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Kazakhstan Premier League

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Kazakhstan Premier League
Founded1992; 33 years ago (1992)
CountryKazakhstan
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Number of clubs14
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toFirst Division
Domestic cup(s)Kazakhstan Cup
Kazakhstan Super Cup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
Current championsKairat (4th title)
(2024)
Most championshipsAstana (7 titles)
Broadcaster(s)Domestic
Qazsport
International
Eleven Sports
OneFootball
Websitekffleague.kz
youtube.com/@kffleague
Current: 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League

The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh: Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League[1][2] or simply the Premier League,[3] is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the Kazakh football league system.

The league is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The league is fed into by the First Division and starts in spring and finishes in late autumn because of the low temperatures in the winter, with each championship corresponding to a calendar year. The majority of matches have been played at weekends in recent seasons.

Name changes

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  • Top Division (1992–2001)
  • Super League (2002–2007)
  • Premier League (2008–present)

Current clubs

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The following teams are competing in the 2025 season:

Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium 12,729
Astana Astana Astana Arena 30,200
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 8,900
Elimai Semey Spartak Stadium 8,000
Jenis Astana Astana Arena 30,200
Jetisu Taldykorgan Samat Suyumbayev Stadium 4,000
Kairat Almaty Central Stadium 23,804
Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7,500
Kyzylzhar Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000
Okzhetpes Kokshetau Torpedo Stadium 4,100
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Tobol Kostanay Central Stadium 9,500
Turan Turkistan Turkistan Arena 7,000
Ulytau Jezkazgan Metallurg Stadium 2,500

Soviet winners of republican level

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Note that some teams such as Kairat Almaty participated in the upper leagues of the Soviet annual football competition. There was no solidly established independent Kazakh championship and the republican winner was conditionally picked by the Football Federation of Kazakh SSR. Since 1936 there was taken places republican football competition among sports societies and agencies and later among "collectives of physical culture" (CPhC → KFK). Since 1980 champion of the Soviet Kazakhstan was also awarded to "teams of masters" (professional teams) competing in football competitions of the Soviet Second League.

Sources:

