Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League
Founded	1992; 32 years ago
Country	Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	Kazakhstan Cup; Kazakhstan Super Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League; UEFA Europa League; UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Ordabasy (1st title) ; (2023)
Most championships	Astana (7 titles)
TV partners	Domestic; Qazsport; International; Eleven Sports; OneFootball
Website	qfl.kz
	Current: 2024 Kazakhstan Premier League

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	Almaty	Central Stadium (Almaty)	23,804
Maktaaral	Maktaaral	Alpamys Batyr Stadium	4,229
Kaisar Kyzylorda	Kyzylorda	Gany Muratbayev Stadium	7,500
Kyzylzhar Petropavl	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Ordabasy Shymkent	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	25,000
Shakhter Karagandy	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium (Karagandy)	19,000
Yelimay Semey	Semey	Spartak Stadium	8,000
Tobol Kostanay	Kostanay	Kostanay Central Stadium	10,500
Turan Turkistan	Turkistan	Turkistan Arena	7,000
Zhetysu Taldykorgan	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.

1936 : Alma-Aty City
1937 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
1938 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
1939–45 : No Championship
1946 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
1947 : Lokomotiv Jambul
1948 : Trudovye Rezervy Alma-Ata
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:

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

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	Kairat	Ordabasy (Arsenal SKIF)	Irtysh (Traktor)	Kogai (KSR) – 21	Volgin (KRT)
1993	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Gornyak	Shmarikov (TAR) – 28	Kurganskiy (EKI)
1994	Spartak (Yelimay)	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ordabasy (Zhiger)	Litvinenko (TAR) – 20	Musataev (ORD)
1995	Spartak (Yelimay)	Taraz	Shakhter	Miroshnichenko (SPA) – 23	Miroshnichenko (SPA)
1996	Taraz	Irtysh	Spartak (Yelimay)	Antonov (IRT) – 21	Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1997	Irtysh	Taraz	Kairat	Mazbaev (TAR) – 16	Voskoboynikov (TAR)
1998	Spartak (Yelimay)	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Irtysh	Litvinenko (SPA) – 14	Voskoboynikov (KSR)
1999	Irtysh	Kyzylzhar (Access Esil)	Kairat	Agabaýew (KRT) – 24	Avdeev (KYZ)
2000	Astana-64 (Zhenis)	Kyzylzhar (Access GG)	Irtysh	Mendes (IRT) – 21	Avdeev (KYZ)
2001	Astana-64 (Zhenis)	Atyrau	Kyzylzhar (Esil B)	Tlekhugov (A64) – 30	Tlekhugov (A64)
2002	Irtysh	Atyrau	Tobol	Lunev (SHA) – 16	Lovchev (A64)
2003	Irtysh	Tobol	Astana-64 (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	Astana-64 (Astana)	Aktobe	Tobol	Irismetov (ALM) – 17	David Loria (A64)
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 (ZHE) – 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 Pavlodar	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

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	Winning years
Astana	7	4	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
Aktobe	5	4	2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
Ertis	5	4	1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003
Kairat	3	5	1992, 2004, 2020
Spartak	3	–	1994, 1995, 1998
Astana-64	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

Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status.

Performance by club

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	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	3	5	6	9	1	1	25
2	Astana																		2	4	4	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	7	4	1	3	3		18
3	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	5	5	3	1	3	1	18
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	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	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	2		3	1	1		7
8	Astana-64	9	12	14	10	13	9	6	4	1	1	4	3	10	8	1	8	11																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				2		4	6
10	Spartak	14	17	1	1	3	7	1	9	8	7	8	9	19										12										3		1	1			5
11	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
12	Kyzylzhar	19							2	2	3	9	11	6	7	12	11	13	14									11		9	4	10	5		2	1			1	4
13	Atyrau										2	2	4	5	10	14	14	15	6	5	10	11	8	9	5	8	8	9	11		11	11	7		2		1			3
14	Ekibastuzets	4	2	9	11	5	6	2	11	16	13		15	8	12	8	12																		2				1	3
15	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		1				2	3
16	Okzhetpes	20				18	11	8	16	10	10	12	17	11	9	11	15	9	11	12		14			8	5	12		7	11			12						3	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								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 Karagandy
31 seasons: Kairat, Tobol
29 seasons: Aktobe
28 seasons: Irtysh Pavlodar, 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, Spartak
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)

References

External links

Official website (archived 31 March 2019)

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