The 2023 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 32nd season of the

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, the highest

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league competition in

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. The winners ( Ordabasy) qualified for the first qualifying round of the Champions League. The 2023 Kazakhstan Cup winners (

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) qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. The runners-up (

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) qualified for the second qualifying round of the

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, with the third-placed team (

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) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The bottom three teams ( Aksu, Caspiy, and Okzhetpes) and Maktaaral (relegated due to failing licensing process for the 2024 season) were relegated to the 2024 Kazakhstan First Division.

Events

Teams

Akzhayik,

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(both relegated after 2 seasons in top flight) and

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...

(relegated after 4 seasons in top flight) were all relegated at the end of the 2022 season. They were replaced by Okzhetpes (promoted after a 2 seasons absence), Kaisar and

Zhetysu Zhetysu, or Jeti-Suu ( kk, , Жетісу, pronounced ; ky, ''Jeti-Suu'', (), meaning "seven rivers"; also transcribed ''Zhetisu'', ''Jetisuw'', ''Jetysu'', ''Jeti-su'', ''Jity-su'', ''Жетысу'',, United States National Geospatial-I ...

(both clubs promoted after a single season absence) from the Kazakhstan First League.

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entered the season as defending champions after winning their seventh title the previous season.

Team overview

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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. From the 2020 season, the KFF announced that players from countries of the

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would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit. For transfers during the season, see Winter 2022–23 transfers and Summer 2023 transfers. In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Results table

Statistics

Scoring

* First goal of the season: Bauyrzhan Islamkhan for Ordabasy against Caspiy ()

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Attendances

By round

By team

Awards

Monthly awards

References

External links

Official website
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