The 2017 FC Kairat season is the 7th 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.

Kairat will participate 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,.

[1] with Sergei Labodovsky being placed in temporary charge on 23 July.

[2] On 26 July, Carlos Ferrer was announced as Kairats new permanent manager, agreeing a deal until the end of the 2017 season.