1997 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division
Season 1997
Champions Irtysh Pavlodar
Relegated Aktobe
Ulytau
Asian Club Championship Irtysh Pavlodar
Asian Cup Winners' Cup Kaisar-Hurricane
Matches played 182
Goals scored 462 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer Nurken Mazbaev (16)
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Kazakhstan Top Division was the sixth 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, no teams were promoted or relegated. However Tobol, Munaishy, Kainar and SKIF-Ordabasy all withdrew from the league prior to the start of the season due to financial reasons.

Before the 1997 season started, Kokshe became Avtomobilist, Metallist became Ulytau, Aktobemunai became Aktobe, Tselinnik Akmola became Astana, Shakhter Karagandy became Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet and Vostok became Vostok Adil. Kaisar-Munai became Kaisar-Hurricane half-way through the season, in July.

Team overview

Team Location Venue Capacity
Aktobe Aktobe Central Stadium
Astana Astana Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Avtomobilist Kokshetau Torpedo Stadium
Batyr Ekibastuz Shakhtyor Stadium
Bolat Temirtau Metallurg Stadium
Irtysh Pavlodar Pavlodar Central Stadium
Kairat Almaty Central Stadium
Kaisar-Hurricane Kyzylorda Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet Karaganda Shakhter Stadium
Taraz Taraz Central Stadium
Ulytau Jezkazgan
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 Irtysh Pavlodar (C) 26 17 5 4 46 15 31 56 1998–99 Asian Club Championship
Golden Match
2 Taraz 26 18 2 6 49 18 +31 56 Golden Match
3 Kairat 26 16 5 5 52 14 +38 53
4 Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet 26 16 4 6 40 22 +18 52
5 Vostok Adil 26 14 8 4 42 16 +26 50
6 Batyr 26 15 2 9 38 22 +16 47
7 Yelimay 26 13 7 6 41 26 +15 46
8 Kaisar-Hurricane 26 13 5 8 39 23 +16 44 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
9 Astana 26 11 4 11 32 21 +11 37
10 Zhiger 26 8 5 13 27 40 −13 29
11 Avtomobilist 26 5 0 21 23 68 −45 15
12 Aktobe 26 4 3 19 16 56 −40 15 Relegation to 1998 Kazakhstan First Division
13 Bolat 26 3 5 18 13 47 −34 14
14 Ulytau 26 1 1 24 4 74 −70 4 Relegation to 1998 Kazakhstan First Division

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1997
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.

Golden match

13 October 1997
Irtysh Pavlodar 1–0 Taraz
Viktor Antonov  54'
Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: A.Kulakov

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Kazakhstan Nurken Mazbaev Taraz 16
2 Kazakhstan Vladimir Loginov Kaisar-Hurricane 12
3 Kazakhstan Viktor Zubarev Irtysh 10
Kazakhstan Ruslan Duzmambetov Vostok-Adil
5 Kazakhstan Bolat Esmagambetov Yelimay/Irtysh 9
6 Kazakhstan Ruslan Imankulov Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet 8
Kazakhstan Oleg Litvinenko Yelimay
Kazakhstan Faizulla Ordabaev Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet
9 Kazakhstan Eduard Glazunov Batyr 7
Kazakhstan Yuri Zvonarenko Batyr

See also

References

  1. ↑ Klisf.info: 1997 Season stats (Russian)
  2. ↑ Lyakhov.kz: 1997 Season stats (Russian)
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