# 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2003 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 12th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 12 April and 3 November.

## Teams

There were 5 promoted teams to the Premier League for this season, Ekibastuzets, Batys, Dostyk, Taraz and Zhetysu. The Premier League was expanded to 17 teams before the season started and to 19 teams for the 2004 season, this mean no teams were relegated before or after the season. Before the start of the season Vostok Altyn were renamed Vostok and Dostyk became Ordabasy.
Due to failure to comply with UEFA regulations, no teams qualified for any UEFA competition.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe-Lento | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| Batys | Oral | Petr Atoyan Stadium | 8,320 |
| Ekibastuzets | Ekibastuz | Shakhtyor Stadium | 6,300 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Zhenis Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,350 |
| Yelimay | Semey | Spartak Stadium | |
| Zhetysu | Taldykorgan | Zhetysu Stadium | 4,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Irtysh (C) | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 20 | +39 | 78 |
| 2 | Tobol | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 19 | +36 | 76 |
| 3 | Zhenis Astana | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 64 |
| 4 | Atyrau | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 53 |
| 5 | Aktobe-Lento | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 51 |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 49 |
| 7 | Kairat | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 49 |
| 8 | Zhetysu | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 48 |
| 9 | Yelimay | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 43 |
| 10 | Shakhter Karagandy | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 42 |
| 11 | Esil Bogatyr | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 36 |
| 12 | Taraz | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 34 |
| 13 | Kaisar | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 34 |
| 14 | Vostok | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 32 |
| 15 | Ekibastuzets | 32 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 28 |
| 16 | Batys | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 74 | −49 | 26 |
| 17 | Esil | 32 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 42 | −29 | 15 |
* ↑ Irtysh were penalized with two technical losses due to fielding an in-eligible player.
* ↑ Atyrau were penalized with a technical loss due to fielding an in-eligible player.
* ↑ Esil were deducted 6 points due to a violation of transfer rules, whilst their last four games were awarded as technical losses due to being suspended on 23 October.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AKT | ATY | BAT | EKI | ESK | EBO | IRT | KRT | KSR | ORD | SHA | TAR | TOB | VOS | YEL | ZHN | ZHE |
| Aktobe | | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Atyrau | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Batys | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Ekibastuzets | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Esil | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Esil Bogatyr | 5–2 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 2–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kairat | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | | 5–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Kaisar | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| Ordabasy | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Shakhter Karagandy | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Taraz | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Tobol | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Vostok | 0–0 | 0–2 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Yelimay | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Zhenis Astana | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 |
| Zhetysu | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–7 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
* 1 2 3 4 For breaking the transfer rules, Esil was deducted 6 points; in addition, the club was suspended from October 23. The remaining 4 games were declared 0–3 regular defeats.
* 1 2 As Irtysh fielded an ineligible player, the matches between Ordabasy and Irtysh and Kaisar and Irtysh were converted into 3–0 wins for the home team.
* ↑ As Atyrau fielded an ineligible player, the match between Taraz and Atyrau was turned into a 3–0 win for the home team.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 3 November 2003
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrei Finonchenko | Shakhter | 16 |
| 2 | Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev | Tobol | 16 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Shatskikh | Zhenis | 14 |
| 3 | Rejepmyrat Agabaýew | Atyrau | 14 |
| 5 | Alibek Buleshev | Kairat | 13 |
| 5 | Oleg Litvinenko | Elimay | 13 |
| 7 | Muslim Agaýew | Irtysh | 11 |
| 8 | Murat Tleshev | Irtysh | 10 |
| 8 | Pavel Udalov | Vostok | 10 |
| 8 | Dilmurat Nazarov | Taraz | 10 |
| 8 | Oleg Tarasov | Kairat | 10 |
| 8 | Valeriy Garkusha | Tobol | 10 |