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{{Infobox football league season
| competition = [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
| season = 2020
| winners = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| relegated = [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| continentalcup1 = [[2021–22 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| continentalcup2 = [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League|Europa Conference League]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]<br />[[FC Astana|Astana]]<br/>[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
| matches = 78
| total goals = 195
| league topscorer = [[João Araújo (footballer)|João Paulo]]<br />(11 goals)
| biggest home win = {{nowrap|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]] 5–0 [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]}}<br />{{small|(11 March 2020)}}
| biggest away win = {{nowrap|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]] 0–4 [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]}}<br />{{small|(16 September 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]] 0–4 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]}}<br />{{small|(26 October 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] 1–5 [[FC Astana|Astana]]}}<br />{{small|(26 October 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]] 0–4 [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]}}<br />{{small|(27 November 2020)}}
| highest scoring = {{nowrap|[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] 3–3 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]}}<br />{{small|(27 September 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] 2–4 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]}}<br />{{small|(18 October 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] 1–5 [[FC Astana|Astana]]}}<br />{{small|(26 October 2020)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[FC Taraz|Taraz]] 2–4 [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]}}<br />{{small|(8 November 2020)}}
| longest wins = 6 matches<br />[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| longest unbeaten = 15 matches<br />[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| longest winless = 7 matches<br />[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| longest losses = 5 matches<br />[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]<br />[[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| prevseason = [[2019 Kazakhstan Premier League|2019]]
| nextseason = [[2021 Kazakhstan Premier League|2021]]
| updated = 23 December 2020
}}

The '''2020 Kazakhstan Premier League''' was the 29th season of the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]], the highest [[Association football|football]] league competition in [[Kazakhstan]]. [[FC Astana]] were the defending champions after winning their sixth title the previous season.

==Season events==

===COVID-19===
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]].<ref name="Coronavirus behind closed doors">{{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}}</ref> On 16 March the Football Federation of Kazakhstan suspended all football until 15 April.<ref name="Coronavirus Postponement">{{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}}</ref>

On 26 June, it was announced that the league would resume on 1 July, with no fans being permitted to watch the games.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===Irtysh Pavlodar===
On 30 May, the [[Kazakhstan Premier League|Professional Football League of Kazakhstan]] announced that [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]] had withdrawn from the league due to financial issues, with all their matches being excluded from the league results.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

===Team overview===
{{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=[[FC Astana|Astana]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.664659 |long=51.147333 |label=[[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]  |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=52.276383 |long=76.949712 |label=[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.238331 |long=76.92435  |label=[[FC Kairat|Kairat]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=44.826029 |long=65.503439 |label=[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=54.874085 |long=69.152074 |label=[[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.285278 |long=69.391667 |label=[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.335493 |long=69.593568 |label=[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=49.818618 |long=73.075122 |label=[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]] |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.901751 |long=71.382224 |label=[[FC Taraz|Taraz]] |position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.225974 |long=63.636578 |label=[[FC Tobol|Tobol]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=45.019716 |long=78.365103 |label=[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] |position=left}}
}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Team
! Location
! Venue
! Capacity
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| [[Nur-Sultan]]
| [[Astana Arena|Nur-Sultan Arena]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 30,000
|-
| [[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| [[Aktau]]
| [[Zhastar Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 5,000
|-
| [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]
| [[Pavlodar]]
| [[Pavlodar Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 15,000
|-
| [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| [[Almaty]]
| [[Almaty Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 25,057
|-
| [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| [[Kyzylorda]]
| [[Gany Muratbayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 7,500
|-
| [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
| [[Petropavl]]
| [[Karasai Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 11,000
|-
| [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| [[Kokshetau]]
| [[Okzhetpes Stadium|Alisher Sagynbayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 4,158
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| [[Shymkent]]
| [[Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent)|Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 20,000
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| [[Karaganda]]
| [[Shakhter Stadium (Karagandy)|Shakhter Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 20,000
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| [[Taraz]]
| [[Taraz Central Stadium|Yerkebulan Babayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 11,525
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| [[Kostanay]]
| [[Kostanay Central Stadium|Bauyrzhan Sagintayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 10,500
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| [[Taldykorgan]]
| [[Zhetysu Stadium|Samat Suyumbayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 4,000
|}

