2020 Kazakhstan Premier League

On 13 March, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan announced all league fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=KAZAKHSTAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION SUSPENDS SPORTING EVENTS |url=http://kff.kz/en/news/23103 |website=kff.kz/ |publisher=Football Federation of Kazakhstan |access-date=13 March 2020 |date=13 March 2020}} On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.{{cite web |title=ПФЛК о приостановке футбольных матчей |url=https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5688/#league=2 |website=pflk.kz |publisher=Kazakhstan Premier League |access-date=16 March 2020 |language=ru |date=16 March 2020}}

On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.{{cite web |title=OLIMPBET-Чемпионат Казахстана возобновляется 1 июля |url=https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5704/#league=2 |website=pflk.kz/ |publisher=Kazakhstan Premier League |access-date=8 July 2020 |language=ru |date=26 June 2020}} The league was suspended for a second time on 3 July, for an initial two weeks, due to an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country.{{cite web |title=OLIMPBET-Чемпионат Казахстана приостановлен |url=https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5714/#league=2 |website=pflk.kz/ |publisher=Kazakhstan Premier League |access-date=8 July 2020 |language=ru |date=3 July 2020}}

On 30 May, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan announced that Irtysh Pavlodar had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.{{cite web |title=«ERTIS» уведомил ПФЛК о прекращении участия в OLIMPBET-Чемпионате Казахстана |url=https://www.pflk.kz/rus/news/5700/#league=2 |website=pflk.kz/ |publisher=Kazakhstan Premier League |access-date=19 August 2020 |language=ru |date=30 May 2020}}

FC Aktobe and FC Atyrau were relegated at the end of the 2019 season, and were replaced by FC Kyzylzhar and FC Caspiy.

{{Location map+ |Kazakhstan |width=500 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 2020 Kazakhstan Premier League |alt=Map of Kazakhstan and the 12 teams of the 2020 Premier League |places=

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.191892 |long=71.398408 |label=Astana |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.664659 |long=51.147333 |label=Caspiy |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=52.276383 |long=76.949712 |label=Irtysh |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.238331 |long=76.92435 |label=Kairat |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=44.826029 |long=65.503439 |label=Kaisar }}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=54.874085 |long=69.152074 |label=Kyzylzhar }}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.285278 |long=69.391667 |label=Okzhetpes }}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.335493 |long=69.593568 |label=Ordabasy |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=49.818618 |long=73.075122 |label=Shakhter |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.901751 |long=71.382224 |label=Taraz |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.225974 |long=63.636578 |label=Tobol }}

{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=45.019716 |long=78.365103 |label=Zhetysu |position=left}}

}}

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

The number of foreign players was restricted to eight per KPL team. A team could use only five foreign players on the field in each game.

For the 2020 season, the KFF announced that players from countries of the Eurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.{{cite web |title=Кто из иностранцев больше не считается легионерами в Казахстане? |url=https://www.sports.kz/news/kto-iz-inostrantsev-bolshe-ne-schitaetsya-legionerami-v-kazahstane |website=sports.kz/ |publisher=Sports KZ |access-date=30 November 2019 |language=ru |date=30 November 2019}}

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

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/kaz/domestic/league/1084/ UEFA], [https://int.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2020/regular-season/r56307/ Soccerway]

|team1=KRT |team2=TOB |team3=AST |team4=SHA |team5=ORD |team6=ZHE |team7=KSR |team8=TAR |team9=KYZ |team10=CAS |team11=OKZ |team12=IRT

|result1=CL1Q |result2=ECL2Q |result3=ECL2Q |result4=ECL2Q |result11=REL |result12=WDN

