2025 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2025
Dates	1 March 2025 - 26 October 2025
Matches played	150
Goals scored	376 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nazmi Gripshi (11)
Biggest home win	Ordabasy 5–0 Kaisar Astana 7–0 Turan
Biggest away win	Atyrau 0–4 Aktobe
Highest scoring	Astana 5–2 Okzhetpes
Longest unbeaten run	1 matches Ordabasy Tobol Aktobe Atyrau
Longest winless run	2 matches Ordabasy
Longest losing run	1 matches Elimai Ulytau
Highest attendance	26,153 - Astana vs Kairat (2 March 2025)
Lowest attendance	100- Kyzylzhar vs Kaisar (27 April 2025)
Total attendance	692,054
Average attendance	4,614 (31 August 2025)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of 31 August 2025.

The 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League is the 34th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

Teams

Shakhter Karagandy (relegated the first time in their history) were relegated at the end of the 2024 season. They were replaced by Okzhetpes (promoted after a single season absence) and Ulytau (promoted after a 27 season absence) from the Kazakhstan First League. FC Kairat entered the season as defending champions after winning their fourth title the previous season.

Team overview

Aktobe

Astana

Atyrau

Elimai

Jenis

Kairat

Kaisar

Kyzylzhar

Okzhetpes

Ordabasy

Tobol

Turan

Ulytau

Zhetysu

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Locations of teams in the 2025 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktobe	Aktobe	Central Stadium	12,729
Astana	Astana	Astana Arena	30,200
Atyrau	Atyrau	Munaishy Stadium	8,900
Elimai	Semey	Spartak Stadium	8,000
Jenis	Astana	Astana Arena	30,200
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Kaisar	Kyzylorda	Gany Muratbayev Stadium	7,500
Kyzylzhar	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Okzhetpes	Kokshetau	Torpedo Stadium	4,100
Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	20,000
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium	9,500
Turan	Turkistan	Turkistan Arena	7,000
Ulytau	Jezkazgan	Metallurg Stadium	2,500
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Samat Suyumbayev Stadium	4,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Aktobe	Nikolay Kostov	Alibek Kasym	Adidas	Olimpbet, Kazchrome, A'su
Astana	Grigori Babayan	Abzal Beisebekov [1]	Adidas	Samruk Kazyna, Olimpbet, Okadzaki, Miglior, SportQory
Atyrau	Vitaly Zhukovsky	Rinat Dzhumatov	Macron	Olimpbet, A'su, Dodo Pizza
Elimai	Andrey Karpovich	Serikzhan Muzhikov	Puma
Jenis	Andriy Demchenko	Krystian Nowak	Joma	Freedom Bank
Kairat	Rafael Urazbakhtin	João Paulo	Joma	1XBET, KNK Kemikal, EcoAlmaty, Alex Saryagash
Kaisar	Viktor Kumykov	Duman Narzildayev	Adidas	Biali, Olimpbet, A'su
Kyzylzhar	Milić Ćurčić	Oleksandr Noyok	Kelme	None
Okzhetpes	Kayrat Nurdauletov	Niyaz Idrisov	Jako	None
Ordabasy	Andrei Martin	Askhat Tagybergen	Puma	Olimpbet
Tobol	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	Roman Asrankulov	Macron	Solidcore Resources, Olimpbet
Turan	Oleksandr Poklonskyi	Ruslan Yudenkov	Adidas	None
Ulytau	Nurken Mazbayev	Demiyat Slambekov	Cikers	Kazakhmys
Zhetysu	Samat Smakov	Soslan Takulov	Adidas	None

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to thirteen per KPL team squad of 25 players.

Foreign players in the KPL as of 28 June 2025.

