1997 Kazakhstan Premier League

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

Promotion and relegation of 1996 season

No teams relegated, no teams promoted
However four teams withdrew at the start of this season due to financial reasons:

• FC Tobol
• FC Munaishy
• FC Kainar
• FC SKIF Ordabasy

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

Final standings

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

Golden match

Top scorers

See also

• Kazakhstan national football team 1997

References