The Kazakhstan First Division of 2008 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division

Kazakhstan First Division

The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...

, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. Unlike the previous years, number of teams were shortened, due to creation of reserve teams league for Premier League teams. Thus, this season 14 teams started to play against each other on home-away system. Two best teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season. League started on May 1 and finished on October 11

Final standings

Pos	Team	City	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhmys FC Kazakhmys FC Kazakhmys are a Kazakhstani football club based in Satpayev, Karagandy Province. They won the First Division 2007, but were not able to start in the Premier League 2008 due to financial difficulties. In the 2008 season the club became champion again and promoted to the Kazakhstan Premier League... (C)	Satpaev Satpaev Satpayev , until 1990 Nikolsk is a city in Kazakhstan's Karagandy Province. The city is named after Kanysh Satpayev, one of the founders of Soviet metallogeny, principal advocate and the first president of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences....	26	20	1	5	54	21	33	61
2	Taraz FC Taraz FC Taraz are a Kazakh football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and cup winners in 2004...	Taraz Taraz Taraz , is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River...	26	19	4	3	61	14	47	61
3	Spartak	Semey Semey Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...	26	13	8	5	50	35	15	47
4	Ile-Saulet	Almaty Province Almaty Province Almaty is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 118,400. The province itself has 1,603,700 people.-Geography:...	26	13	5	8	44	31	13	44
5	Avangard FC Avangard FC Avangard are a Kazakhstani football club based in Petropavl. The club won the second level in 2006 and so were promoted to the Kazakhstan Super League. Despite this financial constraints meant that the club were incapable of accepting the promotion....	Petropavl Petropavl Petropavl is a city on the Ishim River in North Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is capital of the North Kazakhstan Province...	26	13	1	12	43	48
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6	Aktobe-Zhas	Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe , formerly known as Aktyubinsk , is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 277,700, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks...	26	13	1	13	54	53	1	40
7	Asbest	Zhetykara	26	11	4	11	37	41
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8	Aksu	Stepnogorsk Stepnogorsk Stepnogorsk is a town in Akmola Province, Kazakhstan. It was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200km North-East of Astana. It was first established as a secret town with code names Tselinograd-25 , Makinsk-2 . The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site...	26	10	7	9	39	38	1	37
9	Caspiy FC Caspiy FC Caspiy is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea . They play in the First Division. Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in Premier League and reached semi-finals of Kazakhstan Cup...	Aktau Aktau Aktau , formerly known as Shevchenko , is a city in Kazakhstan's Mangyshlak Peninsula and country's only seaport on the Caspian Sea. It is the capital of Mangystau Province in western Kazakhstan...	26	11	1	14	42	55
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10	Akzhayik FC Akzhayik FC Akzhayik are a Kazakhstani football based in Oral, Kazakhstan. They are current members of the Kazakhstan Premier League.-Current Squad:- Name History :*1968 : Founded as Uralets...	Oral Oral, Kazakhstan Oral , Uralsk in Russian, formerly known as Yaitsk , is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 350,000...	26	10	1	15	35	47
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11	Bolat FC Bolat FC Bolat is a Kazakhstani football based in Temirtau. Previously known as FC Bolat CSKA and FC Bolat MSK.Formed as Metallurg, the club was known as Stroitel between 1969 and 1977 before adopting their current name. They were a leading side in the Soviet-era game, winning the Kazakhstan Cup seven...	Temirtau Temirtau Temirtau is a city in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. Pop 180,000.-History:*1905, June, 15 - the first groups of settlers settled down on the left bank of the Nura River. There were 40 families, that had arrived from Samara...	26	9	4	13	50	49	1	31
12	Karasay Sarbazdary	Kaskelen Kaskelen Kaskelen is a town and seat of Karasay District in the Almaty Province of south-eastern Kazakhstan....	26	6	6	14	27	38
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13	Aizharyk1	Shymkent Shymkent Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the...	26	7	8	11	49	49	0	23
14	Gornyak FC Gornyak FC Gornyak are a Kazakhstani football based in Khromtau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan First Division.... 2	Khromtau Khromtau Khromtau is a town in Aktobe Province of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Khromtau District. It was formed in 1967. Population is approximately 21,156 . Khromtau has important Chromium deposits, which are currently exploited in underground mines...	26	1	1	24	11	77
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(C)	2008 First Division champions
	Promoted to Premier League 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League 2009 Kazakhstan Premier League 2009 is the 18th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. It started on 7 March 2009 and will end in November 2009. Aktobe are the defending champions.-Team changes:...

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

• (1) FC Aizharyk was penalized with 6 six points.
• (2) FC Gornyak was not able to finish due to financial reasons and withdrew from the league in the middle of the season.

External links

• Final standings and results
• Clubs roster