For transfers during the season, see Winter 2024–25 transfers and Summer 2025 transfers.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Player 11	Player 12	Player 13	Player 14	Former players
Aktobe	Nikita Korzun	Gaby Kiki	Amadou Doumbouya	Jayro Jean	Daniel Sosah	Uche Agbo	Mario Rabiu	Freddy Góndola	Bogdan Vătăjelu	Andrei Vlad	Idris Umayev	Nemanja Anđelković			Djordje Ivkovic
Astana	Nazmi Gripshi	Max Ebong	Ivan Bašić	Karlo Bartolec	Josip Čondrić	Branimir Kalaica	Marin Tomasov	Ousmane Camara	Kipras Kažukolovas	Aleksa Amanović	Driton Camaj	Geoffrey Chinedu			Nnamdi Ahanonu
Atyrau	Ruslan Khadarkevich	Yegor Khatkevich	Vasily Sovpel	Igor Stasevich	Ruslan Yudenkov	Tsvetelin Chunchukov	Joel Kayamba	Rashid Abubakar	Goran Milojko	Konstantin Dorofeyev	Luka Zgurski	Dmytro Ryzhuk			Mateus Barbosa Nikita Kaplenko Gia Chaduneli Giorgi Gadrani Giorgi Nikabadze Zaza Tsitskishvili Guilherme Morais Yevgeni Kozlov Arsen Siukayev
Elimai	Yevgeny Beryozkin	Maicom David	Marin Belančić	Samuel Odeyobo	Nemanja Ćalasan	Euloge Placca Fessou	Maksym Koval	Kevin Rolón							Nikita Korzun Eduard Florescu Roman Tugarev Fejsal Mulić
Jenis	Sergey Ignatovich	Vsevolod Sadovsky	Ivan Šaravanja	Adílio	Gian Martins	Elguja Lobjanidze	Zurab Tevzadze	Rui Batalha	Matija Rom						Konstantinos Venizelou Erdon Daci Krystian Nowak Gonçalo Teixeira Jakub Novak Mika
Kairat	Valery Gromyko	Alyaksandr Martynovich	João Paulo	Élder Santana	Edmilson	Ricardinho	Luka Gadrani	Giorgi Zaria	Ofri Arad	Dan Glazer	Jorginho	Luís Mata	Yegor Sorokin	Jug Stanojev
Kaisar
Kyzylzhar	Rafael Sabino	Michael Kaho	Abdoul Aziz Toure	Néné Gbamblé	Senin Sebai	Nnamdi Ahanonu	Miroslav Lobantsev	Andrei Vasilyev	Anatoliy Kozlenko	Oleksandr Noyok					Ilija Martinović Darko Zorić
Okzhetpes	Enzo	Nikola Cuckić	Strahinja Jovanović												Franjo Prce Oleksiy Shevchenko
Ordabasy	Alan Dias	Everton Moraes	João Paulino	Dario Čanađija	Luka Imnadze	Dumitru Celeadnic	Victor Mudrac	Mihai Căpățînă	Nikola Antić	Vladyslav Naumets	Yuriy Vakulko				Rashid Abubakar Sherif Jimoh Kayode Saliman
Tobol	Yegor Khvalko	Nikolay Signevich	Victor Braga	Henrique Devens	Pape-Alioune Ndiaye	Tsotne Mosiashvili	Ahmed El Messaoudi	Nemanja Cavnić'	Marko Vukčević	Ededem Essien	Ivan Miladinović				Radoslav Tsonev David Henen
Turan	Danila Ignatov	Nicolai Solodovnicov	Yevgeny Goshev	Luka Čermelj	Veljko Trifunović										Yegor Khatkevich Vasily Sovpel Igor Stasevich Ruslan Yudenkov Goran Milojko Jovan Pajović Konstantin Dorofeyev Luka Zgurski Odil Abdumazhidov Bekhruzbek Askarov Khurshidbek Mukhtorov Shokhboz Umarov
Ulytau	Piruz Marakvelidze	Kotaro Kishi	Jovan Pajović	Georgi Bugulov	José Carrillo	Yaroslav Terekhov	Beka Vachiberadze	Dmytro Yusov							Vadim Paireli Nicolai Solodovnicov
Zhetysu	Maksim Kovel	Meik Karwot	Raphael Success	Alan Chochiyev	Denis Kavlinov	Soslan Takulov	Maksim Zhitnev	Mohamed Buya Turay	Saidu Fofanah						Ruslan Bolov

In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team. In Italic: Players that joined in mid-season

