Kazakhstan Premier League 2008
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Kazakhstan Premier League 2008 was the 17th season of Kazakhstan Premier League, starting on 8 March 2008 and finishing on 5 November 2008.
were promoted at the end of the 2007 season
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Two relegated teams were:
1Irtysh
could not comply with UEFA licensing regulations and therefore were replaced by Zhetysu
in UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
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Promotion and relegation
Two teams from the Kazakhstan First DivisionKazakhstan 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...
were promoted at the end of the 2007 season
Kazakhstan First Division 2007
Kazakhstan First Division 2007 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. The division is split into two geographic conferences: North-East and South-West Conferences...
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- MegasportFC MegasportFC Megasport were a Kazakhstani football club based in Almaty. The club was founded in 2005. They were members of Kazakhstan Premier League. At the beginning of 2009, they merged with FC Almaty to form FC Lokomotiv Astana.- 2008 Squad :...
- EnergetikFC EnergetikFC Ekibastuz is a Kazakhstani football club based in Ekibastuz. Until 2008 the team represented Pavlodar and was called FC Energetik Pavlodar. In 2008 the team played as FC Energetik-2 Ekibastuz. In 2009 it was renamed to FC Ekibastuz. They are current members of the Kazakhstan First Division.-...
Two relegated teams were:
- EkibastuzetsFC EkibastuzetsFC Ekibastuzets are a Kazakhstani football club based at the Shakhtyor Stadium in Ekibastuz. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Super League. They have missed only three seasons of the competition: In 2000 withdrew because of financial reasons, in 2002 in the First Division because of relegation...
(for non-sportsmanship performance) - TarazFC TarazFC 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...
Participating teams
| Pos. in 2007 | Club | City | Best Position | Worst Position | Seasons in league | Cup Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Union of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR but did not become a proper national competition until 1992.-Winners of Kazakh SSR Cup... wins | Doubles | Notes | |||||||||
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| 1 | Aktobe FC Aktobe FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:... |
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... |
Champions, twice (2005, 2007) | 13th (1995) | 14 | Participated in Champions League UEFA Champions League 2008–09 The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 27 May 2009. It was the eighth time the European Cup final has been held in... |
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| 2 | Tobol FC Tobol FC Tobol is a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, they won Kazakhstan Premier league on 2010, and ended up close in 2nd and 3rd positions in last seven seasons.- Name history :*1967 :... |
Kostanay Kostanay Kostanay , formerly known as Kustanay and Nikolayevsk , is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 301,317 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province.-Public institutions:In Kostanay there are 8 higher educational... |
2nd (2003, 2005, 2007) | 13th (1992) | 15 | 1 | Participated in UEFA Cup UEFA Cup 2008–09 The UEFA Cup 2008–09 was the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009. This season was the final one to use the UEFA Cup format; starting in 2009, the event is known as the... |
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| 3 | Shakhter FC Shakhter "FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar .FC Shakhter are a Kazakh football based in the Shakhtyor Stadium in Karagandy. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992... |
Karagandy | 3rd (1995, 2007) | 10th (1999) | 17 | Participated in UEFA Cup | |||||||||||
| 4 | Irtysh FC Irtysh FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower... |
Pavlodar Pavlodar Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710... |
Champions, 5 times (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003) | 7th (1995) | 17 | 1 | 1 (1997) | ||||||||||
| 5 | Zhetysu FC Zhetysu FC Zhetysu are a Kazakh football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they missed five seasons because of relegations.-Name History:*1981 : Founded as Zhetysu... |
Taldykorgan Taldykorgan Taldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:... |
5th (2007) | 25th (1993) | 12 | Participated in Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008 The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw... 1 |
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| 6 | Alma-Ata | Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
5th (2006) | 18th (2004) | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Vostok FC Vostok FC Vostok is a Kazakh football club from Oskemen , a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League since 1992. The club's biggest achieved position in the league is the 5th place in 1997 and 1998... |
Oskemen Oskemen Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:... |
5th (1997, 1998) | 14th (2003, 2005) | 17 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Astana | Astana Astana Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010... |
