# 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 33rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams

The league consisted of thirteen teams; ten teams remaining from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the 2023 Kazakhstan First Division.
The three promoted teams were First Division champions Elimai (promoted after a nine season absence), runners-up Turan (promoted after a single season absence), and third-placed Zhenis (promoted for the first time in history if counting the new club founded in 2009 or promoted after a 15 season absence if counting the club who went bankrupt in 2009). They replaced the 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League bottom three teams; Okzhetpes (relegated after one season in the top flight), Caspiy (relegated after four seasons in top flight), and Aksu (relegated after two seasons in the top flight). Maktaaral were also relegated (after two seasons in the top flight) after being refused a Premier League license, reducing the number of teams to thirteen.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 12,729 |
| Astana | Astana | Astana Arena$^1$ | 30,200 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 8,900 |
| Elimai | Semey | Spartak Stadium | 8,000 |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium | 7,000 |
| Kyzylzhar | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
| Shakhter | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium | 19,500 |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 10,500 |
| Turan | Turkistan | Turkistan Arena | 7,000 |
| Zhenis | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,250 |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Samat Suyumbayev Stadium | 5,550 |

### 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 | Ihor Leonov | Leonel Strumia | Adidas | Olimpbet |
| Astana | Grigori Babayan | Abzal Beisebekov | Adidas | Samruk Kazyna, Olimpbet, Chery, SportQory |
| Atyrau | Vitaly Zhukovsky | Igor Stasevich | Macron | GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ, Olimpbet |
| Elimai | Andrei Karpovich | Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev | Puma | |
| Kairat | Rafael Urazbakhtin | Danil Ustimenko | Joma | 1XBET |
| Kaisar | Viktor Kumykov | Ruslan Sakhalbaev | Joma | |
| Kyzylzhar | Ali Aliyev | Yevgeny Beryozkin | Nike | Olimpbet |
| Ordabasy | Kirill Keker | Askhat Tagybergen | Nike | Olimpbet |
| Shakhter | Konstantin Yemelyanov (Acting Head Coach) | Roger Cañas | Kelme | Olimpbet |
| Tobol | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Roman Asrankulov | Macron | Polymetal, Olimpbet |
| Turan | Rinat Alyuetov | Nikola Cuckić | Nike | |
| Zhenis | Akis Vavalis | Temirlan Anarbekov | Diadora | |
| Zhetysu | Kayrat Nurdauletov | Serikzhan Muzhikov | Nike | Kainar |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to thirteen per KPL team squad of 25 players.
Foreign players in the KPL as of 12 August 2024.
For transfers during the season, see Winter 2023–24 transfers and Summer 2024 transfers.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 | Player 10 | Player 11 | Player 12 | Former players |
| Aktobe | Leonel Strumia | Dmitry Bessmertny | Gaby Kiki | Mateo Barać | Dorny Romero | José Cevallos | Amadou Doumbouya | Jayro Jean | Uche Agbo | Freddy Góndola | Bogdan Vătăjelu | Idris Umayev | |
| Astana | Nazmi Gripshi | Max Ebong | Karlo Bartolec | Josip Čondrić | Branimir Kalaica | Marin Tomasov | Barnes Osei | Ousmane Camara | Kipras Kažukolovas | Nnamdi Ahanonu | Geoffrey Chinedu | Aleksa Amanović | Fabien Ourega Giannis Masouras Carlitos Dušan Jovančić |
| Atyrau | Yegor Khatkevich | Nikolay Signevich | Igor Stasevich | Nikita Stepanov | Mateus Barbosa | Joel Kayamba | Soslan Takulov | Jakob Novak | Fatkhullo Olimzoda | Khusrav Toirov | Oleksandr Noyok | | Lamine Jarjou Pedro Eugénio |
| Elimai | Nikita Korzun | Ivan Šaravanja | China | Maicom David | Edarlyn Reyes | Quentin Cornette | Denis Kavlinov | Islam Mashukov | Daniil Penchikov | Dmitri Yashin | Maksym Koval | | Nikolay Zolotov Robert Tambe Miroslav Lobantsev Yegor Sorokin Sada Thioub |
| Kairat | Valery Gromyko | João Paulo | Élder Santana | Luka Gadrani | Giorgi Zaria | Ofri Arad | Dmitry Sergeyev | Yegor Sorokin | Vadim Ulyanov | Jug Stanojev | Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev | | Viktor Vasin |
| Kaisar | Aram Ayrapetyan | Dzmitry Baradzin | Vasily Sovpel | Ruslan Yudenkov | Junior Kameni | Ştefan Sicaci | Goran Milojko | Jovan Pajovic | Vitaliy Pryndeta | Shokhnazar Norbekov | | | Valery Gromyko |
