| Season | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 March – 6 November 2022 |
| Champions | Astana |
| Relegated | Taraz Turan Akzhayik |
| Champions League | Astana |
| Europa Conference League | Aktobe Tobol |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 478 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pedro Eugénio (18) |
| Biggest home win | Astana 6–0Kairat |
| Biggest away win | Kairat 0–4Astana |
| Highest scoring | Shakhter Karagandy 5–1Maktaaral Astana 6–0Kairat Tobol 4–2Maktaaral Shakhter Karagandy 4–2Aksu Astana 5–1Atyrau |
| Longest winning run | Aktobe (8) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Aktobe Atyrau (8) |
| Longest winless run | Atyrau Kyzylzhar Taraz (7) |
| Longest losing run | Aksu (5) |
| Highest attendance | 15000 -Ordabasy vsAktobe (29 October 2022)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 100 -Atyrau vsAksu (5 March 2022)[2] |
| Total attendance | 624,057 |
| Average attendance | 3,429 (06 November 2022) |
←2021 2023 → All statistics correct as of 06 November 2022. | |
The2022 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 31st season of theKazakhstan Premier League, the highestfootball league competition inKazakhstan.FC Tobol were the defending champions after winning their second title the previous season.
On 11 March,Shakhter Karagandy were awarded a 3-0 technical victory overAstana after Astana fielded seven foreign players on the pitch at the same time during their match on 5 March 2022.[3]
FC Kaisar (relegated after five years in the top flight) andZhetysu (relegated after four years in the top flight) were relegated at the end of the 2021 season. They were replaced byAksu andMaktaaral from theKazakhstan First League (both promoted to the top division for the first time in their history).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksu |  Ruslan Kostyshyn |  Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | Adidas | Parimatch[4] |
| Aktobe | Andrei Karpovich |  Artūras Žulpa | Adidas | Parimatch |
| Akzhayik |  Oleg Bejenar |  Sergey Shustikov | Adidas | - |
| Astana | Grigori Babayan | Abzal Beisebekov[5] | Adidas | |
| Atyrau |  Vitaly Zhukovsky |  Aram Ayrapetyan | Puma | GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ |
| Caspiy |  Nikolay Kostov | Nurlybek Ayazbaev | Adidas | |
| Kairat | Kirill Keker |  Macky Bagnack | Nike | |
| Kyzylzhar | Ali Aliyev | Miroslav Lobantsev | Nike | |
| Maktaaral | Konstantin Gorovenko | Ruslan Yudenkov | Nike | |
| Ordabasy | Aleksandr Sednyov | Bekkhan Shayzada | Adidas | |
| Shakhter | Vakhid Masudov | Igor Shatsky | Adidas | Triangle Tyres |
| Taraz | Nurken Mazbaev | Maksat Amirkhanov | Nike | |
| Tobol |  Milan Milanović | Askhat Tagybergen | Adidas | Polymetal |
| Turan | Aleksandr Kuchma | Azat Nurgaliyev | 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.From the 2020 season, theKFF announced that players from countries of theEurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.[6]
For transfers during the season, seeWinter 2021–22 transfers andSummer 2022 transfers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksu | Pre-Season | Ruslan Kostyshyn | 19 January 2022[7] | |||
| Astana | Vladimir Yezhurov(Caretaker) | End of role | 21 November 2021 | Srdjan Blagojevic | 21 November 2021[8] | |
| Atyrau | Aram Voskanyan | Konstantin Gorovenka | 14 December 2021 | |||
| Caspiy | Srdjan Blagojevic | Signed byAstana | 21 November 2021[8] | Nikolay Kostov | 31 December 2021[9] | |
| Maktaaral | Konstantin Gorovenko | Resigned | Andrey Ferapontov | 14 January 2022[10] | ||
| Taraz | Vardan Minasyan | Nurken Mazbaev | 13 January 2022[11] | |||
| Turan | Abdukhalik Buribayev | Vladimir Gazzayev | 14 January 2022[12] | |||
| Turan | Vladimir Gazzayev | Resigned | 6 April 2022[13] | 11th | Kuanysh Kabdulov(Interim) | 6 April 2022 |
| Aktobe | Vladimir Mukhanov | Resigned | 28 April 2022[14] | 8th | Petr Badlo(Acting) | 28 April 2022[15] |
| Kyzylzhar | Andrei Karpovich | Resigned | 29 April 2022[16] | 13th | Ali Aliyev | 29 April 2022[17] |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Magomed Adiyev | AppointedKazakhstan Manager | 5 May 2022[18] | 7th | Konstantin Emeljanov(Acting) | 5 May 2022 |
| Aktobe | Petr Badlo(Acting) | End of role | 6 May 2022 | 6th | Andrei Karpovich | 6 May 2022[19] |
| Tobol | Alexander Moskalenko (Caretaker) | Mutual agreement | 16 May 2022[20] | 7th | Milan Milanović | 20 May 2022[21] |
| Kairat | Kurban Berdyev | Mutual agreement | 6 June 2022[22] | 8th | Kirill Keker | 8 June 2022[23] |
| Turan | Kuanysh Kabdulov(Interim) | End of role | 11 June 2022 | Sergey Kogay(Interim) | 12 June 2022 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Konstantin Emeljanov(Acting) | End of role | 28 June 2022[24] | 9th | Vakhid Masudov | 28 June 2022[24] |
| Akzhayik | Volodymyr Mazyar | 12 July 2022 | 13th | Igor Picușceac | 14 July 2022[25] | |
| Atyrau | Konstantin Gorovenko | Resigned | 19 August 2022[26] | 8th | Vyacheslav Bogatyrev(Caretaker) | 19 August 2022 |
| Akzhayik | Igor Picușceac | Moved to Assistant Manager | 20 August 2022 | 13th | Oleg Bejenar | 21 August 2022 |
| Atyrau | Vyacheslav Bogatyrev(Caretaker) | End of role | 21 August 2021 | 8th | Vitaly Zhukovsky | 22 August 2022[27] |
| Turan | Sergey Kogay(Interim) | End of role | 1 September 2022 | Aleksandr Kuchma | 1 September 2022 | |
| Maktaaral | Andrey Ferapontov | 7 September 2022 | Konstantin Gorovenko | 8 September 2022 | ||
| Astana | Srdjan Blagojevic | Signed byDebrecen | 13 September 2022[28] | 2nd | Grigori Babayan | 13 September 2022[29] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astana(C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 53 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Aktobe | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Tobol | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 47 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Kairat | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 42 | |
