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
Results
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andrei FinonchenkoShakhter162 Nurbol ZhumaskaliyevTobol163 Aleksandr ShatskikhZhenis14 Rejepmyrat AgabaýewAtyrau5 Alibek BuleshevKairat13 Oleg LitvinenkoElimay7 Muslim AgaýewIrtysh118 Murat TleshevIrtysh10 Pavel UdalovVostok Dilmurat NazarovTaraz Oleg TarasovKairat Valeriy GarkushaTobol
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