| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhter Karagandy |
| Relegated | Sunkar Okzhetpes |
| Champions League | Shakhter Karagandy |
| Europa League | Astana Irtysh Pavlodar Aktobe |
| Matches | 144 |
| Goals | 348 (2.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ulugbek Bakaev andIhar Zyankovich (9) |
| Biggest home win | Astana 5-0Atyrau |
| Biggest away win | Zhetysu 1–5Shakhter |
| Highest scoring | Zhetysu 5–2Kaisar |
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The2012 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 21st season of theKazakhstan Premier League, the highestfootball league competition inKazakhstan. The season was scheduled to start on 9 March 2012 and to conclude on 27 October 2012[1]Shakhter Karagandy as the defending champions having won their first league championship last year succeeded in preservation of its league title.
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season.
The league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams for this season. This also led to a change in the competition modus. The second phase with it separate play-off groups for championship and relegation has been abolished; all teams will play a single home-and-away round-robin schedule.[citation needed]
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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 |  Vladimir Mukhanov |  Samat Smakov | adidas | — |
| Akzhayik |  Jozef Škrlík | |||
| Astana |  Miroslav Beránek | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | adidas | Qazaqstan Temir Zholy |
| Atyrau | Yuriy Konkov | Andrei Travin | adidas | |
| Irtysh | Talgat Baisufinov | David Loria | Nike | ENRC |
| Kairat |  José Pérez Serer | Ruslan Baltiev | adidas | KazRosGaz |
| Kaisar | Vladimir Nikitenko |  Borut Semler | adidas | — |
| Okzhetpes | Vladimir Cheburin | Umbro | — | |
| Ordabasy |  Viktor Pasulko | Kairat Ashirbekov | adidas | — |
| Shakhter | Viktor Kumykov | Andrey Finonchenko | Umbro | ArcelorMittal |
| Sunkar | Vladimir Gulyaimkhadarov | |||
| Taraz |  Ljupko Petrović | Nurtas Kurgulin | Nike | — |
| Tobol | Vyacheslav Grozny | Aleksandr Petukhov | Erreà | — |
| Zhetysu | Slobodan Krčmarević | Nike | — |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kairat |  John Gregory | Sacked | December 2011[2][3] | Pre-Season | Dmitry Ogay | December 2011[4] |
| Okzhetpes | Viktor Dohadailo | 14th | Vladimir Cheburin | March 2012 | ||
| Astana | Oleh Protasov | Resign | 10th | Miroslav Beránek | April 2012 | |
| Kaisar | Sergei Kogai | 13th | Vladimir Nikitenko | April 2012 | ||
| Zhetysu | Serik Abdualiyev | 13th | Slobodan Krčmarević | May 9, 2012[5] | ||
| Kairat | Dmitry Ogai | 10th | Jose Perez Serer |
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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhter Karagandy(C) | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 53 | Qualification for theChampions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 51 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Aktobe | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 50 | |
| 4 | Taraz | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 46 | |
| 5 | Astana | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 6 | Tobol | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ordabasy | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 39 | |
| 8 | Akzhayik | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 34 | |
| 9 | Kaisar | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 30 | |
| 10 | Kairat | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 29 | |
| 11 | Atyrau | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 27 | |
| 12 | Zhetysu | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 23 | |
| 13 | Sunkar(R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division |
| 14 | Okzhetpes(R) | 26 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 56 | −36 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | AKT | AKZ | AST | ATY | IRT | KRT | KSR | OKZ | ORD | SHA | SUN | TAR | TOB | ZHE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Akzhayik | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Astana | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Atyrau | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
| Kairat | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Kaisar | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Okzhetpes | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Ordabasy | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| Sunkar | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Taraz | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Tobol | 2–2 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Zhetysu | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
