Kazakhstan Premier League 1997 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Promotion and relegation of 1996 season

No teams relegated, no teams promoted

However four teams withdrew at the start of this season due to financial reasons:

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 :...
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...
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...
FC SKIF Ordabasy

Club name changes

At the start of season:

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....

became FC Avtomobilist

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...

became FC Ulytau

FC Ulytau

,

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 became FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe

,

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...

became FC Astana

FC Astana

,

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...

became FC Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

FC Shakhter

,

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...

became FC Kaisar-Hurricane

FC Kaisar

,

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...

played under name FC Vostok-Adil

FC Vostok

only this season

Final standings

Pos	Team	City	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	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... (GM) (CW)	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...	26	17	5	4	46	15	31	56
2	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... (GM)	Taraz 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...	26	18	2	6	49	18	31	56
3	FC Kairat	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...	26	16	5	5	52	14	38	53
4	FC Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet 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...	26	16	4	6	40	22	18	52
5	FC Vostok-Adil 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:...	26	14	8	4	42	16	26	50
6	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:...	26	15	2	9	38	22	16	47
7	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,...	26	13	7	6	41	26	15	46
8	FC Kaisar-Hurricane 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... (CRU)	Kyzylorda	26	13	5	8	39	23	16	44
9	FC Astana 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...	26	11	4	11	32	21	11	37
10	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...	26	8	5	13	27	40
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11	FC Avtomobilist 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....	Shortandy (Akmola suburb) 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...	26	5	0	21	23	68
15
12	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:...	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...	26	4	3	19	16	56
15
13	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...	26	3	5	18	13	47
14
14	FC Ulytau 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 Yenbek1975 : The club is renamed Gornyak*1980 : The club is renamed Dzhezkazganets...	Zhezkazgan	26	1	1	24	4	74
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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 Ulytau withdrew after round 14. Later games were recognized as technical loss (0:3)
FC Aktobe withdrew after round 22. Later games were recognized as technical loss (0:3)
FC Kaisar qualified to Asian CWC as runner-up of Kazakhstan Cup. Winner was FC Irtysh

(GM)	Two best teams earned equal points. Golden match rule was applied to decide the Champion
(CW)	1997-98 Cup winner
(CRU)	1997-98 Cup runner-up
	Qualified for the Asian Club Championship 1999
	Qualified for the Asian Cup Winners Cup 1999 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...
	Relegated to First Division Kazakhstan First Division The Kazakhstan First Division is the second division of football in Kazakhstan. The League is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan and feeds into the Kazakhstan Premier League, having been founded in 1994. It runs from spring and to late autumn, making each championship correspond to a...

Golden match

Kazakhstan Champions 1997
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... Second Title

Top scorers

Player	Team	Goals
Nurken Mazbaev Nurken Mazbaev Nurken Mazbaev was a Kazakhstani football forward. He retired on 20 May 2008, having played 16 seasons and scoring 142 goals in Kazakhstan Premier League, which makes him the second all-time top scorer of the tournament....	Taraz	16
Vladimir Loginov	Kaisar-Hurricane	12
Viktor Zubarev Viktor Zubarev Viktor Yevgenyevich Zubarev was a soccer forward from Kazakhstan.-Club career stats:Last update: 11 February 2008-Honours:* Kazakhstan Champion: 1999, 2002...	Irtysh	10
Ruslan Duzmambetov	Vostok-Adil	10
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/Irtysh	9
Ruslan Imankulov	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	8
Oleg Litvinenko Oleg Litvinenko Oleg Litvinenko 23 November 1973 - 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh football forward from Taraz. He has scored 147 goals in Kazakhstan Premier League and he is the all-time top scorer of the tournament. He has been unarguably one of the best players of National team...	Yelimay	8
Faizulla Ordabaev	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	8
Eduard Glazunov	Batyr	7
Yuri Zvonarenko	Batyr	7

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