# 1992 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 1992 Kazakhstan Top Division was the inaugural season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

## League format

Originally planned 25 teams in total. But withdrawal of Metallurg after couple of games and which results were annulled cut Group A one team fewer.
It was split into two stages. In first stage two groups of 11 and 13 teams were formed. In second stage the best seven teams of each group joined together to play in a final group for positions 1 to 14. The rest of the teams played in a group for positions 15 to 24. Teams played against each other on home-away basis in their groups. Final standings of teams did not count the results of the first stage.

### Teams in the 1991 Soviet football season

1991 Soviet First League
* «Kairat» (Alma-Ata) - 14th place
1991 Soviet Second League
* «Vostok» (Ust-Kamenogorsk) - 5th place
* «Tselinnik» (Akmola) - 8th place
* «Traktor» (Pavlodar) - 9th place
* «Shakhter» (Karaganda) - 10th place
* «Fosfor» (Dzhambul) - 11th place
* «Zhiger» (Chimkent) - 12th place
* «Ekibastuzets» (Ekibastuz) - 18th place
* «Zhetysu» (Taldy-Kurgan) - 21st place
1991 Soviet Second League B (republican competition)
* «Aktyubinets» (Aktiubinsk) - 1st place
* «Spartak» (Semipalatinsk) - 2nd place
* «Khimik» (Kustanai) - 3rd place
* «Kaisar» (Kyzyl-Orda) - 4th place
* «Metallurg» (Dzhezkazgan) - 5th place
* «Gornyak» (Khromtau) - 6th place
* «Metallist» (Petropavlovsk) - 8th place
* «Bolat» (Temirtau) - 9th place
* «Kokshetau» (Kokchetav) - 11th place
* «Montazhnik» (Turkestan) - 12th place
* «Arman» (Kentau) - 13th place
* «Aktau» (Aktau) - 15th place
* «Uralets» (Uralsk) - 17th place
Teams without the Soviet status of "teams of masters" (professional teams)
* «Arsenal-SKIF» (Chimkent)
* «Zenit» (Kokchetav)
* CSKA (Alma-Ata)

### Group A

| Team | Location | Venue |
| Aktau | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium |
| Arman | Kentau | |
| Aktyubinets | Aktobe | Central Stadium |
| Fosfor | Taraz | Central Stadium |
| Gornyak | Khromtau | |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium |
| Khimik | Kostanay | Central Stadium |
| Kokshetau | Kokshetau | Okzhetpes Stadium |
| Metallurg | Dzhezkazgan | |
| Tselinnik | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Uralets | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium |
| Zhiger | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |

### Group B

| Team | Location |
| Arsenal-SKIF | |
| Batyr | |
| Bolat | |
| CSKA | Almaty |
| Kaisar | |
| Metallist | |
| Montazhnik | |
| Shakhter | Karagandy |
| Spartak | Semey |
| Traktor | Pavlodar |
| Vostok | |
| Zenit | Kokshetau |
| Zhetysu | |

## First round
### Group A
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kairat | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 10 | +39 | 50 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Fosfor | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Zhiger | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 33 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Gornyak | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 33 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Khimik | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Aktyubinets | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 27 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 8 | Aktau | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Uralets | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 18 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Kokshetau | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 39 | −24 | 16 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Arman | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 9 | Qualification for the relegation round |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ATA | ARM | FOS | GOR | KHI | KOK | KRT | TSE | URA | ZHI |
| Aktyubinets | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–0 | 0–2 |
| Aktau | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Arman | 0–2 | 4–7 | | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–8 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–8 |
| Fosfor | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 |
| Gornyak | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Khimik | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Kokshetau | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 |
| Kairat | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Tselinnik Tselinograd | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 6–0 | 3–1 |
| Uralets | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–3 |
| Zhiger | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |

### Group B
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Batyr | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 50 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Shakhter Karagandy | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Traktor | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Kaisar | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 43 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Arsenal-SKIF | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 41 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Vostok | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Spartak | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 39 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 8 | Bolat | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 34 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Metallist | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Montazhnik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Zhetysu | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 21 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Zenit Kokshetau | 24 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 13 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 13 | CSKA | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 91 | −64 | 9 | Qualification for the relegation round |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | BAT | BOL | CSK | KSR | MPE | MON | SPA | SHA | TRA | VOS | ZEN | ZHE |
| Arsenal-SKIF | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Batyr | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Bolat | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| CSKA | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–8 | | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–9 | 3–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–7 |
| Kaisar | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Metallist | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–6 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Montazhnik | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 |
| Spartak | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–3 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 0–0 |
| Traktor | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Vostok | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Zenit Kokshetau | XXX | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Zhetysu | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | |
* ↑ The result of the match between Metallist and Kaisar (3–1) was declared invalid and declared as a regulation win for Kaisar, but no goals.
* ↑ The match between Zenit Kokshetau and Arsenal-SKIF was apparently never played, but the football association decided to win a regulation victory for Arsenal-SKIF declared, but without goals.
* ↑ The result of the match between Zenit Kokshetau and Vostok (2–1) was declared invalid and led to a regulation win for Vostok declared, but without goals.

