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2015 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 24th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began in March 2015 and finished in November. Astana were the defending champions having won their first league championship the previous year.

Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsAstana (2nd title)
RelegatedKaisar
Champions LeagueAstana
Europa LeagueKairat
Aktobe
Ordabasy
Matches played192
Goals scored418 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerGerard Gohou (22)
Biggest home winKairat 4–0 Tobol
Kairat 4–0 Shakhter
Astana 4–0 Tobol
Biggest away winShakhter 0–5 Kairat
Highest scoringAstana 4–3 Kairat
Kairat 5–2 Irtysh
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Teams

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Spartak Semey was relegated at the end of the 2014 season, and were replaced by Okzhetpes.

Team overview

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Locations of teams in the 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 15,000
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 Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 35,000
Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 11,525
Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 010,500
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Zhetysu Stadium 04,000

Personnel and kits

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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   Ioan Andone   Yuriy Logvinenko Adidas —
Astana   Stanimir Stoilov   Tanat Nusserbayev Adidas Samruk-Kazyna
Atyrau   Vladimir Nikitenko   Guy Essame Nike —
Irtysh   Dimitar Dimitrov   Samat Smakov Nike ENRC
Kairat   Vladimír Weiss   Bauyrzhan Islamkhan Nike KazRosGaz
Kaisar   Fyodor Shcherbachenko   Martin Klein Nike —
Okzhetpes   Vladimir Mukhanov   Alibek Buleshev Adidas —
Ordabasy   Viktor Kumykov   Kairat Ashirbekov Adidas TAU
Shakhter   Ihor Zakharyak   Aldin Đidić Adidas —
Taraz   Evgeny Yarovenko   Dmitri Yevstigneyev Nike —
Tobol   Sergey Maslenov   Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Joma —
Zhetysu   Ivan Azovskiy   Andrey Pasechenko Puma —

Foreign players

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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
Aktobe   Ciprian Deac   Marcos Pizzelli   Danilo Neco   Anderson Mineiro   Danilo   Artūras Žulpa   Dele Adeleye
Astana   Marin Aničić   Roger Cañas   Patrick Twumasi   Foxi Kéthévoama   Branko Ilić   Nemanja Maksimović   Denys Dedechko   Junior Kabananga
Atyrau   Michael Odibe   Anton Grigoryev   Ruslan Fomin   Guy Essame   Volodymyr Arzhanov   Abdoulaye Diakate   Dmitri Parkhachev   Ivan Ivanović
Irtysh   Alassane N'Diaye   Kostyantyn Dudchenko   Tomáš Jirsák   Carlos Fonseca   Fernander Kassaï   Evandro Roncatto   Ferreira   Mustapha Jarju
Kairat   Žarko Marković   Sito Riera   Isael   Gerard Gohou   Anatoliy Tymoshchuk   Djordje Despotović   Serginho   Bruno Soares
Kaisar   Martin Klein   Rimo Hunt   Sergei Strukov   Vuk Mitošević   Josip Knežević   Anton Matsveenka   Georgi Karaneychev
Okzhetpes   Alyaksandr Pawlaw   Vitali Volkov   Daniil Chertov   Oleksandr Chyzhov   Michal Smejkal   Luka Rotković   Ivan Cvetković   Dmitry Sychev
Ordabasy   Artem Kasyanov   Branislav Trajković   Kyrylo Petrov   Ivan Božić   Alexander Geynrikh   Aleksandar Simčević   Edin Junuzović
Shakhter   Nikola Vasiljević   Mihret Topcagić   Jan Vošahlík   Pedro Sass   Aubrey David   Desley Ubbink   Maksym Feshchuk   Plamen Dimov
Taraz   Jovan Golić   Denys Vasilyev   Oleksandr Yarovenko   Dmytro Bashlay   Ioan Mera   Oleksandr Pyschur   Izu Azuka   Alan Gatagov
Tobol   Serhiy Yavorskyi   Nenad Šljivić   Ognjen Krasić   Uche Kalu   Tomáš Šimkovič   Arūnas Klimavičius   Deivydas Matulevičius
Zhetysu   Davron Ergashev   Dušan Savić   Ruslan Galiakberov   Ilsur Samigullin   Aleksei Gerasimov   Elbeyi Guliyev   Bobir Davlatov   Mikhail Petrolay

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

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Tobol   Vardan Minasyan Sacked 16 April 2015[1] 8th   Sergei Maslenov (caretaker) 16 April 2015[1]
Zhetysu   Askar Kozhabergenov Resigned 20 April 2015[2] 12th   Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker) 20 April 2015[2]
Shakhter   Vladimir Cheburin Resigned 6 May 2015[3] 12th   Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker) 8 May 2015[3]
Irtysh   Dmitri Cheryshev Sacked 8 May 2015[4] 10th   Sergey Klimov (caretaker) 8 May 2015[4]
Zhetysu   Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker) End of caretaker role 28 May 2015 12th   Ivan Azovskiy 28 May 2015[5]
Irtysh   Sergey Klimov (caretaker) End of caretaker role 1 June 2015 10th   Dimitar Dimitrov 1 June 2015[6]
Shakhter   Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker) End of caretaker role 5 June 2015[7] 12th   Ihor Zakharyak (caretaker) 5 June 2015[7]
Aktobe   Vladimir Gazzayev 20 July 2015 1st   Ioan Andone 20 July 2015[8]
Kaisar   Dmitriy Ogai Resigned 23 July 2015[9] 12th   Fyodor Shcherbachenko 06 August 2015[10]

