Taraz Netherlands Arno Pijpers 10 June 2014 Ukraine Evgeny Yarovenko 10 June 2014[4]
Astana Kazakhstan Grigori Babayan End of caretaker spell 21 June 2014 Bulgaria Stanimir Stoilov 21 June 2014[5]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to seven 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
Aktobe Trinidad and Tobago Robert Primus Armenia Robert Arzumanyan Armenia Marcos Pizzelli Uzbekistan Timur Kapadze Brazil Danilo Neco Brazil Anderson Mineiro Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov
Astana Bosnia and Herzegovina Marin Aničić Montenegro Damir Kojašević Colombia Roger Cañas Cameroon Guy Essame Ghana Patrick Twumasi Bulgaria Atanas Kurdov Central African Republic Foxi Kéthévoama
Atyrau Nigeria Michael Odibe Serbia Marko Blažić Georgia (country) Giorgi Peikrishvili Serbia Miloš Trifunović Ghana Dominic Adiyiah
Irtysh Montenegro Miodrag Dzudovic Montenegro Igor Burzanovic Ukraine Kostyantyn Dudchenko Bulgaria Orlin Starokin Moldova Simeon Bulgaru Ukraine Rinar Valeyev
Kairat Slovakia Ľubomír Michalík Serbia Žarko Marković Croatia Josip Knežević Armenia Artur Yedigaryan Spain Sito Riera Brazil Isael da Silva Barbosa Ivory Coast Gerard Gohou
Kaisar Czech Republic Martin Klein Serbia Miljan Jablan Mali Mamoutou Coulibaly Slovenia Matic Maruško Estonia Rimo Hunt Republic of Macedonia Dušan Savić Moldova Valentin Furdui
Ordabasy Uganda Andrew Mwesigwa Brazil Freire Ukraine Artem Kasyanov Senegal Abdoulaye Diakate Czech Republic Ondřej Kúdela
Shakhter Serbia Aleksandar Simčević Lithuania Gediminas Vičius Uzbekistan Shavkat Salomov Uzbekistan Kamoliddin Murzoev Austria Mihret Topcagić Croatia Nikola Pokrivač Slovakia Ján Maslo
Spartak Semey Bulgaria Viktor Genev Serbia Nemanja Čović Bulgaria Nikolay Dyulgerov Bulgaria Daniel Peev Serbia Nemanja Jovanović Armenia Artur Avagyan Serbia Goran Obradović
Taraz Netherlands Sigourney Bandjar Slovenia Rok Roj Serbia Jovan Golić Netherlands Desley Ubbink Ukraine Denis Vasiliev Ukraine Oleksandr Yarovenko Ukraine Dmytro Bashlay
Tobol Czech Republic Štěpán Kučera Czech Republic Ondřej Kušnír Serbia Ognjen Krasić Austria Tomáš Šimkovič Serbia Nenad Šljivić Czech Republic Jiří Jeslínek Belarus Ivan Sadownichy
Zhetysu Ivory Coast Didier Kadio Lithuania Arūnas Klimavičius Serbia Marko Putinčanin Serbia Marko Đalović Ivory Coast Boti Demel Bosnia and Herzegovina Mersudin Ahmetović Tajikistan Davron Ergashev

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

First round

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Aktobe 22 12 7 3 34 17+17 43 Championship round
2 Kairat 22 13 3 6 41 20+21 42
3 Astana 22 10 9 3 34 17+17 39
4 Shakhter Karagandy 22 11 3 8 33 27+6 36
5 Ordabasy 22 10 5 7 24 22+2 35
6 Kaisar 22 8 8 6 23 230 32
7 Zhetysu 22 7 6 9 15 183 27 Relegation round
8 Tobol 22 6 8 8 22 297 26
9 Irtysh Pavlodar 22 6 6 10 28 357 24 ATY 0–1 IRT
IRT 0-1 ATY
10 Atyrau 22 6 6 10 19 278 24
11 Taraz 22 5 4 13 21 3413 19
12 Spartak Semey 22 3 5 14 16 4125 14

