First Division

Current season: 2023 Kazakhstan First Division
Founded	1994; 29 years ago (1994)
Country	Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Premier League
Relegation to	Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Kazakhstan Cup
Current champions	Aksu (1st title) (2021)
Most championships	Kaisar (4)
Website	pflk.kz

The Kazakhstan First Division (Kazakh: Қазақстан бірінші лигасы) is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a calendar year.

Seasons summary

Season	Champion	Clubs	Top scorer	Goals
1994	Caspiy	10	Viktor Babenko (Zhetysu)	19
1995	Kaisar	13	Sergei Kurnayev (Ferro Aktobe)	11
1996	not held	-	-	-
1997	Ferro Aktobe	9	Vladimir Glevich (Okzhetpes)	7
1998	Ordabasy	6	Andrei Travin, Askar Kozhabergenov, Sergey Klimov (all - Kairat)	4
1999	Dinamo Shymkent	8	Baglan Yergeshev Keden Shymkent	5
2000	Aktobe	7	Andrey Nesmeyanov (Aktobe)	5
2001	Ordabasy	8	?	?
2002	Ekibastuzets	7	Vadim Chizhikov (Ekibastuzets)	11
2003	Okzhetpes (NE) & Yassi (SW)	12+11	Yerlan Urazayev (FC Almaty)	20
2004	Bolat (NE) & Zhambyl (SW)	13+13	Vasiliy Prosekov (Energetik) & Aleksei Shakin (CSKA Almaty)	16
2005	Energetik (NE) & Kaisar (SW)	13+12	Vasiliy Prosekov (Energetik)	34
2006	Avangard (NE) & Zhetysu (SW)	13+14	Rustam Usmanov (Zhetysu)	32
2007	Kazakhmys	14+12	Geysar Alakbarzadeh (Kazakhmys)	23
2008	Kazakhmys	14	Igor Abdusheev (Aktobe-Zhas)	27
2009	Kairat	14	Aleksei Maltsev (Akzhayik)	19
2010	Vostok	18	Dauren Kussainov (Sunkar)	27
2011	Sunkar	17	Kanat Akhmetov - (Aktobe-Zhas)	24
2012	Ile-Saulet	16	Kuanysh Begalin - (Ekibastuzets)	22
2013	Kaisar	18	Zhassulan Moldakaraev - (Kaisar)	28
2014	Okzhetpes	15	Konstantin Zadorozhniy - (FC Sunkar)	23
2015	Akzhayik	13	Oleg Khromcov - (Akzhayik)	28
2016	Kaisar	10	Akeksey Shakin - (Altai)	14
2017	Zhetysu	9	Boško Stupić - (Kyzylzhar)	13 (3 pn.)
2018	Okzhetpes	12	Abylaikhan Makhambetov - (Kyran)	20 (2 pn.)
2019	Kyzylzhar	14	Aidos Tattybaev - (Caspiy)	19 (6 pn.)
2020	Aktobe & Atyrau	7+7
2021	Aksu
2022
2023

Notes:

• Current club names shown in table. Historical names could be different.

2021 Member clubs

Aksu

Baikonur

Ekibastuz

Igilik
Taraz-Karatau

Kairat-Zhastar

Kyran
Oñtüstik Akademia

Kyzylzhar II

Makhtaaral

Okzhetpes

Shakhter-Bulat

Locations of teams in the 2021 Kazakhstan First Division