2015 Kazakhstan Cup

2015 Kazakhstan Cup
Country  Kazakhstan
Teams 25
Defending champions Kairat
Champions Kairat
Runners-up Astana
Matches played 26
Goals scored 67 (2.58 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Patrick Twumasi 6

The 2015 Kazakhstan Cup is the 24th season of the Kazakhstan Cup, the annual nationwide football cup competition of Kazakhstan since the independence of the country. The competition began on 29 March 2015 and will end with the final in November 2015. Kairat are the defending champions, having won their first cup in the 2014 competition.

The winner of the competition will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

Participating clubs

The following 25 teams qualified for the competition:

Premier League
all clubs of season 2015
First Division
all clubs of season 2015

Schedule

The rounds of the 2015 competition are scheduled as follows:

Preliminary Round

Matches of the preliminary round took place on March 29, 2015 and featured the 10 lowest placed clubs from the Kazakhstan First Division.[1]

First Round

Matches of the first round took place on 11/12 April 2015 and featured the 5 winners from the preliminary round and the three remaining Kazakhstan First Division teams.[2]

Second Round

Matches of the second round took place on 28/29 April 2015 and featured the 4 winners from the first round and the 12 Kazakhstan Premier League teams.[4]

Quarter Finals

On 30 April 2015, the eight winners from the Second Round were drawn in to four Quarter Final ties, to be played on 20 May 2015.[5]

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Aktobe 1 3 Astana 0 2 1 1
Tobol 1 5 Kairat 0 3 1 2

Final

21 November 2015
15:00 (UTC+6)
Kairat 2–1 Astana
Despotović  48', 70' Twumasi  28'
Astana Arena, Astana
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Cüneyt Çakir (Turkey)

Scorers

6 goals:

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

Own goal

References

  1. "Matches of the preliminary round of the Kazakhstan Cup were held". http://kpfl.kz/. kpfl.kz/. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Appointment of referees and inspectors for the matches of Kazakhstan Cup". http://kpfl.kz/. kpfl.kz/. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Match "Spartak" - "FC Kyzylzhar" was moved to Ust-Kamenogorsk". http://kpfl.kz/. kpfl.kz/. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  4. "Appointment of referees and inspectors for the matches of the Kazakhstan Cup". http://kpfl.kz/. kpfl.kz/. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "The draw 1/4 finals of the Cup of Kazakhstan". http://kpfl.kz/. kpfl.kz/. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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