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| Founded | 1992; 33 years ago (1992) |
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| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Number of clubs | 14 (16 from 2026) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | First Division |
| Domestic cup(s) | Kazakhstan Cup Kazakhstan League Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup |
| International cup(s) | UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League |
| Current champions | Kairat (5th title) (2025) |
| Most championships | Astana (7 titles) |
| Broadcaster(s) | Domestic Qazsport International Eleven Sports OneFootball |
| Website | kffleague.kz youtube.com/@kffleague |
| Current:2026 Kazakhstan Premier League | |
TheKazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh:Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы,Qazaqstan Premier Ligasy), commonly referred to as theKazakh Premier League[1][2] or simply thePremier League,[3] is a professionalassociation football league inKazakhstan and the highest level of theKazakh football league system.
The league is controlled by theFootball Federation of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The league is fed into by theFirst 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.
The following teams are competing in the2025 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 |
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 ofKazakh 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.
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| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Winning years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astana | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2022 |
| Kairat | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1992,2004,2020,2024,2025 |
| Irtysh | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1993,1997,1999,2002,2003 |
| Aktobe | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2005,2007,2008,2009,2013 |
| 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 |
| # | 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 | 24 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Cup | SC | FD | Total |
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| 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 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | ||
| 2 | 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 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| 3 | Astana | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5 | 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 | 4 | 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 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Zhenis | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 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 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Elimai | 14 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 20 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 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 | ||||||||
| 13 | Kyzylzhar | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Atyrau | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | Ekibastuzets | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 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 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 17 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 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 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Maktaaral | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Ulytau | 22 | 15 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: The tallies below include up to the 2025 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants.
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| Rank | Player | Games | Goals |
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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) | |||
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