# 2001 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2001 Kazakhstan Premier League was the tenth season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 28 April and 22 October.

## Teams

Zhiger were relegated at the end of the 2000 season, and were replaced by FC Aktobe-Lento, FC Mangystau and Atyrau. Batyr were reformed as Ekibastuzets-NK and CSKA Kairat became Kairat.
In addition to the changes in clubs in the Kazakhstan Premier League, there weer various name changes as well. Access-Golden-Grain became Esil Bogatyr, Akmola became Esil and Kaisar-Hurricane returned to being called Kaisar.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe-Lento | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| Dostyk | Shymkent | Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 20,000 |
| Ekibastuzets-NK | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium | 6,300 |
| 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 |
| Mangystau | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium | 3,500 |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium | 12,525 |
| 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 |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zhenis Astana (C) | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 81 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Atyrau | 32 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 16 | +37 | 70 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Esil Bogatyr | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 69 | |
| 4 | Irtysh | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 60 | |
| 5 | Kairat | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 6 | Tobol | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 49 | |
| 7 | Yelimay | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 48 | |
| 8 | Aktobe-Lento | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 45 | |
| 9 | Vostok Altyn | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 44 | |
| 10 | Esil | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 44 | |
| 11 | Kaisar | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 40 | |
| 12 | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 37 | −6 | 40 | |
| 13 | Ekibastuzets-NK (R) | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 37 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 14 | Zhetysu (R) | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 26 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 15 | Taraz (R) | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 21 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 16 | Dostyk (R) | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 21 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 17 | Mangystau (R) | 32 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 15 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ATY | DOS | EKI | ESK | EBP | IRT | KRT | KSR | MAN | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS | YEL | ZHN | ZHE |
| Aktobe-Lento | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Atyrau | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Dostyk | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 1–0 |
| Ekibastuzets-NK | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Esil | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 4–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Kairat | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Kaisar | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Mangystau | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 |
| Taraz | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Tobol | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Vostok Altyn | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Yelimay | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Zhenis Astana | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 4–2 |
| Zhetysu | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–4 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Match awarded.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 22 October 2001
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Arsen Tlekhugov | Zhenis Astana | 30 |
| 2 | Guram Makayev | Atyrau | 17 |
| 3 | Kairat Aubakirov | Yelimay | 13 |
| 4 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Tobol | 12 |
| 5 | Ruslan Imankulov | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 11 |
| 6 | Yuri Aksenov | Zhenis Astana | 10 |
| 6 | Vladimir Gurtuev | Zhenis Astana/Esil | 10 |