2018 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 2018 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 27th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana defended their championship, winning the Premier League for a fifth time.
Teams
and FC Taraz were relegated at the end of the 2016 season, and were replaced by FC Zhetysu and FC Kyzylzhar.Team overview
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Aktobe Central Stadium | 15,000 |
| Akzhayik | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 |
| Astana | Astana | Astana Arena | 30,000 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 8,690 |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Pavlodar Central Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kairat | Almaty | Almaty Central Stadium | 25,057 |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gany Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 |
| Kyzylzhar | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
| Shakhter | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Kostanay Central Stadium | 10,500 |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Aktobe |  Vladimir Mukhanov |  Marcos Pizzelli | Adidas | — |
| Akzhayik |  Artur Avakyants | Miram Sapanov | Adidas | — |
| Astana |  Roman Hryhorchuk | Dmitri Shomko | Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna |
| Atyrau | Viktor Kumykov | Marat Khayrullin | Nike | — |
| Irtysh |  Dimitar Dimitrov | Nikita Kalmykov | Nike | ENRC |
| Kairat |  Carlos Alós | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan | Nike | Halyk Bank |
| Kaisar | Stoycho Mladenov | Maksat Baizhanov | Nike | — |
| Kyzylzhar | Andrey Kucheryavykh | Timur Muldinov | Nike | — |
| Ordabasy |  Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Azat Nurgaliev | Nike | Aysu Mineral Water |
| Shakhter | Nikolay Kostov | Evgeniy Tarasov | Nike | BTL Kazakhstan |
| Tobol |  Marek Zub | Azat Nurgaliev | Adidas | Polymetal |
| Zhetysu | Dmitriy Ogai |  Mantas Kuklys | Adidas | — |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Player 9 |
| Aktobe | Marcos Pizzelli |  Reynaldo |  Hrvoje Miličević |  Jean-Eudes Maurice |  Saša Marjanović | Milan Radin | Aleksandar Simčević | ||
| Akzhayik | Denis Glavina |  Artūrs Karašausks |  Malick Mané | Andriy Tkachuk | Yevhen Borovyk | Ambrosiy Chachua | Ihor Khudobyak | Serhiy Basov | |
| Astana |  Richard Almeida |  Ivan Mayewski |  Marin Aničić | Pedro Henrique | Marin Tomasov |  Rangelo Janga |  Junior Kabananga |  László Kleinheisler | Antonio Rukavina |
| Atyrau |  Joseph Nane | Tomislav Barbarić | Jure Obšivač |  Tunde Adeniji |  František Kubík | Novica Maksimović | Predrag Sikimić | Rizvan Ablitarov | |
| Irtysh | Gbolahan Salami |  Carlos Fonseca |  Adrian Avramia | Doru Popadiuc | Miloš Stamenković | Adri | Syarhey Kislyak | ||
| Kairat | Isael | Juan Felipe | Syarhey Palitsevich | Ivo Iličević | Ákos Elek | Márton Eppel | Andrey Arshavin |  Sheldon Bateau | Aderinsola Eseola |
| Kaisar | Abdel Lamanje | Ivan Graf |  Franck Dja Djedjé |  Paul Were |  Mathias Coureur |  John Kamara | Bratislav Punoševac | Volodymyr Arzhanov | |
| Kyzylzhar |  Momodou Ceesay | Shota Grigalashvili | Giorgi Popkhadze |  Uroš Delić |  Freddy Coronel | Miroslav Lečić | Maksym Drachenko | Oleksandr Stetsenko | |
| Ordabasy |  Pablo Fontanello | Mirzad Mehanović | Luka Muženjak |  Helton | Nikita Bocharov | Abdoulaye Diakate | Nemanja Kojić | Kyrylo Kovalchuk | |
| Shakhter | Gegham Harutyunyan | Alyaksandr Valadzko | Mateo Mužek |  Lukas Droppa | Egon Vuch |  Sergei Mošnikov | Damir Kojašević | Yevhen Tkachuk | |
| Tobol | Juan Lescano |  Fernander Kassaï | Jaba Kankava | Nika Kvekveskiri |  Artūras Žulpa | Ionuț Larie | Dmytro Nepohodov | ||
| Zhetysu | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Edgar Malakyan | Andrey Lebedzew | Ivan Sadownichy | Lasha Kasradze |  David Mawutor | Mantas Kuklys | Ruslan Stepanyuk |  Server Djeparov |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
Managerial changes
Regular season
Table
Results
Games 1–22
Games 23–33
Relegation play-offs
Statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Pavel Shabalin for Irtysh Pavlodar against Atyrau
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Marcos Pizzelli | Aktobe | 18 |
| 2 | Aderinsola Eseola | Akzhayik/Kairat | 17 |
| 3 | Marin Tomasov | Astana | 14 |
| 4 | Isael | Kairat | 12 |
| 5 | Aleksey Shchotkin | Astana | 10 |
| 5 | Bratislav Punoševac | Kaisar | 10 |
| 7 | Andrey Arshavin | Kairat | 9 |
| 7 | Malick Mané | Akzhayik | 9 |
| 9 | Azat Nurgaliev | Tobol | 8 |
| 9 | Babatunde Temitope Adeniji | Atyrau | 8 |
| 9 | Damir Kojašević | Shakhter Karagandy | 8 |
| 9 | Timur Muldinov | Kyzylzhar | 8 |
| 9 | Roman Murtazayev | Astana | 8 |
| 9 | Patrick Twumasi | Astana | 8 |
| 9 | Marat Khairullin | Atyrau | 8 |