Regular season

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In the regular season twelve teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 22 matches per team. The top six teams advanced to the Championship round and the bottom six teams qualified for the Relegation round.[11]

Regular season table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kairat 22 13 5 4 43 14 +29 44 Qualification for the championship round
2 Aktobe 22 12 8 2 27 12 +15 44
3 Astana 22 12 7 3 40 19 +21 43
4 Atyrau 22 9 10 3 25 19 +6 37
5 Ordabasy 22 9 8 5 21 18 +3 35
6 Irtysh Pavlodar 22 7 9 6 26 23 +3 30
7 Okzhetpes 22 8 2 12 24 33 −9 26 Qualification for the relegation round
8 Tobol 22 7 4 11 22 32 −10 25
9 Taraz 22 7 3 12 17 25 −8 24
10 Shakhter Karagandy 22 5 3 14 16 38 −22 18
11 Zhetysu 22 4 5 13 17 32 −15 17
12 Kaisar 22 3 8 11 12 25 −13 17
Source: UEFA.com, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.[12]

Regular season results

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

Championship round

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The top six teams from Regular season will participate in the Championship round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth placed team may also qualify for Europa League if they or one of the top three teams wins the 2015 Kazakhstan Cup.[11]

Championship round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Astana (C) 32 20 7 5 55 26 +29 46 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Kairat 32 20 7 5 60 19 +41 45 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3 Aktobe 32 15 9 8 35 25 +10 32
4 Ordabasy 32 12 10 10 32 31 +1 29
5 Atyrau 32 11 12 9 31 33 −2 27
6 Irtysh Pavlodar 32 10 10 12 37 39 −2 25
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion when two teams are tied); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored; 11) Away goals scored; 12) Play-off (only if deciding champion when three or teams are tied); 13) Draw.[13]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Kairat qualified for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015 Kazakhstan Cup.

Championship round results

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Home \ Away AKT AST ATY IRT KRT ORD
Aktobe 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–0
Astana 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Atyrau 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–3
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–2
Kairat 2–1 0–1 0–0 5–2 2–0
Ordabasy 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

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The bottom six teams from Regular season will participate in the Relegation round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Relegation round the winners will be considered 7th-placed team of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League, the runners-up will be 8th and so on, with the last team being 12th. The 11th-placed team will qualify for Relegation play-off against runners-up of 2015 Kazakhstan First Division, with the loser being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team will be directly relegated to 2016 Kazakhstan First Division as the last-placed team.[11]

Relegation round table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Tobol 32 12 6 14 32 42 −10 30
8 Okzhetpes 32 12 6 14 36 41 −5 29
9 Taraz 32 10 8 14 25 33 −8 26
10 Shakhter Karagandy 32 9 5 18 27 47 −20 23
11 Zhetysu (O) 32 8 6 18 28 46 −18 22 Qualification for the relegation play-off
12 Kaisar (R) 32 4 12 16 20 36 −16 16 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head matches won; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Goal difference; 9) Goals scored; 10) Away goals scored; 11) Draw.[14]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation round results

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Home \ Away KSR OKZ SHA TAR TOB ZHE
Kaisar 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1
Okzhetpes 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1
Shakhter Karagandy 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 3–1
Taraz 1–1 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–0
Tobol 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–3
Zhetysu 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 2–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) Zhetysu 1–0 Vostok Astana
15:00 (UTC+6) Shakhmetov   31' Summary Stadium: Astana Arena
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Igor Aleshin

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of matches played by 8 November 2015[15]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Gerard Gohou Kairat 22
2   Luka Rotković Okzhetpes 13
  Đorđe Despotović Zhetysu/Kairat
4   Dušan Savić Zhetysu 12
5   Tanat Nusserbayev Astana 11
6   Sergei Khizhnichenko Aktobe 9
  Oleksandr Pyschur Taraz
8   Kostyantyn Dudchenko Irtysh 8
  Roger Cañas Astana
  Alibek Buleshev Okzhetpes
  Edin Junuzović Kaisar/Ordabasy

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Gerard Gohou Kairat Tobol 4–0 7 March 2015[16]
  Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol Shakhter Karagandy 4–1 5 April 2015[17]
  Uche Kalu Tobol Zhetysu 3–1 16 May 2015[18]
  Kostyantyn Dudchenko Irtysh Kaisar 4–2 24 May 2015[19]
  Gerard Gohou Kairat Okzhetpes 3–1 6 June 2015[20]
  Sergei Khizhnichenko Aktobe Okzhetpes 4–2 5 July 2015[21]

Scoring

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References

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