# 1998 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 1998 Kazakhstan Top Division was the seventh season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams

Following the conclusion of the previous season, Aktobe and Ulytau were relegated, with Nasha Kampaniya and Naryn being promoted in their place. Prior to the start of the season, Kairat were replaced by CSKA Kairat and Avtomobilist were renamed Khimik following their move to Stepnogorsk.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue |
| Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Batyr | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium |
| Bolat | Temirtau | Metallurg Stadium |
| CSKA Almaty | Almaty | CSKA Stadium |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | Pavlodar | Central Stadium |
| Kaisar-Hurricane | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium |
| Khimik | Stepnogorsk | |
| Naryn | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium |
| Nasha Kampaniya | Astana | Locomotive Stadium |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium |
| Vostok | Oskemen | Vostok Stadium |
| Yelimay | Semey | Spartak Stadium |
| Zhiger | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Yelimay (C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 63 | |
| 2 | Batyr | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 59 | |
| 3 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for the Asian Club Championship |
| 4 | Kaisar-Hurricane | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Vostok | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 52 | |
| 6 | Astana | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 51 | |
| 7 | CSKA Kairat | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 43 | |
| 8 | Khimik | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 29 | |
| 9 | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 27 | |
| 11 | Zhiger | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 22 | |
| 12 | Nasha Kampaniya (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 50 | −35 | 15 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 13 | Bolat (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 12 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 14 | Naryn (R) | 26 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 73 | −62 | 3 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AST | BAT | BOL | CSK | IRT | KSR | KHI | NAR | NKO | SHA | TAR | VOS | YEL | ZHI |
| Astana | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Batyr | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Bolat | 0–5 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 |
| CSKA Kairat | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Kaisar-Hurricane | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| Khimik | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Naryn | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 |
| Nasha Kampaniya | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| Taraz | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Vostok | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Yelimay | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Zhiger | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
* 1 2 Match awarded.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Oleg Litvinenko | Yelimay | 14 |
| 2 | Nurken Mazbaev | Kaisar-Hurricane | 13 |
| 3 | Seitzhan Baibossynov | Zhiger | 11 |
| 4 | Viktor Antonov | Irtysh | 10 |
| 4 | Konstantin Kotov | Astana | 10 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Airykh | Taraz | 8 |
| 6 | Kairat Aubakirov | Yelimay | 8 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Miroshnichenko | Yelimay | 8 |