The 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 29th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana were the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season.
On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.[2]
On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.[3] The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.[4]
The number of foreign players was restricted to eight per KPL team. A team could use only five foreign players on the field in each game. For 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.[6]
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^ ab"Михал Билек покинул свой пост". fcastana.kz/ (in Russian). FC Astana. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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^"РЕГЛАМЕНТ ЧЕМПИОНАТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН ПО ФУТБОЛУ СРЕДИ КЛУБОВ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ НА 2018 год" [Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018] (PDF). Kazakhstan Premier League (in Russian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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The 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 29th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan FC Astana were the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season Kazakhstan Premier LeagueSeason2020ChampionsKairatRelegatedOkzhetpesChampions LeagueKairatEuropa Conference LeagueTobolAstanaShakhter KaragandyMatches played78Goals scored195 2 5 per match Top goalscorerJoao Paulo 11 goals Biggest home winKairat 5 0 Okzhetpes 11 March 2020 Biggest away winTobol 0 4 Ordabasy 16 September 2020 Tobol 0 4 Kairat 26 October 2020 Okzhetpes 1 5 Astana 26 October 2020 Caspiy 0 4 Shakhter Karagandy 27 November 2020 Highest scoringOkzhetpes 3 3 Kairat 27 September 2020 Zhetysu 2 4 Kairat 18 October 2020 Okzhetpes 1 5 Astana 26 October 2020 Taraz 2 4 Shakhter Karagandy 8 November 2020 Longest winning run6 matchesKairatLongest unbeaten run15 matchesKairatLongest winless run7 matchesOkzhetpesLongest losing run5 matchesOkzhetpesCaspiy 20192021 All statistics correct as of 23 December 2020 Contents 1 Season events 1 1 COVID 19 1 2 Irtysh Pavlodar 2 Teams 2 1 Team overview 2 2 Personnel and kits 2 3 Foreign players 2 4 Managerial changes 3 Regular season 3 1 League table 3 2 Results 3 2 1 Games 1 20 4 Statistics 4 1 Scoring 4 2 Top scorers 4 3 Clean sheets 5 References 6 External linksSeason events EditCOVID 19 Edit On 13 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID 19 pandemic 1 On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April 2 On 26 June it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July with no fans being permitted to watch the games 3 The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July for an initial two weeks due to an increase in COVID 19 cases in the country 4 Irtysh Pavlodar Edit On 30 May the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues with all their matches being excluded from the league results 5 Teams EditFC Aktobe and FC Atyrau were relegated at the end of the 2019 season and were replaced by FC Kyzylzhar and FC Caspiy Team overview Edit nbsp nbsp Astana nbsp Caspiy nbsp Irtysh nbsp Kairat nbsp Kaisar nbsp Kyzylzhar nbsp Okzhetpes nbsp Ordabasy nbsp Shakhter nbsp Taraz nbsp Tobol nbsp Zhetysuclass notpageimage Locations of teams in the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League Team Location Venue CapacityAstana Nur Sultan Nur Sultan Arena 30 000Caspiy Aktau Zhastar Stadium 5 000Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium 15 000Kairat Almaty Almaty Central Stadium 25 057Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7 500Kyzylzhar Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11 000Okzhetpes Kokshetau Alisher Sagynbayev Stadium 4 158Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20 000Shakhter Karaganda Shakhter Stadium 20 000Taraz Taraz Yerkebulan Babayev Stadium 11 525Tobol Kostanay Bauyrzhan Sagintayev Stadium 10 500Zhetysu Taldykorgan Samat Suyumbayev Stadium 4 000Personnel and kits Edit 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 sponsorAstana nbsp Andrey Tikhonov nbsp Dmitri Shomko nbsp Adidas Samruk KazynaCaspiy nbsp Srđan Blagojevic nbsp Ruslan Sakhalbaev nbsp Nike Irtysh nbsp Samvel Babayan nbsp Nikita Kalmykov nbsp Puma ENRCKairat nbsp Talgat Baysufinov nbsp Bauyrzhan Islamkhan nbsp Nike 1xBetKaisar nbsp Stoycho Mladenov nbsp Maksat Baizhanov nbsp Nike Kyzylzhar nbsp Veaceslav Rusnac