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.Klisf.info: 1997 Season stats Lyakhov.kz: 1997 Season stats
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
League table
Golden match
Results
Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nurken MazbaevTaraz162 Vladimir LoginovKaisar-Hurricane123 Viktor ZubarevIrtysh10 Ruslan DuzmambetovVostok-Adil5 Bolat EsmagambetovYelimay/Irtysh 96 Ruslan ImankulovShakhter-Ispat-Karmet8 Oleg LitvinenkoYelimay Faizulla OrdabaevShakhter-Ispat-Karmet9 Eduard GlazunovBatyr7 Yuri ZvonarenkoBatyr
See also Kazakhstan national football team 1997
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