2020 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 29th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Astana are the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season.
Season events
COVID-19
On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games. The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.
Teams
and FC Atyrau were relegated at the end of the 2019 season, and were replaced by FC Kyzylzhar and FC Caspiy.Team overview
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Astana | Nur-Sultan | Nur-Sultan Arena | 30,000 |
| Caspiy | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium | 5,000 |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Pavlodar Central Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kairat | Almaty | Almaty Central Stadium | 25,057 |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gany Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 |
| Kyzylzhar | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 |
| Okzhetpes | Kokshetau | Alisher Sagynbayev Stadium | 4,158 |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
| Shakhter | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
| Taraz | Taraz | Yerkebulan Babayev Stadium | 11,525 |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Bauyrzhan Sagintayev Stadium | 10,500 |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Samat Suyumbayev 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 |
| Astana |  Michal Bílek |  Dmitri Shomko |  Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna |
| Caspiy |  Srđan Blagojević |  Nike | — | |
| Irtysh |  Samvel Babayan | Nikita Kalmykov | Puma | ENRC |
| Kairat | Talgat Baysufinov | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | Nike | Halyk Bank |
| Kaisar |  Stoycho Mladenov | Maksat Baizhanov | Nike | — |
| Kyzylzhar |  Veaceslav Rusnac |  Shota Grigalashvili | Nike | — |
| Okzhetpes | Andrei Karpovich | Adidas | — | |
| Ordabasy | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Nike | Aysu Mineral Water | |
| Shakhter | Konstantin Gorovenka | Evgeniy Tarasov | Nike | BTL Kazakhstan |
| Taraz | Vladimir Nikitenko | Ilya Vorotnikov | Nike | — |
| Tobol | Grigori Babayan | Azat Nurgaliev | Adidas | Polymetal |
| Zhetysu | Dmitriy Ogai | Almat Bekbaev | Adidas | — |
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.For the 2020 season, the KFF announced that players from countries of the Eurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 |
| Astana |  Luka Šimunović | Marin Tomasov |  Pieros Sotiriou |  Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson |  Žarko Tomašević |  Dorin Rotariu | Antonio Rukavina | ||
| Caspiy |  Billal Sebaihi | Stefan Bukorac | Marko Milošević | Aleksandar Stanisavljević |  Serge Nyuiadzi |  Taras Bondarenko | |||
| Irtysh |  Pablo Podio |  Kristijan Dobras | Levan Kutalia | Bojan Sanković |  Carlos Fonseca | Miloš Stamenković | Marko Tomić |  Ruslan Mingazow | |
| Kairat |  Vágner Love | Dino Mikanović | Nebojša Kosović |  Jacek Góralski | Konrad Wrzesiński | Rade Dugalić | Aderinsola Eseola | ||
| Kaisar | Aleksandar Kolev |  Clarence Bitang |  Alvin Fortes | Ivan Graf | Ivan Pešić | Elguja Lobjanidze | Rizvan Ablitarov |  Reginaldo | |
| Kyzylzhar | Shota Grigalashvili | Tamaz Tsetskhladze |  Momodou Ceesay |  Moussa Koné |  Vytautas Andriuškevičius |  Mihai Plătică | Uroš Delić | Gabriel Enache | Maksym Drachenko |
| Okzhetpes | Gian | Plamen Dimov |  Artjom Dmitrijev | Darko Zorić | Marko Obradović | Milan Stojanović | Andriy Mischenko | ||
| Ordabasy | Pablo Fontanello |  Ziguy Badibanga |  Mirzad Mehanović | João Paulo | Rúben Brígido |  May Mahlangu |  Abdoulaye Diakate | Aleksandar Simčević | |
| Shakhter | Abdel Lamanje | Sergei Zenjov | Jérémy Manzorro |  Gideon Baah | Cédric Kouadio |  Aliyu Abubakar | Muhammed Usman | Yevhen Tkachuk | |
| Taraz | Nils Zatl |  Toni Silva | Ovidijus Verbickas | Dejan Boljević | Jovan Čađenović | Goran Brkić | Bratislav Punoševac | ||
| Tobol | Nika Kvekveskiri | Jaba Kankava | Luka Zarandia | Vytautas Andriuškevičius |  Aleksa Amanović | Stephen Eze | |||
| Zhetysu | Georgi Pashov | Martin Toshev | David Mawutor |  Donjet Shkodra | Artūras Žulpa | Pedro Eugénio | Nenad Adamović | Stefan Živković |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League Table
Results
Games 1–22
Games 23–33
Statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Pieros Sotiriou for Astana against Kyzylzhar
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abat Aimbetov | Kairat | 3 |
| 2 | Pieros Sotiriou | Astana | 2 |
| 2 | Elguja Lobjanidze | Kaisar | 2 |
| 2 | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson | Astana | 2 |
| 2 | Abdoulaye Diakate | Ordabasy | 2 |
| 2 | Konrad Wrzesiński | Kairat | 2 |
| 2 | Artur Shushenachev | Kairat | 2 |
| 2 | Azat Nurgaliev | Tobol | 2 |
| 9 | Marin Tomasov | Astana | 1 |
| 9 | Nils Zatl | Taraz | 1 |
| 9 | Rúben Brígido | Ordabasy | 1 |
| 9 | Roman Murtazayev | Tobol | 1 |
| 9 | Luka Zarandia | Tobol | 1 |
| 9 |  Andrey Buyvolov | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 |
| 9 | Martin Toshev | Zhetysu | 1 |
| 9 |  Yahor Zubovich | Zhetysu | 1 |
| 9 | Sergei Khizhnichenko | Ordabasy | 1 |
| 9 | Aleksey Shchotkin | Astana | 1 |
| 9 | Nuraly Alip | Kairat | 1 |
| 9 | Aybol Abiken | Kairat | 1 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Sokolenko | Kyzylzhar | 1 |
| 9 | Carlos Fonseca | Irtysh Pavlodar | 1 |
| 9 | Bauyrzhan Turysbek | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 |
| 9 |  Tigran Barseghyan | Astana | 1 |
| 9 | Yuriy Logvinenko | Astana | 1 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Stanisavljević | Caspiy | 1 |
| 9 | Taras Bondarenko | Caspiy | 1 |
| 9 | Abzal Taubay | Taraz | 1 |
| 9 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Kairat | 1 |
| 9 | Duman Narzildayev | Kaisar | 1 |
| 9 | Gabriel Enache | Kyzylzhar | 1 |
| 9 | Timur Muldinov | Kyzylzhar | 1 |
| 9 | Zhasulan Moldakaraev | Okzhetpes | 1 |
| 9 | Jérémy Manzorro | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 |
| 9 | Toni Silva | Taraz | 1 |
| 9 | Oralkhan Omirtayev | Tobol | 1 |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Almat Bekbaev | Zhetysu | 2 |
| 1 |  Marsel Islamkulov | Kaisar | 2 |
| 1 | Igor Shatskiy | Tobol | 2 |
| 4 | Nenad Erić | Astana | 1 |
| 4 | Vladimir Plotnikov | Ordabasy | 1 |
| 4 | Stas Pokatilov | Kairat | 1 |
| 4 | Timurbek Zakirov | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 |
| 4 | Danil Ustimenko | Kairat | 1 |
| 4 | David Yurchenko | Shakhter Karagandy | 1 |