===Personnel and kits===
<!---Only one link per kit maker and sponsor, please; those columns must further be cited, either as a whole or team by team.--->
<small>Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under [[FIFA]] eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
! Team
! Manager
! Captain
! Kit manufacturer
! Shirt sponsor
|-
| Astana
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]]
| {{Flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitri Shomko]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
|-
| Caspiy
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Srđan Blagojević
| {{Flagicon|KAZ}} Ruslan Sakhalbaev
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| &nbsp;—
|-
| Irtysh
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Samvel Babayan (football coach)|Samvel Babayan]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Nikita Kalmykov
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Puma (brand)|Puma]]
| [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation|ENRC]]
|-
| Kairat
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Talgat Baysufinov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Bauyrzhan Islamkhan]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| 1xBet
|-
| Kaisar
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Maksat Baizhanov]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| &nbsp;—
|-
| Kyzylzhar
| {{flagicon|MLD}} [[Veaceslav Rusnac]]
| {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Shota Grigalashvili]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| &nbsp;—
|-
| Okzhetpes
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Andrei Karpovich]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslav Baginsky
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| &nbsp;—
|-
| Ordabasy
| {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Kakhaber Tskhadadze]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Fontanello]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| Aysu Mineral Water
|-
| Shakhter
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Konstantin Gorovenka]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Evgeniy Tarasov
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| BTL Kazakhstan
|-
| Taraz
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Nikitenko
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Ilya Vorotnikov (footballer, born 1986)|Ilya Vorotnikov]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] 
| &nbsp;—
|-
| Tobol
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Grigori Babayan]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Azat Nurgaliev]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| [[Polymetal International|Polymetal]]
|-
| Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitriy Ogai]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Almat Bekbaev]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| &nbsp;—
|}

===Foreign players===
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 [[Football Federation of Kazakhstan|KFF]] announced that players from countries of the [[Eurasian Economic Union]] would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Club
!Player 1
!Player 2
!Player 3
!Player 4
!Player 5
!Player 6
!Player 7
!Player 8
!Player 9
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Šimunović]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Marin Tomasov]]'''
| {{flagicon|CYP}} '''[[Pieros Sotiriou]]'''
| {{flagicon|ISL}} '''[[Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson]]'''
| {{flagicon|MNE}} '''[[Žarko Tomašević]]'''
| {{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Dorin Rotariu]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Uroš Radaković]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Antonio Rukavina]]'''
| 
|-
| [[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Branko Čubrilo]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Billal Sebaihi]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Stefan Bukorac]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Marko Milošević (footballer)|Marko Milošević]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Maksym Marusych]]
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
| <s>[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]</s>
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Vágner Love]]'''
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Dino Mikanović]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} '''[[Nebojša Kosović]]'''
| {{flagicon|POL}} '''[[Jacek Góralski]]'''
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Konrad Wrzesiński]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Rade Dugalić]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Aderinsola Habib Eseola|Aderinsola Eseola]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Aleksandar Kolev]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Clarence Bitang]]
| {{flagicon|CPV}} '''[[Alvin Fortes]]'''
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Graf]]
| {{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Elguja Lobjanidze]]'''
| {{flagicon|MOZ}} '''[[Reginaldo Faife|Reginaldo]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandar Stanisavljević]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Podio]]
| {{flagicon|GAM}} '''[[Momodou Ceesay]]'''
| {{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Shota Grigalashvili]]'''
| {{flagicon|CIV}} '''[[Moussa Koné (Ivorian footballer)|Moussa Koné]]'''
| {{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Vytautas Andriuškevičius]]'''
| {{flagicon|MDA}} [[Mihai Plătică]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Uroš Delić]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Artem Baranovskyi]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Maksym Drachenko]]
|-
| [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gian dos Santos Martins|Gian]]
| {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Artjom Dmitrijev]]'''
| {{flagicon|MDA}} [[Vsevolod Nihaev]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Marko Obradović]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} '''[[Darko Zorić]]'''
| {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Aliyu Abubakar (footballer)|Aliyu Abubakar]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Milan Stojanović (Serbian footballer)|Milan Stojanović]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Taras Bondarenko]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]] 
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Fontanello]]
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Ziguy Badibanga]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Mirzad Mehanović]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[João Araújo (footballer)|João Paulo]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Rúben Brígido]]
| {{flagicon|RSA}} '''[[May Mahlangu]]'''
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Abdoulaye Diakate]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandar Simčević]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Abdel Lamanje]]
| {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Sergei Zenjov]]'''
| {{flagicon|GHA}} '''[[Gideon Baah]]'''
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Cédric Khaleb Kouadio|Cédric Kouadio]]
| {{flagicon|NGR}} [[Muhammed Usman Edu|Muhammed Usman]]
| {{flagicon|TKM}} '''[[Ruslan Mingazow]]'''
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yevhen Tkachuk]]
|
| 
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| {{flagicon|GNB}} '''[[Toni Silva]]'''
| {{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Ovidijus Verbickas]]'''
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Dejan Boljević]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Jovan Čađenović]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Goran Brkić]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Bratislav Punoševac]]
| {{flagicon|TOG}} '''[[Serge Nyuiadzi]]'''
| 
| 
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| {{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Nika Kvekveskiri]]'''
| {{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Jaba Kankava]]'''
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Senin Sebai]]
| {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Aleksa Amanović]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Manzorro]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Fonseca (footballer, born 1987)|Carlos Fonseca]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Martin Toshev]]
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[David Mawutor]]
| {{flagicon|KOS}} [[Donjet Shkodra]]
| {{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Artūras Žulpa]]'''
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Eugénio]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Adamović]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Stefan Živković]]
| 
| 
|-
|}
'''In bold:''' Players that have been capped for their national team.

