The 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 22nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 9 March 2013 and ended on 2 November. Shakhter Karagandy were the defending champions, having won their second league championship the previous year.
Changes from 2012 season The league was reduced from fourteen to twelve teams for this season.
Teams For the 2013 season, the league changed from 14 teams to 12, meaning the bottom two teams from the previous season, Sunkar and Okzhetpes, along with Kaisar were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division with only Vostok, the second place team, gaining promotion.
Team overview
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 Munaishy Stadium 9,000 Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000 Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25,057 Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 37,000 Shakhter Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 19,000 Taraz Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,525 Tobol Kostanay Kostanay Central Stadium 8,323 Vostok Oskemen Vostok Stadium 8,500 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 sponsorAktobe Vladimir Nikitenko Petr Badlo adidas —Akzhayik Ljupko Petrović Ruslan Khairov Puma —Astana Ioan Andone Kairat Nurdauletov adidas Qazaqstan Temir ZholyAtyrau Miodrag Radulović Valentin Chureev adidas —Irtysh Talgat Baisufinov Sergei Ivanov adidas ENRCKairat Vladimír Weiss Kyril Shestakov Nike KazRosGazOrdabasy Vakhid Masudov Kairat Ashirbekov adidas TAUShakhter Viktor Kumykov Andrey Finonchenko Nike —Taraz Arno Pijpers Vitali Yevstigneyev adidas —Tobol Sergei Maslenov Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev adidas —Vostok Vladimir Fomichyov Roman Nesterenko Umbro —Zhetysu Omari Tetradze Zahar Korobov adidas —
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Kairat José Pérez Serer End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Vladimír Weiss November 2012 Ordabasy Viktor Pasulko End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Vakhid Masudov December 2012 Aktobe Vladimir Mukhanov Resign November 2012 Pre-Season Vladimir Nikitenko December 2012 Atyrau Yuri Skates End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Miodrag Radulović December 2012 Akzhayik Jozef Škrlík End of contract November 2012 Pre-Season Poghos Galstyan February 2013 Vostok Paul Evteev December 2012 Pre-Season Vladimir Fomichyov December 2012 Tobol Vyacheslav Hrozny End of contract December 2012 Pre-Season Sergei Maslenov December 2012 Zhetysu Slobodan Krčmarević Sacked December 2012 Pre-Season Omari Tetradze February 2013
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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8 Aktobe Petr Badlo Robert Primus Robert Arzumanyan Serghei Covalciuc Timur Kapadze Sergei Davydov Akzhayik Jakub Chleboun Pavel Černý Haman Sadjo Astana Nenad Erić Foxi Kéthévoama Patrick Twumasi Blažo Igumanović Damir Kojašević Zelão Cícero Atyrau Jovan Golić George Peikrishvili Artyom Fomin Miloš Stojčev Đorđe Tutorić Nenad Injac Robert Alviž Nikola Milanković Irtysh Nemanja Džodžo Alyaksandr Kulchy Predrag Govedarica Mamoutou Coulibaly Sergei Strukov Ulugbek Bakayev Štěpán Kučera Kamoliddin Murzoev Kairat Daniel Addo Stuart Duff Josip Knežević Alexei Eremenko Ľubomír Michalík Momodou Ceesay Artur Yedigaryan Ordabasy Andrew Mwesigwa Gueye Mansour Artem Kasyanov Davit Chagelishvili Andrezinho Edin Junuzović Baba Collins Mohamed Arouri Shakhter Karagandy Gediminas Vičius Nikola Vasiljević Andrey Paryvayew Aldin Đidić Gevorg Ghazaryan Ihar Zyankovich Aleksandar Simčević Roger Cañas Taraz Ersin Mehmedović Abdoulaye Diakate Nikolai Nesterenko Miroslav Lečić Vukašin Tomić Titi Essomba Marko Ranđelović Obiora Odita Tobol Jhonnes Mensur Kurtiši Nenad Šljivić Igor Bugaiov Vitali Volkov Aleksandr Alumona Nikola Tonev Ognjen Krasić Vostok Martin Komárek Radanfah Abu Bakr Ramón Sánchez Ebrima Sohna Walter Moore Papa Niang Zhetysu Mehmedalija Čović Davron Ergashev Shavkat Salomov Ruslan Melziddinov Arūnas Klimavičius Marko Đalović Ivan Perić
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
First round League table
Results
Championship round
Table
Results
Relegation round
Table
Results
Relegation play-off
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Igor ZenkovichShakhter Karagandy15 (3)2 Igor BugaiovTobol13 (2)3 Momodou CeesayKairat 124 Edin JunuzovićOrdabasy 12 (0)5 Josip KneževićKairat 10 (4)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Aktobe 8,313 2 Kairat 8,238 3 Shakhter 4,381 4 Akzhaiyk 4,356 5 Irtysh 3,988 6 Ordabasy 3,813 7 Tobol 3,688 8 Taraz 3,625 9 Astana 3,325 10 Atyrau 2,888 11 Zhetysu 2,263 12 Vostok 1,300Source:
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