|update=complete

|win_AST=11|draw_AST=3 |loss_AST=6 |gf_AST=32|ga_AST=21

|win_CAS=5 |draw_CAS=2 |loss_CAS=13|gf_CAS=15|ga_CAS=34

|win_IRT=0 |draw_IRT=0 |loss_IRT=0 |gf_IRT=0 |ga_IRT=0

|win_KRT=14|draw_KRT=3 |loss_KRT=3 |gf_KRT=48|ga_KRT=19

|win_KSR=6 |draw_KSR=6 |loss_KSR=8 |gf_KSR=20|ga_KSR=23

|win_KYZ=6 |draw_KYZ=5 |loss_KYZ=9 |gf_KYZ=15|ga_KYZ=24

|win_OKZ=2 |draw_OKZ=5 |loss_OKZ=13|gf_OKZ=16|ga_OKZ=38

|win_ORD=9 |draw_ORD=4 |loss_ORD=7 |gf_ORD=27|ga_ORD=26

|win_SHA=9 |draw_SHA=5 |loss_SHA=6 |gf_SHA=29|ga_SHA=22

|win_TAR=5 |draw_TAR=8 |loss_TAR=7 |gf_TAR=19|ga_TAR=23

|win_TOB=12|draw_TOB=2 |loss_TOB=6 |gf_TOB=26|ga_TOB=16

|win_ZHE=9 |draw_ZHE=1 |loss_ZHE=10|gf_ZHE=27|ga_ZHE=28

|status_KRT=C

|status_OKZ=R

|status_IRT=RDRD

|status_text_Y=May at best reach relegation play-offs

|name_AST=Astana

|name_CAS=Caspiy

|name_IRT=Irtysh Pavlodar

|name_KRT=Kairat

|name_KSR=Kaisar

|name_KYZ=Kyzylzhar

|name_OKZ=Okzhetpes

|name_ORD=Ordabasy

|name_SHA=Shakhter Karagandy

|name_TAR=Taraz

|name_TOB=Tobol

|name_ZHE=Zhetysu

|show_limit=5

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw.{{cite web|url=https://www.pflk.kz/userfiles/premier_liga_2018.pdf|title=РЕГЛАМЕНТ ЧЕМПИОНАТА РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАЗАХСТАН ПО ФУТБОЛУ СРЕДИ КЛУБОВ ПРЕМЬЕР-ЛИГИ НА 2018 год|trans-title=Regulations of the Championship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on football among clubs of the prime league for 2018|work=Kazakhstan Premier League|language=ru|access-date=11 November 2018}}

|res_col_header=QR

|col_CL1Q=green1 |text_CL1Q=Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round

|col_ECL2Q=yellow1 |text_ECL2Q=Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division

|col_WDN=silver |text_WDN=Withdrawn, relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division

}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

| source = [https://int.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2020/regular-season/r56307/ Soccerway]

| matches_style = FBR

| update = complete

| showteam =

| solid_cell = grey

| team1 = AST | team2 = CAS | team3 = KRT | team4 = KSR | team5 = KYZ | team6 = OKZ | team7 = ORD | team8 = SHA | team9 = TAR | team10 = TOB | team11 = ZHE

