1992 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division

Season	1992
Champions	Kairat
Relegated	Metallist Arman CSKA
Top goalscorer	Sergei Kogai (21)
1993 →

The 1992 Kazakhstan Top Division was the inaugural season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.^[1][2]

League Format

Originally planned 25 teams in total. But withdrawal of Metallist made one team fewer. It was split into two stages. In first stage two groups of 11 and 13 teams were formed. In second stage the best seven teams of each group joined together to play in a final group for positions 1 to 14. The rest of the teams played in a group for positions 15 to 24. Teams played against each other on home-away basis in their groups. Final standings of teams did not count the results of the first stage.

Group A

Aktau

Aktyubinets

Arman

Fosfor

Gornyak

Kairat

Khimik

Kokshetau

Tselinnik

Uralets

Zhiger

Locations of teams in the 1992 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktau	Aktau	Zhastar Stadium
Arman	Kentau
Aktyubinets	Aktobe	Central Stadium
Fosfor	Taraz	Central Stadium
Gornyak	Khromtau
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium
Khimik	Kostanay	Central Stadium
Kokshetau	Kokshetau	Okzhetpes Stadium
Tselinnik Tselinograd	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Uralets	Oral	Petr Atoyan Stadium
Zhiger	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

First Round

Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Kairat 20 16 2 2 49 10 +39 50 Championship round 2 Fosfor 20 12 3 5 36 19 +17 39 3 Tselinnik Tselinograd 20 10 4 6 35 26 +9 34 4 Zhiger 20 9 6 5 35 21 +14 33 5 Gornyak 20 10 3 7 24 22 +2 33 6 Khimik 20 9 2 9 30 26 +4 29 7 Aktyubinets 20 7 6 7 22 19 +3 27 8 Aktau 20 8 2 10 27 33 −6 26 Relegation round 9 Uralets 20 5 3 12 15 39 −24 18 10 Kokshetau 20 5 1 14 15 39 −24 16 11 Arman 20 3 0 17 24 58 −34 9 Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1992 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation 1 Batyr 24 16 2 6 35 17 +18 50 Championship round 2 Shakhter Karagandy 24 13 8 3 46 17 +29 47 3 Traktor 24 14 5 5 47 26 +21 47 4 Kaisar 24 14 1 9 33 20 +13 43 5 Arsenal-SKIF 24 12 5 7 38 21 +17 41 6 Vostok 24 13 1 10 39 26 +13 40 7 Spartak 24 12 3 9 42 41 +1 39 8 Bolat 24 9 7 8 32 23 +9 34 Relegation round 9 Metallist 24 9 6 9 41 41 0 33 10 Montazhnik 24 6 7 11 32 39 −7 25 11 Zhetysu 24 5 6 13 31 35 −4 21 12 Zenit Kokshetau 24 4 1 19 14 60 −46 13 13 CSKA 23 3 0 20 27 91 −64 9 Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1992 Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round. Only applicable when the season is not finished: (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second round

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kairat (C)	26	16	5	5	48	22	+26	53
2	Arsenal-SKIF	26	14	8	4	39	21	+18	50
3	Traktor	26	14	8	4	39	22	+17	50
4	Batyr	26	14	6	6	39	24	+15	48
5	Fosfor	26	12	5	9	40	29	+11	41
6	Zhiger	26	9	10	7	33	32	+1	37
7	Shakhter Karagandy	26	8	12	6	24	22	+2	36
8	Gornyak	26	8	7	11	24	29	−5	31
9	Tselinnik Tselinograd	26	7	9	10	32	37	−5	30
10	Kaisar	26	9	2	15	25	29	−4	29
11	Vostok	26	8	4	14	29	35	−6	28
12	Aktyubinets	26	4	12	10	12	31	−19	24
13	Khimik	26	7	3	16	29	45	−16	24
14	Spartak	26	5	3	18	25	60	−35	18

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1992
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
15	Aktau	18	13	1	4	48	19	+29	40
16	Uralets	18	13	0	5	42	17	+25	39
17	Bolat	18	10	4	4	37	12	+25	34
18	Montazhnik	18	9	5	4	32	23	+9	32
19	Metallist	18	9	2	7	43	26	+17	29	Relegation to 1993 Kazakhstan First Division
20	Kokshetau	18	9	1	8	30	28	+2	28
21	Zhetysu	18	8	3	7	32	20	+12	27
22	Arman	18	6	0	12	35	41	−6	18	Relegation to 1993 Kazakhstan First Division
23	Zenit Kokshetau	18	2	2	14	12	61	−49	8
24	CSKA	18	2	0	16	15	79	−64	6	Relegation to 1993 Kazakhstan First Division

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1992
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergei Kogai	Kaisar	21
2	Nikolay Kurganskiy	Ekisbastuzets	19
	Eduard Glazunov	Aktau
	Pavel Demyan	Bulat
	Igor Grokhovskiy	Arman
6	Evgeniy Sorokin	Gornyak	18
	Radik Baiburin	Metallist
	Sergei Kondratskiy	Metallist
9	Oleg Rylov	Traktor	16
10	Oleg Kapustnikov	Arsenal-SKIF	15
	Ruslan Duzmambetov	Vostok

See also

• Kazakhstan national football team 1992

References

1. Klisf.info: 1992 Season stats (Russian)
2. Klisf.info: 1992 Season team roster (Russian)