Kazakhstan Premier League

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The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Template:Langx, 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

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

Current clubs

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

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.

1936 : Alma-Aty City
1937 : Dinamo Alma-Ata^[4]
1938 : Dinamo Alma-Ata^[5]^[6]
1939–45 : No Championship^[7]
1946 : Dinamo Alma-Ata^[8]
1947 : Lokomotiv Jambul^[9]
1948 : Trudovye Rezervy Alma-Ata^[10]
1949 : Dinamo Karaganda
1950 : Alma-Aty City
1951 : Meliorator Chimkent
1952 : Meliorator Chimkent
1953 : Meliorator Chimkent
1954 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
1955 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
1956 : Alma-Aty City
1957 : Stroitel Alma-Ata
1958 : Spartak Alma-Ata
1959 : Spartak Alma-Ata
1960 : Yenbek Guryev

1961 : Avangard Petropavlovsk
1962 : ADK Alma-Ata
1963 : Tselinnik Semipalatinsk
1964 : ADK Alma-Ata
1965 : ADK Alma-Ata
1966 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk
1967 : Torpedo Kokchetav
1968 : Gornyak Jezkangan
1969 : Shakhtyor Saran'
1970 : Stroitel Temir-Tau
1971 : Yenbek Jezkangan
1972 : Traktor Pavlodar
1973 : Yenbek Jezkangan
1974 : Gornyak Nikol'sky
1975 : Meliorator Chimkent
1976 : Khimik Stepnogorsk
1977 : Khimik Stepnogorsk
1978 : Trud Shevchenko
1979 : Khimik Stepnogorsk

1980 : Meliorator Chimkent
1981 : Burevestnik Kustanay

Zone 7 (3rd level, included teams from other republics)

1980 : Traktor Pavlodar
1981 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk

Zone 8 (3rd level)

Zone 8 (4th level)

Sources:

Best teams in republican competitions

7 – Meliorator Chimkent (1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987)

5 – Dinamo Alma-Ata (1937, 1938, 1946, 1954, 1955)

4 – Traktor Pavlodar (1972, 1980, 1988, 1989)

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)

2 – Spartak Alma-Ata (1958, 1959)
2 – Shakhter Karaganda (1982, 1983)

1 – Lokomotiv Jambul (1947)
1 – Trudovye Rezervy Alma-Ata (1948)
1 – Dinamo Karaganda (1949)
1 – Stroitel Alma-Ata (1957)
1 – Yenbek Guryev (1960)
1 – Avangard Petropavlovsk (1961)
1 – Tselinnik Semipalatinsk (1963)
1 – Torpedo Kokchetav (1967)
1 – Shakhter Saran (1969)
1 – Stroitel Temir-Tau (1970)
1 – Gornyak Nikol'sky (1974)
1 – Trud Shevchenko (1978)
1 – Tselinnik Tselinograd (1984)
1 – Vostok Ust'-Kamenogorsk (1990)

