| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Aktobe |
| Champions League | Aktobe |
| UEFA Cup | Tobol Irtysh Pavlodar Okzhetpes |
| Top goalscorer | Alexandru Golban (13) Murat Tleshev (13) |
←2007 2009 → | |
The2008 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 8 March and 5 November.[1][2]
For the 2007 season,Megasport andEnergetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacingTaraz andEkibastuzets, who had been thrown out of the league forMatch fixing,[3]
| Team | Manager | Location | Venue | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 | |
| Almaty | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 | |
| Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,350 | |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 | |
| Energetic-2 | Ekibastuz | Shakhter | 6,300 | |
| Esil Bogatyr | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 | |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Central Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 | |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium | 7,000 | |
| Megasport | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 | |
| Okzhetpes | Kokshetau | Okzhetpes Stadium | 4,158 | |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 8,323 | |
| Vostok | Oskemen | Vostok Stadium | 8,500 | |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Incoming manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almaty | Sacked | ||
| Astana | Sacked | ||
| Atyrau | Sacked | ||
| Energetik-2 | Mutual consent | ||
| Megasport | Mutual consent | ||
| Okzhetpes | Signed by Astana | ||
| Ordabasy | Mutual consent | ||
| Shakhter Karagandy | Mutual consent | ||
| Zhetysu | Mutual consent |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aktobe(C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 18 | +43 | 67[a] | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Tobol | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 67[a] | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 62 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Kaisar | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 22 | +7 | 49 | |
| 5 | Megasport[b](D) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 42 | Withdrew from the league, dissolved and merged |
| 6 | Zhetysu | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 41 | |
| 7 | Shakhter Karagandy[c] | 29 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 37 | |
| 8 | Alma-Ata[b](D) | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 37 | Withdrew from the league, dissolved and merged |
| 9 | Okzhetpes[b] | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 35 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 10 | Kairat[d](D, R) | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 34 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division[e] |
| 11 | Astana[f](D, R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 32 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division[g] |
| 12 | Ordabasy | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 30 | |
| 13 | Esil Bogatyr | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 24[h] | |
| 14 | Energetik-2(D, R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 23 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division |
| 15 | Atyrau[b] | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 19 | |
| — | Vostok[c](T) | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 35[h] | Expelled and disqualified and excluded and withdrawn from the league, but later reinstated |
Because Aktobe and Tobol were tied on points and number of wins after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.
| Home \ Away | AKT | ALM | AST | ATY | ENE | ESB | IRT | KRT | KSR | MEG | OKZ | ORD | SHA | TOB | VOS | ZHE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| Almaty | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Astana | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Atyrau | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–0 | |
| Energetik-2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Esil Bogatyr | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Kairat | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0[a] | 3–1 | |
| Kaisar | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Megasport | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3[b] | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0[a] | 0–3[b] | |
| Okzhetpes | 0–3[c] | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3[c] | 2–0 | |
| Ordabasy | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0[c] | 2–1 | 1–0 | XXX[d] | 1–0 | |
| Tobol | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | |
| Vostok | 0–3[a] | 2–0 | 0–3[a] | 0–0 | 1–0 | 8–2 | 0–3[a] | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3[a] | |
| Zhetysu | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobol | 13 | |
| Irtysh | |||
| 3 | Tobol | 12 | |
| 4 | Aktobe | 11 | |
| 5 | Irtysh | 10 | |
| Kaisar | |||
| Astana |