1999 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Top Division

Season	1999
Champions	Irtysh-Bastau
Asian Club Championship	Irtysh-Bastau
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Kairat
Matches played	240
Goals scored	631 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew (24)
← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Kazakhstan Top Division was the eighth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

Teams

Following the conclusion of the previous season, Nasha Kompaniya, Bolat and Naryn were relegated, with Tobol, Access-Esil, Zhetysu, Sintez and Kairat being promoted in their place. Prior to the start of the season, Irtysh Pavlodar became Irtysh-Bastau, Astana became Zhenis Astana, Khimik became Akmola, Tomiris became Sintez and Vostok became Vostok Altyn.

Team overview

Access-Esil

Akmola

Batyr

CSKA Almaty

Irtysh-Bastau

Kairat

Kaisar-Hurricane

Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet

Sintez

Taraz

Tobol

Vostok-Altyn

Yelimay

Zhenis Astana

Zhetysu

Zhiger

Locations of teams in the 1999 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Access-Esil	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium
Akmola	Stepnogorsk
Batyr	Ekibastuz	Shakhtyor Stadium
CSKA Almaty	Almaty	CSKA Stadium
Irtysh-Bastau	Pavlodar	Central Stadium
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium
Kaisar-Hurricane	Kyzylorda	Gani Muratbayev Stadium
Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	Karaganda	Shakhter Stadium
Sintez	Shymkent	Kazhymukan Munaitpasov 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 or relegation
1	Irtysh Pavlodar (C)	30	24	4	2	69	19	+50	76	2000–01 Asian Club Championship
2	Access-Esil	30	23	3	4	56	19	+37	72
3	Kairat	30	21	1	8	62	19	+43	64	2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup
4	Zhenis Astana	30	18	5	7	60	25	+35	59
5	Kaisar-Hurricane	30	17	7	6	47	19	+28	58
6	Sintez	30	17	5	8	48	31	+17	56
7	Vostok Altyn	30	14	4	12	32	33	−1	46
8	Tobol	30	12	5	13	28	29	−1	41
9	Yelimay	30	12	4	14	35	36	−1	40
10	Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet	30	11	4	15	28	35	−7	37
11	Batyr	30	11	1	18	36	54	−18	34
12	CSKA Kairat	30	9	4	17	35	52	−17	31
13	Zhiger	30	8	4	18	33	60	−27	28
14	Taraz	30	6	5	19	25	64	−39	23
15	Zhetysu	30	3	4	23	18	68	−50	0131
16	Akmola	30	2	4	24	19	68	−49	0101

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1999
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Zhetysu and Akmola were initially relegated, but were later re-accepted to the league
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rejepmyrat Agabaýew	Kairat	24
2	Viktor Zubarev	Irtysh-Bastau	22
3	Nurken Mazbaev	Sintez/Kaisar-Hurricane	15
4	Vitaliy Razdrogin	Zhenis	14
5	Igor Avdeyev	Access-Esil	13
	Seitzhan Baibossynov	Zhiger
	Mendes	Irtysh-Bastau
8	Aleksandr Miroshnichenko	Irtysh-Bastau/Yelimay	11
	Bolat Esmagambetov	Access-Esil
10	Dmitriy Galich	Sintez	10