Kazakhstan Premier League

Premier League

Countries	Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	1992
Number of teams	12
Levels on pyramid	1
Relegation to	First Division
Domestic cup(s)	Kazakhstan Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup
International cup(s)	Champions League Europa League
Current champions	FC Shakhter Karagandy (2011)
Most championships	FC Irtysh Pavlodar (5)
Website	kff.kz
2012 season

The Kazakhstan Premier League is the top division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The League is fed into by the First Division, starting spring and finishing in late fall, making each championship correspond to a calendar year. The most matches are played during weekends in recent seasons.

Name changes

Kazakhstan Top Division (1992–2001)
Kazakhstan Super League (2002–2007)
Kazakhstan Premier League (2008- )

Current teams (2012)

• FC Aktobe
• FC Astana
• FC Atyrau
• FC Irtysh Pavlodar
• FC Kaisar Kyzylorda
• FC Okzhetpes (Kokshetau)
• FC Ordabasy Shymkent
• FC Shakhter Karagandy
• FC Sunkar (Kaskelen)
• FC Taraz
• FC Tobol Kostanay
• FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan

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.

• 1936 : Sbornaya Alma-Aty
• 1937 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
• 1938 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
• 1939-45 : no championship
• 1946 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
• 1947 : Lokomotiv Jambul
• 1948 : Trudovye Rezervy Alma-Ata
• 1949 : Dinamo Karaganda
• 1950 : Sbornaya Alma-Aty
• 1951 : Metallurg Chimkent
• 1952 : Metallurg Chimkent
• 1953 : Metallurg Chimkent
• 1954 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
• 1955 : Dinamo Alma-Ata
• 1956 : Sbornaya Alma-Aty
• 1957 : Stroitel Alma-Ata
• 1958 : Spartak Alma-Ata
• 1959 : Spartak Alma-Ata
• 1960 : Yenbek Guryev

• 1961 : Avangard Petropavlovsk
• 1962 : ADK Alma-Ata
• 1963 : Tselinnik Semipalatinsk
• 1964 : ADK Alma-Ata
• 1965 : ADK Alma-Ata
• 1966 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk
• 1967 : Torpedo Kokchetav
• 1968 : Gornyak Jezkangan
• 1969 : Shakhtyor Saran'
• 1970 : Stroitel Temir-Tau
• 1971 : Yenbek Jezkangan
• 1972 : Traktor Pavlodar
• 1973 : Yenbek Jezkangan
• 1974 : Gornyak Nikol'sky
• 1975 : Metallurg Chimkent
• 1976 : Khimik Stepanogorsk
• 1977 : Khimik Stepanogorsk
• 1978 : Trud Shevchenko
• 1979 : Khimik Stepanogorsk

• 1980 : Meliorator Chimkent
• 1981 : Burevestnik Kustanay

Zone 7 (3rd level, included teams from other republics)

• 1980 : Traktor Pavlodar
• 1981 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk

Zone 8 (3rd level)

• 1982 : Shakhtyor Karaganda
• 1983 : Shakhtyor Karaganda
• 1984 : Tselinnik Tselinograd
• 1985 : Meliorator Chimkent
• 1986 : Meliorator Chimkent
• 1987 : Meliorator Chimkent
• 1988 : Traktor Pavlodar
• 1989 : Traktor Pavlodar
• 1990 : Vostok Ust'-Kamenogorsk
• 1991 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk

