2000 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division
Season	2000
Champions	Zhenis Astana
Matches played	210
Goals scored	553 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mendes (21)
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Kazakhstan Top Division was the ninth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Teams

Following the conclusion of the previous season, no teams were relegated or promoted. Prior to the start of the season, Sintez became Tomiris, Access-Esil became Access-Golden Grain whilst Akmola moved back to Kokshetau.

During the middle of the season, Batyr withdrew due to financial problems, and Tomiris and Zhiger merged to form Dostyk. Dostyk were awarded the points that Tomiris had accumulated, whilst Zhiger were treated as having technical losses (0:3) in all remaining games.

Team overview

Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

Locations of teams in the 2000 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue
Access-Golden-Grain	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium
Akmola	Kokshetau	Torpedo Stadium
CSKA Almaty	Almaty	CSKA Stadium
Dostyk	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Irtysh-Bastau	Pavlodar	Central Stadium
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium
Kaisar-Hurricane	Kyzylorda	Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium
Taraz	Taraz	Central Stadium
Tobol	Kostanay	Central Stadium
Vostok-Altyn	Oskemen	Vostok Stadium
Yelimay	Semey	Spartak Stadium
Zhenis Astana	Astana	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium
Zhiger	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zhenis Astana (C)	28	24	2	2	69	20	+49	74	Qualification for the Golden match
2	Access-Golden Grain	28	24	2	2	59	10	+49	74	Qualification for the Golden match
3	Irtysh Pavlodar	28	19	3	6	50	26	+24	60
4	Kairat	28	18	6	4	48	17	+31	60
5	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	28	14	6	8	38	26	+12	48
6	Kaisar-Hurricane	28	12	7	9	36	23	+13	43
7	Tobol	28	13	3	12	42	39	+3	42
8	Yelimay	28	12	5	11	43	33	+10	41
9	CSKA Kairat^[a]	28	12	3	13	39	35	+4	36
10	Akmola	28	8	5	15	25	34	−9	29
11	Vostok Altyn	28	8	4	16	30	45	−15	28
12	Taraz	28	7	5	16	22	47	−25	26
13	Dostyk	28	5	4	19	24	53	−29	19
14	Zhetysu	28	4	2	22	15	73	−58	14
15	Zhiger	28	1	1	26	13	72	−59	4

Source: kpfl.kz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ CSKA Kairat deducted 3 points for not paying participation fee.

Golden match

29 October 2000

Zhenis Astana	2-0	Access-Golden Grain
Sepashvili 9' Kornienko 86' (pen.)

Central Stadium, Almaty

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: B.Tuseev

Results

Home \ Away	ACS	AKM	CSK	DOS	IRT	KRT	KSR	SHA	TAR	TOB	VOS	YEL	ZHN	ZHE	ZHI
Access-Golden Grain		2–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	5–0	2–0
Akmola	0–3		1–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1
CSKA Kairat	0–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	7–0	3–0^[a]
Dostyk	0–3	1–1	2–2		2–3	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	3–0^[a]
Irtysh Pavlodar	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0		2–4	5–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	3–0^[a]
Kairat	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	1–1	5–0	3–0^[a]
Kaisar-Hurricane	0–2	1–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	3–0	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–0^[a]
Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0		4–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	4–0	1–0
Taraz	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0		0–1	3–0	1–4	0–3	1–0	3–0^[a]
Tobol	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0		3–2	3–1	1–3	3–0	3–0^[a]
Vostok Altyn	1–3	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0^[a]
Yelimay	0–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1		1–2	4–0	3–0
Zhenis Astana	1–0	4–2	5–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	3–1		8–0	3–0^[a]
Zhetysu	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–4	4–1	0–3	0–3		1–0
Zhiger	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	0–1	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–3^[a]	4–2	2–3	0–3^[a]	0–3^[a]	1–2	0–3^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o After the merger with Tomiris, Ordabasy Zhiger did not play a match; the remaining games were declared regular 3–0 wins for the opponents.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mendes	Irtysh-Bastau	21
2	Kairat Aubakirov	Yelimay	15
2	Vladimir Niederhaus	Zhenis	15
4	Seitzhan Baibossynov	Zhiger/Dostyk	14
5	Oleg Litvinenko	Kairat	13
6	Vaso Sepashvili	Zhenis	12
	Vladimir Loginov	Kaisar-Hurricane
	Ruslan Imankulov	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

References

^ Klisf.info: 2000 Season stats (in Russian)
^ Klisf.info: 2000 Season team roster (in Russian)
^ Lyakhov.kz: 2000 Season stats Archived 2002-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

[table_note_CSKA0.69632488894105-4] CSKA Kairat deducted 3 points for not paying participation fee.

[table_note_1_CSK_ZHI0.033661548529594-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o After the merger with Tomiris, Ordabasy Zhiger did not play a match; the remaining games were declared regular 3–0 wins for the opponents.

[1] Klisf.info: 2000 Season stats (in Russian)

[2] Klisf.info: 2000 Season team roster (in Russian)

[3] Lyakhov.kz: 2000 Season stats Archived 2002-06-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

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