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{{Infobox football league season
| competition                = [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
| season                     = 2015
| winners                    = [[FC Astana|Astana]] (2nd title)
| relegated                  = [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| continentalcup1            = [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| continentalcup2            = [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] <br> [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] <br> [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| matches                    = 192
| total goals                = 418
| league topscorer           = [[Gerard Gohou]] (22)
| biggest home win           = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] 4–0 [[FC Tobol|Tobol]] <br> [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] 4–0 [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]] <br> [[FC Astana|Astana]] 4–0 [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| biggest away win           = [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]] 0–5 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| highest scoring            = [[FC Astana|Astana]] 4–3 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] <br> [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] 5–2 [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]
| prevseason                 = [[2014 Kazakhstan Premier League|2014]]
| nextseason                 = [[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League|2016]]
}}

The '''2015 Kazakhstan Premier League''' is the 24th season of the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]], the highest [[Association football|football]] league competition in [[Kazakhstan]]. The season began in March 2015 and finished in November. [[FC Astana|Astana]] were the defending champions having won their first league championship the previous year.

==Teams==
[[FC Spartak Semey|Spartak Semey]] was relegated at the end of the 2014 season, and were replaced by [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]].

===Team overview===
{{Location map+ |Kazakhstan |width=500 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League |places=
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=50.291389 |long=57.160278 |label=[[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=47.094085 |long=51.908324 |label=[[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=52.276383 |long=76.949712 |label=[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.238331 |long=76.92435  |label=[[FC Kairat|Kairat]] |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=44.826029 |long=65.503439 |label=[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.191892 |long=71.398408 |label=[[FC Astana|Astana]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.285278 |long=69.391667 |label=[[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.335493 |long=69.593568 |label=[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=49.818618 |long=73.075122 |label=[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.901751 |long=71.382224 |label=[[FC Taraz|Taraz]] |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=53.225974 |long=63.636578 |label=[[FC Tobol|Tobol]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=45.019716 |long=78.365103 |label=[[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] |position=left}}
}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Team
! Location
! Venue
! Capacity
|-
| [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]]
| [[Aktobe]]
| [[Aktobe Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 15,000
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| [[Astana]]
| [[Astana Arena]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 30,000
|-
| [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]]
| [[Atyrau]]
| [[Munaishy Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 8,690
|-
| [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]
| [[Pavlodar]]
| [[Pavlodar Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 15,000
|-
| [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| [[Almaty]]
| [[Almaty Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 25,057
|-
| [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| [[Kyzylorda]]
| [[Gany Muratbayev Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 7,500
|-
| [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| [[Kokshetau]]
| [[Okzhetpes Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 4,158
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| [[Shymkent]]
| [[Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent)|Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 35,000
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| [[Karagandy]]
| [[Shakhtyor Stadium (Karagandy)|Shakhter Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 20,000
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| [[Taraz]]
| [[Taraz Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 11,525
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| [[Kostanay]]
| [[Kostanay Central Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| {{0}}10,500
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| [[Taldykorgan]]
| [[Zhetysu Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| {{0}}4,000
|}

===Personnel and kits===
<!---Only one link per kit maker and sponsor, please; those columns must further be cited, either as a whole or team by team.--->
<small>Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under [[FIFA]] eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
! Team
! Manager
! Captain
! Kit manufacturer
! Shirt sponsor
|-
|Aktobe
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ioan Andone]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Yuriy Logvinenko]]
| [[Adidas]]
| —
|-
|Astana
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Tanat Nusserbayev]]
| Adidas
| [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
|-
|Atyrau
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Nikitenko
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Guy Stephane Essame|Guy Essame]]
| Nike
| —
|-
|Irtysh
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)|Dimitar Dimitrov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Samat Smakov]]
| Nike
| [[ENRC]]
|-
|Kairat
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964)|Vladimír Weiss]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Bauyrzhan Islamkhan]]
| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| KazRosGaz
|-
|Kaisar
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Fyodor Shcherbachenko]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Martin Klein (footballer)|Martin Klein]] 
| Nike
| —
|-
|Okzhetpes
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Mukhanov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alibek Buleshev]]  
| Adidas 
| —
|-
|Ordabasy
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Viktor Kumykov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Kairat Ashirbekov]]
| Adidas
| TAU
|-
|Shakhter
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ihor Zakharyak]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Aldin Đidić]]
| Adidas
| —
|-
|Taraz
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Evgeny Yarovenko]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitri Yevstigneyev]]
| Nike
| —
|-
|Tobol
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Maslenov
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev]]
| Joma
| —
|-
|Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Ivan Azovskiy
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Pasechenko
| Puma
| —
|}

