| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Tobol |
| Relegated | Kaisar Zhetysu |
| Champions League | Tobol |
| Europa Conference League | Astana Kairat |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 448 (2.46 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Marin Tomasov (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Tobol 5–0Turan (23 April 2021) Kairat 5–0Atyrau (2 July 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Ordabasy 0–5Kyzylzhar (26 August 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Aktobe 4–4Ordabasy (9 April 2021) Astana 6–2Atyrau (10 April 2021) |
| Longest winning run | 9 matches Astana |
| Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Astana |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches Kaisar |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Zhetysu |
| Highest attendance | 9,500-Kairat vsAatana (24 October 2021) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 - Many MatchesCOVID-19 |
| Total attendance | 232,645 |
| Average attendance | 1,939 (30 October 2021) |
←2020 2022 → All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021. | |
The2021 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 30th season of theKazakhstan Premier League, the highestfootball league competition inKazakhstan.FC Kairat were the defending champions after winning their third title the previous season.FC Tobol won their second title.
FC Okzhetpes (relegated after two years in the top flight) was relegated at the end of the 2020 season, whilstFC Irtysh Pavlodar withdrew from the league in May 2020, and as a result also dropped down into theKazakhstan First Division. They were replaced byFC Aktobe andFC Atyrau after they had spent one season in the Kazakhstan First Division.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Adidas | Parimatch | ||
| Akzhayik | Adidas | |||
| Astana | Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna | ||
| Atyrau | Adidas | GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ | ||
| Caspiy | Macron | XCOM(Back of shirt) | ||
| Kairat | Nike | Halyk Bank | ||
| Kaisar | Adidas | - | ||
| Kyzylzhar | Nike | |||
| Ordabasy | Adidas | - | ||
| Shakhter | Adidas | Kazakhmys | ||
| Taraz | Puma | - | ||
| Tobol | Adidas | Polymetal | ||
| Turan | Adidas | - | ||
| Zhetysu | Adidas |
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, theKFF announced that players from countries of theEurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.[2]
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Pre-Season | Alyaksey Baha | 21 January 2021[3] | |||
| Kyzylzhar | Veaceslav Rusnac | Andrei Karpovich | 8 January 2021[4] | |||
| Ordabasy | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Aleksandr Sednyov | 21 January 2021[5] | |||
| Taraz | Vladimir Nikitenko | Vardan Minasyan | 3 February 2021[6] | |||
| Shakhter Karagandy | Konstantin Gorovenka | Ali Aliyev | 20 January 2021[7] | |||
| Zhetysu | Dmitry Ogai | Rinat Alyuetov | 15 January 2021[8] | |||
| Shakhter Karagandy | Ali Aliyev | Resigned | 10 April 2021[9] | 14th | Andrei Finonchenko(Caretaker) | 10 April 2021[9] |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Andrei Finonchenko(Caretaker) | End of role | 16 April 2021 | 14th | Magomed Adiyev | 16 April 2021[10] |
| Aktobe | Alyaksey Baha | Resigned | 5 May 2021[11] | 10th | Vladimir Zelenovskiy(Caretaker) | 5 May 2021[11] |
| Aktobe | Vladimir Zelenovskiy(Caretaker) | End of role | 7 June 2021[12] | 10th | Vakhid Masudov | 7 June 2021[12] |
| Kairat | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Signed byErzgebirge Aue | 7 June 2021[13] | 3rd | Kirill Keker(Caretaker) | 7 June 2021[13] |
| Tobol | Grigori Babayan | Signed byCSKA Moscow | 17 June 2021[14][15] | 2nd | Alexander Moskalenko(Caretaker) | 18 June 2021[16] |
| Aktobe | Vakhid Masudov | Resigned | 26 July 2021[17] | 10th | Mukhtar Erimbetov(Caretaker) | 26 July 2021[17] |
| Aktobe | Mukhtar Erimbetov(Caretaker) | End of role | 4 August 2021[18] | 10th | Vladimir Mukhanov | 4 August 2021[18] |
| Astana | Andrey Tikhonov | End of role | 5 November 2021[19] | End of season | Vladimir Yezhurov(Caretaker)[19] | 5 November 2021 |
| Astana | Vladimir Yezhurov(Caretaker) | End of role | 21 November 2021 | End of season | Srdjan Blagojevic | 21 November 2021[20] |
| Caspiy | Srdjan Blagojevic | Signed byAstana | 21 November 2021[20] | End of season | Nikolay Kostov | 31 December 2021[21] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobol(C) | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 61 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Astana | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 57 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Kairat | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 51 | |
| 4 | Kyzylzhar | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 39 | |
| 5 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 38 | |
| 6 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 33 | |
| 7 | Aktobe | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 33 | |
| 8 | Caspiy | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 32 | |
| 9 | Akzhayik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 32 | |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 | |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 28 | |
| 12 | Turan | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 26 | |
| 13 | Kaisar(R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division |
| 14 | Zhetysu[a](R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 16 |
| Home \ Away | AKT | AKZ | AST | ATY | CAS | KRT | KSR | KYZ | ORD | SHA | TAR | TOB | TUR | ZHE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Akzhayik | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Astana | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Atyrau | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Caspiy | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Kairat | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
| Kaisar | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |
| Kyzylzhar | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Ordabasy | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Taraz | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
| Tobol | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| Turan | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | |
| Zhetysu | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| 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 | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Akzhayik | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | D | D | L |
| Astana | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D |
| Atyrau | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L |
| Caspiy | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W |
| Kairat | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Kaisar | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Kyzylzhar | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W |
| Ordabasy | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L |
| Shakhter Karagandy | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | L | W |
| Taraz | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L |
| Tobol | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Turan | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | L | D |
| Zhetysu | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobol | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Astana | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Kairat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kyzylzhar | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Ordabasy | 10 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Akzhayik | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Caspiy | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Aktobe | 7 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Atyrau | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Taraz | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Turan | 6 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Kaisar | 11 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Zhetysu | 14 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Leader | |
| Europa Conference League second qualifying round | |
| Relegation to 2022Kazakhstan First Division |
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Aktobe | 39,285 | 8,200 | 1,900 | 4,365 | n/a† |
| 2 | Taraz | 30,500 | 3,500 | 1,000 | 2,346 | n/a† |
| 3 | Kairat | 26,300 | 9,500 | 900 | 4,383 | n/a† |
| 4 | FC Astana | 19,800 | 5,500 | 1,500 | 2,475 | n/a† |
| 5 | Kyzylzhar | 19,300 | 2,000 | 700 | 1,608 | n/a† |
| 6 | FC Ordabasy | 14,900 | 3,700 | 1,500 | 2,483 | n/a† |
| 7 | FC Shakhter Karagandy | 14,200 | 4,000 | 1,000 | 2,366 | n/a† |
| 8 | FC Tobol | 14,400 | 3,500 | 600 | 1,200 | n/a† |
| 9 | Turan | 14,150 | 2,000 | 600 | 1,179 | n/a† |
| 10 | FC Akzhayik | 9,560 | 2,000 | 560 | 1,365 | n/a† |
| 11 | FC Caspiy | 8,850 | 1,300 | 700 | 885 | n/a† |
| 12 | Kaisar | 8,650 | 1,500 | 950 | 1,235 | n/a† |
| 13 | Atyrau | 6,400 | 1,500 | 700 | 1,066 | n/a† |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 6,350 | 2,000 | 300 | 1,058 | n/a† |
| League total | 232,645 | 9,500 | 300 | 1,938 | n/a† |
Source:[citation needed]
|u=30 October 2021|