nbsp Shota Grigalashvili nbsp Nike Okzhetpes nbsp Andrei Karpovich nbsp Yaroslav Baginsky nbsp Adidas Ordabasy nbsp Kakhaber Tskhadadze nbsp Pablo Fontanello nbsp Nike Aysu Mineral WaterShakhter nbsp Konstantin Gorovenka nbsp Evgeniy Tarasov nbsp Nike BTL KazakhstanTaraz nbsp Vladimir Nikitenko nbsp Ilya Vorotnikov nbsp Nike Tobol nbsp Grigori Babayan nbsp Azat Nurgaliev nbsp Adidas PolymetalZhetysu nbsp Dmitriy Ogai nbsp Almat Bekbaev nbsp Adidas Foreign players Edit The number of foreign players was restricted to eight per KPL team A team could use only five foreign players on the field in each game For 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 6 Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9Astana nbsp Luka Simunovic nbsp Marin Tomasov nbsp Pieros Sotiriou nbsp Runar Mar Sigurjonsson nbsp Zarko Tomasevic nbsp Dorin Rotariu nbsp Uros Radakovic nbsp Antonio RukavinaCaspiy nbsp Branko Cubrilo nbsp Billal Sebaihi nbsp Stefan Bukorac nbsp Marko Milosevic nbsp Maksym MarusychIrtyshKairat nbsp Vagner Love nbsp Dino Mikanovic nbsp Nebojsa Kosovic nbsp Jacek Goralski nbsp Konrad Wrzesinski nbsp Rade Dugalic nbsp Aderinsola EseolaKaisar nbsp Aleksandar Kolev nbsp Clarence Bitang nbsp Alvin Fortes nbsp Ivan Graf nbsp Elguja Lobjanidze nbsp Reginaldo nbsp Aleksandar StanisavljevicKyzylzhar nbsp Pablo Podio nbsp Momodou Ceesay nbsp Shota Grigalashvili nbsp Moussa Kone nbsp Vytautas Andriuskevicius nbsp Mihai Plătică nbsp Uros Delic nbsp Artem Baranovskyi nbsp Maksym DrachenkoOkzhetpes nbsp Gian nbsp Artjom Dmitrijev nbsp Vsevolod Nihaev nbsp Marko Obradovic nbsp Darko Zoric nbsp Aliyu Abubakar nbsp Milan Stojanovic nbsp Taras BondarenkoOrdabasy nbsp Pablo Fontanello nbsp Ziguy Badibanga nbsp Mirzad Mehanovic nbsp Joao Paulo nbsp Ruben Brigido nbsp May Mahlangu nbsp Abdoulaye Diakate nbsp Aleksandar SimcevicShakhter nbsp Abdel Lamanje nbsp Sergei Zenjov nbsp Gideon Baah nbsp Cedric Kouadio nbsp Muhammed Usman nbsp Ruslan Mingazow nbsp Yevhen TkachukTaraz nbsp Toni Silva nbsp Ovidijus Verbickas nbsp Dejan Boljevic nbsp Jovan Cađenovic nbsp Goran Brkic nbsp Bratislav Punosevac nbsp Serge NyuiadziTobol nbsp Nika Kvekveskiri nbsp Jaba Kankava nbsp Senin Sebai nbsp Aleksa Amanovic nbsp Jeremy Manzorro nbsp Carlos FonsecaZhetysu nbsp Martin Toshev nbsp David Mawutor nbsp Donjet Shkodra nbsp Arturas Zulpa nbsp Pedro Eugenio nbsp Nenad Adamovic nbsp Stefan ZivkovicIn bold Players that have been capped for their national team Managerial changes Edit Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointmentTobol nbsp Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Caretaker End of Caretaker Role 14 December 2019 Pre Season nbsp Grigori Babayan 14 December 2019 7 Shakhter Karagandy nbsp Nikolay Kostov End of Contract 30 December 2019 nbsp Vyacheslav Hroznyi 30 December 2019 8 Taraz nbsp Nurken Mazbayev End of Contract 31 December 2019 nbsp Vladimir Nikitenko 16 January 2020 9 Astana nbsp Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual Termination 13 January 2020 10 nbsp Michal Bilek 14 January 2020 11 Shakhter Karagandy nbsp Vyacheslav Hroznyi Mutual Termination 17 June 2020 12 8th nbsp Konstantin Gorovenka 18 June 2020 13 Astana nbsp Michal Bilek Sacked 26 August 2020 14 2nd nbsp Paul Ashworth Caretaker 26 August 2020 14 Astana nbsp Paul Ashworth Caretaker Mutual Termination 7 October 2020 15 2nd nbsp Andrey Tikhonov 16 October 2020 16 Regular season EditLeague table Edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation1 Kairat C 20 14 3 3 48 19 29 45 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round2 Tobol 20 12 2 6 26 16 10 38 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round3 Astana 20 11 3 6 32 21 11 364 Shakhter Karagandy 20 9 5 6 29 22 7 325 Ordabasy 20 9 4 7 27 26 1 316 Zhetysu 20 9 1 10 27 28 1 287 Kaisar 20 6 6 8 20 23 3 248 Taraz 20 5 8 7 19 23 4 239 Kyzylzhar 20 6 5 9 15 24 9 2310 Caspiy 20 5 2 13 15 34 19 1711 Okzhetpes R 20 2 5 13 16 38 22 11 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division12 Irtysh Pavlodar R D R D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn relegated to the Kazakhstan First DivisionSource UEFA SoccerwayRules for classification 1 Points 2 Goal difference 3 Matches won 4 Goals scored 5 Away goals scored 6 Head to head points 7 Head to head matches won 8 Head to head goal difference 9 Head to head goals scored 10 Head to head away goals scored 11 Draw 17 C Champions D Disqualified R Relegated Results Edit Games 1 20 Edit Home Away AST CAS KRT KSR KYZ OKZ ORD SHA TAR TOB ZHEAstana 1 2 0 1 3 1 4 