1996 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division 1996 was the fifth edition of Kazakhstan Premier League. [1]

Promotion and relegation of 1995 season

Three new teams were accepted to the league

No team was relegated at the end of last season:
however FC Gornyak withdrew at the start of this season

Club name changes

At the start of season:
FC Tsesna became FC Tselinnik again,
FC Ansat became FC Irtysh,
FC Aktyubinets became FC Aktobemunai

League Format

It was decided to increase the number of teams from 16 to 19. With a withdrawal of FC Gornyak it became 18. Teams played against each other on home-away basis.

Final Standings

Pos Team City P W D L F A GD Pts
1FC Taraz (C)Zhambyl34237456144276
2FC IrtyshPavlodar34235660223874
3FC YelimaySemipalatinsk34228464174774
4FC MunaishyAktau34189754262863
5FC BatyrEkibastuz34189743222163
6FC Kairat (CW)Almaty341951061303162
7FC KaisarKzyl-Orda341511839251456
8FC ShakhterKaraganda3414101052401252
9FC KainarTaldykorgan34146143540-548
10FC AktobemunaiAktobe34136154248-645
11FC TobolKostanay34101593535045
12FC VostokUst-Kamenogorsk34128143435-144
13FC TselinnikAkmola34123194461-1739
14FC ZhigerShymkent3499163950-1136
15FC YenbekZhezkazgan3483232470-4627
16FC SKIF OrdabasyShymkent3466222961-3224
17FC BulatTemirtau3452272676-5017
18FC KoksheKokshetau3424281277-6510

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

  • FC Gornyak withdrew after round 4. Results: Munaishy 2:0 Gornyak, Gornyak 0:1 Aktobemunai, Yenbek 0:1 Gornyak, Gornyal 0:1 Kairat were annulled.
  • FC Kokshe withdrew after round 19. Later games were recognized as technical loss (0:3)
style="background: "#ffffff" width="20" | (C) 1996 Champions
style="background: "#ffffff" width="20" | (CW) 1996 Cup winner
Qualified for the Asian Club Championship 1998
Qualified for the Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998
Kazakhstan Champions 1996

FC Taraz
First Title

Top scorers

Player Team Goals
KazakhstanViktor AntonovIrtysh21
KazakhstanVladimir KorolevAktobemunai17
KazakhstanPavel DemyanTselinnik15
KazakhstanAskar AbildaevShakhter14
KazakhstanBulat EsmagambetovYelimay14

See also

References

  1. ↑ Klisf.info: 1996 Season stats (Russian)

External links