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{{Infobox football league season
| competition                = [[Kazakhstan First Division]]
| season                     = 2015
| winners                    = [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]]
| promoted                   = Akzhayik
| matches                    = 156
| total goals                = 393
| league topscorer           = [[Oleg Khromtsov]] ([[FC Akzhayik]])<br>[[Murat Onal]] ([[FC Kyran]]) (14 goals)
| biggest home win           = [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] 8-1 [[FC CSKA Almaty|CSKA Almaty]]
| biggest away win           = [[FC Bayterek|Bayterek]] 0-5 [[FC Spartak Semey|Spartak Semey]]
| highest scoring            =[[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] 8-1 [[FC CSKA Almaty|CSKA Almaty]]
| prevseason                 = [[2014 Kazakhstan First Division|2014]]
| nextseason                 = [[2016 Kazakhstan First Division|2016]]
}}
The '''2015 Kazakhstan First Division''' was the 20th edition of [[Kazakhstan First Division]], the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. 13 teams played against each other on home-away system. The top team gains promotion to the [[Kazakhstan Premier League|Premier League]] next season, while the second-placed team enters playoff series with the eleventh team of the Premier League.

==Teams==

===Stadia and locations===
{{Location map+  |Kazakhstan |width=500 |float=left|caption=Location of teams in '''2015 Kazakhstan First Division'''| places=
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.233333 |long=51.366667 |label=[[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] |position=bottom}}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.666667 |long=75.366667 |label=[[FC Ekibastuz|Ekibastuz]] |position=top}}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=54.883333 |long=69.166667 |label=[[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]|position=bottom }}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.9 |long=71.366667 |label=[[FC Lashyn|Lashyn]]|position=left }}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=50.05 |long=72.95 |label=[[FC Bolat|Bolat]] |position=left}}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.2 |long=71.4 |label=[[FC Bayterek|Bayterek]]|position=right}}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.766667 |long=51.2 |label=[[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]] }}	
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=43.25 |long=76.9 |label=[[FC CSKA Almaty|CSKA]]|position=right }}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=49.59 |long=82.37 |label=[[FC Vostok|Vostok]] }}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=42.19 |long=69.35 |label=[[FC Kyran|Kyran]]}}
	{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=41.3 |long=68.85 |label=[[FC Maktaaral|Maktaaral]]}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=44.85 |long=65.53 |label=[[FC Baikonur|Baikonur]]}}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=50.24 |long=80.13 |label=[[Spartak Semey|Spartak]]}}
}}
{{clear}}

===Foreign players===
The number of foreign players is restricted to three per team. A team can use all of them on the field in each game.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Club
!Player 1
!Player 2
!Player 3
|-
| [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] 
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Yanko Valkanov]]
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Matic Maruško]]
| -
|-
| [[FC Baikonur|Baikonur]]
| {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Marsel Islamkulov]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Bayterek|Bayterek]]
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Alihan Ceylan]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Bolat|Bolat]]
| {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Raul Jalilov]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Caspiy|Caspiy]]
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Pavel Stanev]]
| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Dramane Koné]]
| -
|-
| [[FC CSKA Almaty|CSKA Almaty]]
| {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Pavel Purishkin]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Ekibastuz|Ekibastuz]]
|  {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Giorgi Abelashvili]]
|  {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Giorgi Narimanidze]]
|  {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Anton Oganesov]]
|-
| [[FC Kyran|Kyran]]
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Murat Onal]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Kyzylzhar|Kyzylzhar]]
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Elhadji Ousseynou Ndoye]]
| {{flagicon|Georgia}} [[David Chagelishvili]]
| {{flagicon|Central African Republic}} [[Moussa Limane]]
|-
| [[FC Lashyn|Lashyn]]
| -
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Maktaaral|Maktaaral]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Alexander Trajković]]
| {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nebojsa Stankovic]]
| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Guy Martin Mitende]]
|-
| [[Spartak Semey|Spartak]]
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Daniel Peev]]
| -
| -
|-
| [[FC Vostok|Vostok]]
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vyacheslav Kuyanov]]
| -
| -

|-
|-
|-
|}

'''In bold:''' Players that have been capped for their national team.

