2013 Kazakhstan Premier League

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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 are the defending champions having won their second league championship last 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

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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	Template:08,323
Vostok	Oskemen	Vostok Stadium	Template:08,500
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 Nikitenko	Template:Flagicon Petr Badlo	adidas	—
Akzhayik	Template:Flagicon Ljupko Petrović	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Khairov	Puma	—
Astana	Template:Flagicon Ioan Andone	Template:Flagicon Kairat Nurdauletov	adidas	Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau	Template:Flagicon Miodrag Radulović	Template:Flagicon Valentin Chureev	adidas	—
Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Talgat Baisufinov	Template:Flagicon Sergei Ivanov	adidas	ENRC
Kairat	Template:Flagicon Vladimír Weiss	Template:Flagicon Kyril Shestakov	Nike	KazRosGaz
Ordabasy	Template:Flagicon Vakhid Masudov	Template:Flagicon Kairat Ashirbekov	adidas	TAU
Shakhter	Template:Flagicon Viktor Kumykov	Template:Flagicon Andrey Finonchenko	Nike	—
Taraz	Template:Flagicon Arno Pijpers	Template:Flagicon Vitali Yevstigneyev	adidas	—
Tobol	Template:Flagicon Sergei Maslenov	Template:Flagicon Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	adidas	—
Vostok	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fomichyov	Template:Flagicon Roman Nesterenko	Umbro	—
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Omari Tetradze	Template:Flagicon Zahar Korobov	adidas	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Kairat	Template:Flagicon José Pérez Serer	End of contract	November 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Vladimír Weiss	November 2012
Ordabasy	Template:Flagicon Viktor Pasulko	End of contract	November 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Vakhid Masudov	December 2012
Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Mukhanov	Resign	November 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Nikitenko	December 2012
Atyrau	Template:Flagicon Yuri Skates	End of contract	November 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Miodrag Radulović	December 2012
Akzhayik	Template:Flagicon Jozef Škrlík	End of contract	November 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Poghos Galstyan	February 2013
Vostok	Template:Flagicon Paul Evteev		December 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fomichyov	December 2012
Tobol	Template:Flagicon Vyacheslav Hrozny	End of contract	December 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon Sergei Maslenov	December 2012
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Slobodan Krčmarević	Sacked	December 2012	Pre-Season	Template:Flagicon 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8
Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Petr Badlo	Template:Flagicon Robert Primus	Template:Flagicon Robert Arzumanyan	Template:Flagicon Serghei Covalciuc	Template:Flagicon Timur Kapadze	Template:Flagicon Sergei Davydov
Akzhayik	Template:Flagicon Jakub Chleboun	Template:Flagicon Pavel Černý	Template:Flagicon Haman Sadjo
Astana	Template:Flagicon Nenad Erić	Template:Flagicon Foxi Kéthévoama	Template:Flagicon Patrick Twumasi	Template:Flagicon Blažo Igumanović	Template:Flagicon Damir Kojašević	Template:Flagicon Zelão	Template:Flagicon Cícero
Atyrau	Template:Flagicon Jovan Golić	Template:Flagicon George Peikrishvili	Template:Flagicon Artyom Fomin	Template:Flagicon Miloš Stojčev	Template:Flagicon Đorđe Tutorić	Template:Flagicon Nenad Injac	Template:Flagicon Robert Alviž	Template:Flagicon Nikola Milanković
Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Nemanja Džodžo	Template:Flagicon Alyaksandr Kulchy	Template:Flagicon Predrag Govedarica	Template:Flagicon Mamoutou Coulibaly	Template:Flagicon Sergei Strukov	Template:Flagicon Ulugbek Bakayev	Template:Flagicon Štěpán Kučera	Template:Flagicon Kamoliddin Murzoev
Kairat	Template:Flagicon Daniel Addo	Template:Flagicon Stuart Duff	Template:Flagicon Josip Knežević	Template:Flagicon Alexei Eremenko	Template:Flagicon Ľubomír Michalík	Template:Flagicon Momodou Ceesay	Template:Flagicon Artur Yedigaryan
Ordabasy	Template:Flagicon Andrew Mwesigwa	Template:Flagicon Gueye Mansour	Template:Flagicon Artem Kasyanov	Template:Flagicon Davit Chagelishvili	Template:Flagicon Andrezinho	Template:Flagicon Edin Junuzović	Template:Flagicon Baba Collins	Template:Flagicon Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy	Template:Flagicon Gediminas Vičius	Template:Flagicon Nikola Vasiljević	Template:Flagicon Andrey Paryvayew	Template:Flagicon Aldin Đidić	Template:Flagicon Gevorg Ghazaryan	Template:Flagicon Ihar Zyankovich	Template:Flagicon Aleksandar Simčević	Template:Flagicon Roger Cañas
Taraz	Template:Flagicon Ersin Mehmedović	Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Diakate	Template:Flagicon Nikolai Nesterenko	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Lečić	Template:Flagicon Vukašin Tomić	Template:Flagicon Titi Essomba	Template:Flagicon Marko Ranđelović	Template:Flagicon Obiora Odita
Tobol	Template:Flagicon Jhonnes	Template:Flagicon Mensur Kurtiši	Template:Flagicon Nenad Šljivić	Template:Flagicon Igor Bugaiov	Template:Flagicon Vitali Volkov	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Alumona	Template:Flagicon Nikola Tonev	Template:Flagicon Ognjen Krasić
Vostok	Template:Flagicon Martin Komárek	Template:Flagicon Radanfah Abu Bakr	Template:Flagicon Ramón Sánchez	Template:Flagicon Ebrima Sohna	Template:Flagicon Walter Moore	Template:Flagicon Papa Niang
Zhetysu	Template:Flagicon Mehmedalija Čović	Template:Flagicon Davron Ergashev	Template:Flagicon Shavkat Salomov	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Melziddinov	Template:Flagicon Arūnas Klimavičius	Template:Flagicon Marko Đalović	Template:Flagicon Ivan Perić

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

League table

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Template:Flagicon Igor Zenkovich	Shakhter KaragandyUnknown extension tag "ref"	15 (3)
2	Template:Flagicon Igor Bugaiov	Tobol	13 (2)
3	Template:Flagicon Momodou Ceesay	Kairat	12
4	Template:Flagicon Edin Junuzović	Ordabasy	12 (0)
5	Template:Flagicon Josip Knežević	Kairat	10 (4)

2013 Kazakhstan Premier League

Contents

Changes from 2012 season

Teams

Team overview

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Results

Championship round

Table

Results

Relegation round

Table

Results

Relegation play-off

Top goalscorers

References

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