Kazakhstan First Division

For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues.

First Division
Country	Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Founded	1994 (1994)
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Kazakhstan Cup
Current champions	FC Akzhayik (2015)
Most championships	FC Kaisar (3)
Website	kff.kz
2016 season

The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a calendar year.

Seasons summary

Season	Champion	Clubs	Top scorer	Goals
1994	Caspiy	10	Viktor Babenko (Zhetysu)	19
1995	Kaisar	13	Sergei Kurnayev (Ferro Aktobe)	11
1996	not held	-	-	-
1997	Ferro Aktobe	9	Vladimir Glevich (Okzhetpes)	7
1998	Ordabasy	6	Andrei Travin, Askar Kozhabergenov, Sergey Klimov (all - Kairat)	4
1999	Dinamo Shymkent	8	Baglan Yergeshev Keden Shymkent	5
2000	Aktobe	07	Andrey Nesmeyanov (Aktobe)	5
2001	Ordabasy	08	?	?
2002	Ekibastuzets	07	Vadim Chizhikov (Ekibastuzets)	11
2003	Okzhetpes (NE) & Yassi (SW)	12+11	Yerlan Urazayev (FC Almaty)	20
2004	Bolat (NE) & Zhambyl (SW)	13+13	Vasiliy Prosekov (Energetik) & Aleksei Shakin (CSKA Almaty)	16
2005	Energetik (NE) & Kaisar (SW)	13+12	Vasiliy Prosekov (Energetik)	34
2006	Avangard (NE) & Zhetysu (SW)	13+14	Rustam Usmanov (Zhetysu)	32
2007	Kazakhmys	14+12	Geysar Alakbarzadeh (Kazakhmys)	23
2008	Kazakhmys	14	Igor Abdusheev (Aktobe-Zhas)	27
2009	Kairat	14	Aleksei Maltsev (Akzhayik)	19
2010	Vostok	18	Dauren Kussainov (Sunkar)	27
2011	Sunkar	17	Kanat Akhmetov - (Aktobe-Zhas)	24
2012	Ile-Saulet	16	Kuanysh Begalin - (Ekibastuzets)	22
2013	Kaysar	18	Zhassulan Moldakaraev - (Kaisar)	28
2014	FC Okzhetpes	15	Konstantin Zadorozhniy - (FC Sunkar)	23
2015	FC Akzhayik	13

Notes:

Current club names shown in table. Historical names could be different.

2016 Member clubs

Kaisar Baikonur

Locations of teams in the 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League

Club	Kit Sponsor
Altay	Adidas
Baikonur	Umbro
Bayterek	Legea
Bolat	Adidas
Caspiy	Saller
Ekibastuz	Joma
Kaisar	Nike
Kyran	Jako
Kyzylzhar	Nike
Makhtaaral	Adidas

External links

Football in Kazakhstan

Football Federation of Kazakhstan

National teams	Kazakhstan (women's) U-21 U-19 U-17

League system	Premier League First Division Kazakhstani women's football championship

Domestic cups	Kazakhstan Cup Super Cup Kazakhstani Women's Cup

Clubs Venues Footballer of the Year Clubs in European tournaments

Kazakhstan First Division 2014

Akzhayik Astana-1964 Bayterek Bolat Caspiy CSKA Almaty Ekibastuz Gefest Kyran Kyzylzhar Lashyn Makhtaaral Okzhetpes Vostok Zhetysu-Sunkar

Kazakhstan First Division seasons

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Second level football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Federation Republika Srpska Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Republic of Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales North South

Defunct	East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.