View source for 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League

{{Infobox football league season
| competition                = [[Kazakhstan Premier League]]
| season                     = 2016
| winners                    = [[FC Astana|Astana]] (3rd title)
| relegated                  = [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]<br/>[[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| continentalcup1            = [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| continentalcup2            = [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League|Europa League]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]<br/>[[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh Pavlodar]]<br/>[[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| matches                    = 192
| total goals                = 491
| league topscorer           = [[Gerard Gohou]] (22 goals)
| biggest home win           = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] 6–0 [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]<br/><small>(21 May 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/21/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-kairat-almaty/fc-okzhetpes-kokshetau/2198587/|title=KAIRAT VS. OKZHETPES  6 - 0|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>
| biggest away win           = {{nobreak|[[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter Karagandy]] 0–5 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]}}<br/><small>(11 June 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/06/11/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-shakhter-karagandy/fc-kairat-almaty/2198606/|title=SHAKHTER KARAGANDY VS. KAIRAT  0 - 5|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref><br/>[[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] 0–5 [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]<br/><small>(24 July 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/07/24/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-akzhayik-uralsk/fc-tobyl-kostanai/2198649/|title=AKZHAYIK VS. TOBOL  0 - 5|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>
| highest scoring            = [[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] 2–6 [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]<br/><small>(19 June 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/06/19/kazakhstan/premier-league/fk-aktobe-lento/fc-kairat-almaty/2198620/|title=AKTOBE VS. KAIRAT  2 - 6|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref><br/>[[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] 4–4 [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]<br/><small>(13 August 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/13/kazakhstan/premier-league/fk-aktobe-lento/fc-ordabasy-shymkent/2318028/|title=AKTOBE VS. ORDABASY  4 - 4|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>
| prevseason                 = [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League|2015]]
| nextseason                 = [[2017 Kazakhstan Premier League|2017]]
| updated                    =
}}

The '''2016 Kazakhstan Premier League''' was the 25th season of the [[Kazakhstan Premier League]], the highest [[Association football|football]] league competition in [[Kazakhstan]]. [[FC Astana|Astana]] were the defending champions having won their second league championship the [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League|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 [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]].

===Team overview===
{{Location map+ |Kazakhstan |width=500 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 2016 Kazakhstan Premier League |places=
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=50.291389 |long=57.160278 |label=[[FC Aktobe|Aktobe]] }}
{{Location map~ |Kazakhstan |lat=51.211944 |long=51.350833 |label=[[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]] }}
{{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=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 Akzhayik|Akzhayik]]
| [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]]
| [[Petr Atoyan Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 8,320
|-
| [[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 Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| [[Kokshetau]]
| [[Okzhetpes Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 4,158
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| [[Shymkent]]
| [[Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent)|Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 35,000
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| [[Karaganda]]
| [[Shakhter 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;"| 10,500
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| [[Taldykorgan]]
| [[Zhetysu Stadium]]
|style="text-align:center;"| 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|RUS}} [[Yuri Utkulbayev]]
| 
| [[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]]
|&nbsp;—
|-
|Akzhayik
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Artur Avakyants]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}}{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Predrag Govedarica]]
| [[Adidas]] 
| [[Expo 2017]]
|-
|Astana
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stanimir Stoilov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Tanat Nusserbayev]]
| Adidas
| [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
|-
|Atyrau
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Stoycho Mladenov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Zhasur Narzikulov]]
| Adidas
|&nbsp;—
|-
|Irtysh
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Dimitrov (football manager)|Dimitar Dimitrov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[David Loria]]
| Nike
| [[ENRC]]
|-
|Kairat
| {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Kakhaber Tskhadadze]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Bauyrzhan Islamkhan]]
| [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| [[Expo 2017]]
|-
|Okzhetpes
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Mukhanov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Alibek Buleshev]]
| Adidas
| Chempionat
|-
|Ordabasy
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Bakhtiyar Bayseitov
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Azat Nurgaliev]]
| Adidas
| TAU
|-
|Shakhter
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko|Aleksei Yeryomenko]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Maksat Baizhanov]]
| Adidas
|&nbsp;—
|-
|Taraz
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuriy Maksymov]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Dmitri Yevstigneyev
| Adidas
|&nbsp;—
|-
|Tobol
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Omari Tetradze]]
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev]]
| Adidas
|&nbsp;—
|-
|Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Almas Kulshinbaev
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Andrey Pasechenko
| Adidas
|&nbsp;—
|}

