# 1996 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 1996 Kazakhstan Top Division was the fifth season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.

## Teams

There were no teams relegated at the end of the 1995 season, however Gornyak withdrew from the league at the start of the season, whilst Kaisar-Munai, Kokshe and Metallist were promoted to the Top Division. Prior to the start of the season Tsesna Akmola was renamed Tselinnik Akmola, Ansat became Irtysh Pavlodar and Aktyubinets became Aktobemunai.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue |
| Aktyubinets | Aktobe | Central Stadium |
| Batyr | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium |
| Bolat | Temirtau | Metallurg Stadium |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | Pavlodar | Central Stadium |
| Kainar | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium |
| Kairat | Almaty | Central Stadium |
| Kaisar-Munai | Kyzylorda | Gani Muratbayev Stadium |
| Kokshe | Kokshetau | Torpedo Stadium |
| Metallist | Jezkazgan | |
| Munaishy | Aktau | Zhastar Stadium |
| Shakhter Karagandy | Karaganda | Shakhter Stadium |
| SKIF-Ordabasy | Shymkent | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium |
| Taraz | Taraz | Central Stadium |
| Tobol | Kostanay | Central Stadium |
| Tselinnik Akmola | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov 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 |
| 1 | Taraz (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 56 | 14 | +42 | 76 | Qualification for the Asian Club Championship |
| 2 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 74 | |
| 3 | Yelimay | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 17 | +47 | 74 | |
| 4 | Munaishy | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 63 | |
| 5 | Batyr | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 63 | |
| 6 | Kairat | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 62 | Qualification for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 7 | Kaisar-Munai | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 56 | |
| 8 | Shakhter Karagandy | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 52 | |
| 9 | Kainar | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 48 | |
| 10 | Aktobemunai | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 45 | |
| 11 | Tobol | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 45 | |
| 12 | Vostok | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 44 | |
| 13 | Tselinnik Akmola | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 39 | |
| 14 | Zhiger | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 36 | |
| 15 | Metallist | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 24 | 70 | −46 | 27 | |
| 16 | SKIF-Ordabasy | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 24 | |
| 17 | Bolat | 34 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 26 | 76 | −50 | 17 | |
| 18 | Kokshe | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 77 | −65 | 10 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | BAT | BOL | IRT | KNR | KRT | KSR | KOK | MET | MUN | SHA | SKI | TAR | TSE | TOB | VOS | YEL | ZHI |
| Aktobemunai | | 1–0 | 8–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Batyr | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Bolat | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 |
| Kainar | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Kairat | 4–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Kaisar-Munai | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Kokshe | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Metallist | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Munaishy | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| SKIF-Ordabasy | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Taraz | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Tselinnik Akmola | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Tobol | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Vostok | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 0–6 | 1–1 |
| Yelimay | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zhiger | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 As Kokshe withdrew after 18 games, the remaining 16 games were turned into a 0–3 win for the opponents.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Viktor Antonov | Irtysh | 21 |
| 2 | Vladimir Korolev | Aktobemunai | 17 |
| 3 | Pavel Demyan | Tselinnik | 15 |
| 4 | Askar Abildaev | Shakhter | 14 |
| 4 | Bolat Esmagambetov | Yelimay | 14 |