# 2000 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2000 Kazakhstan Top Division was the ninth 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, no teams were relegated or promoted. Prior to the start of the season, Sintez became Tomiris, Access-Esil became Access-Golden Grain whilst Akmola moved back to Kokshetau.
During the middle of the season, Batyr withdrew due to financial problems, and Tomiris and Zhiger merged to form Dostyk. Dostyk were awarded the points that Tomiris had accumulated, whilst Zhiger were treated as having technical losses (0:3) in all remaining games.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue |
| Access-Golden-Grain | Petropavl | Karasai Stadium |
| Akmola | Kokshetau | Torpedo Stadium |
| CSKA Almaty | Almaty | CSKA Stadium |
| Dostyk | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Irtysh-Bastau | Pavlodar | Central Stadium |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium |
| Kaisar-Hurricane | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium |
| Vostok-Altyn | Oskemen | Vostok Stadium |
| Yelimay | Semey | Spartak Stadium |
| Zhenis Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium |
| Zhiger | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zhenis Astana (C) | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 74 | Qualification for the Golden match |
| 2 | Access-Golden Grain | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 10 | +49 | 74 | Qualification for the Golden match |
| 3 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 60 | |
| 4 | Kairat | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 17 | +31 | 60 | |
| 5 | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 48 | |
| 6 | Kaisar-Hurricane | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 43 | |
| 7 | Tobol | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Yelimay | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 41 | |
| 9 | CSKA Kairat | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 36 | |
| 10 | Akmola | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 29 | |
| 11 | Vostok Altyn | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 28 | |
| 12 | Taraz | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 26 | |
| 13 | Dostyk | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 19 | |
| 14 | Zhetysu | 28 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 73 | −58 | 14 | |
| 15 | Zhiger | 28 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 72 | −59 | 4 | |
* ↑ CSKA Kairat deducted 3 points for not paying participation fee.

### Golden match
## Results

| Home \ Away | ACS | AKM | CSK | DOS | IRT | KRT | KSR | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS | YEL | ZHN | ZHE | ZHI |
| Access-Golden Grain | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Akmola | 0–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| CSKA Kairat | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 7–0 | 3–0 |
| Dostyk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kairat | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Kaisar-Hurricane | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Taraz | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Tobol | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Vostok Altyn | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Yelimay | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| Zhenis Astana | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Zhetysu | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–0 |
| Zhiger | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 After the merger with Tomiris, Ordabasy Zhiger did not play a match; the remaining games were declared regular 3–0 wins for the opponents.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mendes | Irtysh-Bastau | 21 |
| 2 | Kairat Aubakirov | Yelimay | 15 |
| 2 | Vladimir Niederhaus | Zhenis | 15 |
| 4 | Seitzhan Baibossynov | Zhiger/Dostyk | 14 |
| 5 | Oleg Litvinenko | Kairat | 13 |
| 6 | Vaso Sepashvili | Zhenis | 12 |
| 6 | Vladimir Loginov | Kaisar-Hurricane | 12 |
| 6 | Ruslan Imankulov | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 12 |