===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.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Club
!Player 1
!Player 2
!Player 3
!Player 4
!Player 5
!Player 6
!Player 7
!Player 8
|-
| [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] 
| {{flagicon|ROM}} '''[[Ciprian Deac]]'''
| {{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Marcos Pizzelli]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Danilo Neco]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Anderson Santana dos Santos|Anderson Mineiro]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Danilo Cirino de Oliveira|Danilo]]
| {{flagicon|LIT}} '''[[Artūras Žulpa]]'''
| {{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Dele Adeleye]]'''
| 
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Marin Aničić]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Roger Cañas]]
| {{flagicon|GHA}} '''[[Patrick Twumasi]]'''
| {{flagicon|CTA}} '''[[Foxi Kéthévoama]]'''
| {{flagicon|SLO}} '''[[Branko Ilić]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nemanja Maksimović]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Denys Dedechko]]'''
| {{flagicon|DRC}} '''[[Junior Kabananga]]'''
|-
| [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]]
| {{flagicon|NGA}} '''[[Michael Odibe]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anton Grigoryev]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ruslan Fomin]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} '''[[Guy Stephane Essame|Guy Essame]]'''
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Arzhanov]]
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Abdoulaye Diakate]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Dmitri Parkhachev]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Ivan Ivanović (footballer)|Ivan Ivanović]]
|-
| [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alassane N'Diaye]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kostyantyn Dudchenko]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Jirsák]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Fonseca (footballer)|Carlos Fonseca]]
| {{flagicon|CAF}} '''[[Fernander Kassaï]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Evandro Roncatto]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Antonio Ferreira de Oliveira Junior|Ferreira]]
| {{flagicon|GAM}} '''[[Mustapha Jarju]]'''
|-
| [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Žarko Marković (footballer)|Žarko Marković]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sito Riera]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Isael da Silva Barbosa|Isael]]
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Anatoliy Tymoshchuk]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Djordje Despotović]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sérgio Ricardo dos Santos Júnior|Serginho]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bruno Gabriel Soares|Bruno Soares]]
|-
| [[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Martin Klein (footballer)|Martin Klein]]'''
| {{flagicon|EST}} '''[[Rimo Hunt]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergei Strukov]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Vuk Mitošević]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Josip Knežević]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Anton Yawhenavich Matsveenka|Anton Matsveenka]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Georgi Karaneychev]]
|
|-
| [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Alyaksandr Pawlaw]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitali Volkov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Chertov]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Chyzhov]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Michal Smejkal]]
| {{flagicon|MNE}} [[Luka Rotković]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ivan Cvetković]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Dmitry Sychev]]'''
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Artem Kasyanov]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Branislav Trajković]]'''
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyrylo Petrov]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivan Božić]]
| {{flagicon|UZB}} '''[[Alexander Geynrikh]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandar Simčević]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Edin Junuzović]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Nikola Vasiljević (Bosnian footballer)|Nikola Vasiljević]]'''
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Mihret Topcagić]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Jan Vošahlík]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pedro Sass Petrazzi|Pedro Sass]]
| {{flagicon|TRI}} '''[[Aubrey David]]'''
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Desley Ubbink]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Maksym Feshchuk]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Plamen Dimov]]
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jovan Golić]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Denys Vasilyev]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[:uk:Яровенко Олександр Євгенійович|Oleksandr Yarovenko]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Dmytro Bashlay
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ioan Mera]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Pyschur]]
| {{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Izu Azuka]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alan Gatagov]]
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Yavorskyi]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Nenad Šljivić]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Ognjen Krasić]]
| {{flagicon|NGR}} '''[[Uche Kalu]]'''
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Tomáš Šimkovič]]
| {{flagicon|LIT}} '''[[Arūnas Klimavičius]]'''
| {{flagicon|LIT}} '''[[Deivydas Matulevičius]]'''
| 
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| {{flagicon|TJK}} '''[[Davron Ergashev]]'''
| {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Dušan Savić (footballer born 1985)|Dušan Savić]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ruslan Galiakberov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilsur Samigullin]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksei Gerasimov (footballer, born 1993)|Aleksei Gerasimov]]
| {{flagicon|AZE}} [[Elbeyi Guliyev]]
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Bobir Davlatov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Petrolay]]
|-
|}
'''In bold:''' Players that have been capped for their national team.

