2012 Kazakhstan Premier League
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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.
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 |
← 2011 2013 → |
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this 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.[citation needed]
This section needs expansion with: Prose containing any team changes from the 2011 season. You can help by adding to it. (February 2012) |
Promoted
Relegated
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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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 | 07,300 |
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 | 02,500 |
Taraz | Taraz | Taraz Central Stadium | 12,525 |
Tobol | Kostanay | Kostanay Central Stadium | 08,323 |
Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 04,000 |
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 |
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Aktobe | Vladimir Mukhanov | Samat Smakov | adidas | — |
Akzhayik | Jozef Škrlík | |||
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 | |||
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 | John Gregory | Sacked | December 2011[2][3] | Pre-Season | Dmitry Ogay | December 2011[4] |
Okzhetpes | Viktor Dohadailo | 14th | Vladimir Cheburin | March 2012 | ||
Astana | Oleh 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 | |||
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.