Champions, 3 times (2000, 2001, 2006) | 14th (1994) | 17 | 3 | 1 (2000) | >- | 9 | Ordabasy FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy is a football club from Kazakhstan based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Formed in 1998, it is currently a member of the Kazakhstan Premier league.-History:... |
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... |
6th (1999, 2003, 2005) | 16th (2001) | 9 | |||
| 10 | Kaisar FC Kaisar FC Kaisar Kyzylorda are a Kazakh football based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have missed only three seasons following relegations. The most successful was the season of 1998, when they won the Kazakhstan Cup and got... |
Kyzylorda | 4th (1998) | 21st (1993) | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Esil Bogatyr | 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... |
2nd (1999, 2000) | 19th (1992) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Kairat | Almaty | Champions, twice (1992, 2004) | 13th (2007) | 17 | 5 | 1 (1992) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Atyrau FC Atyrau FC Atyrau are a Kazakh football club based at the Munayshy Stadium in Atyrau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been promoted in 2001, and have played in the top division for the last six seasons. In that time they have twice been league runners-up... |
Atyrau Atyrau Atyrau , known as Guryev until 1991, is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. It is located at the mouth of the Ural River, 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atyraou,... |
2nd (2001, 2002) | 14th (2006, 2007) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Okzhetpes FC Okzhetpes Football Club Okzhetpes Kokshetau are a Kazakhstani football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently play in the Kazakhstan Premier League.... |
Kokshetau Kokshetau Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards... |
9th (2005) | 20th (1992) | 14 | |Spared relegation | |||||||||||
| 2 in FD Kazakhstan First Division 2007 Kazakhstan First Division 2007 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. The division is split into two geographic conferences: North-East and South-West Conferences... |
Megasport FC Megasport FC Megasport were a Kazakhstani football club based in Almaty. The club was founded in 2005. They were members of Kazakhstan Premier League. At the beginning of 2009, they merged with FC Almaty to form FC Lokomotiv Astana.- 2008 Squad :... |
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| 3 in FD Kazakhstan First Division 2007 Kazakhstan First Division 2007 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. The division is split into two geographic conferences: North-East and South-West Conferences... |
Energetik-2 | Ekibastuz Ekibastuz Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar Province, northeastern Kazakhstan. it had a population of 141,000. It is served by Ekibastuz Airport.-History:... (formerly Pavlodar) |
16th (2006) | 16th (2006) | 2 | Promoted instead of 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... |
1Irtysh
FC Irtysh
FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower...
could not comply with UEFA licensing regulations and therefore were replaced by Zhetysu
FC Zhetysu
FC Zhetysu are a Kazakh football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they missed five seasons because of relegations.-Name History:*1981 : Founded as Zhetysu...
in UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
The 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup was the last UEFA Intertoto Cup football tournament, the 14th to be organised by UEFA and the third since the competition's format was given a major overhaul. Three rounds were held, and eleven teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw...
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League table
Golden match
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.Results
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Managers
The season recorded nine managerial changes, mostly because of failing to meet club objectives. Managers of eight different nationalities led their teams.| Club | Starting coach | Managerial changes | Replaced by |
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| Aktobe FC Aktobe FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:... |
 Vladimir MukhanovVladimir Mukhanov Vladimir Mukhanov is a Russian football coach and currently coach of the FC Aktobe.He played 37 games in Soviet Top League and scored 6 goals. He started his managerial career in 1992 and managed several Russian First Division teams until 2003, when he came in charge of Kazakhstan Premier League... |
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| Tobol FC Tobol FC Tobol is a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, they won Kazakhstan Premier league on 2010, and ended up close in 2nd and 3rd positions in last seven seasons.- Name history :*1967 :... |
 Dmitriy OgaiDmitriy Ogai Dmitriy Ogai was a Kazakh professional football midfielder and currently manager of FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast. He is one of the most successful coaches in Kazakhstan... |
