2016 Kazakhstan Premier League
| Season | 2016 |
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| Champions | Astana (3rd title) |
| Relegated |
Zhetysu Taraz |
| Champions League | Astana |
| Europa League |
Kairat Irtysh Pavlodar Ordabasy |
| Matches played | 192 |
| Goals scored | 491 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gerard Gohou (22 goals) |
| Biggest home win |
Kairat 6–0 Okzhetpes (21 May 2016) |
| Biggest away win |
Shakhter Karagandy 0–5 Kairat (11 June 2016) Akzhayik 0–5 Tobol (24 July 2016) |
| Highest scoring |
Aktobe 2–6 Kairat (19 June 2016) Aktobe 4–4 Ordabasy (13 August 2016) |
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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.
FC Kaisar was relegated at the end of the 2015 season, and was replaced by Akzhayik.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.
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.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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.
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