# 2004 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2004 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 13th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 3 April and 2 November.

## Teams

For the 2004 season, the league was expanded to 19 teams from 17. This meant that Almaty and FC Yassi were promoted to the Premier League, and no teams were relegated the previous season.
Before the start of the season Yelimay were renamed Semey, Batys became Akzhayik, Esil Kokshetau became Okzhetpes and promoted teams Tsesna and Yassi became Alma-Ata and Yassi Sairam.
Only Kairat obtained a UEFA license for the 2005/2006 season.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe-Lento | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Akzhayik | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| Ekibastuzets | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium | 6,300 |
| Okzhetpes | 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 |
| Semey | Semey | Spartak Stadium | |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium | 12,525 |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium | 8,323 |
| Alma-Ata | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 |
| Vostok | Oskemen | Vostok Stadium | 8,500 |
| Yassi Sairam | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
| 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 | Kairat (C) | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Irtysh | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 79 | |
| 3 | Tobol | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 87 | 27 | +60 | 77 | |
| 4 | Aktobe-Lento | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 74 | |
| 5 | Atyrau | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 71 | |
| 6 | Esil Bogatyr | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 59 | |
| 7 | Taraz | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 59 | |
| 8 | Ekibastuzets | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 58 | |
| 9 | Shakhter Karagandy | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 57 | |
| 10 | Zhenis Astana | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 44 | +1 | 48 | |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 43 | |
| 12 | Vostok | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 40 | |
| 13 | Zhetysu | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 40 | |
| 14 | Ordabasy | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 40 | |
| 15 | Yassi-Sairam (R) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 35 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 16 | Kaisar (R) | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 61 | −37 | 31 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 17 | Akzhayik (R) | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 83 | −59 | 25 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 18 | Alma-Ata | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 22 | 53 | −31 | 20 | |
| 19 | Semey (R) | 36 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 25 | 84 | −59 | 13 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
* ↑ Zhenis deducted 3 points due to a violation of transfer rules.
* ↑ Okzhetpes were penalized with a technical loss (0-3), due to fielding an ineligible player.
* ↑ Kaisar were penalized with ten technical losses, due to leaving a match unfinished.
* ↑ Akzhayik were penalized with two technical losses, due to not paying player salaries.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | AKZ | AKT | ATY | EKI | ESI | IRT | KRT | KSR | OKZ | ORD | SEM | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS | YAS | ZHN | ZHE |
| Almaty | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Akzhayik | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Aktobe | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Atyrau | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Ekibastuzets | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 0–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kairat | 2–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Kaisar | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Okzhetpes | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Ordabasy | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Semey | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Taraz | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Tobol | 5–0 | 9–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 6–1 |
| Vostok | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 |
| Yassi-Sayram | 2–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Zhenis Astana | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| Zhetysu | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Due to the abandonment of the field and the rude treatment of the referee in the match against Esil Bogatyr and Kaisar was dismissed after the 29th round of the competition; the remaining 9 games were declared 0–3 regular defeats.
* 1 2 After the 26th match day, Akzhayik was kicked out of the competition for repeated violations of the rules; the remaining 2 games were declared 0–3 regular defeats.
* ↑ Match awarded.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 2 November 2004
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ulugbek Bakayev | Tobol | 22 |
| 1 | Arsen Tlekhugov | Kairat | 22 |
| 3 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Tobol | 19 |
| 4 | Maksim Nizovtsev | Tobol | 17 |
| 5 | Alibek Buleshev | Kairat | 14 |
| 5 | Vyacheslav Yeremeev | Atyrau | 14 |
| 7 | Yuri Zvonarenko | Ordabasy/Zhetysu | 13 |
| 8 | Jafar Irismetov | Kairat | 12 |
| 8 | Murat Tleshev | Irtysh | 12 |
| 8 | Alexei Kosolapov | Tobol | 12 |