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Kazakhstan Premier League

The Kazakhstan Professional Football League, commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the Kazakh football league system.

Name changes
Top Division (1992–2001) • Super League (2002–2007) • Premier League (2008–present) == Current clubs ==
Current clubs
The following teams are competing in the 2025 season: ==Soviet winners of republican level==
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" (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. • 1936 : Alma-Aty City • 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 : Alma-Aty City • 1951 : Meliorator Chimkent • 1952 : Meliorator Chimkent • 1953 : Meliorator Chimkent • 1954 : Dinamo Alma-Ata • 1955 : Dinamo Alma-Ata • 1956 : Alma-Aty City • 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 : Meliorator Chimkent • 1976 : Khimik Stepnogorsk • 1977 : Khimik Stepnogorsk • 1978 : Trud Shevchenko • 1979 : Khimik Stepnogorsk • 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 Pavlodar1989 : Traktor Pavlodar Zone 8 (4th level) • 1990 : Vostok Ust'-Kamenogorsk1991 : Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk Sources: • Kazakhstan – List of Champions. RSSSF • The Kazakh SSR Football Championship (Чемпионат Казахской ССР). Footballfacts. • The Kazakh SSR Football Championship D2 (Чемпионат Казахской ССР D2). Footballfacts. Best teams in republican competitions • 7 – Meliorator Chimkent (1951, 1952, 1953, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987) • 5 – Dinamo Alma-Ata (1937, 1938, 1946, 1954, 1955) • 4 – Traktor Pavlodar (1972, 1980, 1988, 1989) • 2 – Alma-Ata {collective city team} (1936, 1950, 1956) • 3 – ADK Alma-Ata (1962, 1964, 1965) • 3 – Khimik Stepnogorsk (1976, 1977, 1979) • 3 – Yenbek Jezkangan (1968, 1971, 1973) • 3 – Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk (1966, 1981, 1991) • 2 – Spartak Alma-Ata (1958, 1959) • 2 – Shakhter Karaganda (1982, 1983) • 1 – Lokomotiv Jambul (1947) • 1 – Trudovye Rezervy Alma-Ata (1948) • 1 – Dinamo Karaganda (1949) • 1 – Stroitel Alma-Ata (1957) • 1 – Yenbek Guryev (1960) • 1 – Avangard Petropavlovsk (1961) • 1 – Tselinnik Semipalatinsk (1963) • 1 – Torpedo Kokchetav (1967) • 1 – Shakhter Saran (1969) • 1 – Stroitel Temir-Tau (1970) • 1 – Gornyak Nikol'sky (1974) • 1 – Trud Shevchenko (1978) • 1 – Tselinnik Tselinograd (1984) • 1 – Vostok Ust'-Kamenogorsk (1990) ==Kazakhstan League Seasons==
Kazakhstan League Seasons
Notes: • Historical names shown in brackets according to the season. • Best Player Award by FFK (1992–2005, 2008, 2010–) and GOAL Journal (2006–2007, 2009). ==List of champions==
List of champions
;Notes: • Teams in bold currently compete in Premier League. • Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status. ==Performance by clubs==
League participation
Note: The tallies below include up to the 2025 season. Teams denoted in bold are current participants. • 33 seasons: Shakhter32 seasons: Kairat, Tobol30 seasons: Aktobe28 seasons: Irtysh, Taraz27 seasons: Kaisar, Jetisu26 seasons: Ordabasy24 seasons: Atyrau, Okzhetpes20 seasons: Vostok19 seasons: Kyzylzhar, Jenis17 seasons: Astana14 seasons: Akzhayik, Ekibastuzets, Spartak9 seasons: Caspiy, Zhiger8 seasons: Shakhter-Bulat5 seasons: Alma-Ata, Tomiris4 seasons: CSKA Almaty, Gornyak, Turan, Turkestan, Ulytau2 seasons: Aksu, Azhar, Ekibastuz, Elimai, Maktaaral1 season: Arman, BGS, Dinamo Alma-Ata, Dostyk, Kazakhmys, Megasport, Namys Almaty, Nasha Kampaniya, Sunkar Soviet Top League participation24 seasons: Kairat ==All time top scorers==
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