1997 Kazakhstan Premier League

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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

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

Statistics

Top scorers

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

See also

• Kazakhstan national football team 1997