## Second round
### Championship round
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kairat (C) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 53 |
| 2 | Arsenal-SKIF | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 50 |
| 3 | Traktor | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 50 |
| 4 | Batyr | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 48 |
| 5 | Fosfor | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 41 |
| 6 | Zhiger | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 37 |
| 7 | Shakhter Karagandy | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 36 |
| 8 | Gornyak | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 31 |
| 9 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 30 |
| 10 | Kaisar | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 29 |
| 11 | Vostok | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 28 |
| 12 | Aktyubinets | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 31 | −19 | 24 |
| 13 | Khimik | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 24 |
| 14 | Spartak | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 18 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ARS | BAT | FOS | GOR | KHI | KRT | KSR | SPA | SHA | TRA | TSE | VOS | ZHI |
| Aktyubinets | | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–6 | | 1–3 | |
| Arsenal-SKIF | 2–0 | | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | 0–0 |
| Batyr | 0–1 | | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | | | | 4–0 | | 0–0 |
| Fosfor | | 1–2 | 0–2 | | | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | |
| Gornyak | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 4–0 | |
| Khimik | | 1–3 | 1–2 | | | | | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | |
| Kairat | | 1–2 | 1–2 | | | | | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | |
| Kaisar | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | | | 3–0 | | 2–3 |
| Spartak | 1–1 | | | 2–4 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | | | | | 0–2 | | 1–2 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | | | | 0–0 | | 0–2 |
| Traktor | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | | | | | 1–0 | | 2–2 |
| Tselinnik Tselinograd | | 0–3 | 2–2 | | | | | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | |
| Vostok | 0–1 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | | | | | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Zhiger | | 1–1 | 0–4 | | | | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | |
* ↑ The result of the match between Shakhter Karagandy and Khimik (1–2) was declared invalid and declared as a regulation win for Shakhter Karagandy, but no goals.

### Relegation round
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 15 | Aktau | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 40 | |
| 16 | Uralets | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Bolat | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 34 | |
| 18 | Montazhnik | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 32 | |
| 19 | Metallist (R) | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 29 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 20 | Kokshetau | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 28 | |
| 21 | Zhetysu | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 27 | |
| 22 | Arman (R) | 18 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 18 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 23 | Zenit Kokshetau | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 61 | −49 | 8 | |
| 24 | CSKA (R) | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 79 | −64 | 6 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | ARM | BOL | CSK | KOK | MPE | MON | URA | ZEN | ZHE |
| Aktau | | | 2–2 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Arman | | | 0–2 | 1–3 | | XXX | 0–1 | | 5–2 | 0–1 |
| Bolat | 5–0 | 2–0 | | | 4–1 | | | 1–0 | | |
| CSKA | 0–7 | 2–6 | | | 0–4 | | | 0–8 | | |
| Kokshetau | | | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Metallist | 0–5 | 7–2 | | | 4–2 | | | 1–2 | | |
| Montazhnik | 2–3 | 1–2 | | | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | | |
| Uralets | | | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| Zenit Kokshetau | 0–4 | 1–8 | | | 0–1 | | | 0–7 | | |
| Zhetysu | XXX | 3–2 | | | 0–3 | | | XXX | | |
* ↑ The match between Arman and Metallist (unk.) was declared as a regulation victory for Arman, but with no goals.
* ↑ The match between Zhetysu and Aktau (unk.) was declared as a regulation win for Aktau, but no goals were scored.
* ↑ The match between Zhetysu and Uralets (unk.) was declared as a regulation victory for Uralets, but no goals were scored.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sergei Kogai | Kaisar | 22 |
| 2 | Eduard Glazunov | Aktau | 20 |
| 3 | Pavel Demyan | Bulat | 19 |
| 3 | Igor Grokhovskiy | Arman | 19 |
| 3 | Radik Baiburin | Metallist | 19 |
| 3 | Nikolay Kurganskiy | Ekisbastuzets | 19 |
| 7 | Evgeniy Sorokin | Gornyak | 18 |
| 7 | Sergei Kondratskiy | Metallist | 18 |
| 9 | Oleg Rylov | Traktor | 16 |
| 9 | Ruslan Duzmambetov | Vostok | 16 |