Football league season
The 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 23rd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League , the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan . The season began on 15 March 2014 and was finished in November. Aktobe were the defending champions having won their fifth league championship the previous year.
Teams
FC Vostok and FC Akzhayik were relegated at the end of the 2013 season, and were replaced by FC Kaisar and Spartak Semey .
Team overview
Locations of teams in the 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League
Team
Location
Venue
Capacity
Aktobe
Aktobe
Aktobe Central Stadium
15,000
Astana
Astana
Astana Arena
30,000
Atyrau
Atyrau
Munaishy Stadium
9,500
Irtysh
Pavlodar
Pavlodar Central Stadium
15,000
Kairat
Almaty
Almaty Central Stadium
25,057
Kaisar
Kyzylorda
Gany Muratbayev Stadium
7,500
Ordabasy
Shymkent
Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium
35,000
Shakhter
Karagandy
Shakhter Stadium
20,000
Spartak Semey
Semey
Spartak Stadium
0 8,000
Taraz
Taraz
Taraz Central Stadium
11,525
Tobol
Kostanay
Kostanay Central Stadium
0 10,500
Zhetysu
Taldykorgan
Zhetysu Stadium
0 4,000
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to seven 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.
First round
League table
Source:
Soccerway (in Russian) Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored
Notes:
^ a b ATY 0–1 IRT ; IRT 0-1 ATY
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second round
Championship round
League table
Source:
Soccerway (in Russian) Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Team start with half number of points from first round.
(C) Champions
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation round
League table
Source:
Soccerway (in Russian) Rules for classification: 1st points;
Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored;
Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored.
Team start with half number of points from first round.
(O) Play-off winners;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ Tobol have had 3 point(s) deducted.
Results
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Relegation play-offs
Season statistics
Top scorers
As of Match played 9 November 2014 [6]
Hat-tricks
Scoring
First goal of the season: Maksim Azovskiy for Spartak Semey against Tobol (15 March 2014 )
Fastest goal of the season: 2nd minute ,
Latest goal of the season: 94th minute ,
References
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Supercups UEFA competitions International competitions
Domestic leagues Domestic cups League cups Supercups UEFA competitions International competitions