2005 Kazakhstan Premier League

Kazakhstan Premier League

Season	2005
Champions	Kairat
Champions League	Aktobe
UEFA Cup	Tobol Kairat
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Shakhter Karagandy
Top goalscorer	Murat Tleshev (20)
← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 14th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 2 April and 6 November.

Teams

For the 2005 season, the league was reduced to 16, so with Semey, Kaisar, Akzhayik and Yassi-Sairam being relegated the previous season, only Bulat-MST were promoted.

Before the start of the season Aktobe-Lento became Aktobe and newly promoted Bolat CSKA became Bulat-MSK.

Team overview

Aktobe

Almaty

Atyrau

Bolat

Ekibastuzets

Esil Bogatyr

Irtysh

Kairat

Okzhetpes

Ordabasy

Shakhter

Taraz

Tobol

Vostok

Zhenis Astana

Zhetysu

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Locations of teams in the 2005 Kazakhstan Premier League

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Aktobe	Aktobe	Central Stadium	13,200
Almaty	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Atyrau	Atyrau	Munaishy Stadium	9,500
Bolat MSK	Temirtau	Metallurg Stadium	12,000
Ekibastuzets	Ekibastuz	Shakhtyor Stadium	6,300
Esil Bogatyr	Petropavl	Karasai Stadium	11,000
Irtysh	Pavlodar	Central Stadium	15,000
Kairat	Almaty	Central Stadium	23,804
Okzhetpes	Kokshetau	Okzhetpes Stadium	4,158
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
Zhetysu	Taldykorgan	Zhetysu Stadium	4,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aktobe (C)	30	22	4	4	50	27	+23	70	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Tobol	30	21	6	3	53	21	+32	69	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Kairat	30	18	8	4	56	22	+34	62
4	Shakhter Karagandy	30	19	2	9	37	22	+15	59	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Irtysh	30	18	3	9	51	24	+27	57
6	Ordabasy	30	14	7	9	30	27	+3	49
7	Esil Bogatyr	30	15	3	12	38	25	+13	48
8	Zhenis Astana	30	11	10	9	35	23	+12	43
9	Okzhetpes	30	11	4	15	26	32	−6	37
10	Atyrau	30	10	7	13	32	36	−4	37
11	Taraz	30	10	6	14	32	36	−4	36
12	Ekibastuzets	30	8	10	12	30	32	−2	34
13	Almaty	30	9	3	18	30	43	−13	30
14	Vostok	30	9	1	20	24	49	−25	28
15	Zhetysu (R)	30	4	7	19	28	60	−32	19	Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division
16	Bulat-MST (R)	30	0	1	29	15	88	−73	1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 6 November 2005

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Murat Tleshev	Irtysh	20
2	Aleksandr Krokhmal	Ordabasy	15
	Ulugbek Bakayev	Tobol
	Kairat Ashirbekov	Aktobe
5	Sergei Ditkovskiy	Aktobe	14
6	Andrei Finonchenko	Shakhter	11
	Nurken Mazbaev	Taraz
8	Jafar Irismetov	Kairat	10
	Didargylyç Urazow	Irtysh
	Maksim Nizovtsev	Tobol