The 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 18th season of the

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

, the highest

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league competition in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. It started on 7 March 2009 and ended in November 2009.

Aktobe Aktobe ( kz, Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; russian: Актобе, Aktobe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. It is the administrative center of Aktobe Region. In 2020, it had a population of 500,757 people. Aktobe is located in the west of K ...

were the defending champions.

Changes from 2008

Team changes

Energetik-2 were relegated to the First Division after finishing in 14th place.

FC Atyrau Football Club Atyrau ( kk, "Атырау" футбол клубы, ''"Atyraý" fýtbol klýby'') is a professional association football, football club based in Atyrau, who last played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh ...

, who originally were going to be demoted as well, were spared because of the withdrawal of

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

in December 2008.

Kazakhmys Kazakhmys Group is a vertically integrated holding company whose key assets are concentrated in the mining industry and non-ferrous metallurgy. It was established and registered in the form of a joint-stock company in August 1997. On 14 January ...

and

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...

finished the 2008 season of the First Division in first two places and were therefore promoted to the Premier League. After the withdrawal of Alma-Ata, the club merged with fellow

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

team Megasport to create a new side called Lokomotiv. The club is based in

Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

. On 20 January 2009 Kairat voluntarily withdrew from the league because of financial reasons. On the same day

FC Astana-64 FC Zhenis ( kk, Жеңіс футбол клубы) is a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 ...

also withdrew due to unpaid debts. Esil Bogatyr were renamed Kyzylzhar. On 29 January 2009, after two withdrawals, one club merger and one name change, FFK board finally decided that the 2009 season would feature 14 instead of 16 teams. On 2 March 2009

withdrew from the league due to financial difficulties caused by global economic crisis. Since there was no time to find a replacement or take any action, FFK board decided that there would be only 13 teams participating in 2009 season of Kazakhstan Premier League. However, on 5 March 2009 Kazakhmys addressed a letter to FFK revoking their decision and stating that they would guarantee financing of the club to participate in the Premier League.

Structural changes

On 20 March 2009, FFK board decided that the 2010 season will feature 12 clubs. The bottom three teams will be directly relegated while the 11th-placed team will play a relegation play-off against the runners-up of the First division.

Team overview

League table

Relegation play-offs

FC Okzhetpes Football Club Okzhetpes ( kk, Оқжетпес Футбол Клубы, ''Oqjetpes Kókshetaý Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakhstani professional football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently plays in the Kazakhstan Premie ...

and

FC Akzhayik FC Akzhayik ( kk, Aqjaıyq Oral Fýtbol Klýby) is a Kazakhstani professional football club, based in Oral, current member of the Kazakhstan First Division. History Names *1968 : Founded as ''Uralets'' *1993 : The club was renamed ''Uralets-Arm ...

from the First Division competed in a promotion/relegation play-off for one spot in the 2010 season. Akzhayik won 3–2 and were promoted to the Premier League. However, Okzhetpes were spared from relegation as well after the license of

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was revoked after the

Oskemen Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In th ...

club failed to pay all its debts by 30 January 2010.

Results

Top goalscorers

''Updated to games on 25 October; Source
Kazakhstan Football Federation
'

References

External links

kff.kz

lyakhov.kz

soccerway.com

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