Kazakhstan Premier League
Men's top division football league in Kazakhstan
Football league
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh : Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы , Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy ), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League [ 1] [ 2] Premier League ,[ 3] football in Kazakhstan . 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
Top Division (1992–2001)Super League (2002–2007)Premier League (2008–present)
Current clubs
The following teams are competing in the 2024 season:
Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
Aktobe
Aktobe
Central Stadium (Aktobe) or ODSYUSHOR №8
14,500
Astana
Astana
Astana Arena
30,244
Atyrau
Atyrau
Munayshy Stadium
8,690
Zhenis
Astana
Astana Arena
30,244
Kairat
Almaty
Central Stadium (Almaty)
23,804
Maktaaral
Maktaaral
Alpamys Batyr Stadium
4,229
Kaisar
Kyzylorda
Gany Muratbayev Stadium
7,500
Kyzylzhar
Petropavl
Karasai Stadium
11,000
Ordabasy
Shymkent
Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
25,000
Shakhter
Karaganda
Shakhter Stadium (Karagandy)
19,000
Elimai
Semey
Spartak Stadium
8,000
Tobol
Kostanay
Kostanay Central Stadium
10,500
Turan
Turkistan
Turkistan Arena
7,000
Zhetysu
Taldykorgan
Zhetysu Stadium
4,500
Soviet winners of republican level
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.
Zone 7 (3rd level, included teams from other republics)
Zone 8 (3rd level)
Zone 8 (4th level)
Sources:
Best teams in republican competitions
7 – Meliorator Chimkent (1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987) 2 – Alma-Ata {collective city team} (1936, 1950, 1956)
3 – ADK Alma-Ata (1962, 1964, 1965)
3 – Khimik Stepnogorsk (1976, 1977, 1979)
3 – Yenbek Jezkangan (1968, 1971, 1973)
3 – Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk (1966, 1981, 1991)
Kazakhstan League Seasons
Notes:
Historical names shown in brackets according to the season.
Best Player Award FFK (1992–2005, 2008, 2010–) and GOAL Journal (2006–2007, 2009).
List of champions
Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning years
Astana 7
5
2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2022
Aktobe 5
4
2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2013
Irtysh
5
4
1993 , 1997 , 1999 , 2002 , 2003
Kairat 4
5
1992 , 2004 , 2020 , 2024
Elimai 3
–
1994 , 1995 , 1998
Zhenis 3
–
2000 , 2001 , 2006
Tobol 2
5
2010 , 2021
Shakhter 2
–
2011 , 2012
Taraz
1
2
1996
Ordabasy 1
1
2023
Ekibastuzets
2
Kyzylzhar
2
Atyrau
2
Zhetysu
1
Total
32
32
Notes
Teams in bold currently compete in Premier League.
Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status.
As of end of the 2023 season.
#
Club
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
1st
2nd
3rd
Cup SC FD Total
1
Kairat 1
11
11
9
6
3
3
4
5
7
7
1
3
7
13
10
10
11
10
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
1
4 5 6 9
1
1
26
2
Aktobe 12
9
4
14
10
11
8
5
5
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
1
2
3
6
9
7
12
7
2
3
3
5 5 4 2
3
1
20
3
Astana 2
4
4
5
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
2
2
7 5 1 3
3
19
4
Irtysh 3
1
2
7
2
1
3
1
3
4
1
1
2
5
6
4
3
9
3
5
2
6
10
6
3
4
10
8
12
5 4 6 1
17
5
Tobol 13
8
10
12
11
8
7
6
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
4
1
7
6
7
7
7
7
5
3
4
2
1
3
8
5
2 5 5 1
13
6
Ordabasy 2
4
3
4
14
10
11
6
13
16
6
14
6
13
9
12
7
8
6
7
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
5
5
5
1
4
1 1 3 2
1
2
10
7
Shakhter 7
6
6
3
8
4
9
10
5
12
6
10
9
4
4
3
7
3
6
1
1
4
6
10
9
7
8
9
4
6
7
10
13
2 3 1
1
7
8
Zhenis 9
12
14
10
13
9
6
4
1
1
4
3
10
8
1
8
11
10
3 1 3
7
9
Kaisar 10
21
7
8
4
5
6
11
10
13
16
15
10
4
13
8
9
5
12
6
5
6
7
13
6
8
2
4
6
10
Elimai 14
17
1
1
3
7
1
9
8
7
8
9
19
12
6
3 1 1
1
6
11
Okzhetpes 20
18
11
8
16
10
10
12
17
11
9
11
15
9
11
12
14
8
5
12
7
11
12
5
5
12
Taraz 5
14
8
2
1
2
10
14
11
15
12
7
11
10
16
8
9
9
4
10
11
9
11
11
10
8
10
12
1 2 1
4
13
Kyzylzhar 19
2
2
3
9
11
6
7
12
11
13
14
11
9
4
10
5
9
2 1 1
4
14
Atyrau 2
2
4
5
10
14
14
15
6
5
10
11
8
9
5
8
8
9
11
11
11
7
7
2 1
3
15
Ekibastuzets 4
2
9
11
5
6
2
11
16
13
15
8
12
8
12
2 1
3
16
Zhetysu 21
25
6
9
15
13
14
8
13
15
5
6
5
7
2
12
9
8
11
12
6
5
6
14
11
11
1 2
3
17
Vostok 11
10
12
8
12
5
5
7
11
9
11
14
12
14
9
7
16
10
12
11
1
1
2
18
Gornyak 8
3
13
5
1 1
19
Akzhayik 16
16
16
14
16
17
11
8
12
10
12
9
14
1
1
20
Caspiy 15
20
16
4
17
10
8
9
13
1
1
21
Aksu 6
14
1
1
22
Turan 12
13
12
0
23
Maktaaral 8
9
0
League participation
Note: The tallies below include up to the 2024 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.
33 seasons: Shakhter 31 seasons: Kairat Tobol 29 seasons: Aktobe 28 seasons: Irtysh , Taraz 26 seasons: Kaisar Zhetysu 25 seasons: Ordabasy 23 seasons: Atyrau Okzhetpes 20 seasons: Vostok 18 seasons: Kyzylzhar Zhenis 16 seasons: Astana 15 seasons: Ekibastuzets 14 seasons: Akzhayik , Elimai 9 seasons: Caspiy , Zhiger 8 seasons: Shakhter-Bulat 5 seasons: Alma-Ata , Tomiris 4 seasons: CSKA Almaty , Gornyak , Yassy 3 seasons: Turan Ulytau 2 seasons: Aksu , Azhar , Ekibastuz , Maktaaral 1 season: Arman , BGS , Dinamo Alma-Ata , Dostyk , Kazakhmys , Megasport , Namys Almaty , Nasha Kampaniya , Sunkar , Yelimay
Soviet Top League participation
All time top scorers
As of 1 January 2015
See also
References
External links
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