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2012 Kazakhstan Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Kazakhstan Premier League
season	2012
winners	Shakhter Karagandy
relegated	Sunkar
Okzhetpes
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Shakhter Karagandy
continentalcup2	Europa League
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Astana
Irtysh Pavlodar
Aktobe
matches	144
total goals	348
league topscorer	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
prevseason	2011
nextseason	2013

Okzhetpes Irtysh Pavlodar Aktobe

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.

Teams

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	7,300
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	2,500
Taraz	Taraz	Taraz Central Stadium	12,525
Tobol	Kostanay	Kostanay Central Stadium	8,323
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium	4,000

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	RUS Vladimir Mukhanov	KAZ Samat Smakov	adidas	—
Akzhayik	SVK Jozef Škrlík
Astana	CZE Miroslav Beránek	KAZ Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	adidas	Qazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau	KAZ Yuriy Konkov	KAZ Andrei Travin	adidas
Irtysh	KAZ Talgat Baisufinov	KAZ David Loria	Nike	ENRC
Kairat	ESP José Pérez Serer	KAZ Ruslan Baltiev	adidas	KazRosGaz
Kaisar	KAZ Vladimir Nikitenko	SVN Borut Semler	adidas	—
Okzhetpes	KAZ Vladimir Cheburin		Umbro	—
Ordabasy	UKR Viktor Pasulko	KAZ Kairat Ashirbekov	adidas	—
Shakhter	RUS Viktor Kumykov	KAZ Andrey Finonchenko	Umbro	ArcelorMittal
Sunkar	KAZ Vladimir Gulyaimkhadarov
Taraz	SRB Ljupko Petrović	KAZ Nurtas Kurgulin	Nike	—
Tobol	UKR Vyacheslav Grozny	KAZ Aleksandr Petukhov	Erreà	—
Zhetysu	SRB Slobodan Krčmarević		Nike	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Kairat	ENG	Sacked	December 2011	Pre-Season	KAZ Dmitry Ogay	December 2011
Okzhetpes	UKR Viktor Dohadailo			14th	KAZ Vladimir Cheburin	March 2012
Astana	UKR	Resign		10th	CZE Miroslav Beránek	April 2012
Kaisar	KAZ Sergei Kogai			13th	KAZ Vladimir Nikitenko	April 2012
Zhetysu	KAZ Serik Abdualiyev			13th	SRB Slobodan Krčmarević	url=https://archive.today/20120710114949/http://kff.kz/rus/news/1244/?PHPSESSID=d2e04eb962698e111b1a8770f4f792aa	date=2012-07-10 }}. Football Federation of Kazakhstan website. May 9, 2012
Kairat	KAZ Dmitry Ogai			10th	ESP 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	TRI Robert Primus	CZE Lukáš Bajer	KGZ Emil Kenzhesariev	LTU Arūnas Klimavičius	MDA Serghei Covalciuc	UZB Alexander Geynrikh	UZB Marat Bikmaev	UZB Timur Kapadze
Akzhayik	SVN Borut Semler	CZE Jakub Chleboun	KGZ Anatoliy Vlasichev	CZE Pavel Černý	MNE Miloš Stojčev	BLR Ihar Zyankovich	CMR Haman Sadjo	SVK Miloš Brezinský
Astana	SRB Nenad Erić	CMR Christian Ebala	CAF Foxi Kéthévoama	MKD Filip Ivanovski	MKD Dimitrija Lazarevski	RUS Aleksei Belkin	MNE Damir Kojašević
Atyrau	SRB Đorđe Tutorić	RUS Artyom Fomin	POR Fausto	BRA Sandro	SRB Vladimir Buač	BRA Nivaldo	ISL Hannes Sigurðsson	SRB Nikola Milanković
Irtysh	MLI Mamoutou Coulibaly	BUL Nemanja Džodžo	UZB Ulugbek Bakayev	CZE Štěpán Kučera	BIH Darko Maletić	CMR Titi Essomba	SRB Predrag Govedarica
Kairat	ESP Alberto Heredia	SCO Stuart Duff	SRB Marko Đorđević	CRO Josip Knežević	ESP Souto	ESP Óscar	BLR Alyaksandr Bychanok
Kaisar	SRB Nemanja Džodžo	BIH Gradimir Crnogorac	SRB Marjan Marković	UKR Oleg Khromtsov	NGR Philip Edeipo	SRB Bojan Mamić	BLR Dmitri Parkhachev	MAR Karim Fachtali
Okzhetpes	SRB Marko Milovanović	ROM Adrian Grigoruță	ROM Ovidiu Mendizov	GEO Davit Chagelishvili	TKM Arslanmyrat Amanow
Ordabasy	UGA Andrew Mwesigwa	SRB Aleksandar Trajković	SEN Gueye Mansour	UKR Artem Kasyanov	NGR Baba Collins	SRB Vladimir Đilas	TUN Mohamed Arouri
Shakhter Karagandy	LTU Gediminas Vičius	BIH Nikola Vasiljević	LAT Eduards Višņakovs	BLR Andrey Paryvayew	SRB Filip Arsenijević	BIH Aldin Đidić	COL Roger Cañas
Sunkar	CZE Stanislav Nohýnek	BIH Rade Đokić	SRB Goran Cvetković	MDA Gheorghe Ovseanicov	LTU Mantas Savėnas	SRB Dragomir Vukobratović
Taraz	SRB Ersin Mehmedović	SEN Abdoulaye Diakate	CRO Neven Vukman	SRB Miroslav Lečić	SRB Ognjen Krasić	NGR Obiora Odita	SRB Ivan Perić
Tobol	BLR Syarhey Kantsavy	BRA Jhonnes	MDA Igor Bugaiov	SRB Nenad Šljivić	MKD Mensur Kurtiši	RUS Vitali Volkov	SRB Nemanja Jovanović	RUS Sergei Strukov
Zhetysu	BUL Tanko Dyakov	CYP Siniša Dobrašinović	SRB Danilo Belić	SRB Miloš Mihajlov	CRO Edin Junuzović	SRB Zoran Kostić	SRB Marko Đalović

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

League table

Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored; Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored

Results

Top goalscorers

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

References

"Summary - Premier League - Kazakhstan - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
"John Gregory".
(12 April 2012). "Kairat football club paid John Gregori $120 000 on termination of contract". tengrinews.
"Dmitry Ogay".
link. (2012-07-10 . [[Football Federation of Kazakhstan]] website. May 9, 2012)

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