The 2022 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 31st 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
football 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 ...
.
FC Tobol
FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. The ...
are the defending champions after winning their second title the previous season.
Events
On 11 March,
Shakhter Karagandy were awarded a 3-0 technical victory over
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 in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
after Astana fielded seven Foreign Players on the pitch at the same time during their match on 5 March 2022.
Teams
FC Kaisar
FC Kaysar ( kk, Қайсар Футбол Клубы, ''Qaısar Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have mis ...
(relegated after five years in the top flight) and
Zhetysu
Zhetysu, or Jeti-Suu ( kk, , Жетісу, pronounced ; ky, ''Jeti-Suu'', (), meaning "seven rivers"; also transcribed ''Zhetisu'', ''Jetisuw'', ''Jetysu'', ''Jeti-su'', ''Jity-su'', ''Жетысу'',, National Geospatial-Intelligence Age ...
(relegated after four years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2021 season. They were replaced by
Aksu and
Maktaaral from the
Kazakhstan First League (both promoted to the top division for the first time in their history).
Team overview
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.
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.
From the 2020 season, the
KFF announced that players from countries of the
Eurasian Economic Union
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU or EEU)EAEU is the acronym used on thorganisation's website However, many media outlets use the acronym EEU. is an economic union of some post-Soviet states located in Eurasia. The Treaty on the Eurasian Econo ...
would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.
For transfers during the season, see
Winter 2021–22 transfers and
Summer 2022 transfers.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Regular season
League table
Results
Results table
Results by match played
Positions by round
Statistics
Scoring
* First goal of the season:
Billal Sebaihi
Billal Sebaihi (born 31 May 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Maktaaral.
Career
In July 2015, he left Beira-Mar and moved to Primeira Liga club Estoril. He signed for a 3-yea ...
for
Maktaaral against
Ordabasy ()
Top scorers
:
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Awards
Monthly awards
References
External links
Official website
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