The 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 31st season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Tobol were the defending champions after winning their second title the previous season.
Events On 11 March, Shakhter Karagandy were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over Astana after Astana fielded seven foreign players on the pitch at the same time during their match on 5 March 2022.
Teams FC Kaisar (relegated after five years in the top flight) and Zhetysu (relegated after four years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2021 season. They were replaced by Aksu and Maktaaral from the Kazakhstan First League (both promoted to the top division for the first time in their history).
Team overview
Team Location Venue Capacity Aksu Pavlodar Central Stadium 11,828 Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 12,729 Akzhayik Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320 Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,200 Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,900 Caspiy Aktau Zhastar Stadium 5,000 Kairat Almaty Central Stadium 23,804 Kyzylzhar Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000 Maktaaral Zhetisay Erlan Zeykenov Stadium 3,000 Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000 Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 19,500 Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,527 Tobol Kostanay Central Stadium 9,500 Turan Turkistan Turkistan Arena 7,000
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 Aksu Ruslan Kostyshyn Gafurzhan Suyumbayev Adidas Parimatch Aktobe Andrei Karpovich Artūras Žulpa Adidas Parimatch Akzhayik Oleg Bejenar Sergey Shustikov Adidas - Astana Grigori Babayan Abzal Beisebekov Adidas Atyrau Vitaly Zhukovsky Aram Ayrapetyan Puma GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ Caspiy Nikolay Kostov Nurlybek Ayazbaev Adidas Kairat Kirill Keker Macky Bagnack Nike Kyzylzhar Ali Aliyev Miroslav Lobantsev Nike Maktaaral Konstantin Gorovenko Ruslan Yudenkov Nike Ordabasy Aleksandr Sednyov Bekkhan Shayzada Adidas Shakhter Vakhid Masudov Igor Shatsky Adidas Triangle Tyres Taraz Nurken Mazbaev Maksat Amirkhanov Nike Tobol Milan Milanović Askhat Tagybergen Adidas Polymetal Turan Aleksandr Kuchma Azat Nurgaliyev Adidas
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. From the 2020 season, the KFF announced that players from countries of the Eurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.
For transfers during the season, see Winter 2021–22 transfers and Summer 2022 transfers. ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9EAEU PlayersFormer Players Aksu Toni Silva Faith Obilor Lazar Zličić Oleksiy Dytyatyev Yevhen Kucherenko Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uulu Mikhail Bakayev Islam Zhilov Sam Johnson Ali Gadzhibekov May Mahlangu Yevhen Zadoya Aktobe China Hugo Vidémont Joachim Adukor Artūras Žulpa Ernest Antwi Gerard Gohou Saša Stamenković Vitaliy Balashov Mate Crnčević Ruslan Kambolov Serder Serderov Vladimir Ghinaitis Nikita Malyarov Akzhayik Rafael Sabino Luka Imnadze Toma Tabatadze Ștefan Sicaci Maksym Kalenchuk Illya Kovalenko Kostyantyn Makhnovskyi Vitaliy