2008 Kazakhstan First Division
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The Kazakhstan First Division of 2008 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. Unlike the previous years, number of teams were shortened, due to creation of reserve teams league for Premier League teams. Thus, this season 14 teams started to play against each other on home-away system. Two best teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season. League started on May 1 and finished on October 11
Final standings
| Pos | Team | City | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakhmys (C) | Satpaev | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 21 | 33 | 61 |
| 2 | Taraz | Taraz | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 14 | 47 | 61 |
| 3 | Spartak | Semey | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 35 | 15 | 47 |
| 4 | Ile-Saulet | Almaty Province | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 44 |
| 5 | Avangard | Petropavl | 26 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 40 |
| 6 | Aktobe-Zhas | Aktobe | 26 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 40 |
| 7 | Asbest | Zhetykara | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Aksu | Stepnogorsk | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Caspiy | Aktau | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 42 | 55 | -13 | 34 |
| 10 | Akzhayik | Oral | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 35 | 47 | -12 | 31 |
| 11 | Bolat | Temirtau | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Karasay Sarbazdary | Kaskelen | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 38 | -11 | 24 |
| 13 | Aizharyk1 | Shymkent | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Gornyak2 | Khromtau | 26 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 77 | -66 | 4 |
| (C) | 2008 First Division champions |
| Promoted to Premier League 2009 |
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- (1) FC Aizharyk was penalized with 6 six points.
- (2) FC Gornyak was not able to finish due to financial reasons and withdrew from the league in the middle of the season.