Best teams in republican competitions

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Kazakhstan League Seasons

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Season Champion Runner-up Third Place Top Scorer(s) – Goals Best Player
1992
 Kairat Ordabasy (Arsenal SKIF) Irtysh (Traktor) Kazakhstan Kogai (KSR) – 21 Kazakhstan Volgin (KRT)
1993
 Irtysh (Ansat) Ekibastuzets (Batyr) Gornyak Kazakhstan Shmarikov (TAR) – 28 Kazakhstan Kurganskiy (EKI)
1994
 Elimai Irtysh (Ansat) Ordabasy (Zhiger) Kazakhstan Litvinenko (TAR) – 20 Kazakhstan Musataev (ORD)
1995
 Elimai Taraz Shakhter Kazakhstan Miroshnichenko (ELI) – 23 Kazakhstan Miroshnichenko (ELI)
1996
 Taraz Irtysh Elimai Kazakhstan Antonov (IRT) – 21 Kazakhstan Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1997
 Irtysh Taraz Kairat Kazakhstan Mazbaev (TAR) – 16 Kazakhstan Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1998
 Elimai Ekibastuzets (Batyr) Irtysh Kazakhstan Litvinenko (ELI) – 14 Kazakhstan Voskoboynikov (KSR)
1999
 Irtysh Kyzylzhar (Access Esil) Kairat Turkmenistan Agabaýew (KRT) – 24 Kazakhstan Avdeev (KYZ)
2000
 Jenis Kyzylzhar (Access GG) Irtysh Brazil Mendes (IRT) – 21 Kazakhstan Avdeev (KYZ)
2001
 Jenis Atyrau Kyzylzhar (Esil B) Kazakhstan Tlekhugov (JEN) – 30 Kazakhstan Tlekhugov (JEN)
2002
 Irtysh Atyrau Tobol Kazakhstan Lunev (SHA) – 16 Kazakhstan Lovchev (JEN)
2003
 Irtysh Tobol Jenis Kazakhstan Finonchenko (SHA) – 18 Kazakhstan Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2004
 Kairat Irtysh Tobol Uzbekistan Bakaev (TOB) / Kazakhstan Tlekhugov (KRT) – 22 Kazakhstan Smakov (KRT)
2005
 Aktobe Tobol Kairat Kazakhstan Tleshev (IRT) – 20 Kazakhstan Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2006
 Jenis (Astana) Aktobe Tobol Uzbekistan Irismetov (ALM) – 17 Kazakhstan David Loria (JEN)
2007
 Aktobe Tobol Shakhter Uzbekistan Irismetov (ALM) – 17 Kazakhstan Smakov (AKT)
2008
 Aktobe Tobol Irtysh Kazakhstan Tleshev (IRT) – 13 Kazakhstan Smakov (AKT)
2009
 Aktobe Astana (Lokomotiv) Shakhter Kazakhstan Tleshev (AKT) / Turkmenistan Baýramow (TOB) – 20 Kazakhstan Smakov (AKT)
2010
 Tobol Aktobe Irtysh Uzbekistan Bakaev (TOB) – 16 Kazakhstan Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2011
 Shakhter Jetisu Aktobe Uzbekistan Bakaev (JET) – 18 Kazakhstan Konysbayev (SHA)
2012
 Shakhter Irtysh Aktobe Uzbekistan Bakaev (IRT) – 14 Uzbekistan Bakaev (IRT)
2013
 Aktobe Astana Kairat Belarus Zenkovich (SHA) – 15 Kazakhstan Finonchenko (SHA)
2014
 Astana Aktobe Kairat Central African Republic Foxi (AST) – 16 Kazakhstan Islamkhan (KRT)
2015
 Astana Kairat Aktobe Rwanda Gohou (KRT) – 22 Rwanda Gohou (KRT)
2016
 Astana Kairat Irtysh Rwanda Gohou (KRT) – 22 Kazakhstan Islamkhan (KRT)
2017
 Astana Kairat Orbadasy Rwanda Gohou (KRT) – 24 Rwanda Gohou (KRT)
2018
 Astana Kairat Tobol Armenia Pizzelli (AKT) – 18 Armenia Pizzelli (AKT)
2019
 Astana Kairat Orbadasy Croatia Tomasov (AST) / Ukraine Eseola (KRT) – 19
2020
 Kairat Tobol Astana Brazil João Paulo (ORD) – 12
2021
 Tobol Astana Kairat Croatia Tomasov (AST) – 17
2022
 Astana Aktobe Tobol Portugal Eugénio (AST) – 22
2023
 Ordabasy Astana Aktobe Brazil João Paulo (KRT) – 17
2024
 Kairat Astana Aktobe Brazil João Paulo (KRT) / Kazakhstan Chesnokov (TOB) / Belarus Signevich (ATY) – 10

Notes:

  • Historical names shown in brackets according to the season.
  • Best Player Award by FFK (1992–2005, 2008, 2010–) and GOAL Journal (2006–2007, 2009).

List of champions

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Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Astana 7 5 1 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Irtysh 5 4 6 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
Aktobe 5 4 5 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
Kairat 4 5 6 1992, 2004, 2020, 2024
Spartak 3 – 1 1994, 1995, 1998
Jenis 3 – 1 2000, 2001, 2006
Tobol 2 5 5 2010, 2021
Shakhter 2 – 3 2011, 2012
Taraz 1 2 – 1996
Ordabasy 1 – 2 2023
Kyzylzhar 2 1
Atyrau 2
Ekibastuzets 2
Tomiris 1
Jetisu 1
Gornyak 1
Zhiger 1
Total 33 33 33
Notes
  • Teams in bold currently compete in Premier League.
  • Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status.

