2012 Kazakhstan Premier League
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhter Karagandy |
| Relegated |
Sunkar Okzhetpes |
| Champions League | Shakhter Karagandy |
| Europa League |
Astana Irtysh Pavlodar Aktobe |
| Matches played | 144 |
| Goals scored | 348 (2.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ulugbek Bakaev and Ihar Zyankovich (9) |
| Biggest home win | Astana 5-0 Atyrau |
| Biggest away win | Zhetysu 1–5 Shakhter |
| Highest scoring | Zhetysu 5–2 Kaisar |
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The 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 21st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season was scheduled to start on 9 March 2012 and to conclude on 27 October 2012[1] Shakhter Karagandy as the defending champions having won their first league championship last year succeeded in preservation of its league title.
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season.
Changes from 2011 season
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season. This also led to a change in the competition modus. The second phase with it separate play-off groups for championship and relegation has been abolished; all teams will play a single home-and-away round-robin schedule.
Teams
Promoted
Relegated
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Aktobe Central Stadium | 13,500 |
| Akzhayik | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 |
| Astana | Astana | Astana Arena | 30,000 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munayshy Stadium | 9,000 |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Pavlodar Central Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kairat | Almaty | Almaty Central Stadium | 25,057 |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gany Muratbayev Stadium | 7,300 |
| Okzhetpes | Kokshetau | Okzhetpes Stadium | 10,000 |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | K. Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent | 37,000 |
| Shakhter | Karagandy | Shakhtyor Stadium | 19,000 |
| Sunkar | Kaskelen | Tauelsizdik 10 zhyldygy | 2,500 |
| Taraz | Taraz | Taraz Central Stadium | 12,525 |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Kostanay Central Stadium | 8,323 |
| 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 |  Vladimir Mukhanov |
 Samat Smakov |
adidas | — |
| Akzhayik |  Jozef Škrlík |
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| Astana |  Miroslav Beránek |
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev |
adidas | Qazaqstan Temir Zholy |
| Atyrau | Yuriy Konkov |
Andrei Travin |
adidas | |
| Irtysh | Talgat Baisufinov |
David Loria |
Nike | ENRC |
| Kairat |  José Pérez Serer |
Ruslan Baltiev |
adidas | KazRosGaz |
| Kaisar | Vladimir Nikitenko |
 Borut Semler |
adidas | — |
| Okzhetpes | Vladimir Cheburin |
Umbro | — | |
| Ordabasy |  Viktor Pasulko |
Kairat Ashirbekov |
adidas | — |
| Shakhter | Viktor Kumykov |
Andrey Finonchenko |
Umbro | ArcelorMittal |
| Sunkar | Vladimir Gulyaimkhadarov |
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| Taraz |  Ljupko Petrović |
Nurtas Kurgulin |
Nike | — |
| Tobol | Vyacheslav Grozny |
Aleksandr Petukhov |
Erreà | — |
| Zhetysu | Slobodan Krčmarević |
Nike | — |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kairat |  Gregory, JohnJohn Gregory |
Sacked | December 2011[2][3] | Pre-Season | Dmitry Ogay |
December 2011[4] |
| Okzhetpes | Viktor Dohadailo |
14th | Vladimir Cheburin |
March 2012 | ||
| Astana | Protasov, OlehOleh Protasov |
Resign | 10th | Miroslav Beránek |
April 2012 | |
| Kaisar | Sergei Kogai |
13th | Vladimir Nikitenko |
April 2012 | ||
| Zhetysu | Serik Abdualiyev |
13th | Slobodan Krčmarević |
May 9, 2012[5] | ||
| Kairat | Dmitry Ogai |
10th | Jose Perez Serer |
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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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhter Karagandy (C) | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 53 | 2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 51 | 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 50 | |
| 4 | Taraz | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 46|| style="background:#f9f9f9;"| | |
| 5 | Astana | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 46 | 2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1 |
| 6 | Tobol | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Akzhayik | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | Kaisar | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 30 | |
| 10 | Kairat | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 29 | |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 27 | |
| 12 | Zhetysu | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 23 | |
| 13 | Sunkar (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to 2013 Kazakhstan First Division |
| 14 | Okzhetpes (R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 56 | −36 | 11 |
Updated to games played on 25 Oct 2012.
Source: FFK (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
1Astana qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League as winner of 2012 Kazakhstan Cup.
(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 | AKZ | AST | ATY | IRT | KRT | KSR | OKZ | ORD | SHA | SUN | TAR | TOB | ZHE |
| Aktobe | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Akzhayik | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Astana | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Atyrau | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Kairat | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kaisar | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Okzhetpes | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Ordabasy | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Sunkar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Taraz | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Tobol | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zhetysu | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Updated to games played on 28 Oct 2012.
Source: (Russian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ulugbek Bakaev |
Irtysh | 14 (4) |
| 2 | Tanat Nuserbaev |
Astana | 10 |
 Ihar Zyankovich |
Akzhayik | 10 (3) | |
| 4 | Baurzhan Dzholchiyev |
Tobol | 8 |
 Edin Junuzović |
Zhetysu | 8 | |
| 6 |  Mansour Gueye |
Ordabasy | 7 |
| Miroslav Lečić |
Taraz | 7 | |
| Sergei Strukov |
Irtysh/Tobol | 7 | |
| Daurenbek Tazhimbetov |
Ordabasy | 7 | |
 Gediminas Vičius |
Shakhter Karagandy | 7 |
References
- ↑ http://uk.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2012/regular-season/
- ↑ "John Gregory". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kairat football club paid John Gregori $120 000 on termination of contract". tengrinews. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ "Dmitry Ogay". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ [http://kff.kz/rus/news/1244/?PHPSESSID=d2e04eb962698e111b1a8770f4f792aa Слободан Крчмаревич - главный тренер "Жетысу" (Slobodan Krčmarević - head coach of "Zhetysu"). Football Federation of Kazakhstan website. May 9, 2012