===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|CIV}} Lassina Dao
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Kouassi Kouadja]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Nikita Bocharov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dmitry Golubov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Sitdikov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sandro Tsveiba]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Vuk Mitošević]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ilya Mikhalyov]]
|-
| [[FC Akzhayik|Akzhayik]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Saša Kolunija]]
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Matías Rubio]]
| {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Michael Odibe]]
| {{flagicon|PAR}} [[Freddy Coronel]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Miroslav Lečić]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Danilo Nikolić (footballer)|Danilo Nikolić]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Srđan Ostojić]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Predrag Govedarica]]
|-
| [[FC Astana|Astana]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Igor Shitov]]'''
| {{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Marin Aničić]]'''
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Roger Cañas]]
| {{flagicon|COD}} '''[[Junior Kabananga]]'''
| {{flagicon|GHA}} [[Patrick Twumasi]]
| {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Agim Ibraimi]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Đorđe Despotović]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Nemanja Maksimović]]'''
|-
| [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]]
| {{flagicon|BLR}} '''[[Alyaksandr Makas|Aleksandr Makas]]'''
| {{flagicon|CMR}} '''[[Guy Stephane Essame|Guy Essame]]'''
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Abdel Lamanje]]
| {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Aleksandar Damčevski]]'''
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[Przemysław Trytko]]
| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Alexandru Curtean]] 
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Arzhanov]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vyacheslav Sharpar]]
|-
| [[FC Irtysh Pavlodar|Irtysh]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} '''[[Semir Kerla]]'''
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[Ignacio Herrera]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Tomáš Jirsák]]
| {{flagicon|GAM}} '''[[Ousman Jallow]]'''
| {{flagicon|LTU}} [[Georgas Freidgeimas]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Carlos Fonseca (footballer)|Carlos Fonseca]]
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Djiby Fall]]
| 
|-
| [[FC Kairat|Kairat]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Isael da Silva Barbosa|Isael]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Léandre Tawamba]]
| {{flagicon|CHI}} '''[[Gerson Acevedo]]'''
| {{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Andrey Arshavin]]'''
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Žarko Marković (footballer)|Žarko Marković]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[César Arzo Amposta|César Arzo]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Anatoliy Tymoshchuk]]'''
|-
| [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Joseph Nane]]
| {{flagicon|CMR}} Serge Bando N'Ganbe
| {{flagicon|CHI}} '''[[Nicolás Canales]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Daniil Chertov]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vitali Volkov]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Risto Ristović]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Saša Stamenković]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Chyzhov]]
|-
| [[FC Ordabasy|Ordabasy]]
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Edin Junuzović]]
| {{flagicon|GEO}} '''[[Gogita Gogua]]'''
| {{flagicon|MNE}} '''[[Filip Kasalica]]'''
| {{flagicon|NGA}} [[Dominic Chatto]]
| {{flagicon|SEN}} [[Abdoulaye Diakate]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Aleksandar Simčević]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} '''[[Branislav Trajković]]'''
| {{flagicon|UZB}} '''[[Alexander Geynrikh]]'''
|-
| [[FC Shakhter Karagandy|Shakhter]]
| {{flagicon|ARM}} '''[[Robert Arzumanyan]]'''
| {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Ivan Sadownichy]]
| {{flagicon|BIH}} [[Nikola Vasiljević (Bosnian footballer)|Nikola Vasiljević]]
| {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Marko Simonovski]]'''
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Desley Ubbink]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Filip Serečin]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Július Szöke]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Štefan Zošák]]
|-
| [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
| {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ioan Mera]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anton Grigoryev]]
| {{flagicon|SEN}} '''[[Malick Mané]]''' 
| {{flagicon|TJK}} '''[[Davron Ergashev]]'''
| {{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Oleksandr Aliyev]]'''
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Pyschur]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Yakovlyev]]
|
|-
| [[FC Tobol|Tobol]]
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Tomáš Šimkovič]]
| {{flagicon|CTA}} '''[[Fernander Kassaï]]'''
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Denis Glavina]]
| {{flagicon|LTU}} '''[[Artūras Žulpa]]'''
| {{flagicon|MKD}} '''[[Dušan Savić (footballer born 1985)|Dušan Savić]]'''
| {{flagicon|ROU}} '''[[Ciprian Deac]]'''
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Shamil Asildarov]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Yavorskyi]]
|-
| [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]]
| {{flagicon|ARM}} [[Narek Beglaryan]]