Updated to games played on 2 August 2014.
Source: Soccerway (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
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AKT AST ATYIRTKRTKSRORDSHASEMTARTOBZHE
Aktobe 11 00 30 10 30 11 40 30 20 31 10
Astana 12 30 53 22 10 11 40 50 10 10 00
Atyrau 00 10 01 03 13 11 32 21 30 00 12
Irtysh Pavlodar 11 34 01 01 11 20 10 50 20 03 10
Kairat 71 00 01 21 10 01 20 41 31 31 21
Kaisar 22 10 21 42 01 10 10 11 00 00 00
Ordabasy 10 01 10 21 10 21 21 21 11 30 11
Shakhter Karagandy 11 00 20 22 10 41 31 10 10 41 30
Spartak Semey 01 11 21 00 25 11 20 01 01 21 11
Taraz 02 11 33 51 23 01 21 15 20 11 10
Tobol 02 11 00 11 22 11 21 20 21 10 02
Zhetysu 10 00 10 00 10 12 01 12 10 10 12

Updated to games played on 3 August 2014.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship round

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Astana (C) (Q) 32 18 10 4 63 26+37 45 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Aktobe (Q) 32 17 10 5 52 31+21 40 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Kairat (Q) 32 18 5 9 58 31+27 38
4 Ordabasy (Q) 32 13 5 14 34 4410 27
5 Kaisar 32 10 13 9 30 344 27
6 Shakhter Karagandy 32 11 6 15 41 498 21

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source: Soccerway (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
Team start with half amount of points from first round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away AKT AST KRTKSRORDSHA
Aktobe 30 10 00 41 31
Astana 61 51 30 50 20
Kairat 20 23 11 20 61
Kaisar 22 11 02 01 21
Ordabasy 13 12 01 01 32
Shakhter Karagandy 11 02 00 00 23

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
7 Tobol 32 10 12 10 35 350 0261
8 Zhetysu 32 10 8 14 21 3110 25
9 Atyrau 32 10 7 15 30 4313 25
10 Irtysh Pavlodar 32 9 10 13 39 445 25
11 Taraz (O) 32 9 7 16 32 4513 25 Relegation play-offs
12 Spartak Semey (R) 32 7 7 18 30 5222 21 Relegation to 2015 Kazakhstan First Division

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source: Soccerway (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
Team start with half amount of points from first round.
1Tobol have had 3 point(s) deducted
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away ATY IRT SEMTARTOBZHE
Atyrau 21 11 32 03 10
Irtysh Pavlodar 20 32 00 11 11
Spartak Semey 31 20 00 21 31
Taraz 21 03 10 11 20
Tobol 12 00 10 30 20
Zhetysu 10 10 21 03 00

Updated to games played on 9 November 2014.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

16 November 2014 (2014-11-16)
11:00 (UTC+6)
Taraz 1–1 (a.e.t.) Kyran
Yarovenko  59' Summary Zhumakhanov  24'
  Penalties  
Dosmagambetov
Evstigneev
Kuchma
Bashlay
Kozhamberdy
3–1 Kozyulin
Önal
Pishchulin
Amirseitov
Astana Arena
Attendance: 500
Referee: Aidyn Rahinbaev

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of Match played 9 November 2014[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Central African Republic Foxi Kéthévoama Astana 15
2 Serbia Miloš Trifunović Atyrau 13
3 Ivory Coast Gerard Gohou Kairat 12
4 Ukraine Kostyantyn Dudchenko Irtysh 11
Ghana Patrick Twumasi Astana
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mihret Topcagić Shakhter 10
7 Kazakhstan Marat Khairullin Aktobe 9
8 Estonia Rimo Hunt Kaisar 8
Kazakhstan Aslan Darabayev Kairat
Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov Aktobe
Armenia Marcos Pizzelli Aktobe

    Hat-tricks

    Player For Against Result Date
    Bulgaria Atanas Kurdov Astana Irtysh 4–3 19 April 2014[7]
    Ivory Coast Gerard Gohou Kairat Aktobe 7–1 6 July 2014[8]
    Central African Republic Foxi Kéthévoama Astana Atyrau 3–0 27 July 2014[9]
    Ghana Patrick Twumasi Astana Aktobe 6–1 4 October 2014[10]

    Scoring

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