2001 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division 2001 was the 10th edition of Kazakhstan Premier League. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Promotion and relegation of 2000 season

Three teams were promoted:

Also:

One team relegated:

Also

Club name changes

At the start of season:
FC Batyr became FC Ekibaztuzets-NK,
Access-Golden-Grain became FC Esil Bogatyr,
FC Akmola became FC Esil,
FC Kaisar-Hurricane became FC Kaisar

Final Standing

Pos Team City P W D L F A GD Pts
1 FC Zhenis (C) Astana 32 26 3 3 78 30 48 81
2 FC Atyrau Atyrau 32 21 7 4 53 16 37 70
3 FC Esil Bogatyr Petropavl 32 21 6 5 51 16 35 69
4 FC Irtysh Pavlodar 32 17 9 6 48 22 26 60
5 FC Kairat (CW) Almaty 32 15 7 10 42 33 9 52
6 FC Tobol Kostanay 32 15 4 13 48 43 5 49
7 FC Yelimay Semey 32 14 6 12 47 42 5 48
8 FC Aktobe-Lento Aktobe 32 13 6 13 33 40 -7 45
9 FC Vostok-Altyn Oskemen 32 13 5 14 42 43 -1 44
10 FC Esil Kokshetau 32 12 8 12 35 37 -2 44
11 FC Kaisar Kyzylorda 32 11 7 14 33 40 -7 40
12 FC Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet Karagandy 32 10 10 12 31 37 -6 40
13 FC Ekibastuzets-NK Ekibastuz 32 10 7 15 30 49 -19 37
14 FC Zhetysu Taldykorgan 32 7 5 20 38 57 -19 26
15 FC Taraz Taraz 32 6 3 23 26 57 -31 21
16 FC Dostyk Shymkent 32 4 9 19 28 58 -30 21
17 FC Mangystau Aktau 32 3 6 23 16 59 -43 15
(C) 2001 Champions
(CW) 2001 Cup winner
Qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2002-03
Qualified for the UEFA Cup 2002-03
Relegated to First Division

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Kazakhstan Champions 2001
FC Zhenis
Second Title

Top scorers

Player Team Goals (from penalty)
Arsen Tlekhugov Zhenis 30 (4)
Guram Makaev Atyrau 17 (3)
Kairat Aubakirov Yelimay 13 (4)
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol 12
Ruslan Imankulov Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet 11 (7)
Yuri Aksenov Zhenis 10
Vladimir Gurtuev Zhenis/Esil 10 (1)

References