| 5 | Ordabasy[a] | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 38 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Aksu | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 36 | |
| 7 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 32 | |
| 8 | Maktaaral | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 31 | |
| 9 | Caspiy | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 31 | |
| 10 | Kyzylzhar | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 30 | |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 29 | |
| 12 | Taraz(R) | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 28 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division |
| 13 | Turan(R) | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 28 | |
| 14 | Akzhayik(R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 25 |
| Home \ Away | AKS | AKT | AKZ | AST | ATY | CAS | KRT | KYZ | MAK | ORD | SHA | TAR | TOB | TUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksu | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
| Aktobe | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Akzhayik | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |
| Astana | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | |
| Atyrau | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Caspiy | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| Kairat | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |
| Kyzylzhar | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| Maktaaral | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Ordabasy | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| Shakhter K | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Taraz | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
| Tobol | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Turan | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aksu | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Aktobe | L | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| Akzhayik | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L |
| Astana | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W |
| Atyrau | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L |
| Caspiy | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L |
| Kairat | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Kyzylzhar | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | W |
| Maktaaral | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Ordabasy | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D |
| Shakhter Karagandy | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L |
| Taraz | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | L | L |
| Tobol | W | D | W | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Turan | D | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astana | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Aktobe | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tobol | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kairat | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ordabasy | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Aksu | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Maktaaral | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
| Caspiy | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Kyzylzhar | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| Atyrau | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Taraz | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Turan | 10 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Akzhayik | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Leader | |
| Europa Conference League second qualifying round | |
| Relegation to 2023Kazakhstan First Division |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuriy Bushman | Kyzylzhar | Atyrau | 3–3 (A) | 14 May 2022 | [31] |
 Marin Tomasov | Astana | Kairat | 6–0 (H) | 14 May 2022 | [32] |
| Marin Tomasov | Astana | Maktaaral | 4–0 (H) | 3 July 2022 | [33] |
| Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev | Aksu | Maktaaral | 4–2 (H) | 4 September 2022 | [34] |
 João Paulo | Kairat | Turan | 1–3 (A) | 11 September 2022 | [35] |
| Abat Aymbetov | Astana | Ordabasy | 6–0 (H) | 9 October 2022 | [36] |
| Timur Dosmagambetov | Astana | Kairat | 4–0 (A) | 15 October 2022 | [37] |
 Pedro Eugénio | Astana | Atyrau | 5–1 (H) | 23 October 2022 | [38] |
 Elguja Lobjanidze | Kyzylzhar | Caspiy | 4–1 (H) | 6 November 2022 | [39] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Erzhan Tokotayev | Turan | 8 |
| Danil Ustimenko | Kairat | ||
| 3 | Stas Pokatilov | Aktobe | 7 |
| Aram Ayrapetyan | Atyrau | ||
| Nurlybek Ayazbaev | Caspiy | ||
| 6 | Marko Milošević | Astana | 6 |
| Aleksandr Mokin | Tobol | ||
| Yevhen Kucherenko | Aksu | ||
| Aleksandr Zarutskiy | Astana | ||
| 10 | Ștefan Sicaci | Akzhayik | 5 |
| Mukhammedzhan Seysen | Taraz | ||
| Igor Shatsky | Shakhter Karagandy | ||
| Serhiy Litovchenko | Maktaaral |
Aleksandr Mokin & Timur Akmurzin both played in Tobol's 4-0 victory overOrdabasy on 27 August 2022
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goal of the Month | References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | ||
| March | Nikolay Kostov | Caspiy |  José Kanté | Kairat |  Hugo Vidémont | Aktobe | [40][41][42] |
| April | Aleksandr Sednyov | Ordabasy | Bauyrzhan Baytana | Taraz |  Gerard Gohou | Aktobe | [43][44][45] |
| May | Konstantin Gorovenko | Atyrau | Andrija Filipović | Atyrau | Ular Zhaksybaev | Aksu | [46][47][48] |
| June | Andrei Karpovich | Aktobe | Elkhan Astanov | Ordabasy | Hugo Vidémont | Aktobe | |
| July | |||||||