===Managerial changes===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Outgoing manager
! Manner of departure
! Date of vacancy
! Position in table
! Incoming manager
! Date of appointment
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev]] {{small|(Caretaker)}} 
| End of Caretaker Role
| 14 December 2019
|rowspan="4"|Pre-Season
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Grigori Babayan]]
| 14 December 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Григорий Бабаян – главный тренер Тобола |url=https://fctobol.kz/grigorij-babayan-glavnyj-trener-tobola/ |website=fctobol.kz/ |publisher=FC Tobol |access-date=15 December 2019 |language=ru |date=14 December 2019 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215121244/https://fctobol.kz/grigorij-babayan-glavnyj-trener-tobola/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Nikolay Kostov]] 
| End of Contract
| 30 December 2019
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vyacheslav Hroznyi]]
| 30 December 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=ВЯЧЕСЛАВ ГРОЗНЫЙ — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ШАХТЕР |url=https://shakhter.kz/main.php?mod=news&lang=eng&newsid=5949 |website=shakhter.kz/ |publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=ru |date=30 December 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurken Mazbayev]] 
| End of Contract
| 31 December 2019
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Nikitenko
| 16 January 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Владимир Никитенко - главный тренер Тараза |url=http://fctaraz.kz/ru/club-news/vladimir-nikitenko-glavnyj-trener-taraza |website=fctaraz.kz/ |publisher=FC Taraz |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=ru |date=16 January 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122033420/http://fctaraz.kz/ru/club-news/vladimir-nikitenko-glavnyj-trener-taraza |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Roman Hryhorchuk]] 
| Mutual Termination
| 13 January 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Роман Григорчук покинул Астану |url=http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9853 |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=13 January 2020 |language=ru |date=13 January 2020 |archive-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113120239/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9853 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Bílek]]
| 14 January 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Михал Билек – новый главный тренер Астаны |url=http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9857 |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=14 January 2020 |language=ru |date=14 January 2020 |archive-date=14 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114071436/http://fcastana.kz/rus/news/9857 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vyacheslav Hroznyi]] 
| Mutual Termination
| 17 June 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: ВЯЧЕСЛАВ ГРОЗНЫЙ ПОКИДАЕТ ШАХТЕР |url=https://shakhter.kz/ru/news/view/oficialyno-vyacheslav-groznyy-pokidaet-shahter |website=shakhter.kz/ |publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy |access-date=23 July 2020 |language=ru |date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
| 8th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Konstantin Gorovenka]]
| 18 June 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=КОНСТАНТИН ГОРОВЕНКО — ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ШАХТЕР |url=https://shakhter.kz/ru/news/view/konstantin-gorovenko--glavnyy-trener-fk-shahter |website=shakhter.kz/ |publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy |access-date=23 July 2020 |language=ru |date=18 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Bílek]]
| Sacked
| 26 August 2020<ref name="Astana-26/8/20">{{cite web |title=Михал Билек покинул свой пост |url=https://fcastana.kz/news/mikhal-bilek-pokinul-svoyi-post |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=31 August 2020 |language=ru |date=26 August 2020}}</ref>
| 2nd
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Ashworth]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| 26 August 2020<ref name="Astana-26/8/20"/>
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Ashworth]] {{small|(Caretaker)}}
| Mutual Termination
| 7 October 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Пол Эшуорт покинул Астану |url=https://fcastana.kz/news/pol-eshuort-pokinul-astanu |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=ru |date=7 October 2020}}</ref>
| 2nd
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Tikhonov (footballer)|Andrey Tikhonov]]
| 16 October 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Возвращение капитана |url=https://fcastana.kz/news/vozvraschenie-kapitana |website=fcastana.kz/ |publisher=FC Astana |access-date=19 October 2020 |page=Russian |date=16 October 2020}}</ref>
|}

