Season 1997 Asian Club Championship Irtysh Pavlodar Top goalscorer Nurken Mazbaev (16) Start date 1997 Matches played 182 | Champions Irtysh Pavlodar Asian Cup Winners' Cup Kaisar-Hurricane Champion FC Irtysh Pavlodar Goals scored 462 Relegated FC Aktobe, FC Ulytau | |
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Similar 1997 UEFA Cup Final, 1997 UEFA Cup Winners, 1998 UEFA Cup Winners | ||
The 1997 Kazakhstan Top Division was the sixth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.
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Teams
Following the conclusion of the previous season, no teams were promoted or relegated. However Tobol, Munaishy, Kainar and SKIF-Ordabasy all withdrew from the league prior to the start of the season due to financial reasons.
Before the 1997 season started, Kokshe became Avtomobilist, Metallist became Ulytau, Aktobemunai became Aktobe, Tselinnik Akmola became Astana, Shakhter Karagandy became Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet and Vostok became Vostok Adil. Kaisar-Munai became Kaisar-Hurricane half-way through the season, in July.
League table
Source: http://www.kpfl.kz/eng/chempionat_1997
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.