2015 Kazakhstan First Division

Kazakhstan First Division
Season	2015
Champions	Akzhayik
Promoted	Akzhayik
Matches played	156
Goals scored	393 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oleg Khromtsov (FC Akzhayik); Murat Onal (FC Kyran) (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Akzhayik 8-1 CSKA Almaty
Biggest away win	Bayterek 0-5 Spartak Semey
Highest scoring	Akzhayik 8-1 CSKA Almaty
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The 2015 Kazakhstan First Division was the 21st edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. 13 teams played against each other on home-away system. The top team gains promotion to the Premier League next season, while the second-placed team enters playoff series with the eleventh team of the Premier League.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2015 Kazakhstan First Division

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team. A team can use all of them on the field in each game.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Akzhayik	Yanko Valkanov	Matic Maruško	-
Baikonur	Marsel Islamkulov	-	-
Bayterek	Alihan Ceylan	-	-
Bolat	Raul Jalilov	-	-
Caspiy	Pavel Stanev	Dramane Koné	-
CSKA Almaty	Pavel Purishkin	-	-
Ekibastuz	Giorgi Abelashvili	Giorgi Narimanidze	Anton Oganesov
Kyran	Murat Onal	-	-
Kyzylzhar	Elhadji Ousseynou Ndoye	David Chagelishvili	Moussa Limane
Lashyn	-	-	-
Maktaaral	Aleksandar Trajković	Nebojsa Stankovic	Guy Martin Mitende
Spartak	Daniel Peev	-	-
Vostok	Vyacheslav Kuyanov	-	-

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Last updated 22 August 2015.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Akzhayik (C, P)	24	17	2	5	60	21	+39	53	Promotion to the Kazakhstan Premier League
2	Vostok	24	15	5	4	37	22	+15	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3	Bolat	24	15	3	6	40	23	+17	48
4	Kyzylzhar	24	14	4	6	41	19	+22	46
5	Caspiy	24	12	7	5	35	18	+17	43
6	Spartak Semey	24	11	6	7	34	19	+15	39
7	Kyran	24	10	6	8	38	28	+10	36
8	Maktaaral	24	7	11	6	22	17	+5	32
9	CSKA Almaty	24	8	3	13	29	46	−17	27
10	Ekibastuz	24	7	5	12	21	31	−10	26
11	Baikonur	24	6	4	14	19	38	−19	22
12	Bayterek	24	2	4	18	13	52	−39	10
13	Lashyn	24	2	0	22	4	59	−55	6

Source: Soccerway
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
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promotion play-offs

14 November 2015	Zhetysu	1–0	Vostok	Astana
(UTC+6)	Shakhmetov 31'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Astana Arena

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Oleg Hromțov	Akzhayik	14
1	Murat Önal	Kyran	14
3	David Chagelishvili	Kyzylzhar	10
3	Alexey Maltsev	Akzhayik	10
5	Matic Maruško	Akzhayik	9
	Aydar Argimbaev	Vostok
	Vladimir Vyatkin	Vostok
8	Maxim Filchakov	Kyran	7
8	Aidos Tattybaev	Bolat	7