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Kazakhstan Premier League

Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Country	Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Number of clubs	13
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	Kazakhstan Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Kairat (4th title) (2024)
Most championships	Astana (7 titles)
TV partners	Domestic Qazsport International Eleven Sports OneFootball
Website	qfl.kz
Current: 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League

The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh: Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of 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:

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.

Sources:

• Kazakhstan – List of Champions. RSSSF
• The Kazakh SSR Football Championship (Чемпионат Казахской ССР). Footballfacts. (in Russian)
• The Kazakh SSR Football Championship D2 (Чемпионат Казахской ССР D2). Footballfacts. (in Russian)

Best teams in republican competitions

Kazakhstan League Seasons

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

Notes

• Teams in bold currently compete in Premier League.
• Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status.

Performance by club

As of end of the 2023 season.

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

• 24 seasons: Kairat

All time top scorers

As of 1 January 2015

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

See also

• Football in Kazakhstan
• Sports league attendances

References

1. "Kazakhstan – League". UEFA.com. 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. 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

External links

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Domestic cups	Kazakhstan Cup League Cup Super Cup Kazakhstani Women's Cup
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