2012 Kazakhstan Premier League

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 Shakhter Karagandy as the defending champions having won their first league championship last year succeeded in preservation of its league title.

The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season.

Changes from 2011 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.Template:Cn

Teams

Template:Expand section Promoted

• Sunkar
• Okzhetpes
• Akzhayik

Relegated

• Vostok

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	Munayshy Stadium	9,000
Irtysh	Pavlodar	Pavlodar Central Stadium	15,000
Kairat	Almaty	Almaty Central Stadium	25,057
Kaisar	Kyzylorda	Gany Muratbayev Stadium	Template: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	Template:02,500
Taraz	Taraz	Taraz Central Stadium	12,525
Tobol	Kostanay	Kostanay Central Stadium	Template:08,323
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium	Template: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
Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Mukhanov	Template:Flagicon Samat Smakov	adidas	—
Akzhayik	Template:Flagicon Jozef Škrlík
Astana	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Beránek	Template:Flagicon Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	adidas	Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau	Template:Flagicon Yuriy Konkov	Template:Flagicon Andrei Travin	adidas
Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Talgat Baisufinov	Template:Flagicon David Loria	Nike	ENRC
Kairat	Template:Flagicon José Pérez Serer	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Baltiev	adidas	KazRosGaz
Kaisar	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nikitenko	Template:Flagicon Borut Semler	adidas	—
Okzhetpes	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Cheburin		Umbro	—
Ordabasy	Template:Flagicon Viktor Pasulko	Template:Flagicon Kairat Ashirbekov	adidas	—
Shakhter	Template:Flagicon Viktor Kumykov	Template:Flagicon Andrey Finonchenko	Umbro	ArcelorMittal
Sunkar	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Gulyaimkhadarov
Taraz	Template:Flagicon Ljupko Petrović	Template:Flagicon Nurtas Kurgulin	Nike	—
Tobol	Template:Flagicon Vyacheslav Grozny	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Petukhov	Erreà	—
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Slobodan Krčmarević		Nike	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Kairat	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Sacked	December 2011	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Ogay	December 2011
Okzhetpes	Template:Flagicon Viktor Dohadailo			14th	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Cheburin	March 2012
Astana	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Resign		10th	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Beránek	April 2012
Kaisar	Template:Flagicon Sergei Kogai			13th	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nikitenko	April 2012
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Serik Abdualiyev			13th	Template:Flagicon Slobodan Krčmarević	May 9, 2012
Kairat	Template:Flagicon Dmitry Ogai			10th	Template:Flagicon 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8
Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Robert Primus	Template:Flagicon Lukáš Bajer	Template:Flagicon Emil Kenzhesariev	Template:Flagicon Arūnas Klimavičius	Template:Flagicon Serghei Covalciuc	Template:Flagicon Alexander Geynrikh	Template:Flagicon Marat Bikmaev	Template:Flagicon Timur Kapadze
Akzhayik	Template:Flagicon Borut Semler	Template:Flagicon Jakub Chleboun	Template:Flagicon Anatoliy Vlasichev	Template:Flagicon Pavel Černý	Template:Flagicon Miloš Stojčev	Template:Flagicon Ihar Zyankovich	Template:Flagicon Haman Sadjo	Template:Flagicon Miloš Brezinský
Astana	Template:Flagicon Nenad Erić	Template:Flagicon Christian Ebala	Template:Flagicon Foxi Kéthévoama	Template:Flagicon Filip Ivanovski	Template:Flagicon Dimitrija Lazarevski	Template:Flagicon Aleksei Belkin	Template:Flagicon Damir Kojašević
Atyrau	Template:Flagicon Đorđe Tutorić	Template:Flagicon Artyom Fomin	Template:Flagicon Fausto	Template:Flagicon Sandro	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Buač	Template:Flagicon Nivaldo	Template:Flagicon Hannes Sigurðsson	Template:Flagicon Nikola Milanković
Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Mamoutou Coulibaly	Template:Flagicon Nemanja Džodžo	Template:Flagicon Ulugbek Bakayev	Template:Flagicon Štěpán Kučera	Template:Flagicon Darko Maletić	Template:Flagicon Titi Essomba	Template:Flagicon Predrag Govedarica
Kairat	Template:Flagicon Alberto Heredia	Template:Flagicon Stuart Duff	Template:Flagicon Marko Đorđević	Template:Flagicon Josip Knežević	Template:Flagicon Souto	Template:Flagicon Óscar	Template:Flagicon Alyaksandr Bychanok
Kaisar	Template:Flagicon Nemanja Džodžo	Template:Flagicon Gradimir Crnogorac	Template:Flagicon Marjan Marković	Template:Flagicon Oleg Khromtsov	Template:Flagicon Philip Edeipo	Template:Flagicon Bojan Mamić	Template:Flagicon Dmitri Parkhachev	Template:Flagicon Karim Fachtali
Okzhetpes	Template:Flagicon Marko Milovanović	Template:Flagicon Adrian Grigoruta	Template:Flagicon Ovidiu Mendizov	Template:Flagicon Davit Chagelishvili	Template:Flagicon Arslanmyrat Amanow
Ordabasy	Template:Flagicon Andrew Mwesigwa	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Trajković	Template:Flagicon Gueye Mansour	Template:Flagicon Artem Kasyanov	Template:Flagicon Baba Collins	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Đilas	Template:Flagicon Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy	Template:Flagicon Gediminas Vičius	Template:Flagicon Nikola Vasiljević	Template:Flagicon Eduards Višņakovs	Template:Flagicon Andrey Paryvayew	Template:Flagicon Filip Arsenijević	Template:Flagicon Aldin Đidić	Template:Flagicon Roger Cañas
Sunkar	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Nohýnek	Template:Flagicon Rade Đokić	Template:Flagicon Goran Cvetković	Template:Flagicon Gheorghe Ovseanicov	Template:Flagicon Mantas Savėnas	Template:Flagicon Dragomir Vukobratović
Taraz	Template:Flagicon Ersin Mehmedović	Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Diakate	Template:Flagicon Neven Vukman	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Lečić	Template:Flagicon Ognjen Krasić	Template:Flagicon Obiora Odita	Template:Flagicon Ivan Perić
Tobol	Template:Flagicon Syarhey Kantsavy	Template:Flagicon Jhonnes	Template:Flagicon Igor Bugaiov	Template:Flagicon Nenad Šljivić	Template:Flagicon Mensur Kurtiši	Template:Flagicon Vitali Volkov	Template:Flagicon Nemanja Jovanović	Template:Flagicon Sergei Strukov
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Tanko Dyakov	Template:Flagicon Siniša Dobrašinović	Template:Flagicon Danilo Belić	Template:Flagicon Miloš Mihajlov	Template:Flagicon Edin Junuzović	Template:Flagicon Zoran Kostić	Template:Flagicon Marko Đalović

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

League table

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Template:Flagicon Ulugbek Bakaev	Irtysh	14 (4)
2	Template:Flagicon Tanat Nuserbaev	Astana	10
	Template:Flagicon Ihar Zyankovich	Akzhayik	10 (3)
4	Template:Flagicon Baurzhan Dzholchiyev	Tobol	8
	Template:Flagicon Edin Junuzović	Zhetysu	8
6	Template:Flagicon Mansour Gueye	Ordabasy	7
	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Lečić	Taraz	7
	Template:Flagicon Sergei Strukov	Irtysh/Tobol	7
	Template:Flagicon Daurenbek Tazhimbetov	Ordabasy	7
	Template:Flagicon Gediminas Vičius	Shakhter Karagandy	7

References

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