2011 Kazakhstan Premier League


The 2011 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 20th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 6 March 2011 and ended on 29 October 2011. Tobol were the defending champions having won their first league championship last year.
As in the 2010 season, the competition was completed in two stages, with all twelve clubs playing twice against each other before splitting up into two groups of six teams each, according to their position after 22 matches. However, all earned points after the first stage will be halved this time, with any odd numbers of points being rounded up.
Shakhter won the championship, the teams' first title.

Teams

and FC Okzhetpes were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division at the end of last season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Akzhayik returned to the Kazakhstan First Division after just one season, while Okzhetpes eventually had to leave the Kazakh top league after 15 seasons.
The relegated teams will be replaced by First Division champions Vostok and Kaisar. Both clubs returned to the league after one-year absences.
In further changes, Lokomotiv Astana renamed themselves FC Astana on 20 May 2011.
TeamLocationVenueCapacity
AktobeAktobeAktobe Central Stadium13,500
AstanaAstanaAstana Arena30,000
AtyrauAtyrauMunayshy Stadium8,660
IrtyshPavlodarPavlodar Central Stadium15,000
KairatAlmatyAlmaty Central Stadium25,057
KaisarKyzylordaGany Muratbayev Stadium7,300
OrdabasyShymkentK. Munaitpasov Stadium, Shymkent37,000
ShakhterKaragandyShakhtyor Stadium19,000
TarazTarazTaraz Central Stadium12,525
TobolKostanayKostanay Central Stadium8,323
VostokOskemenVostok Stadium8,500
ZhetysuTaldykorganZhetysu Stadium4,000

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aktobe Vladimir Mukhanov Samat SmakovAdidas
Astana Holger Fach Nurbol ZhumaskaliyevAdidasQazaqstan Temir Zholy
Atyrau Ramiz Mammadov Andrei TravinAdidas
Irtysh Talgat Baisufinov David LoriaNikeENRC
Kairat John Gregory Ruslan BaltievAdidasKazRosGaz
Kaisar Algimantas Liubinskas Borut SemlerAdidas
Ordabasy Viktor Pasulko Kairat AshirbekovAdidas
Shakhter Viktor Kumykov Andrey FinonchenkoUmbroArcelorMittal
Taraz Vait Talgayev Nurtas KurgulinNike
Tobol Sergei Petrenko Aleksandr PetukhovErreà
Vostok Oleksandr Holokolosov Renat AbdulinAdidas
Zhetysu Serik Abdualiyev Aidar KumisbekovNike

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to six per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6
Aktobe Darko Maletić Emil Kenzhesariyev Malick Mané Vladimir Đilas Zoran Kostić Robert Primus
Astana Bobi Božinovski Anatolie Doroș Igor Bugaiov Dragan Bogavac Nenad Erić Aleksei Belkin
Atyrau Javier Leon Nivaldo Kiran Bechan Sylvano Comvalius Bojan Trkulja
Irtysh Georgi Daskalov Sergei Ivanov Mamoutou Coulibaly Predrag Govedarica Milan Nikolić Marko Balažič
Kairat Pavel Kirylchyk Deyan Hristov Stéphane Kingue Mpondo Yossi Shekel Artyom Fomin Marko Đorđević
Kaisar Ivan Perić Borut Semler Philip Edeipo Gradimir Crnogorac
Ordabasy Vagner Baba Collins Aleksandar Trajković Andrew Mwesigwa Artem Kasyanov
Shakhter Karagandy Aldin Đidić Nikola Vasiljević Gediminas Vičius Viorel Frunză Dušan Petronijević
Taraz Damir Memišević Abdoulaye Diakate Miloš Adamović Danilo Belić Nemanja Jovanović
Tobol Robert Zebelyan Nenad Šljivić Samir Bekrić Vitali Volkov
Vostok Otar Khizaneishvili Ruslan Bidnenko Ihor Buryak Oleksandr Zgura
Zhetysu Arūnas Klimavičius Marko Đalović Ivan Cvetković Miloš Mihajlov

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

First stage

Standings

Results

During these matches, each team played each other team twice.

Second stage

Standings

Results

During these matches, each team played every other team in their half of the table twice.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 2 November 2011
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ulugbek BakaevZhetysu18
2 Sergei KhizhnichenkoShakhter16
3 Malick ManeAktobe12
3 Dragan BogavacAstana12
3 Sergey GridinTobol12
6 Daurenbek TazhimbetovOrdabasy11
7 Marat KhairullinAktobe10
7 Gleb MaltsevIrtysh10
7 Nurbol ZhumaskaliyevAstana10
7 Konstantin GolovskoyKairat10
11 Georgi DaskalovIrtysh9
11 Zhambyl KukeyevShakhter9