2016 Kazakhstan First Division
# 2016 Kazakhstan First Division

The 2016 Kazakhstan First Division was the 22nd edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Kit sponsor |
| - | - |
| Altay | Adidas |
| Baikonur | Umbro |
| Bayterek | Legea |
| Bolat | Adidas |
| Caspiy | Saller |
| Ekibastuz | Joma |
| Kaisar | Nike |
| Kyran | Jako |
| Kyzylzhar | Nike |
| Makhtaaral | Adidas |

## Regular season

### Regular season table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kaisar | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 5 | +27 | 42 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Altai Semey | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 41 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Kyzylzhar | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 36 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Maktaaral | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 30 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Ekibastuz | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 29 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Caspiy | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 28 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Kyran | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Bolat | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Baikonur | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 46 | −35 | 7 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Bayterek | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 53 | −44 | 3 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Regular season results

* Home \ Away
* Altai Semey
* Baikonur
* Bayterek
* Bolat
* Caspiy
* Ekibastuz
* Kaisar
* Kyran
* Kyzylzhar
* Maktaaral

## Championship round

### Championship round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kaisar (C, P) | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 9 | +40 | 67 | Promotion to the Kazakhstan Premier League |
| 2 | Altai Semey (Q, P) | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 58 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Kyzylzhar | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 51 | |
| 4 | Caspiy | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 43 | |
| 5 | Maktaaral | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 41 | |
| 6 | Ekibastuz | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 30 | |

### Championship round results

| Home \ Away | ALT | CAS | EKB | KSR | KYZ | MAK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Altai Semey | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Caspiy | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Ekibastuz | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Kaisar | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Kyzylzhar | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Maktaaral | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | |

## Relegation round

### Relegation round table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Kyran | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 34 |
| 8 | Bolat | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 19 |
| 9 | Baikonur | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 54 | −37 | 14 |
| 10 | Bayterek | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 13 |

### Relegation round results

| Home \ Away | BAI | BAY | BOL | KYR |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Baikonur | | 3–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Bayterek | 1–0 | | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Bolat | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Kyran | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |

## Promotion play-offs

Altai Semey were promoted to the 2017 Kazakhstan Premier League; Taraz were relegated to the 2017 Kazakhstan First Division.

