This page summarises the results and performance ofKazakhstani football clubs in international competitions. Clubs began participating in the competitions of theAsian Football Confederation from the 1994–95 season until the 2000–01 season. No clubs participated in continental competitions during the 2001–02 season, as theFootball Federation of Kazakhstan finalised their switch to become the 52nd member ofUEFA. Kazakhstani clubs have played inUEFA competitions since the 2002–03 season.Zhenis in the2007–08 UEFA Champions League, were the first club to advance in a European tournament.Tobol reached the second qualifying round of theUEFA Cup by winning three rounds of theIntertoto Cup in 2007.Shakhter were the first team to reach group stage of any competition in 2013, qualifying to UEFA Europa League after being defeated in UEFA Champions League play-off round.Astana became the first ever Kazakhstani team to reach UEFA Champions League group stage in2015, passing three rounds of qualification and play-offs. Astana also became the first ever Kazakhstani team to qualify for knockout stage of any European competition in 2017, by finishing runner-up in2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage (reached the Round of 32). In 2021Kairat became the first ever Kazakhstani club to compete in the group stage of inauguralUEFA Europa Conference League.In2025,Kairat became the second Kazakhstani club to pass theChampions League Play-off round, and will be the first Kazakhstani side to compete in theLeague phase.
Due to Kazakhstan's spring-autumn league season, Kazakh clubs are able to start their European campaign only for the next season. Current club allocation is as following: 1 club (champion) for the Champions League 1st qualifying round, 3 clubs for the Europa Conference League 2nd qualifying round.
| Season | UEFA Season | Coef. | Rank | CH | RU | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 9th | CW | CRU |
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| 2001 | 2002–03 | 0.500 | 50 | JEN | ATY | TOB1 | KRT | JEN | |||
| 2002 | 2003–04 | 0.167 | 51 | IRT | ATY | TOB | JEN | IRT | |||
| 20032 | 2004–05 | 0.000 | 50 | IRT | TOB | JEN | KRT | TOB | |||
| 20043 | 2005–06 | 1.000 | 50 | KRT | IRT | TOB | TAR | KRT | |||
| 2005 | 2006–07 | 0.667 | 50 | AKT | TOB | KRT | SHA | JEN4 | KRT | ||
| 2006 | 2007–08 | 0.750 | 49 | JEN | AKT | TOB | ALM | JEN | |||
| 2007 | 2008–09 | 0.833 | 45 | AKT | TOB | SHA | IRT4 | ZTS | TOB | ORD | |
| 20085 | 2009–10 | 1.125 | 45 | AKT | TOB | IRT | KSR | MEG | OKZ6 | AKT | ALM |
| 2009 | 2010–11 | 0.875 | 44 | AKT | AST4 | SHA | TOB | ATY | SHA | ||
| 2010 | 2011–12 | 1.625 | 42 | TOB | AKT | IRT | AST4 | SHA | |||
| 2011 | 2012–13 | 1.375 | 41 | SHA | ZTS | AKT | ORD | TOB | |||
| 2012 | 2013–14 | 3.125 | 40 | SHA | IRT | AKT | AST | IRT | |||
| 2013 | 2014–15 | 3.375 | 38 | AKT | AST | KRT | SHA | TAR | |||
| 2014 | 2015–16 | 4.625 | 34 | AST | AKT | KRT | ORD | KRT | AKT | ||
| 2015 | 2016–17 | 2.750 | 32 | AST | KRT | AKT | ORD | KRT | AST | ||
| 2016 | 2017–18 | 4.250 | 28 | AST | KRT | IRT | ORD | AST | KRT | ||
| 2017 | 2018–19 | 4.250 | 29 | AST | KRT | ORD4 | IRT | TOB | KRT | ATY | |
| 2018 | 2019–20 | 3.375 | 28 | AST | KRT | TOB | ORD | KRT | ATY | ||
| 2019 | 2020–21 | 1.000 | 24 | AST | KRT | ORD | KSR | ATY | |||
| 2020 | 2021–22 | 2.875 | 24 | KRT | TOB | AST | SHA | N/A7 | N/A | ||
| 2021 | 2022–23 | 1.125 | 27 | TOB | AST | KRT | KYZ | KRT | SHA | ||
| 2022 | 2023–24 | 3.125 | 29 | AST | AKT | TOB | ORD | AKZ | |||
| 2023 | 2024–25 | 3.000 | 30 | ORD | AST | AKT | TOB | ORD | |||
| 2024 | 2025–26 | TBD | TBD | KRT | AST | AKT | ORD | AKT | ATY | ||
| 2025 | 2026–27 | TBD | TBD | KRT | AST | TOB | ELI | TOB | ORD |
Key to colours
| Champions League | UEFA Cup / Europa League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Intertoto Cup |
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Notes
| UEFA Season | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | R32 | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | |
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| 2002–03 | JEN | ATY | Not held | ||||||||||||||
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| UEFA Season | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | R32 | QR1 | QR2 | QR3 | PO | GS/LP | |
| Season | Team | Round | Against | Home | Away | Agg. |
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| 2003 | Tobol | R1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | |
| R2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| R3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | |||
| 2006 | Shakhter | R1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–6 | |
| 2007 | Tobol1 | R1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| R2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | |||
| R3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 2008 | Zhetysu | R1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
Notes
Players scored at least five goals representing Kazakhstan clubs. Players inbold are still active in sports.
