2016 FC Kairat season

The 2016 FC Kairat season is the 6th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. As reigning Kazakhstan Cup champions, Kairat will participate in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and the Europa League.

Aleksandr Borodyuk replaced Vladimír Weiss as the club's manager at the start of the season, but resigned as manager on 5 April following a poor start to the season. On 7 April, Kakhaber Tskhadadze was announced as the club's new manager.

Winter
In:

Out:

Trialists:

Summer
In:

Out:

Appearances and goals

 * colspan="14"|Players away from Kairat on loan:
 * colspan="14"|Players away from Kairat on loan:


 * colspan="14"|Players who left Kairat during the season:
 * colspan="14"|Players who left Kairat during the season:


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