1997 Kazakhstan Premier League

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]

Kazakhstan Top Division
Season1997
ChampionsIrtysh Pavlodar
RelegatedAktobe
Ulytau
Asian Club ChampionshipIrtysh Pavlodar
Asian Cup Winners' CupKaisar-Hurricane
Matches played182
Goals scored462 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorerNurken Mazbaev (16)
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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
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[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2 Taraz 26 18 2 6 49 18 +31 56[lower-alpha 1]
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 Qualification for the 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 (R) 26 4 3 19 16 56 −40 15 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
13 Bolat 26 3 5 18 13 47 −34 14
14 Ulytau (R) 26 1 1 24 4 74 −70 4 Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
Source: kpfl.kz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Championship was decided in a decision game.

Golden match
Irtysh Pavlodar1–0Taraz
Viktor Antonov  54'
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

References
  1. Klisf.info: 1997 Season stats (in Russian)
  2. Lyakhov.kz: 1997 Season stats Archived 2005-02-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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