# 2005 Kazakhstan Premier League

The 2005 Kazakhstan Premier League was the 14th season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 2 April and 6 November.

## Teams

For the 2005 season, the league was reduced to 16, so with Semey, Kaisar, Akzhayik and Yassi-Sairam being relegated the previous season, only Bulat-MST were promoted.
Before the start of the season Aktobe-Lento became Aktobe and newly promoted Bolat CSKA became Bulat-MSK.

### Team overview

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity |
| Aktobe | Aktobe | Central Stadium | 13,200 |
| Almaty | Almaty | Central Stadium | 23,804 |
| Atyrau | Atyrau | Munaishy Stadium | 9,500 |
| Bolat MSK | Temirtau | Metallurg Stadium | 12,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Zhenis Astana | Astana | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium | 12,350 |
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Tobol | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 69 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Kairat | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 22 | +34 | 62 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Shakhter Karagandy | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 59 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Irtysh | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 57 | |
| 6 | Ordabasy | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 49 | |
| 7 | Esil Bogatyr | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 48 | |
| 8 | Zhenis Astana | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 43 | |
| 9 | Okzhetpes | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | Atyrau | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 37 | |
| 11 | Taraz | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Ekibastuzets | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 34 | |
| 13 | Almaty | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 30 | |
| 14 | Vostok | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 24 | 49 | −25 | 28 | |
| 15 | Zhetysu (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 60 | −32 | 19 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |
| 16 | Bulat-MST (R) | 30 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 88 | −73 | 1 | Relegation to the Kazakhstan First Division |

## Results

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

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 6 November 2005
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Murat Tleshev | Irtysh | 20 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Krokhmal | Ordabasy | 15 |
| 2 | Ulugbek Bakayev | Tobol | 15 |
| 2 | Kairat Ashirbekov | Aktobe | 15 |
| 5 | Sergei Ditkovskiy | Aktobe | 14 |
| 6 | Andrei Finonchenko | Shakhter | 11 |
| 6 | Nurken Mazbaev | Taraz | 11 |
| 8 | Jafar Irismetov | Kairat | 10 |
| 8 | Didargylyç Urazow | Irtysh | 10 |
| 8 | Maksim Nizovtsev | Tobol | 10 |