| Kyzylzhar | Yevgeny Beryozkin | Konstantin Rudenok | Rafael Sabino | Zoran Nižić | Luka Imnadze | Senin Sebai | Vladislavs Sorokins | Nikola Bogdanovski | Rúben Brígido | Dušan Jovančić | Oleksiy Shchebetun | | Bryan Van Den Bogaert Irakli Bugridze Boris Cmiljanić |
| Ordabasy | Vsevolod Sadovsky | Reginaldo | Cristian Tovar | Lovro Cvek | Zlatan Šehović | Artem Byesyedin | Yevheniy Makarenko | Ihor Plastun | Jasurbek Yakhshiboev | Shokhboz Umarov | | | Karlo Sentić Dembo Darboe |
| Shakhter | Dmitry Lisakovich | Jovan Ilic | Francisco Campo | Roger Cañas | Imeda Ashortia | Layonel Adams | Yevgeni Kozlov | Milan Đokić | Miloš Nikolić | Filip Stamenković | Dmytro Ryzhuk | Maksym Drachenko | Arthur Bougnone Juan Asprilla Anton Tolordava Igor Mostovei Mitar Ćuković |
| Tobol | Radoslav Tsonev | Pape-Alioune Ndiaye | Tsotne Mosiashvili | Ahmed El Messaoudi | Ededem Essien | Rui Costa | Pedro Eugénio | Albert Gabarayev | Igor Ivanović | Ivan Miladinović | David Henen | Yevhen Shakhov | Godberg Cooper David Domgjoni |
| Turan | Plarent Fejzaj | Vladislav Vasilyuchek | Leonardo Vaca | Antonio Jakoliš | Artjom Dmitrijev | David Mawutor | Viktor Velkoski | Artyom Arkhipov | Pavel Kireyenko | Marko Nikolić | Nikola Cuckić | | Branislav Sluka Fedi Ben Choug |
| Zhenis | Denis Grechikho | Syarhey Volkaw | Adílio | Marin Belancić | Lukáš Budínský | Giorgi Pantsulaia | Zurab Tevzadze | Krystian Nowak | João Oliveira | Bruno Silva | Matija Rom | | Alexander Jakobsen Irakli Bidzinashvili Vasilios Karagounis Arb Manaj Iljasa Zulfiu Benjamin Hjertstrand |
| Zhetysu | Shqiprim Taipi | Konstantin Kuchinsky | Anton Shramchenko | Victor Braga | Elivelton | Gia Chaduneli | Meik Karwot | Ruslan Bolov | Arsen Siukayev | Orest Kostyk | | | Tsotne Mosiashvili Maksim Chikanchi |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Igor Soloshenko | Resigned | 2 April 2024 | 13th | Andrei Finonchenko | 2 April 2024 |
| Kairat | Kirill Keker | Resigned | 29 April 2024 | 8th | Rafael Urazbakhtin (Caretaker) | 29 May 2024 |
| Zhenis | Levan Korgalidze | Mutual agreement | 21 May 2024 | 13th | Akis Vavalis | 22 May 2024 |
| Kairat | Rafael Urazbakhtin (Caretaker) | End of caretaker role | 29 May 2024 | 3rd | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | 29 May 2024 |
| Tobol | Milić Ćurčić | Mutual agreement | 10 June 2024 | 7th | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) | 10 June 2024 |
| Tobol | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Caretaker) | End of role | 3 July 2024 | 4th | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | 3 July 2024 |
| Ordabasy | Aleksandr Sednyov | Resigned | 18 August 2024 | 3rd | Aleksandr Kuchma (Acting) | 22 August 2024 |
| Ordabasy | Aleksandr Kuchma (Acting) | End of role | 26 August 2024 | 3rd | Kirill Keker | 26 August 2024 |
| Aktobe | Dmytro Parfenov | Mutual agreement | 31 August 2024 | 2nd | Ihor Leonov | 6 September 2024 |
| Kairat | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | Mutual agreement | 3 September 2024 | 1st | Rafael Urazbakhtin | 6 September 2024 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Andrei Finonchenko | Resigned | 9 September 2024 | 13th | Konstantin Yemelyanov | 9 September 2024 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kairat (C) | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 47 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Astana | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 46 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe (W) | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ordabasy | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Tobol | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 39 | |
| 6 | Elimai | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 37 | |
| 7 | Atyrau | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 35 | |
| 8 | Kaisar | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Kyzylzhar | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 29 | |
| 10 | Zhenis | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 24 | |
| 11 | Zhetysu | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 23 | |
| 12 | Turan | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 20 | |
| 13 | Shakhter (R) | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 45 | −33 | 10 | Relegation to Kazakhstan First Division |
* ↑ Aktobe qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024 Kazakhstan Cup.