===Managerial changes===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Team
! Outgoing manager
! Manner of departure
! Date of vacancy
! Position in table
! Incoming manager
! Date of appointment
|-
| Tobol
| {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Vardan Minasyan]]
| Sacked
| 16 April 2015<ref name="Tobol Changer Manager">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Минасян отстранен от должности|url=http://www.fc-tobol.kz/rus/news/3374/|website=fc-tobol.kz|publisher=[[FC Tobol]]|accessdate=16 April 2015|language=Russian|date=16 April 2015}}</ref>
| 8th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergei Maslenov (caretaker)
| 16 April 2015<ref name="Tobol Changer Manager"/>
|-
| Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Askar Kozhabergenov
| Resigned
| 20 April 2015<ref name="Kozhabergenov Resignes">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Аскар Кожабергенов подал в отставку|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/askar-kojabergenov-podal-v-otstavku|website=sports.kz|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=20 April 2015|language=Russian|date=20 April 2015}}</ref>
| 12th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker)
| 20 April 2015<ref name="Kozhabergenov Resignes"/>
|-
| Shakhter
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Cheburin
| Resigned
| 6 May 2015<ref name="Cheburin Resignes">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Владимир Чебурин подал в отставку|url=http://shahter.kz/news/rus/2608|website=shahter.kz|publisher=[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]]|accessdate=29 May 2015|language=Russian|date=6 May 2015}}</ref>
| 12th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker)
| 8 May 2015<ref name="Cheburin Resignes"/>
|-
| Irtysh
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Cheryshev]]
| Sacked
| 8 May 2015<ref name="Cheryshev Fired">{{cite web|title=Дмитрий Черышев отправлен в отставку|url=http://fcirtysh.kz/news/55-dmitriy-cheryshev-otpravlen-v-otstavku.html|website=fcirtysh.kz|publisher=[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar]]|accessdate=11 May 2015|language=Russian|date=8 May 2015}}</ref>
| 10th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Klimov (caretaker)
| 8 May 2015<ref name="Cheryshev Fired"/>
|-
| Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Ivan Azovskiy (caretaker)
| End of caretaker role
| 28 May 2015
| 12th
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Ivan Azovskiy 
| 28 May 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Ivan Azov approved by the head coach of Zhetysu|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/ivan-azovskiy-utverjden-glavnyim-trenerom-jetyisu|website=sports.kz|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=10 November 2015|language=Russian|date=28 May 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Irtysh
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Klimov (caretaker)
| End of caretaker role
| 1 June 2015
| 10th
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)|Dimitar Dimitrov]]
| 1 June 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Димитар Димитров возглавил Иртыш|url=http://fcirtysh.kz/news/85-dimitar-dimitrov-vozglavil-irtysh.html|website=fcirtysh.kz|publisher=FC Irtysh Pavlodar|accessdate=1 July 2015|language=Russian|date=1 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Shakhter
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yevgeni Sveshnikov (caretaker)
| End of caretaker role
| 5 June 2015<ref name="Zaharyak Appointed">{{cite web|title=В ФУТБОЛЬНОМ КЛУБЕ ШАХТЕР НОВЫЙ ТРЕНЕР|url=http://shahter.kz/main.php?mod=news&lang=rus&newsid=2660&lang=rus|website=shahter.kz|publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy|accessdate=10 November 2015|language=Russian|date=5 June 2015}}</ref>
| 12th
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ihor Zakharyak]] (caretaker)
| 5 June 2015<ref name="Zaharyak Appointed"/>
|-
| Aktobe
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Gazzayev]]
| 
| 20 July 2015
| 1st
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ioan Andone]]
| 20 July 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Йоан Андоне представлен игрокам Актобе|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/yoan-andone-predstavlen-igrokam-aktobe|website=sports.kz|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=20 July 2015|language=Russian|date=20 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Kaisar
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitriy Ogai]]
| Resigned
| 23 July 2015<ref name="Ogai Resignes">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Кадровые изменения в ФК "Кайсар"|url=http://www.fckaysar.kz/rus/news/581|website=fckaysar.kz|publisher=[[FC Kaisar|Kaisar]]|accessdate=1 September 2015|language=Russian|date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
| 12th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Fyodor Shcherbachenko]]
| 06 August 2015<ref name="Shcherbachenko is appointed as a Manager of FC Kaisar">{{cite web|title=Фёдор Щербаченко — новый главный тренер «Кайсара»|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/fdor-scherbachenko-novyiy-glavnyiy-trener-kaysara|website=sports.kz|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=1 September 2015|language=Russian|date=6 August 2015}}</ref>
|}

