# 2022 Kazakhstan First Division

The 2022 Kazakhstan First Division is the 28th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second-level football competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Venue |
| Academy Ontustik | Shymkent | BIIK Stadium |
| Astana M | Nur-Sultan | Astana Arena |
| Baikonur | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium |
| Ekibastuz | Ekibastuz | Shakhter Stadium |
| Igilik | Karatau | |
| Kairat-Zhastar | Almaty | Central Stadium |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium |
| Kyran | Shymkent | Lokomotive Stadium |
| Okzhetpes | Kokshetau | Okzhetpes Stadium |
| Shakhter-Bulat | Temirtau | Metallurg Stadium |
| Taraz-Karatau | Taraz | Central Stadium |
| Yassy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Zhenis | Nur-Sultan | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium |

### Personnel and kits

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 | Shirt sponsor |
| Academy Ontustik | Kuanysh Karakulov | |
| Astana M | Konstantin Kotov | |
| Baikonur | Kanat Sherimbetov | - |
| Ekibastuz | Vitaly Sparyshev | |
| Igilik | Artur Avakyants | |
| Kairat-Zhastar | Kirill Morunov | |
| Kaisar | Sultan Abildayev | |
| Kyran | Nurkal Satybaldiev | |
| Okzhetpes | Sergey Popkov | |
| Shakhter-Bulat | Igor Soloshenko | |
| Taraz-Karatau | Sergey Pak | |
| Yassy | Yerlan Shoitymov | |
| Zhenis | Rinat Aldatov | |
| Zhetysu | Kalmukhamet Donsebaev | |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | EAEU Players |
| Academy Ontustik | | | | |
| Astana M | | | | |
| Baikonur | | | | |
| Ekibastuz | | | | |
| Igilik | | | | |
| Kairat-Zhastar | | | | |
| Kaisar | João Pedro Oliveira | Mamadou Diallo | | Sergey Bondarenko Artem Dylevskiy Kiryl Sidarenka |
| Kyran | | | | Garegin Kirakosyan Temuri Bukiya Tamirlan Dzhamalutdinov Igor Gubanov Khalid Shakhtiev Taymuraz Toboyev Javokhir Esonkulov Alibobo Rakhmatullaev |
| Okzhetpes | Milan Stojanović | Maksym Drachenko | Dmytro Ryzhuk | Ruslan Bolov Vyacheslav Grab |
| Shakhter-Bulat | | | | |
| Taraz-Karatau | | | | |
| Yassy | Landry Nzimen | | | Iskandar Kholmurzaev |
| Zhenis | | | | |
| Zhetysu | Stanley | Ivan Brikner | Yevhen Chepurnenko | Mikhail Mishchenko Aslanbek Sikoyev |
In bold: Players that have been capped for their national team.

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Okzhetpes (C, P) | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 61 | Promotion to the for the Kazakhstan Premier League |
| 2 | Kaisar (P) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 56 | Promotion to the for the Kazakhstan Premier League |
| 3 | Zhetysu | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 52 | Promotion to the for the Kazakhstan Premier League |
| 4 | Kairat-Zhastar | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 51 | |
| 5 | Kyran | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 41 | |
| 6 | Ekibastuz | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 37 | |
| 7 | Taraz-Karatau | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 36 | |
| 8 | Zhenis | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Yassy | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 35 | |
| 10 | Academy Ontustik | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 30 | |
| 11 | Astana M | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 27 | |
| 12 | Igilik | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 27 | 70 | −43 | 21 | |
| 13 | Shakhter-Bulat | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 72 | −36 | 17 | |
| 14 | Baikonur | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 71 | −55 | 7 | |

#### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Academy Ontustik | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | |
| Astana M | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | | |
| Baikonur | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | |
| Ekibastuz | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | |
| Igilik | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | | |
| Kairat-Zhastar | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | |
| Kaisar | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | | |
| Kyran | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | |
| Okzhetpes | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | | |
| Taraz-Karatau | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Shakhter-Bulat | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L |
| Yassy | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | | |
| Zhenis | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W |
| Zhetysu | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | | | |

## Statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

    As of matches played on 6 July 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mamadou Diallo | Kaisar | 8 |
| 2 | Yevhen Chepurnenko | Zhetysu | 6 |
| 3 | Sanat Zhumakhanov | Okzhetpes | 5 |
| 3 | Ruslan Bolov | Okzhetpes | 5 |
| 4 | Nurdaulet Agzambaev | Kyzylzhar | 4 |