Pryndeta Rodion Syamuk Zaven Badoyan Pavel Nazarenko Artur Gazdanov Sergey Shustikov Aleksandr Vulfov Petros Avetisyan Mate Crnčević Šaleta Kordić Djordje Ivkovic Miloš Stamenković Ihor Karpenko Astana Bryan Garcia Marin Tomasov Keelan Lebon Jérémy Manzorro Pedro Eugénio Marko Milošević Danylo Beskorovaynyi Kamo Hovhannisyan Max Ebong Denis Polyakov Artsyom Rakhmanaw Mohammed Kamara Rai Vloet Atyrau Todor Petrović Matheus Bissi Andrija Filipović Domantas Antanavičius Paweł Baranowski Piotr Grzelczak Khusrav Toirov Aram Ayrapetyan Pavel Dolgov Denis Mitrofanov Dmitry Pletnyov Soslan Takulov Nikolai Tarasov Yuri Zavezyon Allef Anatoli Katrich Caspiy Ruan Teles Ivan Pešić Chafik Tigroudja Rati Ardazishvili Rúben Brígido Nikola Cuckić Artem Baranovskyi Taras Bondarenko Pavel Kireyenko Aleksei Kozlov Risto Jankov Kairat João Paulo Macky Bagnack Gulzhigit Alykulov Anton Krachkovsky Vadim Ulyanov Viktor Vasin David Ekwe José Kanté Jacek Góralski Ricardo Alves Jasurbek Jaloliddinov Kyzylzhar Pablo Podio Gian Mateo Mužek Moussa Koné Elguja Lobjanidze Darko Zorić Yuriy Bushman Valery Karshakevich Sergey Tikhonovsky Maksim Chikanchi Yevgeni Kozlov Miroslav Lobantsev Oleg Murachyov Pavel Yakovlev Kiryl Sidarenka Lucas Cardoso Jordan Nkololo Giorgi Ivaniadze Aleksandr Dovbnya Andrei Panyukov Stefan Živković Artur Murza Maktaaral Alex Bruno Billal Sebaihi Yao Léonard Djaha Sékou Doumbia Dramane Koné Artiom Rozgoniuc Serhiy Litovchenko Artur Zapadnya Pavel Chikida Aleksey Nosko Ruslan Yudenkov Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov Yegor Potapov Sheriddin Boboyev Rasambek Akhmatov Ordabasy Victor Braga Luiz Guedes Dominik Dinga Serge Nyuiadzi Oleksandr Batyshchev Odil Abdumajidov Shokhboz Umarov Dzmitry Baradzin Vsevolod Sadovsky Igor Klyushkin Nikita Shershnyov Sékou Doumbia Yevhen Chahovets Shakhter Đorđe Ćosić Roger Cañas Ivan Graf Temur Chogadze Farkhat Musabekov Stefan Bukorac Mykola Kovtalyuk Aleksandr Poznyak Yevgeni Kobzar Temur Mustafin Petros Avetisyan Pavel Nazarenko Edin Rustemović Abdel Lamanje Amir Aduyev Vladimir Khozin Kirill Malyarov Taraz Milen Gamakov Luka Gadrani Alex Junior Maksym Dehtyarov Denis Kavlinov Jorge Elias Tobol Serges Déblé Aleksa Amanović Žarko Tomašević Chidi Osuchukwu Dušan Jovančić Zoran Tošić Miljan Vukadinović Igor Sergeyev Timur Akmurzin Rúben Brígido Rudi Požeg Vancaš Turan Samir Fazli Zvonko Ceklic Raphael Koroma Abdoulaye Diakate Artyom Gurenko Oleg Yevdokimov Andrey Zaleski Erzhan Tokotayev Emil Balayev Toni Silva Cédric Gogoua Farkhat Musabekov Chidi Osuchukwu Aleksandr Kleshchenko In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Aksu Pre-Season Ruslan Kostyshyn 19 January 2022 Astana Vladimir Yezhurov End of role 21 November 2021 Srdjan Blagojevic 21 November 2021 Atyrau Aram Voskanyan Konstantin Gorovenka 14 December 2021 Caspiy Srdjan Blagojevic Signed by Astana 21 November 2021 Nikolay Kostov 31 December 2021 Maktaaral Konstantin Gorovenko Resigned Andrey Ferapontov 14 January 2022 Taraz Vardan Minasyan Nurken Mazbaev 13 January 2022 Turan Abdukhalik Buribayev Vladimir Gazzayev 14 January 2022 Turan Vladimir Gazzayev Resigned 6 April 2022 11th Kuanysh Kabdulov 6 April 2022 Aktobe Vladimir