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Zhetysu	Kayrat Nurdauletov			Pre-Season	Samat Smakov	19 December 2024
Atyrau	Vitaly Zhukovsky		28 November 2024		Konstantin Gorovenko	10 January 2025
Turan	Rinat Alyuetov	End of contract	10 December 2024 [2]		Vitaly Zhukovsky	24 January 2025
Ordabasy	Kirill Keker		20 December 2024 [3]		Andrei Martin	22 December 2024 [4]
Kyzylzhar	Ali Aliyev		5 January 2025 [5]		Aleksandr Brazevich	6 January 2025 [6]
Kyzylzhar	Aleksandr Brazevich	Sacked	9 April 2025	8th	Milić Ćurčić	12 April 2025
Atyrau	Konstantin Gorovenko	Sacked	21 April 2025	13th	Kuanysh Kabdulov	22 April 2025
Aktobe	Ihor Leonov	Resigned	21 April 2025 [7]	4th	Vyacheslav Levchuk	21 April 2025 (Caretaker) [8] 14 May 2025 (Permanent) [9]
Aktobe	Vyacheslav Levchuk	Sacked	10 August 2025 [10]	4th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Astana	21	14	4	3	52	20	+32	46	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kairat	21	14	4	3	42	17	+25	46	Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3	Tobol	20	13	5	2	37	18	+19	44
4	Aktobe	21	12	3	6	32	19	+13	39
5	Elimai	22	11	5	6	33	22	+11	38
6	Jenis	21	7	10	4	26	19	+7	31
7	Okzhetpes	22	8	5	9	28	30	−2	29
8	Ordabasy	21	7	7	7	25	21	+4	28
9	Zhetysu	22	5	8	9	19	32	−13	23
10	Kyzylzhar	22	4	9	9	21	29	−8	21
11	Kaisar	22	3	10	9	20	37	−17	19
12	Ulytau	21	4	5	12	13	31	−18	17	Relegation to Kazakhstan First Division
13	Turan	22	4	3	15	15	41	−26	15
14	Atyrau	22	2	6	14	13	40	−27	12

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goals scored; 6) Head-to-head points; 7) Head-to-head matches won; 8) Head-to-head goal difference; 9) Head-to-head goals scored; 10) Head-to-head away goals scored; 11) Draw. ^[11]

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	KRT	AST	ATY	ELI	JEN	AKT	KSR	KYZ	OKZ	ORD	TOB	TUR	ULT	ZTS
Kairat		26 OCT	4–0	2–3	21 SEP	14 SEP	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	28 SEP
Astana	1–1		2–1	14 SEP	4–2	19 OCT	5–1	3–3	5–2	2–1	1–3	7–0	4–0	3–0
Atyrau	1–4	0–2		2–1	18 OCT	0–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	13 SEP	1–1	0–1	1–1
Elimai	1–0	0–2	26 OCT		1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	28 SEP	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–0
Jenis	1–2	3–2	2–0	0–1		0–1	26 OCT	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	27 SEP	2–0	3–1
Aktobe	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–2		4–1	27 SEP	2–1	26 OCT	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–2
Kaisar	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2		1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–2
Kyzylzhar	19 OCT	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1		13 SEP	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	1–1
Okzhetpes	0–1	28 SEP	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	4–2	3–2		0–1	0–1	26 OCT	1–0	1–2
Ordabasy	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	13 SEP	0–0	5–0	0–0	19 OCT		2–3	1–0	0–1	1–0
Tobol	1–3	19 SEP	5–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	28 SEP	2–1	2–1			2–0	2–0	2–1
Turan	1–2	1–1	1–0	18 OCT	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–4	1–2		13 SEP	0–0
Ulytau	1–4	0–2	27 SEP	1–1	1–1	20 SEP	18 OCT	1–1	0–1	2–1	26 OCT	2–1		1–2
Zhetysu	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	2–1	14 SEP	26 OCT	1–3	1–0	19 OCT	1–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match played

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Aktobe	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	P	L	L	W	W
Astana	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	P	W	L
Atyrau	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	D
Elimai	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W
Jenis	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	P	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	W
Kairat	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	P	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Kaisar	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	P	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D			D
Kyzylzhar	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	D	L
Okzhetpes	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L
Ordabasy	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	P	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	L
Tobol	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	P	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	P	W	W
Turan	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L
Ulytau	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	P	L	L	D	L	P	L	D	L	W			D
Zhetysu	D	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 31 August 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Kairat	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Aktobe	8	4	2	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	3	4	4
Astana	7	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	1
Tobol	1	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Ordabasy	11	14	14	13	9	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7
Elimai	12	6	5	5	5	3	5	7	5	5	6	6	5
Okzhetpes	13	8	6	8	7	7	6	5	7	6	5	5	6
Kyzylzhar	4	11	11	11	8	6	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Turan	2	5	7	6	6	9	8	8	9	9	9	10	12
Kaisar	10	12	10	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	9	10
Jenis	9	10	8	7	10	10	10	10	11	12	13	12	9
Zhetysu	6	9	13	9	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	13
Atyrau	3	7	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Ulytau	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11

	Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
	Conference League second qualifying round
	Conference League first qualifying round
	Relegation to 2026 Kazakhstan First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2025. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Edige Oralbay for Atyrau against Elimai (2025)