==Regular season==

===League table===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|source=[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=kaz/domesticleague/standings/index.html UEFA], [https://int.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2020/regular-season/r56307/ Soccerway]

<!--Update team positions here-->
|team1=KRT |team2=TOB |team3=AST |team4=SHA |team5=ORD |team6=ZHE |team7=KSR |team8=TAR |team9=KYZ |team10=CAS |team11=OKZ |team12=IRT

<!--Head-to-head-->

<!--Update team qualifications here (defined below)-->
|result1=CL1Q |result2=ECL2Q |result3=ECL2Q |result4=ECL2Q |result11=REL |result12=WDN

<!--Update team results here and then (if needed) positions above. Don't forget to update the date (update parameter)-->
|update=complete
|win_AST=11|draw_AST=3 |loss_AST=6 |gf_AST=32|ga_AST=21<!-- Astana -->
|win_CAS=5 |draw_CAS=2 |loss_CAS=13|gf_CAS=15|ga_CAS=34<!-- Caspiy -->
|win_IRT=0 |draw_IRT=0 |loss_IRT=0 |gf_IRT=0 |ga_IRT=0 <!-- Irtysh Pavlodar -->
|win_KRT=14|draw_KRT=3 |loss_KRT=3 |gf_KRT=48|ga_KRT=19<!-- Kairat -->
|win_KSR=6 |draw_KSR=6 |loss_KSR=8 |gf_KSR=20|ga_KSR=23<!-- Kaisar -->
|win_KYZ=6 |draw_KYZ=5 |loss_KYZ=9 |gf_KYZ=15|ga_KYZ=24<!-- Kyzylzhar -->
|win_OKZ=2 |draw_OKZ=5 |loss_OKZ=13|gf_OKZ=16|ga_OKZ=38<!-- Okzhetpes -->
|win_ORD=9 |draw_ORD=4 |loss_ORD=7 |gf_ORD=27|ga_ORD=26<!-- Ordabasy -->
|win_SHA=9 |draw_SHA=5 |loss_SHA=6 |gf_SHA=29|ga_SHA=22<!-- Shakhter Karagandy -->
|win_TAR=5 |draw_TAR=8 |loss_TAR=7 |gf_TAR=19|ga_TAR=23<!-- Taraz -->
|win_TOB=12|draw_TOB=2 |loss_TOB=6 |gf_TOB=26|ga_TOB=16<!-- Tobol -->
|win_ZHE=9 |draw_ZHE=1 |loss_ZHE=10|gf_ZHE=27|ga_ZHE=28<!-- Zhetysu -->

