1996 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division
Season 1996
Champions Taraz
Asian Club Championship Taraz
Asian Cup Winners' Cup Kairat
Matches played 306
Goals scored 749 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer Viktor Antonov (21)
1995
1997

The 1996 Kazakhstan Top Division was the fifth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.[1]

Teams

There were no teams relegated at the end of the 1995 season, however Gornyak withdrew from the league at the start of the season, whilst Kaisar-Munai, Kokshe and Metallist were promoted to the Top Division. Prior to the start of the season Tsesna Akmola was renamed Tselinnik Akmola, Ansat became Irtysh Pavlodar and Aktyubinets became Aktobemunai.

Team overview

Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktyubinets Aktobe Central Stadium
Batyr Ekibastuz Shakhtyor Stadium
Bolat Temirtau Metallurg Stadium
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium
Kainar Taldykorgan Zhetysu Stadium
Kairat Almaty Central Stadium
Kaisar-Munai Kyzylorda Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Kokshe Kokshetau Torpedo Stadium
Metallist Jezkazgan
Munaishy Aktau Zhastar Stadium
Shakhter Karagandy Karaganda Shakhter Stadium
SKIF-Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Taraz Taraz Central Stadium
Tobol Kostanay Central Stadium
Tselinnik Akmola Astana Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Vostok Oskemen Vostok Stadium
Yelimay Semey Spartak Stadium
Zhiger Shymkent Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Taraz (C) 34 23 7 4 56 14 +42 76 1997–98 Asian Club Championship
2 Irtysh Pavlodar 34 23 5 6 60 22 +38 74
3 Yelimay 34 22 8 4 64 17 +47 74
4 Munaishy 34 18 9 7 54 26 +28 63
5 Batyr 34 18 9 7 43 22 +21 63
6 Kairat 34 19 5 10 61 30 +31 62 1997–98 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
7 Kaisar-Munai 34 15 11 8 39 25 +14 56
8 Shakhter Karagandy 34 14 10 10 52 40 +12 52
9 Kainar 34 14 6 14 35 40 5 48
10 Aktobemunai 34 13 6 15 42 48 6 45
11 Tobol 34 10 15 9 35 35 0 45
12 Vostok 34 12 8 14 34 35 1 44
13 Tselinnik Akmola 34 12 3 19 44 61 17 39
14 Zhiger 34 9 9 16 39 50 11 36
15 Metallist 34 8 3 23 24 70 46 27
16 SKIF-Ordabasy 34 6 6 22 29 61 32 24
17 Bolat 34 5 2 27 26 76 50 17
18 Kokshe 34 2 4 28 12 77 65 10

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1996
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 Kazakhstan Viktor Antonov Irtysh 21
2 Kazakhstan Vladimir Korolev Aktobemunai 17
3 Kazakhstan Pavel Demyan Tselinnik 15
4 Kazakhstan Askar Abildaev Shakhter 14
Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov Yelimay

See also

References

External links

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