1996 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 1996 Kazakhstan Top Division was the fifth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.^[1]

Kazakhstan Top Division

Season	1996
Champions	Taraz
Asian Club Championship	Taraz
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Kairat
Matches played	306
Goals scored	749 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Viktor Antonov (21)
← 1995 1997 →

Teams

There were no teams relegated at the end of the 1995 season, however Gornyak withdrew from the league at the start of the season, whilst Kaisar-Munai, Kokshe and Metallist were promoted to the Top Division. Prior to the start of the season Tsesna Akmola was renamed Tselinnik Akmola, Ansat became Irtysh Pavlodar and Aktyubinets became Aktobemunai.

Team overview

Aktyubinets

Batyr

Bolat

Irtysh Pavlodar

Kainar

Kairat

Kaisar-Munai

Kokshe

Metallist

Munaishy

Shakhter Karagandy

SKIF-Ordabasy

Taraz

Tobol

Tselinnik Akmola

Vostok

Yelimay

Zhiger

Locations of teams in the 1996 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktyubinets	Aktobe	Central Stadium
Batyr	Ekibastuz	Shakhtyor Stadium
Bolat	Temirtau	Metallurg Stadium
Irtysh Pavlodar	Pavlodar	Central Stadium
Kainar	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium
Kaisar-Munai	Kyzylorda	Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Kokshe	Kokshetau	Torpedo Stadium
Metallist	Jezkazgan
Munaishy	Aktau	Zhastar Stadium
Shakhter Karagandy	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium
SKIF-Ordabasy	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Taraz	Taraz	Central Stadium
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium
Tselinnik Akmola	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
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
1	Taraz (C)	34	23	7	4	56	14	+42	76	Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2	Irtysh Pavlodar	34	23	5	6	60	22	+38	74
3	Yelimay	34	22	8	4	64	17	+47	74
4	Munaishy	34	18	9	7	54	26	+28	63
5	Batyr	34	18	9	7	43	22	+21	63
6	Kairat	34	19	5	10	61	30	+31	62	Qualification for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup
7	Kaisar-Munai	34	15	11	8	39	25	+14	56
8	Shakhter Karagandy	34	14	10	10	52	40	+12	52
9	Kainar	34	14	6	14	35	40	−5	48
10	Aktobemunai	34	13	6	15	42	48	−6	45
11	Tobol	34	10	15	9	35	35	0	45
12	Vostok	34	12	8	14	34	35	−1	44
13	Tselinnik Akmola	34	12	3	19	44	61	−17	39
14	Zhiger	34	9	9	16	39	50	−11	36
15	Metallist	34	8	3	23	24	70	−46	27
16	SKIF-Ordabasy	34	6	6	22	29	61	−32	24
17	Bolat	34	5	2	27	26	76	−50	17
18	Kokshe	34	2	4	28	12	77	−65	10

Source: kpfl.kz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	AKT	BAT	BOL	IRT	KNR	KRT	KSR	KOK	MET	MUN	SHA	SKI	TAR	TSE	TOB	VOS	YEL	ZHI
Aktobemunai		1–0	8–0	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0[a]	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Batyr	0–0		2–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Bolat	0–2	0–1		1–4	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	1–4	0–1	3–0	1–4	1–3	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–1
Irtysh Pavlodar	3–1	1–1	3–2		3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	6–0
Kainar	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–2		0–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0
Kairat	4–0	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–0		1–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–1
Kaisar-Munai	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		3–0[a]	3–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0
Kokshe	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–2		2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–3
Metallist	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	0–2	3–0[a]		0–2	1–3	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0
Munaishy	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	4–1		1–1	3–0	2–3	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0
Shakhter Karagandy	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–4	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1		4–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0
SKIF-Ordabasy	3–3	1–4	2–0	0–3	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0[a]	5–1	0–3	1–1		1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1
Taraz	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0		3–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Tselinnik Akmola	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–5	3–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–3		2–1	0–1	0–3	1–0
Tobol	1–1	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0[a]	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2		0–1	1–1	2–1
Vostok	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–3	2–0	3–0[a]	5–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–1		0–6	1–1
Yelimay	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0[a]	6–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	2–0	2–0		1–0
Zhiger	4–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	5–3	2–2	2–0	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. As Kokshe withdrew after 18 games, the remaining 16 games were turned into a 0–3 win for the opponents.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Antonov	Irtysh	21
2	Vladimir Korolev	Aktobemunai	17
3	Pavel Demyan	Tselinnik	15
4	Askar Abildaev	Shakhter	14
	Bolat Esmagambetov	Yelimay

See also

• Kazakhstan national football team 1996