Performance by clubs

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As of April 17, 2025
Season AST IRT AKT KRT JEN SPA TOB SHA TAR ORD KYZ ATY EKI JET TOM ZHI GOR KSR VOS ALM DOS OKZ ELI TUR ULY
1992 3 12 1 9 14 13 7 5 19 4 21 2 6 8 10 11 20
1993 1 9 11 12 17 8 6 14 2 25 5 4 3 21 10 7 22
1994 2 4 11 14 1 10 6 8 9 5 3 12 13
1995 7 14 9 10 1 12 3 2 11 6 13 4 5 8
1996 2 10 6 13 3 11 8 1 5 9 16 14 7 12 18 15
1997 1 11 3 9 7 4 2 6 10 8 5 11 14
1998 3 6 1 9 10 2 11 4 5 8
1999 1 3 4 9 8 10 14 6 2 11 15 13 5 7 16
2000 3 4 1 8 7 5 12 13 2 14 15 6 11 10
2001 4 8 5 1 7 6 12 15 16 3 2 13 14 11 9 10
2002 1 6 7 4 8 3 5 9 2 10 11 12
2003 1 5 7 3 9 2 10 12 6 11 4 15 8 13 14 17
2004 2 4 1 10 19 3 9 7 14 6 5 8 13 16 12 18 11
2005 5 1 3 8 2 4 11 6 7 10 12 15 14 13 9
2006 6 2 7 1 3 4 10 13 12 14 8 15 9 5 11
2007 4 1 13 8 2 3 16 9 11 14 12 5 10 7 6 15
2008 3 1 10 11 2 7 12 13 15 6 4 16 8 9
2009 2 9 1 4 3 8 7 14 6 5 13 10 11
2010 4 3 2 10 1 6 9 8 5 7 12
2011 4 5 3 11 7 1 9 6 10 2 8 12
2012 5 2 3 10 6 1 4 7 11 12 9 14
2013 2 4 1 3 7 5 10 6 8 9 11
2014 1 10 2 3 12 7 6 11 4 9 8 5
2015 1 6 3 2 7 10 9 4 5 11 12 8
2016 1 3 6 2 7 9 11 4 8 12 5
2017 1 4 9 2 5 7 11 3 8 6 12
2018 1 10 7 2 3 8 4 11 9 6 5
2019 1 8 12 2 4 9 10 3 11 5 6 7
2020 3 12 1 2 4 8 5 9 6 7 11
2021 2 7 3 1 6 10 5 4 11 14 13 12
2022 1 2 4 3 7 12 5 10 11 13
2023 2 3 4 8 10 1 5 7 11 6 12
2024 2 3 1 10 5 13 4 9 7 11 8 6 12
2025 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
AST IRT AKT KRT JEN SPA TOB SHA TAR ORD KYZ ATY EKI JET TOM ZHI GOR KSR VOS ALM DOS OKZ ELI TUR ULY
1st 7 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 1 1
2nd 5 4 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 1 1
3rd 1 6 5 6 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 1
Cups 3 1 2 10 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
League Cups 1
Super Cups 6 3 3 3 1 1
First Divisions 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 1
Total 23 16 20 29 7 5 17 7 4 6 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 6 2 1 1 4 1 0 0

League participation

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Note: The tallies below include up to the 2025 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.

Soviet Top League participation

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All time top scorers

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As of 1 January 2015
Rank Player Games Goals
1
 Kazakhstan Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
405
157
2
 Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko
311
147
3
 Kazakhstan Nurken Mazbaev
400
142
4
 Kazakhstan Murat Tleshev
303
138
5
 Kazakhstan Andrei Miroshnichenko
242
115
6
 Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev
183
109
7
 Kazakhstan Andrei Finonchenko
274
98
8
 Kazakhstan Aleksandr Shatskikh
275
96
9
 Kazakhstan Ruslan Imankulov
366
96
10
 Kazakhstan Kairat Aubakirov
302
94
11
 Kazakhstan Vladimir Loginov
339
87
12
 Kazakhstan Viktor Antonov
207
86
13
 Kazakhstan Ruslan Duzmambetov
230
86
As the end of 2014 season. (Bold denotes players still in Premier League)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kazakhstan – League". UEFA. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. ^ Galiaskar Seitzhan (13 July 2015). "Kairat Eliminates Former Euro Champions, Other Kazakh Clubs Less Lucky as Europa League Starts". The Astana Times. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Premier League". Kazakhstan Professional Football League. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ^ 1937. Regional-football.ru
  5. ^ united Dynamo team of Alma-Ata and Chimkent
  6. ^ 1938. Regional-football.ru
  7. ^ only cup competition in 1939 and 1940, no data for 1941–1944, no competitions in 1945. Regional-football.ru
  8. ^ 1946. Regional-football.ru
  9. ^ 1947. Regional-football.ru
  10. ^ 1948. Regional-football.ru
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