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| Shakhter FC Shakhter "FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar .FC Shakhter are a Kazakh football based in the Shakhtyor Stadium in Karagandy. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992... |
 Revaz DzodzuashviliRevaz Dzodzuashvili Revaz Mikhaylovich Dzodzuashvili is a Georgian football manager and a former player.He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1972... |
Mutual consent | Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker) |
| Irtysh FC Irtysh FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower... |
Oirat Saduov |
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| Zhetysu FC Zhetysu FC Zhetysu are a Kazakh football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they missed five seasons because of relegations.-Name History:*1981 : Founded as Zhetysu... |
Eduard Glazunov |
Mutual consent |  Ilie Karp |
| Alma-Ata |  Marco BragonjeMarco Bragonje Marco Bragonje is a Dutch football coach and currently he is a free agent.He previously worked in AFC Ajax academy, South African Republic, Ghana and USA. He also worked as an assistant of Arno Pijpers in Kazakhstan national football team and managed the Under 17 and Under 19 teams of... |
Sacked |  Bernd StorckBernd Storck Bernd Storck is a German football coach and, until October 16, 2010, was the manager of Kazakhstan national football team.Storck made his player debut in the Bundesliga with VfL Bochum. In the summer of 1983, he moved to Borussia Dortmund, where he remained for six years. His biggest success as a... |
| Vostok FC Vostok FC Vostok is a Kazakh football club from Oskemen , a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League since 1992. The club's biggest achieved position in the league is the 5th place in 1997 and 1998... |
 Aleksandr GolokolosovOleksandr Holokolosov (football manager) Oleksandr Holokolosov is an Odessa-native Soviet footballer and a Ukrainian football manger.Holokolosov coached FC Sheriff Tiraspol until March 2002.... |
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| Astana | Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Irkhin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Irkhin is a Russian football coach. In 2009, he managed FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk.He started his managerial career in 1984 and managed several Russian lower division teams until 2003, when he came in charge of Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Astana... |
Sacked | Vyacheslav Ledovskih |
| Ordabasy FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy is a football club from Kazakhstan based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Formed in 1998, it is currently a member of the Kazakhstan Premier league.-History:... |
Baurzhan Baimukhammedov Baurzhan Baimukhammedov Baurzhan Baimukhammedov is a Kazakh football coach and currently assistant coach at FC Ordabasy. He played as striker and midfielder. He started his coaching career in 1982, and managed several Kazakh and Russian professional teams. In 1994 he was the head of Kazakhstan national football... |
Mutual consent | Jovica Nikolić Jovica Nikolic Jovica Nikolić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.-Club career:... |
| Kaisar FC Kaisar FC Kaisar Kyzylorda are a Kazakh football based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have missed only three seasons following relegations. The most successful was the season of 1998, when they won the Kazakhstan Cup and got... |
Vladimir Nikitenko |
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| Esil Bogatyr | Evgeni Jarovenko Evgeni Jarovenko Evgeny Yarovenko is a retired Soviet professional footballer from Kazakhstan. He is currently coach of FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.-Career statistics:-References:... |
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| Kairat | Vakhid Masudov Vakhid Masudov Vakhid Masudov is a Kazakh football coach and currently unemployed. He played 181 games in Soviet Top League and scored 19 goals. He started his coaching career in 1990 when he worked at Russian FC Terek Grozny as a playing coach. His first club to manage was FC Kairat of Kazakhstan Premier League... |
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| Atyrau FC Atyrau FC Atyrau are a Kazakh football club based at the Munayshy Stadium in Atyrau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been promoted in 2001, and have played in the top division for the last six seasons. In that time they have twice been league runners-up... |
Sergei Volgin Sergei Volgin Sergei Volgin is a Kazakh football coach and currently unemployed.He played 174 games in Soviet Top League and scored 34 goals. His position was midfielder.... |
Sacked | Sergey Andreyev |
| Okzhetpes FC Okzhetpes Football Club Okzhetpes Kokshetau are a Kazakhstani football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently play in the Kazakhstan Premier League.... |
Vyacheslav Ledovskih |
Astana purchased rights | Viktor Rymar (caretaker) |
| Megasport FC Megasport FC Megasport were a Kazakhstani football club based in Almaty. The club was founded in 2005. They were members of Kazakhstan Premier League. At the beginning of 2009, they merged with FC Almaty to form FC Lokomotiv Astana.- 2008 Squad :... |
Ravil Ramazanov |
Mutual consent | Vladimir Gulyamkhaidarov |
| Energetik-2 | Valeriy Zhuravlev |
Mutual consent | Vladimir Linchevskiy |