2013 Kazakhstan Premier League
| Season | 2013 |
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| Champions | Aktobe |
| Relegated |
Vostok Akzhayik |
| Champions League | Aktobe |
| Europa League |
Astana Kairat Shakhter Karagandy |
| Matches played | 134 |
| Goals scored | 298 (2.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
 Igor Zenkovich(Shakhter Karagandy, 15 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Tobol 5–1 Astana (R1) Akzhayik 4–0 Atyrau (R11) Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17) Shakhter 4–0 Akzhayik (R22) |
| Biggest away win | Zhetysu 1–4 Tobol (R11) |
| Highest scoring | Kairat 3–3 Zhetysu (R1) Tobol 5–1 Astana (R1) Kairat 4–2 Tobol (R5) Ordabasy 4–2 Akzhayik (R8) Zhetysu 5–1 Akzhayik (R17) |
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The 2013 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 22nd season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began on 9 March 2013 and ended on 2 November. Shakhter Karagandy are the defending champions having won their second league championship last year.
The league was reduced from fourteen to twelve teams for this season.
For the 2013 season, the league changed from 14 teams to 12, meaning the bottom two teams from the previous season, Sunkar and Okzhetpes, along with Kaisar were relegated to the Kazakhstan First Division with only Vostok, the second place team, gaining promotion.
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 is restricted to eight 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.
Updated to games played on 4 August 2013.
Source: FFK (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
# Zhetysu were deducted 3 points and Akzhayik were deducted 6 points.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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