==Regular season==
In the regular season twelve teams played each other home-and-away in a [[round-robin tournament|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.<ref name="Scoresway rules">{{cite web|url=http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=soccer&page=season&id=11156&view=rules |title=Premier League 2015 - Regular season rules |publisher=Scoresway |accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>

===Regular season table===
{{2015 Kazakhstan Premier League Regular Season table}}

==Championship round==
The top six teams from Regular season will participate in the Championship round where they will play each other home-and-away in a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin format]] for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Championship round the winners will be the Champions of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League and qualify for [[2016–17 UEFA Champions League#Second qualifying round|2016–17 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round]]. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for [[2016–17 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|Europa League first qualifying round]] and the fourth placed team may also qualify for Europa League if they or one of the top three teams wins the [[2015 Kazakhstan Cup]].<ref name="Scoresway rules"/>

===Championship round table===
{{2015 Kazakhstan Premier League Championship Round table}}

==Relegation round==
The bottom six teams from Regular season will participate in the Relegation round where they will play each other home-and-away in a [[round-robin tournament|round-robin format]] for a total of 10 matches per team. They will start this round with their points from Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and they will keep their Regular season record (matches won, draws, losses and goal differential). After completion of the Relegation round the winners will be considered 7th-placed team of 2015 Kazakhstan Premier League, the runners-up will be 8th and so on, with the last team being 12th. The 11th-placed team will qualify for [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League#Relegation play-off|Relegation play-off]] against runners-up of [[2015 Kazakhstan First Division]], with the loser being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team will be directly relegated to [[2016 Kazakhstan First Division]] as the last-placed team.<ref name="Scoresway rules"/>

===Relegation round table===
{{2015 Kazakhstan Premier League Relegation Round table}}

===Relegation play-off===
{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 November 2015
|round = 
|time = 15:00 ([[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
|team1 = [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|score =  1–0
|report = [http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/11/14/kazakhstan/play-offs-12/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-vostok-ust-kamenogorsk/2167661/?ICID=HP_MS_184_01 Summary]
|team2 = '''[[FC Vostok|Vostok]]'''
|goals1 = [[Marat Shakhmetov|Shakhmetov]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Astana Arena]]
|location = [[Astana]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = Igor Aleshin
}}

==Statistics==

===Top scorers===
{{updated|matches played by 8 November 2015}}<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=kaz/domesticleague/topscorers/index.html UEFA.com]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]
|align="left"|Kairat
|rowspan="1"|22
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MNE}} [[Luka Rotković]]
|align="left"|Okzhetpes
|rowspan="2"|13
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Đorđe Despotović]]
|align="left"|Zhetysu/Kairat
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Dušan Savić (footballer, born 1985)|Dušan Savić]]
|align="left"|Zhetysu
|rowspan="1"|12
|-
|rowspan="1"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Tanat Nusserbayev]]
|align="left"|Astana
|rowspan="1"|11
|-
|rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Sergei Khizhnichenko]]
|align="left"|Aktobe
|rowspan="2"|9
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Pyschur]]
|align="left"|Taraz
|-
|rowspan="4"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kostyantyn Dudchenko]]
|align="left"|Irtysh
|rowspan="4"|8
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Roger Cañas]]
|align="left"|Astana
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alibek Buleshev]]
|align="left"|Okzhetpes
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Edin Junuzović]]
|align="left"|Kaisar/Ordabasy
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

