Kazakhstan Premier League

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The Kazakhstan Professional Football League (Kazakh: Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, romanized: Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy), commonly referred to as the Kazakh Premier League or simply the Premier League, is a professional association football league in Kazakhstan and the highest level of the Kazakh football league system. The league is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan and was set up in 1992. The league operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Kazakh First Division and starts in spring and finishes in late autumn because of the low temperatures in the winter, with each championship corresponding to a calendar year. The majority of matches have been played at weekends in recent seasons. From 1994 to 2001, the league's better clubs competed in the Asian Football Confederation clubs' competitions. Starting from 2001, the Kazakhstani clubs compete in the UEFA clubs' competitions.

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