Mukhanov Resigned 28 April 2022 8th Petr Badlo 28 April 2022 Kyzylzhar Andrei Karpovich Resigned 29 April 2022 13th Ali Aliyev 29 April 2022 Shakhter Karagandy Magomed Adiyev Appointed Kazakhstan Manager 5 May 2022 7th Konstantin Emeljanov 5 May 2022 Aktobe Petr Badlo End of role 6 May 2022 6th Andrei Karpovich 6 May 2022 Tobol Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) Mutual agreement 16 May 2022 7th Milan Milanović 20 May 2022 Kairat Kurban Berdyev Mutual agreement 6 June 2022 8th Kirill Keker 8 June 2022 Turan Kuanysh Kabdulov End of role 11 June 2022 Sergey Kogay 12 June 2022 Shakhter Karagandy Konstantin Emeljanov End of role 28 June 2022 9th Vakhid Masudov 28 June 2022 Akzhayik Volodymyr Mazyar 12 July 2022 13th Igor Picușceac 14 July 2022 Atyrau Konstantin Gorovenko Resigned 19 August 2022 8th Vyacheslav Bogatyrev 19 August 2022 Akzhayik Igor Picușceac Moved to Assistant Manager 20 August 2022 13th Oleg Bejenar 21 August 2022 Atyrau Vyacheslav Bogatyrev End of role 21 August 2021 8th Vitaly Zhukovsky 22 August 2022 Turan Sergey Kogay End of role 1 September 2022 Aleksandr Kuchma 1 September 2022 Maktaaral Andrey Ferapontov 7 September 2022 Konstantin Gorovenko 8 September 2022 Astana Srdjan Blagojevic Signed by Debrecen 13 September 2022 2nd Grigori Babayan 13 September 2022
Regular season
League table
Results Results table
Results by match played
Positions by round
Statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Pedro EugénioAstana182 Marin TomasovAstana153 Andrija FilipovićAtyrau134 João PauloKairat115 Timur DosmagambetovShakhter Karagandy/Astana9 Abat AymbetovAstana Igor SergeyevTobol8 Hugo VidémontAktobe8 Yerkebulan TungyshbayevAksu Artur ShushenachevKairat Gerard GohouAktobe Askhat TagybergenTobol Abylayhan ZhumabekTaraz
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. KyzylzharAtyrau3–3 (A) AstanaKairat6–0 (H) AstanaMaktaaral4–0 (H) AksuMaktaaral4–2 (H) KairatTuran1–3 (A) AstanaOrdabasy6–0 (H) AstanaKairat4–0 (A) AstanaAtyrau5–1 (H) KyzylzharCaspiy4–1 (H)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Erzhan TokotayevTuran8 Danil UstimenkoKairat3 Stas PokatilovAktobe7 Aram AyrapetyanAtyrau Nurlybek AyazbaevCaspiy6 Marko MiloševićAstana6 Aleksandr MokinTobol Yevhen KucherenkoAksu Aleksandr ZarutskiyAstana10 Ștefan SicaciAkzhayik5 Mukhammedzhan SeysenTaraz Igor ShatskyShakhter Karagandy Serhiy LitovchenkoMaktaaral
Awards Monthly awards MonthManager of the MonthPlayer of the MonthGoal of the MonthReferencesManagerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubMarch Nikolay KostovCaspiy José KantéKairat Hugo VidémontAktobeApril Aleksandr SednyovOrdabasy Bauyrzhan BaytanaTaraz Gerard GohouAktobeMay Konstantin GorovenkoAtyrau Andrija FilipovićAtyrau Ular ZhaksybaevAksuJune Andrei KarpovichAktobe Elkhan AstanovOrdabasy Hugo VidémontAktobeJuly
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Aktobe 9,354 2 Ordabasy 6,154 3 Kairat 5,208 4 Taraz 4,662 5 Astana 3,285 6 Aqsu 3,073 7 Atyrau 2,896 8 Tobol 2,315 9 Shakhter 2,246 10 Caspiy 2,173 11 Turan 2,008 12 Qyzyljar 1,804 13 Akzhaiyk 1,450 14 Maqtaaral 1,108
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References
External links Official website