2008 Kazakhstan Premier League


The 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 17th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 8 March and 5 November.

Teams

For the 2007 season, Megasport and Energetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Taraz and Ekibastuzets, who had been thrown out of the league for Match fixing,

Team overview

TeamManagerLocationVenueCapacity
Aktobe Vladimir MukhanovAktobeCentral Stadium13,200
Almaty Bernd StorckAlmatyCentral Stadium23,804
Astana Vyacheslav LedovskihAstanaKazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium12,350
Atyrau Sergey AndreyevAtyrauMunaishy Stadium9,500
Energetic-2 Vladimir LinchevskiyEkibastuzShakhter6,300
Esil Bogatyr Evgeny YarovenkoPetropavlKarasai Stadium11,000
Irtysh Oirat SaduovPavlodarCentral Stadium15,000
Kairat Vakhid MasudovAlmatyCentral Stadium23,804
Kaisar Vladimir NikitenkoKyzylordaGani Muratbayev Stadium7,000
Megasport Vladimir GulyamkhaidarovAlmatyCentral Stadium23,804
Okzhetpes Viktor RymarKokshetauOkzhetpes Stadium4,158
Ordabasy Jovica NikolićShymkentKazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium20,000
Shakhter Karagandy Ivan AzovskiyKaragandyShakhter Stadium20,000
Tobol Dmitriy OgaiKostanayCentral Stadium8,323
Vostok Oleksandr HolokolosovOskemenVostok Stadium8,500
Zhetysu Ilie KarpTaldykorganZhetysu Stadium4,000

Managerial changes

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alexandru GolbanTobol13
1 Murat TleshevIrtysh13
3 Nurbol ZhumaskaliyevTobol12
4 Marat KhairullinAktobe11
5 Georgi DaskalovIrtysh10
5 Maksat BaizhanovKaisar10
5 Aleksandr SavinAstana10