2004 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2004
Champions	Kairat
Champions League	Kairat
Top goalscorer	Ulugbek Bakayev (22)
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The 2004 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 13th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 3 April and 2 November.^[1]

Teams

For the 2004 season, the league was expanded to 19 teams from 17. This meant that Almaty and FC Yassi were promoted to the Premier League, and no teams were relegated the previous season.

Before the start of the season Yelimay were renamed Semey, Batys became Akzhayik, Esil Kokshetau became Okzhetpes and promoted teams Tsesna and Yassi became Almaty and Yassi Sairam.

Only Kairat obtained a UEFA license for the 2005/2006 season.

Team overview

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktobe-Lento	Aktobe	Central Stadium	13,200
Akzhayik	Oral	Petr Atoyan Stadium	8,320
Atyrau	Atyrau	Munaishy Stadium	9,500
Ekibastuzets	Ekibastuz	Shakhtyor Stadium	6,300
Okzhetpes	Kokshetau	Okzhetpes Stadium	4,158
Esil Bogatyr	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Irtysh	Pavlodar	Central Stadium	15,000
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Kaisar	Kyzylorda	Gany Muratbayev Stadium	7,500
Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium	20,000
Semey	Semey	Spartak Stadium
Shakhter Karagandy	Karagandy	Shakhter Stadium	20,000
Taraz	Taraz	Central Stadium	12,525
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium	8,323
Almaty	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Vostok	Oskemen	Vostok Stadium	8,500
Yassi Sairam	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	20,000
Zhenis Astana	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium	12,350
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium	4,000

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kairat (C)	36	25	8	3	70	21	+49	83	2005–06 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Irtysh	36	24	7	5	56	16	+40	79
3	Tobol	36	22	11	3	87	27	+60	77
4	Aktobe-Lento	36	22	8	6	52	19	+33	74
5	Atyrau	36	20	11	5	49	31	+18	71
6	Esil Bogatyr	36	18	5	13	53	40	+13	59
7	Taraz	36	16	11	9	35	23	+12	59
8	Ekibastuzets	36	17	7	12	42	27	+15	58
9	Shakhter Karagandy	36	16	9	11	44	28	+16	57
10	Zhenis Astana	36	15	6	15	45	44	+1	048^1
11	Okzhetpes	36	10	13	13	26	39	−13	043^2
12	Vostok	36	11	7	18	42	54	−12	40
13	Zhetysu	36	11	7	18	34	55	−21	40
14	Ordabasy	36	11	7	18	37	43	−6	40
15	Yassi-Sairam (R)	36	9	8	19	30	49	−19	35	Relegation to 2015 First Division
16	Kaisar (R)	36	9	4	23	24	61	−37	031^4
17	Akzhayik (R)	36	7	4	25	24	83	−59	025^3
18	Almaty	36	4	8	24	22	53	−31	20
19	Semey (R)	36	4	1	31	25	84	−59	13	Relegation to 2005 First Division

Updated to games played on 2 November 2004.
Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_2004
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Zhenis deducted 3 points due to a violation of transfer rules.² Okzhetpes were penalized with a technical loss (0-3), due to fielding an ineligible player.³ Akzhayik were penalized with two technical losses, due to not paying player salaries.⁴ Kaisar were penalized with ten technical losses, due to leaving a match unfinished.
(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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 2 November 2004^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ulugbek Bakayev	Tobol	22
	Arsen Tlekhugov	Kairat
3	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	Tobol	19
4	Maksim Nizovtsev	Tobol	17
5	Alibek Buleshev	Kairat	14
	Vyacheslav Eremeev	Atyrau
7	Yuri Zvonarenko	Ordabasy/Zhetysu	13
8	Jafar Irismetov	Kairat	12
	Murat Tleshev	Irtysh
	Alexei Kosolapov	Tobol

References

1. "2004 PREMIER LEAGUE". www.kpfl.kz/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 17 December 2015.