Promotion and relegation of 1995 season

Three new teams were accepted to the league

• FC Kaisar
  FC Kaisar
  FC Kaisar Kyzylorda are a Kazakh football based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have missed only three seasons following relegations. The most successful was the season of 1998, when they won the Kazakhstan Cup and got...
  
  
• FC Kokshe
  FC Okzhetpes
  Football Club Okzhetpes Kokshetau are a Kazakhstani football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently play in the Kazakhstan Premier League....
  
  
• FC Yenbek
  FC Ulytau
  FC Ulytau are a defunct Kazakhstani football based in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. They were members of the Kazakhstan First Division.-Name History:*1967 : Founded as Yenbek*1975 : The club is renamed Gornyak*1980 : The club is renamed Dzhezkazganets...
  
  

No team was relegated at the end of last season:

however FC Gornyak

FC Gornyak

FC Gornyak are a Kazakhstani football based in Khromtau. They are current members of the Kazakhstan First Division....

 withdrew at the start of this season

Club name changes

At the start of season:

FC Tsesna

FC Astana

FC Astana-64 are a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 after being declared bankrupt...

 became FC Tselinnik

FC Astana

FC Astana-64 are a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 after being declared bankrupt...

 again,

FC Ansat

FC Irtysh

FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower...

 became FC Irtysh

FC Irtysh

FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower...

,

FC Aktyubinets

FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:...

 became FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:...

munai

League Format

It was decided to increase the number of teams from 16 to 19. With a withdrawal of FC Gornyak it became 18. Teams played against each other on home-away basis.

