The 2017 FC Kairat season was the seventh successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since their promotion back to the top flight in 2009. Kairat participated in the Kazakhstan Super Cup and the Europa League as well as the Kazakhstan Cup and Premier League.
On 21 July, Kakhaber Tskhadadze resigned as manager following Kiarat's elimination from the Europa League, with Sergei Labodovsky being placed in temporary charge on 23 July. On 26 July, Carlos Ferrer was announced as Kairats new permanent manager, agreeing a deal until the end of the 2017 season.
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