| {{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Martin Klein (footballer)|Martin Klein]]'''
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Mamadou Wague]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Marko Đalović]]
| {{flagicon|SVN}} [[Dejan Djermanović]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Artem Kasyanov]]
|
|
|-
|}
'''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
|-
| Aktobe
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Ioan Andone]]
| Mutual consent
| 10 November 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=По обоюдному согласию|url=http://fc-aktobe.kz/news-view-7337.html|website=http://fc-aktobe.kz/|publisher=FC Aktobe|accessdate=10 November 2015|language=Russian|date=10 November 2015}}</ref>
|rowspan="6"|Pre-season
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Yuri Utkulbayev]]
| 22 December 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Юрий Уткульбаев представлен коллективу|url=http://fc-aktobe.kz/news-view-7358.html|website=fc-aktobe.kz/|publisher=[[FC Aktobe]]|accessdate=22 December 2015|language=Russian|date=22 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Taraz
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Evgeny Yarovenko]]
| Mutual consent
| 11 November 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Яровенко покидает Тараз|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/yarovenko-pokidaet-taraz|website=http://www.sports.kz/|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=11 November 2015|language=Russian|date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurmat Mirzabayev]]
| 
|-
| Kairat
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Vladimír Weiss (footballer, born 1964)|Vladimír Weiss]]
| Mutual consent
| 30 November 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Трудовые отношения ФК Кайрат и Владимира Вайсса подошли к концу|url=http://www.fckairat.kz/club/news/21153|website=http://www.fckairat.kz/|publisher=[[FC Kairat]]|accessdate=30 November 2015|language=Russian|date=30 November 2015}}</ref>
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Borodyuk]]
| 28 December 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Александр Бородюк&nbsp;– главный тренер ФК Кайрат|url=http://www.fckairat.kz/club/news/21246|website=www.fckairat.kz/|publisher=[[FC Kairat]]|accessdate=28 December 2015|language=Russian|date=28 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Shakhter
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Ihor Zakhariak]]
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jozef Vukušič]]
| 8 January 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=ЙОЗЕФ ВУКУШИЧ&nbsp;– ГЛАВНЫЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ШАХТЕР|url=http://shahter.kz/main.php?mod=news&lang=rus&newsid=2952|website=shahter.kz|publisher=[[FC Shakhter Karagandy]]|accessdate=8 January 2016|language=Russian|date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Tobol
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Maslenov
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitriy Ogai]]
| 23 December 2015
|-
| Zhetysu
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Ivan Azovskiy
| 
| 
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Almas Kulshinbaev
| 5 January 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Алмас Кулшинбаев&nbsp;— главный тренер Жетысу|url=http://www.sports.kz/news/almas-kulshinbaev-glavnyiy-trener-jetyisu|website=www.sports.kz/|publisher=sports.kz|accessdate=5 January 2016|language=Russian|date=5 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Kairat
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksandr Borodyuk]]
| Resigned
| 5 April 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=АЛЕКСАНДР БОРОДЮК РАСТОРГ КОНТРАКТ С ФК КАЙРАТ|url=http://www.fckairat.kz/club/news/21586|website=fckairat.kz|publisher=FC Kairat|accessdate=5 April 2016|language=Russian|date=5 April 2016}}</ref>
| 9th
| {{flagicon|GEO}} [[Kakhaber Tskhadadze]]
| 7 April 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Кахабер Цхададзе – главный тренер Кайрата|url=http://www.fckairat.kz/club/news/21594|website=fckairat.kz|publisher=FC Kairat|accessdate=7 April 2016|language=Russian|date=7 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Tobol
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Dmitriy Ogai]]
| Mutual consent
| 28 April 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Дмитрий Огай оставил пост главного тренера|url=http://www.fc-tobol.kz/rus/news/4146/|website=fc-tobol.kz|publisher=FC Tobol|accessdate=28 April 2016|language=Russian|date=28 April 2016}}</ref>
| 5th
| 
| 
|-
| Taraz
| {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Nurmat Mirzabayev]]
| 
| 15 May 2016
| 12th
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yuriy Maksymov]]
| 15 May 2016<ref>[http://www.sports.kz/news/yuriy-maksimov-novyiy-glavnyiy-trener-taraza Юрий Максимов — новый главный тренер Тараза]</ref>
|-
| Shakhter Karagandy
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Jozef Vukušič]]
| Resigned
| 3 August 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=ВУКУШИЧ ПОКИНУЛ ПОСТ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА|url=http://shahter.kz/main.php?mod=news&lang=rus&newsid=3520&lang=rus|website=shahter.kz|publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy|accessdate=4 August 2016|language=Russian|date=3 August 2016}}</ref>
| 11th
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko|Aleksei Yeryomenko]]
| 4 August 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=ЕРЕМЕНКО НАЗНАЧЕН ГЛАВНЫМ ТРЕНЕРОМ|url=http://shahter.kz/main.php?mod=news&lang=rus&newsid=3521|website=shahter.kz|publisher=FC Shakhter Karagandy|accessdate=4 August 2016|language=Russian|date=4 August 2016}}</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=12188&view=rules |title=Premier League 2016 - Season rules |publisher=Scoresway |accessdate=22 March 2016}}</ref>