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 0Caspiy 2 3 0 3 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2Kairat 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 5 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 0Kaisar 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 0Kyzylzhar 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1Okzhetpes 1 5 2 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1Ordabasy 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 1Shakhter Karagandy 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2Taraz 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 2 4 0 0 0 2Tobol 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0Zhetysu 1 2 3 0 2 4 3 1 3 0 1 0 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0Source SoccerwayLegend Blue home team win Yellow draw Red away team win Statistics EditScoring Edit First goal of the season Pieros Sotiriou for Astana against Kyzylzhar 7 March 2020 Top scorers Edit 18 Rank Player Club Goals1 nbsp Joao Paulo Ordabasy 122 nbsp Abat Aimbetov Kairat 103 nbsp Elguja Lobjanidze Kaisar 84 nbsp Vagner Love Kairat 75 nbsp Runar Mar Sigurjonsson Astana 6 nbsp Pieros Sotiriou Astana nbsp Aybar Zhaksylykov Zhetysu8 nbsp Artjom Dmitrijev Okzhetpes 5 nbsp Pedro Eugenio Zhetysu nbsp Arsen Khubulov Shakhter Karagandy nbsp Jeremy Manzorro Tobol nbsp Azat Nurgaliev Tobol nbsp Aydos Tattybaev Shakhter Karagandy Clean sheets Edit As of matches played on 4 October 2020 Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 nbsp Aleksandr Zarutskiy Kaisar 3 nbsp Miroslav Lobantsev Kyzylzhar nbsp Vladimir Plotnikov Ordabasy nbsp Igor Shatskiy Tobol nbsp Aleksandr Mokin Tobol nbsp Almat Bekbaev Zhetysu nbsp Stas Pokatilov Kairat8 nbsp Nenad Eric Astana 2 nbsp Dmytro Nepohodov Astana nbsp Danil Ustimenko Kairat nbsp Marsel Islamkulov Kaisar nbsp Mukhammejan Seisen Taraz nbsp Andrey Shabanov ZhetysuReferences Edit KAZAKHSTAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION SUSPENDS SPORTING EVENTS kff kz Football Federation of Kazakhstan 13 March 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 PFLK o priostanovke futbolnyh matchej pflk kz in Russian Kazakhstan Premier League 16 March 2020 Retrieved 16 March 2020 OLIMPBET Chempionat Kazahstana vozobnovlyaetsya 1 iyulya pflk kz in Russian Kazakhstan Premier League 26 June 2020 Retrieved 8 July 2020 OLIMPBET Chempionat Kazahstana priostanovlen pflk kz in Russian Kazakhstan Premier League 3 July 2020 Retrieved 8 July 2020 ERTIS uvedomil PFLK o prekrashenii uchastiya v OLIMPBET Chempionate Kazahstana pflk kz in Russian Kazakhstan Premier League 30 May 2020 Retrieved 19 August 2020 Kto iz inostrancev bolshe ne schitaetsya legionerami v Kazahstane sports kz in Russian Sports KZ 30 November 2019 Retrieved 30 November 2019 Grigorij Babayan glavnyj trener Tobola fctobol kz in Russian FC Tobol 14 December 2019 Archived from the original on 15 December 2019 Retrieved 15 December 2019 VYaChESLAV GROZNYJ GLAVNYJ TRENER FK ShAHTER shakhter kz in Russian FC Shakhter Karagandy 30 December 2019 Retrieved 30 December 2019 permanent dead link Vladimir Nikitenko glavnyj trener Taraza fctaraz kz in Russian FC Taraz 16 January 2020 Archived from the original on 22 January 2020 Retrieved 22 January 2020 Roman Grigorchuk pokinul Astanu fcastana kz in Russian FC Astana 13 January 2020 Archived from the original on 13 January 2020 Retrieved 13 January 2020 Mihal Bilek novyj glavnyj trener Astany fcastana kz in Russian FC Astana 14 January 2020 Archived from the original on 14 January 2020 Retrieved 14 January 2020 OFICIALNO VYaChESLAV GROZNYJ POKIDAET ShAHTER shakhter kz in Russian FC Shakhter Karagandy 17 June 2020 Retrieved 23 July 2020 KONSTANTIN GOROVENKO GLAVNYJ TRENER FK ShAHTER shakhter kz in Russian FC Shakhter Karagandy 18 June 2020 Retrieved 23 July 2020 a b Mihal Bilek pokinul svoj post fcastana kz in Russian FC Astana 26 August 2020 Retrieved 31 August 2020 Pol Eshuort pokinul Astanu fcastana kz in Russian FC Astana 7 October 2020 Retrieved 7 October 2020 Vozvrashenie kapitana fcastana kz FC Astana 16 October 2020 p Russian Retrieved 19 October 2020 REGLAMENT ChEMPIONATA RESPUBLIKI KAZAHSTAN PO FUTBOLU SREDI KLUBOV PREMER LIGI NA 2018 god Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018 PDF Kazakhstan Premier League in Russian Retrieved 11 November 2018 UEFA comExternal links EditOfficial website in Kazakh and Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League amp oldid 1166404661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,