Final Standings

Pos	Team	City	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	FC Taraz FC Taraz FC Taraz are a Kazakh football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and cup winners in 2004... (C)	Zhambyl Taraz Taraz , is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River...	34	23	7	4	56	14	42	76
2	FC Irtysh FC Irtysh FC Irtysh are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Pavlodar. The most successful club in the country since independence, Irtysh won the Kazakhstan Premier league in 1993 , 1997, 1999, 2002 and 2003. They are also founding members of the top league and never relegated to lower...	Pavlodar Pavlodar Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710...	34	23	5	6	60	22	38	74
3	FC Yelimay FC Semey FC Spartak Semey are a Kazakhstani football club based in Semey. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, and under the name Yelimay they were three-time champions of Kazakhstan in 1994, 1995 and 1998...	Semipalatinsk Semey Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...	34	22	8	4	64	17	47	74
4	FC Munaishy FC Caspiy FC Caspiy is a Kazakhstani football club based at the Zhastar Stadium in Aktau. The club name derived from Caspian Sea . They play in the First Division. Their best year was 1996, when they finished 4th in Premier League and reached semi-finals of Kazakhstan Cup...	Aktau Aktau Aktau , formerly known as Shevchenko , is a city in Kazakhstan's Mangyshlak Peninsula and country's only seaport on the Caspian Sea. It is the capital of Mangystau Province in western Kazakhstan...	34	18	9	7	54	26	28	63
5	FC Batyr	Ekibastuz Ekibastuz Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar Province, northeastern Kazakhstan. it had a population of 141,000. It is served by Ekibastuz Airport.-History:...	34	18	9	7	43	22	21	63
6	FC Kairat (CW)	Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	34	19	5	10	61	30	31	62
7	FC Kaisar FC Kaisar FC Kaisar Kyzylorda are a Kazakh football based in the Gany Muratbayev Stadium in Kyzylorda. They are founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League and have missed only three seasons following relegations. The most successful was the season of 1998, when they won the Kazakhstan Cup and got...	Kzyl-Orda	34	15	11	8	39	25	14	56
8	FC Shakhter FC Shakhter "FC Shakhter" redirects here. For other uses, see Shakhtar .FC Shakhter are a Kazakh football based in the Shakhtyor Stadium in Karagandy. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992...	Karaganda Karaganda Karagandy , more commonly known by its Russian name Karaganda, , is the capital of Karagandy Province in Kazakhstan. It is the fourth most populous city in Kazakhstan, behind Almaty , Astana and Shymkent, with a population of 471,800 . In the 1940s up to 70% of the city's inhabitants were ethnic...	34	14	10	10	52	40	12	52
9	FC Kainar FC Zhetysu FC Zhetysu are a Kazakh football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they missed five seasons because of relegations.-Name History:*1981 : Founded as Zhetysu...	Taldykorgan Taldykorgan Taldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:...	34	14	6	14	35	40
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10	FC Aktobe FC Aktobe FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:... munai	Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe , formerly known as Aktyubinsk , is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 277,700, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks...	34	13	6	15	42	48
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11	FC Tobol FC Tobol FC Tobol is a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992, they won Kazakhstan Premier league on 2010, and ended up close in 2nd and 3rd positions in last seven seasons.- Name history :*1967 :...	Kostanay Kostanay Kostanay , formerly known as Kustanay and Nikolayevsk , is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 301,317 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province.-Public institutions:In Kostanay there are 8 higher educational...	34	10	15	9	35	35	0	45
12	FC Vostok FC Vostok FC Vostok is a Kazakh football club from Oskemen , a founding member of the Kazakhstan Premier League since 1992. The club's biggest achieved position in the league is the 5th place in 1997 and 1998...	Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:...	34	12	8	14	34	35
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13	FC Tselinnik FC Astana FC Astana-64 are a Kazakhstani football club based at the K.Munaitpasov Stadium in Astana. Founding members of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were relegated to First Division for the first time in 2009 after being declared bankrupt...	Akmola Astana Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...	34	12	3	19	44	61
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14	FC Zhiger FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy is a football club from Kazakhstan based at the K. Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Formed in 1998, it is currently a member of the Kazakhstan Premier league.-History:...	Shymkent Shymkent Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the...	34	9	9	16	39	50
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15	FC Yenbek FC Ulytau FC Ulytau are a defunct Kazakhstani football based in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. They were members of the Kazakhstan First Division.-Name History:*1967 : Founded as Yenbek*1975 : The club is renamed Gornyak*1980 : The club is renamed Dzhezkazganets...	Zhezkazgan	34	8	3	23	24	70
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16	FC SKIF Ordabasy	Shymkent Shymkent Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the...	34	6	6	22	29	61
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17	FC Bulat	Temirtau Temirtau Temirtau is a city in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. Pop 180,000.-History:*1905, June, 15 - the first groups of settlers settled down on the left bank of the Nura River. There were 40 families, that had arrived from Samara...	34	5	2	27	26	76
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18	FC Kokshe FC Okzhetpes Football Club Okzhetpes Kokshetau are a Kazakhstani football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently play in the Kazakhstan Premier League....	Kokshetau Kokshetau Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards...	34	2	4	28	12	77
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Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

• FC Gornyak withdrew after round 4. Results: Munaishy 2:0 Gornyak, Gornyak 0:1 Aktobemunai, Yenbek 0:1 Gornyak, Gornyal 0:1 Kairat were annulled.
• FC Kokshe withdrew after round 19. Later games were recognized as technical loss (0:3)

(C)	1996 Champions
(CW)	1996 Cup winner
	Qualified for the Asian Club Championship 1998
	Qualified for the Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998 Asian Cup Winners Cup The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation . The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC...

Kazakhstan Champions 1996
FC Taraz FC Taraz FC Taraz are a Kazakh football club based at the Tsentralny Stadium in Taraz. A leading club in the early years of the Kazakhstan Premier League, they were champions in 1996, and cup winners in 2004... First Title

Top scorers

	Player	Team	Goals
	Viktor Antonov	Irtysh	21
	Vladimir Korolev	Aktobemunai	17
	Pavel Demyan	Tselinnik	15
	Askar Abildaev	Shakhter	14
	Bulat Esmagambetov Bulat Esmagambetov Bulat Esmagambetov is a retired football forward from Kazakhstan. He obtained a total number of seven caps for the Kazakhstan national football team during his career, scoring three goals.- References :*...	Yelimay	14

External links

• Lyakhov.kz 1996 Season