===Regular season table===
{{2016 Kazakhstan Premier League Regular Season table}}

===Regular season results===
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==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 tournament|round-robin format]] for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League#Championship round|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|2017–18 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round]]. The runners-up and third-placed team will qualify for [[2017–18 UEFA Europa League#First qualifying round|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]].<ref name="Scoresway rules"/>

===Championship round table===
{{2016 Kazakhstan Premier League Championship Round table}}

===Championship round results===
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==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 tournament|round-robin format]] for a total of 10 matches per team. In contrast to the [[2015 Kazakhstan Premier League#Relegation round|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, [[FC Taraz|Taraz]], qualified for the [[2016 Kazakhstan Premier League#Relegation play-offs|relegation play-off]] against [[FC Altai Semey|Altai Semey]], the runners-up of [[2016 Kazakhstan First Division]], with the losing team being eliminated, and the 12th-placed team, [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]], will be directly relegated to [[2017 Kazakhstan First Division]] as the last-placed placed team.<ref name="Scoresway rules"/>

===Relegation round table===
{{2016 Kazakhstan Premier League Relegation Round table}}

===Relegation round results===
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==Relegation play-offs==
{{football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2016|11|5|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00 ([[UTC+06:00|UTC+6]])
|team1      = [[FC Taraz|Taraz]]
|score      = 0–3
|report     = [http://www.soccerway.com/matches/2016/11/05/kazakhstan/play-offs-12/fc-taraz/altay/2368375/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Report]
|team2      = [[FC Altai Semey|Altai Semey]]
|goals1     = 
|goals2     = [[Aleksey Shakin|Shakin]] {{goal|4}} <br> [[Sergei Shaff|Shaff]] {{goal|45|pen.}} <br> [[Yerkebulan Nurgaliyev|Nurgaliyev]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium    = [[Astana Arena]]
|location   = [[Astana]]
|attendance = 2,500
|referee    = [[Artyom Kuchin]]
|nobars     = 1
}}
''Altai Semey are promoted to the [[2017 Kazakhstan Premier League]]; Taraz are relegated to the [[2017 Kazakhstan First Division]].''

