2016 Kazakhstan Premier League


The 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 25th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. Astana were the defending champions having won their second league championship the previous year, and they successfully defended their title this season. The season began on 12 March 2016 and concluded on 29 October 2016; the [|relegation play-off] took place on 5 November 2016.

Teams

FC Kaisar was relegated at the end of the 2015 season, and was replaced by Akzhayik.

Team overview

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
AktobeAktobeAktobe Central Stadium15,000
AkzhayikOralPetr Atoyan Stadium8,320
AstanaAstanaAstana Arena30,000
AtyrauAtyrauMunaishy Stadium8,690
IrtyshPavlodarPavlodar Central Stadium15,000
KairatAlmatyAlmaty Central Stadium25,057
OkzhetpesKokshetauOkzhetpes Stadium4,158
OrdabasyShymkentKazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium35,000
ShakhterKaragandaShakhter Stadium20,000
TarazTarazTaraz Central Stadium11,525
TobolKostanayKostanay Central Stadium10,500
ZhetysuTaldykorganZhetysu Stadium4,000

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.
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Aktobe

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to eight per KPL team. A team can use only five foreign players on the field in each game.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8
Aktobe

Regular season

In the regular season twelve teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 22 matches per team. The top six teams advanced to the Championship round and the bottom six teams qualified for the Relegation round.

Regular season table


Championship round

The top six teams from the regular season will participate in the Championship round where they will play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the previous season, teams will carry forward their entire regular season record, with no halving of points. After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for 2017–18 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for Europa League first qualifying round and the fourth-placed team will also qualify for Europa League because one of the top three teams will win the 2016 Kazakhstan Cup.

Championship round table


Relegation round

The worst six teams from the regular season participated in the Relegation round where they played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the previous season, teams carried forward their entire regular season record, with no halving of points. After completion of the Relegation round the winners are considered the 7th-placed team of 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League, the runners-up being 8th and so on, with the last team being 12th. The 11th-placed team, Taraz, qualified for the relegation play-off against Altai Semey, the runners-up of 2016 Kazakhstan First Division, with the losing team being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team, Zhetysu, will be directly relegated to 2017 Kazakhstan First Division as the last-placed team.

Relegation round table


Relegation play-offs

''Altai Semey are promoted to the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League; Taraz are relegated to the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division.''

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Scoring

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverage
1Kairat10,319
2Irtysh5,388
3Aktobe5,334
4Ordabasy4,563
5Astana4,266
6Taraz3,319
7Tobol2,856
8Atyrau2,781
9Akzhaiyk2,281
10Shakhter2,063
11Okzhetpes1,991
12Zhetysu1,631