| name_AST = Astana

| name_CAS = Caspiy

| name_KRT = Kairat

| name_KSR = Kaisar

| name_KYZ = Kyzylzhar

| name_OKZ = Okzhetpes

| name_ORD = Ordabasy

| name_SHA = Shakhter Karagandy

| name_TAR = Taraz

| name_TOB = Tobol

| name_ZHE = Zhetysu

| match_AST_CAS = 1–2

| match_AST_KRT = 0–1

| match_AST_KSR = 3–1

| match_AST_KYZ = 4–0

| match_AST_OKZ = 2–0

| match_AST_ORD = 1–1

| match_AST_SHA = 1–1

| match_AST_TAR = 1–1

| match_AST_TOB = 1–0

| match_AST_ZHE = 3–0

| match_CAS_AST = 2–3

| match_CAS_KRT = 0–3

| match_CAS_KSR = 1–0

| match_CAS_KYZ = 1–1

| match_CAS_OKZ = 2–1

| match_CAS_ORD = 1–2

| match_CAS_SHA = 0–4

| match_CAS_TAR = 0–2

| match_CAS_TOB = 0–1

| match_CAS_ZHE = 0–2

| match_KRT_AST = 3–0

| match_KRT_CAS = 3–1

| match_KRT_KSR = 2–1

| match_KRT_KYZ = 2–3

| match_KRT_OKZ = 5–0

| match_KRT_ORD = 3–1

| match_KRT_SHA = 1–1

| match_KRT_TAR = 2–1

| match_KRT_TOB = 3–1

| match_KRT_ZHE = 3–0

| match_KSR_AST = 0–1

| match_KSR_CAS = 0–1

| match_KSR_KRT = 2–2

| match_KSR_KYZ = 1–2

| match_KSR_OKZ = 0–0

| match_KSR_ORD = 1–1

| match_KSR_SHA = 2–0

| match_KSR_TAR = 1–1

| match_KSR_TOB = 2–1

| match_KSR_ZHE = 1–0

| match_KYZ_AST = 0–1

| match_KYZ_CAS = 1–0

| match_KYZ_KRT = 0–1

| match_KYZ_KSR = 0–0

| match_KYZ_OKZ = 3–1

| match_KYZ_ORD = 0–0

| match_KYZ_SHA = 1–3

| match_KYZ_TAR = 1–0

| match_KYZ_TOB = 0–1

| match_KYZ_ZHE = 2–1

| match_OKZ_AST = 1–5

| match_OKZ_CAS = 2–2

| match_OKZ_KRT = 3–3

| match_OKZ_KSR = 0–1

| match_OKZ_KYZ = 2–1

| match_OKZ_ORD = 1–3

| match_OKZ_SHA = 1–1

| match_OKZ_TAR = 0–0

| match_OKZ_TOB = 0–2

| match_OKZ_ZHE = 0–1

| match_ORD_AST = 1–2

| match_ORD_CAS = 1–0

| match_ORD_KRT = 1–3

| match_ORD_KSR = 0–3

| match_ORD_KYZ = 1–0

| match_ORD_OKZ = 1–0

| match_ORD_SHA = 0–1

| match_ORD_TAR = 1–1

| match_ORD_TOB = 0–3

| match_ORD_ZHE = 3–1

| match_SHA_AST = 3–1

| match_SHA_CAS = 2–1

| match_SHA_KRT = 1–0

| match_SHA_KSR = 0–1

| match_SHA_KYZ = 0–0

| match_SHA_OKZ = 2–1

| match_SHA_ORD = 0–1

| match_SHA_TAR = 1–1

| match_SHA_TOB = 1–0

| match_SHA_ZHE = 1–2

| match_TAR_AST = 1–0

| match_TAR_CAS = 0–1

| match_TAR_KRT = 1–0

| match_TAR_KSR = 2–2

| match_TAR_KYZ = 0–0

| match_TAR_OKZ = 2–3

| match_TAR_ORD = 3–2

| match_TAR_SHA = 2–4

| match_TAR_TOB = 0–0

| match_TAR_ZHE = 0–2

| match_TOB_AST = 2–0

| match_TOB_CAS = 2–0

| match_TOB_KRT = 0–4

| match_TOB_KSR = 3–0

| match_TOB_KYZ = 2–0

| match_TOB_OKZ = 1–0

| match_TOB_ORD = 0–4

| match_TOB_SHA = 3–1

| match_TOB_TAR = 2–0

| match_TOB_ZHE = 2–0

| match_ZHE_AST = 1–2

| match_ZHE_CAS = 3–0

| match_ZHE_KRT = 2–4

| match_ZHE_KSR = 3–1

| match_ZHE_KYZ = 3–0

| match_ZHE_OKZ = 1–0

| match_ZHE_ORD = 2–3

| match_ZHE_SHA = 3–2

| match_ZHE_TAR = 0–1

| match_ZHE_TOB = 0–0

}}

• First goal of the season: Pieros Sotiriou for Astana against Kyzylzhar ({{small|7 March 2020}})

[https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/kaz/domestic/league/1084/ UEFA.com]

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