# 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 16th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams

For the 2007 season, Zhetysu were promoted to the Premier League, replacing Energetik. Avangard also earned promotion to the Premier League, but due not having the financial capabilities they weren't promoted and as a result Kaisar were spared relegation.

### 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 |
| 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 |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Aktobe (C) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tobol | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 64 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhter Karagandy | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 58 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Irtysh | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 52 | |
| 5 | Zhetysu | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 46 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Alma-Ata | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 44 | |
| 7 | Vostok | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 41 | |
| 8 | Astana | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 38 | |
| 9 | Ordabasy | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Kaisar | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 11 | Esil Bogatyr | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 37 | |
| 12 | Ekibastuzets (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 32 | Relegation to Kazakhstan First Division |
| 13 | Kairat | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 30 | |
| 14 | Atyrau | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 30 | |
| 15 | Okzhetpes | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 29 | |
| 16 | Taraz (R) | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 50 | −34 | 15 | Relegation to Kazakhstan First Division |
* 1 2 Irtysh did not earn a UEFA license, therefore their 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup place was given to Zhetysu.
* 1 2 Ekibastuzets were expelled from the Premier League for Match fixing, and as a result Okzheptes spared relegation.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ALM | AKT | AST | ATY | EKI | ESI | IRT | KRT | KSR | OKZ | ORD | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS | ZHE |
| Almaty | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Aktobe | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Astana | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Atyrau | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Ekibastuzets | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Kairat | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Kaisar | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Okzhetpes | 1–0 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Ordabasy | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Taraz | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Tobol | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 10–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 7–0 | 0–0 |
| Vostok | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–2 |
| Zhetysu | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 10 November 2007
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jafar Irismetov | Almaty | 17 |
| 2 | Serghei Rogaciov | Aktobe | 16 |
| 3 | Murat Suyumagambetov | Astana | 10 |
| 3 | Sergei Ostapenko | Tobol | 10 |
| 5 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Tobol | 9 |
| 5 | Ulugbek Bakayev | Tobol | 9 |
| 5 | Yuri Aksenov | Vostok | 9 |
| 8 | Sergei Strukov | Irtysh | 8 |
| 8 | Mihails Miholaps | Shakhter | 8 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Mitrofanov | Aktobe | 8 |