### Results
#### Results table

| Home \ Away | AKT | AST | ATY | ELI | KRT | KSR | KYZ | ORD | SHA | TOB | TUR | ZNS | ZTS |
| Aktobe | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Astana | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Atyrau | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Elimai | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Kairat | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Kaisar | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Kyzylzhar | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Ordabasy | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Shakhter | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Tobol | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Turan | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Zhenis | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zhetysu | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

#### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Aktobe | W | P | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | P | L | W | W |
| Astana | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | P | L | W | L | P | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Atyrau | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | P | W | W | W | D | L | D | P | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Elimai | D | L | W | W | P | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | P | L |
| Kairat | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | P | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | P | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Kaisar | L | L | P | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | P | W | W | L | W |
| Kyzylzhar | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | P | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | P | L | L | L | W | D | W | W |
| Ordabasy | W | D | L | W | D | D | P | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | P | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| Shakhter | L | L | L | W | L | P | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | P |
| Tobol | W | W | D | P | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | P | W | L |
| Turan | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | P | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | P | D | W | W | L | L | L | D | L |
| Zhenis | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | P | D | L | L | P | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Zhetysu | P | L | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | D | L | P | W | L | L | L | L |

#### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Aktobe | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Astana | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Atyrau | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Elimai | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Kairat | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kaisar | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Kyzylzhar | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Ordabasy | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Shakhter | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Tobol | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Turan | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Zhenis | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Zhetysu | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
* Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
* Conference League second qualifying round
* Europa League first qualifying round
* Conference League first qualifying round
* Relegation to 2025 Kazakhstan First Division

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 10 November 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Islam Chesnokov | Tobol | 10 |
| 1 | João Paulo | Kairat | 10 |
| 1 | Nikolay Signevich | Atyrau | 10 |
| 4 | Jasurbek Yakhshiboev | Ordabasy | 9 |
| 5 | Nikita Korzun | Elimai | 7 |
| 5 | Geoffrey Chinedu | Astana | 7 |
| 5 | Yevgeny Beryozkin | Kyzylzhar | 7 |
| 5 | Aybar Zhaksylykov | Kaisar | 7 |
| 9 | Valeriy Gromyko | Kaisar/Kairat | 6 |
| 9 | Idris Umayev | Aktobe | 6 |
| 9 | Giorgi Zaria | Kairat | 6 |
| 9 | Nazmi Gripshi | Astana | 6 |
| 9 | Marin Tomasov | Astana | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| João Paulo | Kairat | Turan | 5–1 (H) | 19 October 2024 |
| Aybar Zhaksylykov | Kaisar | Shakhter Karagandy | 5–1 (H) | 20 October 2024 |
| Senin Sebai | Kyzylzhar | Kaisar | 6–2 (H) | 2 November 2024 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 10 November 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Stas Pokatilov | Tobol | 11 |
| 2 | Yegor Khatkevich | Atyrau | 10 |
| 3 | Arsen Siukayev | Zhetysu | 8 |
| 3 | Igor Shatsky | Aktobe | 8 |
| 5 | Josip Čondrić | Astana | 7 |
| 6 | Ștefan Sicaci | Kaisar | 6 |
| 6 | Vadim Ulyanov | Kairat | 6 |
| 8 | Denis Kavlinov | Elimai | 5 |
| 9 | Dzhurakhon Babakhanov | Kyzylzhar | 4 |
| 9 | Bekkhan Shayzada | Ordabasy | 4 |