Top scorers

As of matches played on 31 May 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dauren Zhumat	Okzhetpes	10
2	Nazmi Gripshi	Astana	9
3	Marin Tomasov	Astana	8
	Dastan Satpayev	Kairat
5	Jorginho	Kairat	7
	Aybar Zhaksylykov	Kaisar
	Jayro Jean	Aktobe
	Islam Chesnokov	Tobol
9	Ousmane Camara	Astana	6
	Geoffrey Chinedu
	Adílio	Jenis
	Nikolay Signevich	Tobol
13	Euloge Placca Fessou	Elimai	5
	Giorgi Zaria	Kairat

Clean sheets

As of matches played 31 May 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Andrei Vlad	Aktobe	5
	Maksym Koval	Elimai
3	Danil Ustimenko	Tobol	4
	Bekkhan Shayzada	Ordabasy
	Mukhammedzhan Seysen	Astana
	Sergey Ignatovich	Jenis
7	Yegor Khatkevich	Turan	3
	Nurymzhan Salaidin	Kaisar

Attendances

As of match played 31 August 2025

By round

2025 Kazakhstan Premier League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	42,353	7	6,050
Round 2	24,964	7	3,566
Round 3	29,822	7	4,260
Round 4	25,774	7	3,682
Round 5	21,800	7	3,114
Round 6	35,247	7	5,035
Round 7	27,800	7	3,971
Round 8	39,250	6	6,542
Round 9	23,550	6	3,925
Round 10	35,399	7	5,057
Round 11	36,700	7	5,243
Round 12	27,253	7	3,893
Round 13	35,978	6	5,996
Round 14	30,230	7	4,319
Round 15	32,437	7	4,634
Round 16	22,900	7	3,271
Round 17	33,723	7	4,818
Round 18	22,500	6	3,750
Round 19	34,485	7	4,926
Round 20	33,700	6	5,617
Round 21	34,304	7	4,901
Round 22	39,685	7	5,669
Total	692,054	150	4,614

By team

Team \ Match played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Total	Average
Aktobe	—	3,000	—	3,000	—	12,400	—	12,400	—	—	12,400	—	12,400	—	11,500	—	12,000		12,300	—	9,800	12,000					113,200	10,291
Astana	26,153	—	8,922	10,052	—	5,895	—	7,200	—	8,465	—	5,953	—	6,630	—	—	5,000	—	6,800		3,450	—					94,520	8,593
Atyrau	1,500	—	5,500	—	2,500	—	3,500	—	2,500	3,000	—	2,500	—	3,000	—	4,000	—	3,000	—	5,000	—	—					36,000	3,273
Kairat	—	6,899	—	5,342	—	9,754	—		—	6,734	—	—	6,378	—	5,137	—	5,123	—	4,785	—	8,954	—					59,106	6,567
Kaisar	2,000	—	2,000	—	3,500	—	3,800	—	3,000	—	3,500	3,500		3,500	—	3,200	—	4,500	—	6,500	—	4,000			2,200		45,200	3,477
Kyzylzhar	200	400	—	200	—	100	—	7,000	—	4,500	—	4,000	—	—	3,500	—	2,500	—	2,500	—	3,000	—					25,400	2,540
Okzhetpes	—	2,500	—	3,500	—	2,098	—	—	3,200	—	2,800	—	3,200	—	300	—	100	—	3,000	2,700	—	4,185					27,583	2,508
Ordabasy	7,000	—	3,000	—	1,900	2,000	—	8,500		9,000	—	6,500	—	10,000	—	8,000	—	—	3,100	—	5,000	—					64,000	5,818
Tobol	3,000	—	2,700	—	3,000	—	2,800	—		—	4,500	—	4,000	3,500	—	4,200	—	7,000	—		—	4,000					38,700	3,870
Turan	2,500	—	3,700	—	3,500	—	1,400	1,150	—	700	—	800	—	600	—	1,000	—	1,500	—	—	1,100	—					17,950	1,632
Ulytau	—	—	4,000	—	1,900	—	3,800	—	4,550	—	2,500	—		3,000	—	2,000	—		—	2,500	—	2,000					26,250	2,917
Elimai	—	5,300	—	3,480	—	—	8,000	—	8,300	—	8,500	—	6,000	—	7,000	—	6,000	4,500	—	8,500	—	6,500					72,080	6,553
Zhenis	—	6,565	—	—	5,500	—	4,500		2,000	—	2,500	—	4,000	—	3,000	500	—	2,000	—	8,500	—	7,000					46,065	4,188
Zhetysu	—	300	—	200	—	3,000	—	3,000	—	3,000	—	4,000	—	—	2,000	—	3,000	—	2,000	—	3,000	—					23,500	2,350

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External links

• Official website (in Kazakh and Russian)