<!-- Status -->
|status_KRT=C
|status_OKZ=R
|status_IRT=RDRD

|status_text_Y=May at best reach relegation play-offs

<!-- Points modification -->

<!--Team definitions (wikilinks in table)-->
|name_AST=[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|name_CAS=[[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
|name_IRT=[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]
|name_KRT=[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|name_KSR=[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
|name_KYZ=[[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
|name_OKZ=[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
|name_ORD=[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
|name_TAR=[[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
|name_TOB=[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
|name_ZHE=[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]

<!--Table settings and rules-->
|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

<!--Qualification and relegation column definitions-->
|res_col_header=QR
|col_CL1Q=green1 |text_CL1Q=Qualification for the [[2021–22 UEFA Champions League#First qualifying round|Champions League first qualifying round]]
|col_ECL2Q=yellow1  |text_ECL2Q=Qualification for the [[2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League#Second qualifying round|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]]
}}
</onlyinclude>

===Results===
====Games 1–20====
{{#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 = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| name_CAS = [[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| name_KRT = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| name_KSR = [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| name_KYZ = [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
| name_OKZ = [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| name_ORD = [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| name_SHA = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
| name_TAR = [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| name_TOB = [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| name_ZHE = [[FC Zhetysu|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
}}

==Statistics==
===Scoring===
* First goal of the season: [[Pieros Sotiriou]] for [[FC Astana|Astana]] against [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]] ({{small|7 March 2020}})

===Top scorers===
<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=kaz/domesticleague/topscorers/index.html UEFA.com]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[João Araújo (footballer)|João Paulo]]
|align="left"|[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
|12
|-
|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Abat Aimbetov]]
|align="left"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|10
|-
|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO}} [[Elguja Lobjanidze]]
|align="left"|[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
|8
|-
|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vágner Love]]
|align="left"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|7
|-
|rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ISL}} [[Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson]]
|align="left"|[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|rowspan="3"|6
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CYP}} [[Pieros Sotiriou]]
|align="left"|[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Aybar Zhaksylykov]]
|align="left"|[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|-
|rowspan="6"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|EST}} [[Artjom Dmitrijev]]
|align="left"|[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
|rowspan="6"|5
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Eugénio]]
|align="left"|[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Arsen Khubulov]]
|align="left"|[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jérémy Manzorro]]
|align="left"|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Azat Nurgaliev]]
|align="left"|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Aydos Tattybaev]]
|align="left"|[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]
|}
{{notelist}}

===Clean sheets===
:{{updated|matches played on 4 October 2020.}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Player
! Club
! Clean sheets
|-
|rowspan=7 align=center|1
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Aleksandr Zarutskiy
|[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
|rowspan=7 align=center|3
|-
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Miroslav Lobantsev]]
|[[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Vladimir Plotnikov (footballer)|Vladimir Plotnikov]]
|[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Igor Shatskiy]]
|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Aleksandr Mokin]]
|[[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Almat Bekbaev]]
|[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Stas Pokatilov]]
|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|-
|rowspan=6 align=center|8
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nenad Erić]]
|[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|rowspan=6 align=center|2
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmytro Nepohodov]]
|[[FC Astana|Astana]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Danil Ustimenko]]
|[[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Marsel Islamkulov]]
|[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Mukhammejan Seisen]]
|[[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Shabanov
|[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pflk.kz Official website] {{in lang|kk|ru}}

{{Kazakhstan Premier League seasons}}
{{2020 in Kazakh football}}
{{2019–20 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2020–21 in European football (UEFA)}}

[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League seasons]]
[[Category:2020 in Kazakhstani football|1]]
[[Category:2019–20 in European association football leagues|Kazakh]]
[[Category:2020–21 in European association football leagues|Kazakh]]
[[Category:Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic|Kazakhstan Premier League, 2020]]