| Competition: | Kazakhstan Premier League |
| Season: | 2021 |
| Winners: | Tobol |
| Relegated: | Kaisar Zhetysu |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Tobol |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa Conference League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Astana Kairat |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 448 |
| League Topscorer: | Marin Tomasov |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Longest Wins: | 9 matches Astana |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 16 matches Astana |
| Longest Winless: | 11 matches Kaisar |
| Longest Losses: | 6 matches Zhetysu |
| Highest Attendance: | |
| Attendance: | 232,645 |
| Average Attendance: | |
| Prevseason: | 2020 |
| Nextseason: | 2022 |
| Updated: | 30 October 2021 |
The 2021 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 30th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan. FC Kairat were the defending champions after winning their third title the previous season. FC Tobol won their second title.
FC Okzhetpes (relegated after two years in the top flight) was relegated at the end of the 2020 season, whilst FC Irtysh Pavlodar withdrew from the league in May 2020, and as a result also dropped down into the Kazakhstan First Division. They were replaced by FC Aktobe and FC Atyrau after they had spent one season in the Kazakhstan First Division.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 | |
| Akzhayik | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 | |
| Astana | Nur-Sultan | Astana Arena | 30,000 | |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 8,690 | |
| Caspiy | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 25,057 | |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium | 7,500 | |
| Kyzylzhar | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 | |
| Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Shakhter | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 | |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium | 11,525 | |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 10,500 | |
| Turan | Turkistan | Turkistan Arena | 7,000 | |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Samat Suyumbayev Stadium | 4,000 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe |  Vladimir Mukhanov | Parimatch | |||
| Akzhayik | Adidas | ||||
| Astana |  Abzal Beisebekov[1] | Adidas | Samruk-Kazyna | ||
| Atyrau | Adidas | GAZ Stroy Montazh KZ | |||
| Caspiy |  Srdjan Blagojevic | XCOM | |||
| Kairat |  Kurban Berdyev | Gafurzhan Suyumbayev | Halyk Bank | ||
| Kaisar | Sultan Abildayev | Adidas | - | ||
| Kyzylzhar | Nike | ||||
| Ordabasy |  Aleksandr Sednyov | Adidas | - | ||
| Shakhter | Magomed Adiyev | Adidas | Kazakhmys | ||
| Taraz |  Vardan Minasyan | Puma | - | ||
| Tobol | Alexander Moskalenko | Adidas | Polymetal | ||
| Turan | Abdukhalik Buribayev | Adidas | - | ||
| Zhetysu | Rinat Alyuetov | Adidas |
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.For the 2020 season, the KFF announced that players from countries of the Eurasian Economic Union would not be counted towards a club's foreign player limit.[2]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | Pre-Season | Alyaksey Baha | 21 January 2021[3] | ||||
| Kyzylzhar | Veaceslav Rusnac | Andrei Karpovich | 8 January 2021[4] | ||||
| Ordabasy | Kakhaber Tskhadadze | Aleksandr Sednyov | 21 January 2021[5] | ||||
| Taraz | Vladimir Nikitenko | Vardan Minasyan | 3 February 2021[6] | ||||
| Shakhter Karagandy | Konstantin Gorovenka | Ali Aliyev | 20 January 2021[7] | ||||
| Zhetysu | Dmitry Ogai | Rinat Alyuetov | 15 January 2021[8] | ||||
| Shakhter Karagandy | Ali Aliyev | Resigned | 10 April 2021[9] | 14th | 10 April 2021 | ||
| Shakhter Karagandy | End of role | 16 April 2021 | 14th | Magomed Adiyev | 16 April 2021[10] | ||
| Aktobe | Resigned | 5 May 2021[11] | 10th | 5 May 2021 | |||
| Aktobe | End of role | 7 June 2021[12] | 10th | Vakhid Masudov | 7 June 2021 | ||
| Kairat | Aleksey Shpilevsky | Signed by Erzgebirge Aue | 7 June 2021[13] | 3rd | Kirill Keker | 7 June 2021 | |
| Tobol | Grigori Babayan | Signed by CSKA Moscow | 17 June 2021[14] [15] | 2nd | Alexander Moskalenko | 18 June 2021[16] | |
| Aktobe | Vakhid Masudov | Resigned | 26 July 2021[17] | 10th | Mukhtar Erimbetov | 26 July 2021 | |
| Aktobe | Mukhtar Erimbetov | End of role | 4 August 2021[18] | 10th | Vladimir Mukhanov | 4 August 2021 | |
| Astana | Andrey Tikhonov | End of role | 5 November 2021[19] | End of season | 5 November 2021 | ||
| Astana | End of role | 21 November 2021 | End of season | Srdjan Blagojevic | 21 November 2021[20] | ||
| Caspiy | Srdjan Blagojevic | Signed by Astana | 21 November 2021 | End of season | Nikolay Kostov | 31 December 2021[21] |
Attendants who entered with free ticket are not counted.
|u=30 October 2021|
Zaza Tsitskishvili
David Atanaskoski
