2003 Kazakhstan Premier League

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Kazakhstan Premier League
Season2003
Champions Irtysh Pavlodar
Top goalscorer Andrei Finonchenko (18)
2002
2004

The 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 12th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 12 April and 3 November. [1]

Contents

Teams

There were 5 promoted teams to the Premier League for this season, Ekibastuzets, Batys, Dostyk, Taraz and Zhetysu. The Premier League was expanded to 17 teams before the season started and to 19 teams for the 2004 season, this mean no teams were relegated before or after the season. Before the start of the season Vostok Altyn were renamed Vostok and Dostyk became Ordabasy.

Due to failure to comply with UEFA regulations, no teams qualified for any UEFA competition.

Team overview

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Aktobe-Lento Aktobe Central Stadium 13,200
Atyrau Atyrau Munaishy Stadium 9,500
Batys Oral Petr Atoyan Stadium 8,320
Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz Shakhtyor Stadium 6,300
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
Ordabasy Shymkent Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium 20,000
Shakhter Karagandy Karagandy Shakhter Stadium 20,000
Taraz Taraz Central Stadium 12,525
Tobol Kostanay Central Stadium 8,323
Vostok Oskemen Vostok Stadium 8,500
Zhenis Astana Astana Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium 12,350
Yelimay Semey Spartak Stadium
Zhetysu Taldykorgan Zhetysu Stadium 4,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Irtysh [a] (C)3225345920+3978
2 Tobol 3224445519+3676
3 Zhenis Astana 3220486533+3264
4 Atyrau [b] 32165114842+653
5 Aktobe-Lento 32131274029+1151
6 Ordabasy 32154133329+449
7 Kairat 32147115142+949
8 Zhetysu 32146124638+848
9 Yelimay 32127133535043
10 Shakhter Karagandy 321012103729+842
11 Esil Bogatyr 321061642531136
12 Taraz 321041835451034
13 Kaisar 32971626421634
14 Vostok 32881634461232
15 Ekibastuzets 32842030562628
16 Batys 32822225744926
17 Esil [c] 32491913422915
Source: kpfl.kz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Irtysh were penalized with two technical losses due to fielding an in-eligible player.
  2. Atyrau were penalized with a technical loss due to fielding an in-eligible player.
  3. Esil were deducted 6 points due to a violation of transfer rules, whilst their last four games were awarded as technical losses due to being suspended on 23 October.

Results

Home \ Away AKT ATY BAT EKI ESK EBO IRT KRT KSR ORD SHA TAR TOB VOS YEL ZHN ZHE
Aktobe 2–05–12–02–12–00–24–20–01–01–02–11–21–01–10–00–0
Atyrau 1–13–11–02–00–11–21–12–11–13–24–11–33–11–03–13–2
Batys 1–21–02–11–02–10–11–50–12–00–12–10–21–10–21–32–0
Ekibastuzets 2–11–24–01–00–40–11–13–02–31–12–00–31–23–00–10–1
Esil 1–10–3 [a] 1–11–11–31–41–00–20–3 [a] 1–11–01–21–00–10–10–1
Esil Bogatyr 5–22–34–11–11–00–10–21–22–01–11–10–01–03–23–32–1
Irtysh Pavlodar 2–15–16–05–00–12–01–02–11–02–11–00–02–01–01–02–1
Kairat 1–12–14–01–01–13–21–35–11–02–00–01–32–12–01–30–2
Kaisar 0–02–30–10–10–02–13–0 [b] 0–21–00–01–21–21–00–03–21–0
Ordabasy 1–11–21–00–10–01–03–0 [b] 3–03–12–01–01–21–01–02–01–1
Shakhter Karagandy 0–01–02–03–00–02–00–10–01–13–05–12–01–01–11–12–2
Taraz 1–23–0 [c] 3–03–13–0 [a] 2–10–11–41–01–23–10–03–11–20–21–1
Tobol 1–01–12–11–01–06–00–12–12–13–01–03–02–01–03–11–0
Vostok 0–00–27–24–00–02–10–02–20–02–01–11–00–22–12–32–1
Yelimay 1–10–02–04–11–04–02–11–22–01–01–02–11–32–20–10–1
Zhenis Astana 2–11–06–15–12–04–11–13–12–00–11–30–12–05–04–02–0
Zhetysu 0–22–03–03–13–0 [a] 0–02–73–14–00–12–11–02–14–11–12–3
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 For breaking the transfer rules, Esil was deducted 6 points; in addition, the club was suspended from October 23. The remaining 4 games were declared 0–3 regular defeats.
  2. 1 2 As Irtysh fielded an ineligible player, the matches between Ordabasy and Irtysh and Kaisar and Irtysh were converted into 3–0 wins for the home team.
  3. As Atyrau fielded an ineligible player, the match between Taraz and Atyrau was turned into a 3–0 win for the home team.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 3 November 2003 [1]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrei Finonchenko Shakhter16
2 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev Tobol16
3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Aleksandr ShatskikhZhenis14
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Rejepmyrat Agabaýew Atyrau
5 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alibek Buleshev Kairat13
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Oleg Litvinenko Elimay
7 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Muslim Agaýew Irtysh11
8 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Murat Tleshev Irtysh10
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Pavel UdalovVostok
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dilmurat NazarovTaraz
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Oleg TarasovKairat
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Valeriy GarkushaTobol

References

  1. 1 2 "2003 PREMIER LEAGUE". www.kpfl.kz/ (in Russian). Football Federation of Kazakhstan . Retrieved 9 December 2015.[ permanent dead link ]