''Last updated 22 August 2015''.

==League table==
{{Fb cl header}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 1|t=Akzhayik                  |w=17|d=2 |l=5 |gf=60|ga=21|bc=#D0F0C0|champion=y|promoted=y}}
{{Fb cl3 qr |rows=1 |competition=[[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League]]}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 2|t=Vostok                    |w=15|d=5 |l=4 |gf=37|ga=22|bc=#BBEBFF}}
{{Fb cl3 qr |rows=1 |competition=[[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League#Relegation play-offs|Promotion play-offs]]}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 3|t=Bolat                     |w=15|d=3 |l=6 |gf=40|ga=23}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 4|t=Kyzylzhar                 |w=14|d=4 |l=6 |gf=41|ga=19}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 5|t=Caspiy                    |w=12|d=7 |l=5 |gf=35|ga=18}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 6|t=Spartak Semey             |w=11|d=6 |l=7 |gf=34|ga=19}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 7|t=Kyran                     |w=10|d=6 |l=8 |gf=38|ga=28}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 8|t=Maktaaral                 |w=7 |d=11|l=6 |gf=22|ga=17}}
{{Fb cl team |p= 9|t=CSKA Almaty               |w=8 |d=3 |l=13|gf=29|ga=46}}
{{Fb cl team |p=10|t=Ekibastuz                 |w=7 |d=5 |l=12|gf=21|ga=31}}
{{Fb cl2 team|p=11|t=[[FC Baikonur|Baikonur]]  |w=6 |d=4 |l=14|gf=19|ga=38}}
{{Fb cl team |p=12|t=Bayterek                  |w=2 |d=4 |l=18|gf=13|ga=52}}
{{Fb cl team |p=13|t=Lashyn                    |w=2 |d=0 |l=22|gf=4 |ga=59}}
{{Fb cl footer |u=1 November 2015 |s=[http://int.soccerway.com/national/kazakhstan/premier-league/2015/regular-season/r30805/ Soccerway]  |orfc=1st points; <br>Two team tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd head-to-head record; 3rd goals difference; 4th goals scored; 5th away goals scored; <br>Multiple teams tiebreak: 1st overall wins; 2nd goals difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals scored|nt=<!--<sup>1</sup>-->|date=June 2015 }}

==Promotion play-offs==

{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 November 2015
|round = 
|time =  ([[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
|team1 = [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
|score =  1–0
|report = [ Summary]
|team2 = '''[[FC Vostok|Vostok]]'''
|goals1 = [[Marat Shakhmetov|Shakhmetov]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Astana Arena]]
|location = [[Astana]]
|attendance = 
|referee = 
|result = 
}}

===Top scorers===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MDA}} Oleg Khromtsov
|align="left"|Akzhayik
|rowspan="2"|14
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Murat Önal]]
|align="left"|Kyran
|-
|rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|GEO}} David Chagelishvili
|align="left"|Kyzylzhar
|rowspan="2"|10
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexey Maltsev
|align="left"|Akzhayik
|-
|rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SVN}} [[Matic Maruško]]
|align="left"|Akzhayik
|rowspan="3"|9
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Aydar Argimbaev
|align="left"|Vostok
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Vladimir Vyatkin
|align="left"|Vostok
|-
|rowspan="2"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Maxim Filchakov
|align="left"|Kyran
|rowspan="2"|7
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} Aidos Tattybaev
|align="left"|Bolat
|-
|}
Source:<ref>[http://pflk.kz/kaz/championships/5 Top Scorers] pflk.kz</ref>
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pflk.kz Professional Football League of Kazakhstan official website]{{kz icon}}{{ru icon}}{{en icon}}

{{Kazakhstan First Division seasons}}
{{Football in Kazakhstan}}

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