Source:http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kazchamp.html

Seasons summary

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place	Top scorer	Best Player
1992	Kairat	Orbadasy (SKIF Ordabasy)	Irtysh (Traktor)	Sergei Kogai (Kaisar) - 21	Sergei Volgin (Kairat)
1993	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Gornyak	Aleksandr Shmarikov (Taraz) - 28	Nikolay Kurganskiy (Ekibastuzets)
1994	Semey (Yelimay)	Irtysh (Ansat)	Ordabasy (Zhiger)	Oleg Litvinenko (Taraz) - 20	Kanat Musataev (Ordabasy)
1995	Semey (Yelimay)	Taraz	Shakhter	Andrei Miroshnichenko (Semey) - 23	Andrei Miroshnichenko (Semey)
1996	Taraz	Irtysh	Semey (Yelimay)	Viktor Antonov (Irtysh) - 21	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Taraz)
1997	Irtysh	Taraz	Kairat	Nurken Mazbaev (Taraz) - 16	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Taraz)
1998	Semey (Yelimay)	Ekibastuzets (Batyr)	Irtysh	Oleg Litvinenko (Semey) - 14	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Kaisar)
1999	Irtysh (Irtysh Bastau)	Kyzylzhar (Access-Esil)	Kairat	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew (Kairat) - 24	Igor Avdeev (Kyzylzhar)
2000	Astana-64 (Zhenis)	Kyzylzhar (Access-Golden-Grain)	Irtysh	Mendes (Irtysh) - 21	Igor Avdeev (Kyzylzhar)
2001	Astana-64 (Zhenis)	Atyrau	Kyzylzhar (Esil Bogatyr)	Arsen Tlekhugov (Astana-64) - 30	Arsen Tlekhugov (Astana-64)
2002	Irtysh	Atyrau	Tobol	Yevgeny Lunev (Shakhter) - 16	Evgeniy Lovchev (Astana-64)
2003	Irtysh	Tobol	Astana-64 (Zhenis)	Andrei Finonchenko (Shakhter) - 18	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Tobol)
2004	Kairat	Irtysh	Tobol	Ulugbek Bakaev (Tobol) - 22 Arsen Tlekhugov (Kairat) - 22	Samat Smakov (Kairat)
2005	Aktobe	Tobol	Kairat	Murat Tleshev (Irtysh) - 20	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Tobol)
2006	Astana-64 (Astana)	Aktobe	Tobol	Jafar Irismetov (Almaty) - 17	David Loria (Astana)
2007	Aktobe	Tobol	Shakhter	Jafar Irismetov (Almaty) - 17	Samat Smakov (Aktobe)
2008	Aktobe	Tobol	Irtysh	Murat Tleshev (Irtysh) - 13	Samat Smakov (Aktobe)
2009	Aktobe	Astana (Lokomotiv)	Shakhter	Murat Tleshev (Aktobe) - 18 Wladimir Baýramow (Tobol) - 18	Samat Smakov (Aktobe)
2010	Tobol	Aktobe	Irtysh	Ulugbek Bakaev (Tobol) - 16	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (Tobol)
2011	Shakhter	Zhetysu	Aktobe	Ulugbek Bakaev (Zhetysu) - 18

Notes:

• Historical names shown in brackets according to the season.
• Best Player Award by FFK (1992–2005, 2008) and GOAL Journal (2006–2007,2009)

Performance by club

Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irtysh	5	3	5
Aktobe	4	2	1
Astana-64	3	-	1
Semey	3	-	1
Kairat	2	-	3
Tobol	1	4	3
Taraz	1	2	-
Shakhter	1	-	3
Kyzylzhar	-	2	1
Atyrau	-	2	-
Ekibastuzets	-	2	-
Ordabasy	-	1	1
Astana	-	1	-
Zhetysu	-	1	-
Gornyak	-	-	1

All time top scorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Games
1	Oleg Litvinenko	148	311
2	Nurken Mazbaev	142	400
3	Murat Tleshev	121	262
4	Andrei Miroshnichenko	115	242
5	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	112	305
6	Ruslan Imankulov	98	366
7	Aleksandr Shatskikh	96	275
8	Kairat Aubakirov	94	302
9	Vladimir Loginov	87	339
10	Viktor Antonov	86	207
11	Ruslan Duzmambetov	86	230
As of end of 2009 season(Bold denotes players still in Premier League)

See also

• Football in Kazakhstan
• Sports league attendances

External links

• Current standings at KFF
• Current standings at Soccerway.com
• Chempionat.kz