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 and starts in spring and finishes in late fall because of the low temperatures in the winter, with each championship corresponding to a calendar year.

Contents • • • • • • • • • Name changes [ ] • Top Division (1992–2001) • Super League (2002–2007) • Premier League (2008–present) Current clubs [ ] The following teams are competing in the season: Team Home city Stadium Capacity 13,200 8,320 30,244 8,690 15,000 23,804 4,158 37,000 19,000 12,525 10,500 4,000 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.