Kazakhstan Premier League


The Kazakhstan Professional Football League, 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

The following teams are competing in the 2019 season:
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
AktobeAktobeCentral Stadium 13,200
AstanaNur-SultanAstana Arena30,244
AtyrauAtyrauMunayshy Stadium8,690
Irtysh PavlodarPavlodarPavlodar Central Stadium15,000
KairatAlmatyCentral Stadium 23,804
KaisarKyzylordaGany Muratbayev Stadium7,500
OkzhetpesKokshetauOkzhetpes Stadium4,158
OrdabasyShymkentKazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium37,000
Shakhter KaragandyKaragandaShakhter Stadium 19,000
TarazTarazTaraz Central Stadium12,525
TobolKostanayKostanay Central Stadium10,500
ZhetysuTaldykorganZhetysu Stadium4,000

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". Since 1980 champion of the Soviet Kazakhstan was also awarded to "teams of masters" competing in football competitions of the Soviet Second League.
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Last update at the end of 2019 season.

All time top scorers