===Hat-tricks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Player !! For !! Against !! style="text-align:center"| Result !! Date
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|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]|| Kairat || Tobol || style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|03|07}}<ref name="Kairat 4 - 0 Tobol">{{cite web|title=Kairat 4-0 Tobol|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/07/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-kairat-almaty/fc-tobyl-kostanai/2010817/?ICID=PL_MS_05|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> 
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|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev]]|| Tobol || Shakhter Karagandy || style="text-align:center;"| 4–1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|04|05}}<ref name="Tobol 4 - 1 Shakhter Karagandy">{{cite web|title=Tobol 4-1 Shakhter Karagandy|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/04/05/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-tobyl-kostanai/fc-shakhter-karagandy/2010843/?ICID=PL_MS_03|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=7 April 2015}}</ref> 
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|{{flagicon|NGR}} [[Uche Kalu]]|| Tobol || Zhetysu || style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|05|16}}<ref name="Tobol 3 - 1 Zhetysu">{{cite web|title=Tobol 3-1 Zhetysu|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/16/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-tobyl-kostanai/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/2010888/?ICID=PL_MS_06|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=18 May 2015}}</ref> 
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|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kostyantyn Dudchenko]]|| Irtysh || Kaisar || style="text-align:center;"| 4–2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|05|24}}<ref name="Irtysh 4 - 2 Kaisar">{{cite web|title=Irtysh 4 - 2 Kaisar|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/05/24/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/fc-kaisar-kyzylorda/2010891/?ICID=PL_MS_04|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=26 May 2015}}</ref> 
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|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]|| Kairat || Okzhetpes || style="text-align:center;"| 3–1 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|06|06}}<ref name="Okzhetpes 1 - 3 Kairat">{{cite web|title=Okzhetpes 1-3 Kairat|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/06/06/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-okzhetpes-kokshetau/fc-kairat-almaty/2010901/?ICID=PL_MS_02|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=8 June 2015}}</ref> 
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|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Sergei Khizhnichenko]]|| Aktobe || Okzhetpes || style="text-align:center;"| 4–2 || {{dts|format=dmy|2015|07|05}}<ref name="Aktobe 4-2 Okzhetpes">{{cite web|title=Aktobe 4-2 Okzhetpest|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/07/05/kazakhstan/premier-league/fk-aktobe-lento/fc-okzhetpes-kokshetau/2010930/?ICID=PL_MS_06|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=6 July 2015}}</ref> 
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===Scoring===
* First goal of the season: [[Ivan Božić]] for [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]] against [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]] (<small>''7 March 2015''</small>)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ordabasy 1-1 Irtysh|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/07/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-ordabasy-shymkent/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/2010820/?ICID=PL_MS_02|website=uk.soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=16 March 2015}}</ref>
* Fastest goal of the season: '''2nd minute''', 
**Grigori Sartakov for [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]] against [[FC Tobol|Tobol]] (<small>''21 March 2015''</small>)<ref name="Irtysh 1 - 1 Tobol">{{cite web|title=Irtysh 1 - 1 Tobol|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2015/03/21/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-irtysh-pavlodar/fc-tobyl-kostanai/2010839/?ICID=PL_MS_02|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=23 March 2015}}</ref>
* Latest goal of the season: '''94th minute''', 
**[[Gerard Gohou]] for [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] against [[FC Tobol|Tobol]] (<small>''7 March 2015''</small>)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kairat 2-0 Zhetysu|url=http://www.soccer24.com/match/p4fq6AXn/#match-summary|website=soccer24.com|publisher=Soccer24|accessdate=16 March 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Kazakhstan Premier League seasons}}
{{2014–15 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2015–16 in European football (UEFA)}}

[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League seasons]]
[[Category:2015 in Kazakhstani football|1]]
[[Category:2014–15 in European association football leagues|Kazakh]]
[[Category:2015–16 in European association football leagues|Kazakh]]