| # | Player | Seasons | Clubs | CL | EL | ECL | IC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017– | AST | 1 | 11 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 2014–18 | AST | 9 | 6 | 15 | |||
| 3 | 2015–17 | KRT | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | 2006–13 | KRT,AKT | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||
| - | 2020–21 | KRT | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2013–19 | SHA,AST | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| - | 2003–11 | TOB | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 2009–11 | AKT | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
| - | 2014–19 | AST | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| - | 2007–14 | AKT | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| - | 2013–20 | IRT,AST | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| - | 2015–18 | AST | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| - | 2018–19 | KRT | 6 | 6 | ||||
| - | 2018–20 | KRT | 6 | 6 | ||||
| - | 2014–19 | KRT | 6 | 6 | ||||
| - | 2024– | AST | 6 | 6 |
Overall table
| Club | Seasons | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | P | PPS | RA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astana | 13 | 114 | 39 | 27 | 48 | 141 | 181 | -40 | 73 | 5.615 | 24 |
| Kairat | 13 | 66 | 25 | 14 | 27 | 85 | 80 | +5 | 40.5 | 3.115 | 16 |
| Shakhter1 | 8 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 16 | 2.000 | 7 |
| Aktobe | 14 | 56 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 24 | 1.714 | 10 |
| Kyzylzhar | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.500 | 1 |
| Irtysh | 6 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 8.5 | 1.417 | 3 |
| Tobol1 | 13 | 51 | 19 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 65 | -16 | 15 | 1.154 | 11 |
| Okzhetpes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Ordabasy | 9 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 9 | 1.000 | 3 |
| Jenis | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 2.5 | 0.833 | 1 |
| Alma-Ata | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0.5 | 0.500 | 0 |
| Kaisar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.5 | 0.500 | 0 |
| Zhetysu1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0.5 | 0.500 | 0 |
| Atyrau | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0.5 | 0.167 | 0 |
Notes
UEFA Points by season
| Seasons | AST | KRT | AKT | SHA | TOB | IRT | ORD | JEN | KYZ | OKZ | KSR | ATY | ZTS | ALM | Total | Clubs | Coeff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-03 | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | 1.5 | 3 | 0.500 |
| 03-04 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 0.5 | 3 | 0.166 |
| 04-05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 05-06 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 06-07 | - | 1 | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0.666 |
| 07-08 | - | - | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 |
| 08-09 | - | - | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.5 | 3 | 0.833 |
| 09-10 | - | - | 2.5 | - | 0.5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1.250 |
| 10-11 | - | - | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 3.5 | 4 | 0.875 |
| 11-12 | - | - | 2 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.5 | 4 | 1.625 |
| 12-13 | - | - | 2.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | 5.5 | 4 | 1.375 |
| 13-14 | 0 | - | 4 | 6 | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.5 | 4 | 3.125 |
| 14-15 | 4.5 | 2 | 2.5 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.5 | 4 | 3.375 |
| 15-16 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.5 | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.5 | 4 | 4.625 |
| 16-17 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | 2.750 |
| 17-18 | 11.5 | 2.5 | - | - | - | 2.5 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 4 | 4.250 |
| 18-19 | 10.5 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 4 | 4.250 |
| 19-20 | 7.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 1 | - | 2.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.5 | 4 | 3.375 |
| 20-21 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 1.000 |
| 21-22 | 1.5 | 7 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11.5 | 4 | 2.875 |
| 22-23 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.5 | 4 | 1.125 |
| 23-24 | 7 | - | 1.5 | - | 3.5 | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12.5 | 4 | 3.125 |
| 24-25 | 8.5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | 3.000 |
| 25-26 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 1 | - | - | - | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.5 | 4 | 3.625 |
| Total | 73 | 40.5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 8.5 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 193 |