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.

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

Aktobe

Astana

Avtomobilist

Batyr

Bolat

Irtysh Pavlodar

Kairat

Kaisar-Hurricane

Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

Taraz

Ulytau

Vostok Adil

Yelimay

Zhiger

Locations of teams in the 1997 Kazakhstan Premier League

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

Irtysh Pavlodar v Taraz

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

See also

• Kazakhstan national football team 1997