# 2002 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2002 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 11th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 28 April and 24 October.

## Teams

No teams were promoted from the Kazakhstan First Division, and with Ekibastuzets-NK, Zhetysu, Taraz, Dostyk and Mangystau relegated the previous season the league was reduced to 12 teams. Before the start of the season Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet were renamed Shakhter Karagandy.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe-Lento | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| 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 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Karagandy | Shakhter Stadium | 20,000 |
| 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 |

## First round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Irtysh | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 9 | +37 | 52 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 2 | Atyrau | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 48 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 3 | Zhenis Astana | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 14 | +18 | 40 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Tobol | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 37 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Shakhter Karagandy | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Aktobe-Lento | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | Yelimay | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 33 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 8 | Esil Bogatyr | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 25 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 9 | Kairat | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 10 | Vostok Altyn | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 19 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 11 | Kaisar | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 46 | −33 | 11 | Qualification for the relegation round |
| 12 | Esil | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 40 | −27 | 10 | Qualification for the relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ATY | ESK | EBP | IRT | KRT | KSR | SHA | TOB | VOS | YEL | ZHN |
| Aktobe | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Atyrau | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Esil | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| Kairat | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kaisar | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Tobol | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Vostok Altyn | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Yelimay | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 |
| Zhenis Astana | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
* 1 2 3 Match awarded.

## Second round
### Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Irtysh (C) | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 14 | +49 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Atyrau | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Tobol | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Zhenis Astana | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 52 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 46 | |
| 6 | Aktobe-Lento | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 43 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ATY | IRT | SHA | TOB | ZHN |
| Aktobe | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Atyrau | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Tobol | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 | | 1–1 |
| Zhenis Astana | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
* 1 2 Match awarded.

### Relegation round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Kairat | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 46 |
| 8 | Yelimay | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 39 |
| 9 | Esil Bogatyr | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 37 |
| 10 | Kaisar | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 32 |
| 11 | Vostok Altyn | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 32 |
| 12 | Esil | 32 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 24 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ESK | EBP | KRT | KSR | VOS | YEL |
| Esil | | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 5–0 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Kairat | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 |
| Kaisar | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 |
| Vostok Altyn | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Yelimay | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ Match awarded.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 24 October 2001
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yevgeniy Lunyov | Shakhter | 16 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Shatskikh | Irtysh | 13 |
| 2 | Murat Tleshev | Shakhter | 13 |
| 2 | Alibek Buleshev | Kairat | 13 |
| 5 | Oleg Litvinenko | Zhenis/Elimay | 11 |
| 6 | Dmitriy Byakov | Kairat | 11 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Kitsak | Atyrau | 11 |
| 8 | Sergei Kondratskiy | Esil Bogatyr | 10 |
| 9 | Mendes | Zhenis | 9 |
| 9 | Nurken Mazbaev | Tobol | 9 |
| 9 | Dmitriy Yurist | Aktobe-Lento | 9 |
| 9 | Sergei Kalabukhin | Irtysh | 9 |