# 2006 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2006 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 15th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 31 March and 10 November.

## Teams

For the 2006 season, Kaisar and Energetik were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Zhetysu and Bolat MSK who were relegated.
Before the start of the season Zhenis Astana became Astana.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Almaty | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 |
| Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,350 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| Ekibastuzets | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium | 6,300 |
| Energetic | Ekibastuz | Shakhter | 6,300 |
| Esil Bogatyr | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium | 11,000 |
| Irtysh | Pavlodar | Central Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 |
| Kaisar | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium | 7,000 |
| 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 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Astana (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Aktobe | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 21 | +27 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Tobol | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 56 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 50 | |
| 5 | Alma-Ata | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 6 | Irtysh | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 47 | |
| 7 | Kairat | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 46 | |
| 8 | Ekibastuzets | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 42 | |
| 9 | Vostok | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | |
| 10 | Taraz | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 33 | |
| 11 | Okzhetpes | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 33 | |
| 12 | Esil Bogatyr | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 33 | |
| 13 | Ordabasy | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 32 | |
| 14 | Atyrau | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 29 | |
| 15 | Kaisar | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 28 | |
| 16 | Energetic (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 26 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | AKT | AST | ATY | EKI | ENE | ESI | IRT | KRT | KSR | OKZ | ORD | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS |
| Almaty | | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Aktobe | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Astana | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 |
| Atyrau | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Ekibastuzets | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Energetic | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Kairat | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Kaisar | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Okzhetpes | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Ordabasy | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Taraz | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Tobol | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 |
| Vostok | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
* 1 2 Match awarded.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 10 November 2006
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jafar Irismetov | Alma-Ata | 17 |
| 2 | Serghei Rogaciov | Aktobe | 16 |
| 2 | Andrei Finonchenko | Shakhter | 16 |
| 4 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Tobol | 14 |
| 5 | Murat Suyumagambetov | Ordabasy | 13 |
| 6 | Murat Tleshev | Astana/Irtysh | 12 |
| 7 | Konstantin Golovskoy | Aktobe | 11 |
| 8 | Alibek Buleshev | Kairat | 10 |
| 8 | Didargylyç Urazow | Irtysh | 10 |
| 8 | Vasiliy Prosekov | Energetik | 10 |