2002 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2002
Champions	Irtysh Pavlodar
Champions League	Irtysh Pavlodar
UEFA Cup	Atyrau Zhenis Astana
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Tobol
Top goalscorer	Evgeniy Lunev (16)
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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

Aktobe-Lento

Atyrau

Esil

Esil Bogatyr

Irtysh Pavlodar

Kairat

Kaisar

Shakhter Karagandy

Tobol

Vostok-Altyn

Yelimay

Zhenis Astana

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Locations of teams in the 2002 Kazakhstan Premier League

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Irtysh	22	16	4	2	46	9	+37	52	Qualification for the championship round
2	Atyrau	22	15	3	4	28	14	+14	48
3	Zhenis Astana	22	11	7	4	32	14	+18	40
4	Tobol	22	11	4	7	33	27	+6	37
5	Shakhter Karagandy	22	10	6	6	35	21	+14	36
6	Aktobe-Lento	22	10	4	8	25	26	−1	34
7	Yelimay	22	9	6	7	26	28	−2	33	Qualification for the relegation round
8	Esil Bogatyr	22	6	7	9	18	25	−7	25
9	Kairat	22	6	6	10	24	29	−5	24
10	Vostok Altyn	22	6	1	15	17	31	−14	19
11	Kaisar	22	3	2	17	13	46	−33	11
12	Esil	22	2	4	16	13	40	−27	10

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

Second round

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Irtysh (C)	32	21	8	3	63	14	+49	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Atyrau	32	19	6	7	43	22	+21	63	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Tobol	32	15	7	10	45	43	+2	52	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Zhenis Astana	32	14	10	8	40	23	+17	52	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Shakhter Karagandy	32	13	7	12	37	40	−3	46
6	Aktobe-Lento	32	11	10	11	45	39	+6	43

Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_2002
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Kairat	32	13	7	12	41	36	+5	46
8	Yelimay	32	11	6	15	33	51	−18	39
9	Esil Bogatyr	32	10	7	15	31	35	−4	37
10	Kaisar	32	10	2	20	31	55	−24	32
11	Vostok Altyn	32	10	2	20	27	47	−20	32
12	Esil	32	6	6	20	25	56	−31	24

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 24 October 2001

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Evgeniy Lunev	Shakhter	16
2	Aleksandr Shatskikh	Irtysh	13
	Murat Tleshev	Shakhter
	Alibek Buleshev	Kairat
5	Oleg Litvinenko	Zhenis/Elimay	11
6	Dmitriy Byakov	Kairat	11
	Vitaliy Kitsak	Atyrau
8	Sergei Kondratskiy	Esil Bogatyr	10
9	Mendes	Zhenis	9
	Nurken Mazbaev	Tobol
	Dmitriy Yurist	Aktobe-Lento
	Sergei Kalabukhin	Irtysh