Country Kazakhstan Number of teams 12 Relegation to First Division | Level on pyramid 1 | |
Founded 1992; 25 years ago (1992) | ||
The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh: Қазақстан Кәсіпқой Футбол Лигасы, Qazaqstan Käsipqoy Fuwtbol Lïgası), 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.
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Name changes
Current clubs
The following teams are competing in the 2016–17 season:
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.
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Kazakhstan League Seasons
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Performance by club
Last update at the end of 2015 season.