Kazakhstan Premier League 1997

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Kazakhstan Top Division 1997 was the 6th edition of Kazakhstan Super League. ^[1] ^[2]

1 Promotion and relegation of 1996 season
2 Club name changes
3 Final Standings
4 Golden match
5 Top scorers
6 References

[edit] Promotion and relegation of 1996 season

No team relegated, not team promoted
However four teams withdrew at the start of this season due to financial reasons:

[edit] Club name changes

At the start of season:
FC Kokshe became FC Avtomobilist,
FC Yenbek became FC Ulytau,
FC Aktobemunai became FC Aktobe,
FC Tselinnik became FC Astana,
FC Shakhter became FC Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet,
FC Kaisar became FC Kaisar-Hurricane,
FC Vostok played under name FC Vostok-Adil only this season

[edit] Final Standings

Pos	Team	City	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	FC Irtysh (GM) (CW)	Pavlodar	26	17	5	4	46	15	31	56
2	FC Taraz (GM)	Taraz	26	18	2	6	49	18	31	56
3	FC Kairat	Almaty	26	16	5	5	52	14	38	53
4	FC Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	Karaganda	26	16	4	6	40	22	18	52
5	FC Vostok-Adil	Ust-Kamenogorsk	26	14	8	4	42	16	26	50
6	FC Batyr	Ekibastuz	26	15	2	9	38	22	16	47
7	FC Yelimay	Semipalatinsk	26	13	7	6	41	26	15	46
8	FC Kaisar-Hurricane (CRU)	Kyzylorda	26	13	5	8	39	23	16	44
9	FC Astana	Akmola	26	11	4	11	32	21	11	37
10	FC Zhiger	Shymkent	26	8	5	13	27	40	-13	29
11	FC Avtomobilist	Shortandy (Akmola suburb)	26	5	0	21	23	68	-45	15
12	FC Aktobe	Aktobe	26	4	3	19	16	56	-40	15
13	FC Bulat	Temirtau	26	3	5	18	13	47	-34	14
14	FC Ulytau	Zhezkazgan	26	1	1	24	4	74	-70	4

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
	Relegated to First Division

[edit] Golden match

October 13, 1997	FC Irtysh	1–0	FC Taraz	Almaty Central Stadium Attendance: 7500 Referee: A.Kulakov
	Viktor Antonov 54'

Kazakhstan Champions 1997
FC Irtysh Second Title

[edit] Top scorers

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

[edit] References

^ Klisf.info: 1997 Season stats (Russian)
^ Lyakhov.kz: 1997 Season stats (Russian)

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