The 2002 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 11th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 28 April and 24 October.
Teams No teams were promoted from the Kazakhstan First Division, and with Ekibastuzets-NK, Zhetysu, Taraz, Dostyk and Mangystau relegated the previous season the league was reduced to 12 teams. Before the start of the season Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet were renamed Shakhter Karagandy.
Team overview
Team Location Venue Capacity Aktobe-Lento Aktobe Central Stadium 13,200 Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,500 Esil Kokshetau Okzhetpes Stadium 4,158 Esil Bogatyr Petropavl Karasai Stadium 11,000 Irtysh Pavlodar Central Stadium 15,000 Kairat Almaty Central Stadium 23,804 Kaisar Kyzylorda Gany Muratbayev Stadium 7,500 Shakhter Karagandy Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000 Tobol Kostanay Central Stadium 8,323 Vostok Altyn Oskemen Vostok Stadium 8,500 Yelimay Semey Spartak Stadium Zhenis Astana Astana Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 12,350
First round League table
Results
Second round Championship round
Results
Relegation round
Results
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yevgeniy LunyovShakhter162 Aleksandr ShatskikhIrtysh13 Murat TleshevShakhter Alibek BuleshevKairat5 Oleg LitvinenkoZhenis/Elimay116 Dmitriy ByakovKairat11 Vitaliy KitsakAtyrau8 Sergei KondratskiyEsil Bogatyr109 MendesZhenis9 Nurken MazbaevTobol Dmitriy YuristAktobe-Lento Sergei KalabukhinIrtysh
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