Kazakhstan League Seasons

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place	Top Scorer(s) – Goals	Best Player
1992 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Kairat	Ordabasy (Arsenal SKIF)	Irtysh (Traktor)	Template:Flagicon Kogai (KSR) – 21	Template:Flagicon Volgin (KRT)
1993 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Gornyak	Template:Flagicon Shmarikov (TAR) – 28	Template:Flagicon Kurganskiy (EKI)
1994 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Elimai	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ordabasy (Zhiger)	Template:Flagicon Litvinenko (TAR) – 20	Template:Flagicon Musataev (ORD)
1995 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Elimai	Taraz	Shakhter	Template:Flagicon Miroshnichenko (ELI) – 23	Template:Flagicon Miroshnichenko (ELI)
1996 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Taraz	Irtysh	Elimai	Template:Flagicon Antonov (IRT) – 21	Template:Flagicon Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1997 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Irtysh	Taraz	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Mazbaev (TAR) – 16	Template:Flagicon Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1998 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Elimai	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Litvinenko (ELI) – 14	Template:Flagicon Voskoboynikov (KSR)
1999 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Irtysh	Kyzylzhar (Access Esil)	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Agabaýew (KRT) – 24	Template:Flagicon Avdeev (KYZ)
2000 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Jenis	Kyzylzhar (Access GG)	Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Mendes (IRT) – 21	Template:Flagicon Avdeev (KYZ)
2001 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Jenis	Atyrau	Kyzylzhar (Esil B)	Template:Flagicon Tlekhugov (JEN) – 30	Template:Flagicon Tlekhugov (JEN)
2002 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Irtysh	Atyrau	Tobol	Template:Flagicon Lunev (SHA) – 16	Template:Flagicon Lovchev (JEN)
2003 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Irtysh	Tobol	Jenis	Template:Flagicon Finonchenko (SHA) – 18	Template:Flagicon Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2004 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Kairat	Irtysh	Tobol	Template:Flagicon Bakaev (TOB) / Template:Flagicon Tlekhugov (KRT) – 22	Template:Flagicon Smakov (KRT)
2005 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aktobe	Tobol	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Tleshev (IRT) – 20	Template:Flagicon Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2006 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Jenis (Astana)	Aktobe	Tobol	Template:Flagicon Irismetov (ALM) – 17	Template:Flagicon David Loria (JEN)
2007 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aktobe	Tobol	Shakhter	Template:Flagicon Irismetov (ALM) – 17	Template:Flagicon Smakov (AKT)
2008 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aktobe	Tobol	Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Tleshev (IRT) – 13	Template:Flagicon Smakov (AKT)
2009 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aktobe	Astana (Lokomotiv)	Shakhter	Template:Flagicon Tleshev (AKT) / Template:Flagicon Baýramow (TOB) – 20	Template:Flagicon Smakov (AKT)
2010 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Tobol	Aktobe	Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Bakaev (TOB) – 16	Template:Flagicon Zhumaskaliyev (TOB)
2011 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Shakhter	Jetisu	Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Bakaev (JET) – 18	Template:Flagicon Konysbayev (SHA)
2012 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Shakhter	Irtysh	Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Bakaev (IRT) – 14	Template:Flagicon Bakaev (IRT)
2013 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Aktobe	Astana	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Zenkovich (SHA) – 15	Template:Flagicon Finonchenko (SHA)
2014 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Aktobe	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Foxi (AST) – 16	Template:Flagicon Islamkhan (KRT)
2015 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Kairat	Aktobe	Template:Flagicon Gohou (KRT) – 22	Template:Flagicon Gohou (KRT)
2016 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Kairat	Irtysh	Template:Flagicon Gohou (KRT) – 22	Template:Flagicon Islamkhan (KRT)
2017 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Kairat	Orbadasy	Template:Flagicon Gohou (KRT) – 24	Template:Flagicon Gohou (KRT)
2018 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Kairat	Tobol	Template:Flagicon Pizzelli (AKT) – 18	Template:Flagicon Pizzelli (AKT)
2019 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Kairat	Orbadasy	Template:Flagicon Tomasov (AST) / Template:Flagicon Eseola (KRT) – 19
2020 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Kairat	Tobol	Astana	Template:Flagicon João Paulo (ORD) – 12
2021 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Tobol	Astana	Kairat	Template:Flagicon Tomasov (AST) – 17
2022 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Astana	Aktobe	Tobol	Template:Flagicon Eugénio (AST) – 22
2023 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Ordabasy	Astana	Aktobe	Template:Flagicon João Paulo (KRT) – 17
2024 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Kairat	Astana	Aktobe	Template:Flagicon João Paulo (KRT) / Template:Flagicon Chesnokov (TOB) / Template:Flagicon 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

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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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

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

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33 seasons: Shakhter
32 seasons: Kairat, Tobol
30 seasons: Aktobe
28 seasons: Irtysh, Taraz
27 seasons: Kaisar, Jetisu
26 seasons: Ordabasy
24 seasons: Atyrau, Okzhetpes
20 seasons: Vostok
19 seasons: Kyzylzhar, Jenis
17 seasons: Astana
14 seasons: Akzhayik, Ekibastuzets, Spartak
9 seasons: Caspiy, Zhiger
8 seasons: Shakhter-Bulat
5 seasons: Alma-Ata, Tomiris
4 seasons: CSKA Almaty, Gornyak, Turan, Turkestan, Ulytau
2 seasons: Aksu, Azhar, Ekibastuz, Elimai, Maktaaral
1 season: Arman, BGS, Dinamo Alma-Ata, Dostyk, Kazakhmys, Megasport, Namys Almaty, Nasha Kampaniya, Sunkar

Soviet Top League participation

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24 seasons: Kairat

All time top scorers

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Rank	Player	Games	Goals
1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	405 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	157 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Oleg Litvinenko	311 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	147 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Nurken Mazbaev	400 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	142 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Murat Tleshev	303 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	138 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Andrei Miroshnichenko	242 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	115 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Ulugbek Bakayev	183 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Andrei Finonchenko	274 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	98 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Shatskikh	275 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	96 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
9 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Imankulov	366 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	96 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Kairat Aubakirov	302 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	94 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Loginov	339 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	87 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Viktor Antonov	207 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	86 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Template:Flagicon Ruslan Duzmambetov	230 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	86 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
As the end of 2014 season. (Bold denotes players still in Premier League)

References

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Kazakhstan Premier League

Contents

Name changes

Current clubs

Soviet winners of republican level

Best teams in republican competitions

Kazakhstan League Seasons

List of champions

Performance by clubs

League participation

Soviet Top League participation

All time top scorers

See also

References

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Current clubs

Soviet winners of republican level

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Kazakhstan League Seasons

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Performance by clubs

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See also

References

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