Kazakhstan Premier League Totally Explained

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Premier League
Season 2008

Founded
1992
Nation

Relegation To
First Division
Number of Teams
16
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
European Qualification
Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Cups
Kazakhstan Cup Kazakhstan Super Cup
Current Champions (2007)
FC Aktobe

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- )

Seasons summary

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place	Top scorer	Best Player
1992	Kairat	SKIF Ordabasy	Irtysh	Sergei Kogai (Kaisar) - 21	Sergei Volgin (Kairat)
1993	Irtysh	Ekibastuzets	Gornyak	Aleksandr Shmarikov (Taraz) - 28	Nikolai Kurganskiy (Ekibastuzets)
1994	Semey	Irtysh	Ordabasy	Oleg Litvinenko (Taraz) - 20	Kanat Musataev (SKIF Ordabasy)
1995	Semey	Taraz	Shakhter	Andrei Miroshnichenko (Semey) - 23	Andrei Miroshnichenko (Semey)
1996	Taraz	Irtysh	Semey	Viktor Antonov (Irtysh) - 21	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Taraz)
1997	Irtysh	Taraz	Kairat	Nurken Mazbaev (Taraz) - 16	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Taraz)
1998	Semey	Ekibastuzets	Irtysh	Oleg Litvinenko (Semey) - 14	Oleg Voskoboynikov (Kaisar)
1999	Irtysh	Esil Bogatyr	Kairat	Rejepmurad Agabayev (Kairat) - 24	Igor Avdeev (Esil Bogatyr)
2000	Astana	Esil Bogatyr	Irtysh	Nilton Pereira Mendes (Irtysh) - 21	Igor Avdeev (Esil Bogatyr)
2001	Astana	Atyrau	Esil Bogatyr	Arsen Tlekhugov (Astana) - 30	Arsen Tlekhugov (Astana)
2002	Irtysh	Atyrau	Tobol	Evgeniy Lunev (Shakhter) - 16	Evgeniy Lovchev (Astana)
2003	Irtysh	Tobol	Astana	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	Aktobe	Tobol	Jafar Irismetov (Almaty) - 17	David Loria (Astana)
2007	Aktobe	Tobol	Shakhter	Jafar Irismetov (Almaty) - 17	Samat Smakov (Aktobe)

Notes:

Current club names shown in table. Historical names could be different.
Best Player Award by FFK (1992-2005) and GOAL Journal (2006-.)

Performance by club

Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irtysh	5	3	3
Astana	3	-	1
Semey	3	-	1
Aktobe	2	1	-
Kairat	2	-	3
Taraz	1	-	-
Tobol	-	3	3
Esil-Bogatyr	-	2	1
Atyrau	-	2	-
Ekibastuzets	-	2	-
SKIF Ordabasy	-	1	-
Shakhter	-	-	2
Gornyak	-	-	1
Ordabasy	-	-	1

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