1999 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division

Season	1999
Champions	Irtysh-Bastau
Asian Club Championship	Irtysh-Bastau
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Kairat
Matches played	240
Goals scored	631 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew (24)
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Kazakhstan Top Division was the eighth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.^[1][2]

Teams

Following the conclusion of the previous season, Nasha Kompaniya, Bolat and Naryn were relegated, with Tobol, Access-Esil, Zhetysu, Sintez and Kairat being promoted in their place. Prior to the start of the season, Irtysh Pavlodar became Irtysh-Bastau, Astana became Zhenis Astana, Khimik became Akmola, Tomiris became Sintez and Vostok became Vostok Altyn.

Team overview

Access-Esil

Akmola

Batyr

CSKA Almaty

Irtysh-Bastau

Kairat

Kaisar-Hurricane

Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

Sintez

Taraz

Tobol

Vostok-Altyn

Yelimay

Zhenis Astana

Zhetysu

Zhiger

Locations of teams in the 1999 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Access-Esil	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium
Akmola	Stepnogorsk
Batyr	Ekibastuz	Shakhtyor Stadium
CSKA Almaty	Almaty	CSKA Stadium
Irtysh-Bastau	Pavlodar	Central Stadium
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium
Kaisar-Hurricane	Kyzylorda	Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium
Sintez	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Taraz	Taraz	Central Stadium
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium
Vostok-Altyn	Oskemen	Vostok Stadium
Yelimay	Semey	Spartak Stadium
Zhenis Astana	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium
Zhiger	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Irtysh Pavlodar (C)	30	24	4	2	69	19	+50	76	2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2	Access-Esil	30	23	3	4	56	19	+37	72
3	Kairat	30	21	1	8	62	19	+43	64	2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
4	Zhenis Astana	30	18	5	7	60	25	+35	59
5	Kaisar-Hurricane	30	17	7	6	47	19	+28	58
6	Sintez	30	17	5	8	48	31	+17	56
7	Vostok Altyn	30	14	4	12	32	33	−1	46
8	Tobol	30	12	5	13	28	29	−1	41
9	Yelimay	30	12	4	14	35	36	−1	40
10	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	30	11	4	15	28	35	−7	37
11	Batyr	30	11	1	18	36	54	−18	34
12	CSKA Kairat	30	9	4	17	35	52	−17	31
13	Zhiger	30	8	4	18	33	60	−27	28
14	Taraz	30	6	5	19	25	64	−39	23
15	Zhetysu	30	3	4	23	18	68	−50	013^1
16	Akmola	30	2	4	24	19	68	−49	010^1

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1999
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zhetysu and Akmola were initially relegated, but were later re-accepted to the league
(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	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew	Kairat	24
2	Viktor Zubarev	Irtysh-Bastau	22
3	Nurken Mazbaev	Sintez/Kaisar-Hurricane	15
4	Vitaliy Razdrogin	Zhenis	14
5	Igor Avdeyev	Access-Esil	13
	Seitzhan Baibossynov	Zhiger
	Mendes	Irtysh-Bastau
8	Aleksandr Miroshnichenko	Irtysh-Bastau/Yelimay	11
	Bolat Esmagambetov	Access-Esil
10	Dmitriy Galich	Sintez	10

References

1. Klisf.info: 1999 Season stats (Russian)
2. Lyakhov.kz: 1999 Season stats (Russian)