==Statistics==

===Top scorers===
{{updated|matches played 29 October 2016}}<ref>[http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=kaz/domesticleague/topscorers/index.html UEFA.com]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
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|rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CIV}} [[Gerard Gohou]]
|align="left"|Kairat
|rowspan="1"|22
|-
|rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Roman Murtazayev]]
|align="left"|Irtysh Pavlodar
|rowspan="1"|18
|-
|rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Bauyrzhan Islamkhan]]
|align="left"|Kairat
|rowspan="1"|17
|-
|rowspan="1"|4
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Malick Mané]]
|align="left"|Taraz
|rowspan="1"|13
|-
|rowspan="2"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Dušan Savić (footballer, born 1985)|Dušan Savić]]
|align="left"|Zhetysu
|rowspan="2"|12
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Azat Nurgaliev]]
|align="left"|Ordabasy/Astana
|-
|rowspan="2"|7
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Sergei Khizhnichenko]]
|align="left"|Tobol
|rowspan="2"|10
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Alexander Geynrikh]]
|align="left"|Ordabasy
|-
|rowspan="1"|9
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CMR}} Serge Bando N'Ganbe
|align="left"|Okzhetpes
|rowspan="1"|9
|-
|rowspan="6"|10
|align="left"|{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Marat Khairullin]]
|align="left"|Okzhetpes
|rowspan="6"|8
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Đorđe Despotović]]
|align="left"|Astana
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Andrey Arshavin]]
|align="left"|Kairat
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Arzhanov]]
|align="left"| Atyrau
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Tomáš Šimkovič]]
|align="left"|Tobol
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Freddy Coronel]]
|align="left"|Akzhayik
|}
{{notelist}}

===Hat-tricks===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Player !! For !! Against !! style="text-align:center"| Result !! Date !! Ref.
|-
|{{flagicon|MKD}} [[Dušan Savić (footballer, born 1985)|Dušan Savić]]||Zhetysu||Taraz|| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2|| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|06|15}} || <ref>{{cite web|title=Taraz 2-3 Zhetysu|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/06/15/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-taraz/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/2198610/?ICID=HP_MS_39_01|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=15 June 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Alexander Geynrikh]]||Ordabasy||Aktobe|| style="text-align:center;"| 4–4|| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|08|13}} || <ref>{{cite web|title=Aktobe 4-4 Ordabasy|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/13/kazakhstan/premier-league/fk-aktobe-lento/fc-ordabasy-shymkent/2318028/?ICID=PL_MS_03|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=22 August 2016|date=13 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Malick Mané]]||Taraz||Zhetysu|| style="text-align:center;"| 3–2|| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|09|10}} || <ref>{{cite web|title=Tarz 3-2 Zhetysu|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/09/10/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-taraz/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/2318123/|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=12 September 2016|date=11 September 2016}}</ref>
|}

===Scoring===
* First goal of the season: [[Ulan Konysbayev]] for [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]] against [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] (<small>''12 March 2016''</small>)
* Fastest goal of the season: '''1st minute''',
**Raul Jalilov for [[FC Tobol|Tobol]] against [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] (<small>''23 April 2016''</small>)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobol 2-2 Zhetysu|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/23/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-tobyl-kostanai/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/2198561/?ICID=PL_MS_02|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref>
* Latest goal of the season: '''90+4th minute''',
**[[Alassane N'Diaye]] for [[FC Tobol|Tobol]] against [[FC Taraz|Taraz]] (<small>''1 May 2016''</small>)<ref>{{cite web|title=Tobol 1-0 Taraz|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/01/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-tobyl-kostanai/fc-taraz/2198562/?ICID=PL_MS_02|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref>
**[[Marat Khairullin]] for [[FC Okzhetpes|Okzhetpes]] against [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] (<small>''10 May 2016''</small>)<ref>{{cite web|title=Zhetysu 1-4 Okzhetpes|url=http://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/10/kazakhstan/premier-league/fc-zhetysu-taldykorgan/fc-okzhetpes-kokshetau/2198578/?ICID=PL_MS_06|website=soccerway.com|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=19 June 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.pflk.kz Official website] {{kz icon}} {{ru icon}}

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