| Season | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Yelimay |
| Relegated | Nasha Kampaniya Bolat Naryn |
| Asian Club Championship | Irtysh Pavlodar |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | Kaisar-Hurricane |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 486 (2.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Oleg Litvinenko (14) |
←1997 1999 → | |
The1998 Kazakhstan Top Division was the seventh season of the Top Division, now called theKazakhstan Premier League, the highestfootball league competition inKazakhstan.[1][2]
Following the conclusion of theprevious season,Aktobe andUlytau were relegated, withNasha Kampaniya andNaryn being promoted in their place. Prior to the start of the season,Kairat were replaced byCSKA Kairat andAvtomobilist were renamedKhimik following their move toStepnogorsk.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelimay(C) | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 20 | +40 | 63 | |
| 2 | Batyr | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 59 | |
| 3 | Irtysh Pavlodar | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 57 | Qualification for theAsian Club Championship |
| 4 | Kaisar-Hurricane | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 53 | Qualification for theAsian Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | Vostok | 26 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 52 | |
| 6 | Astana | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 51 | |
| 7 | CSKA Kairat | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 43 | |
| 8 | Khimik | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 29 | |
| 9 | Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Taraz | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 27 | |
| 11 | Zhiger | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 49 | −18 | 22 | |
| 12 | Nasha Kampaniya(R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 50 | −35 | 15 | Relegation to theKazakhstan First Division |
| 13 | Bolat(R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 12 | |
| 14 | Naryn(R) | 26 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 73 | −62 | 3 |
| Home \ Away | AST | BAT | BOL | CSK | IRT | KSR | KHI | NAR | NKO | SHA | TAR | VOS | YEL | ZHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astana | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Batyr | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Bolat | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–2 | |
| CSKA Kairat | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0[a] | 7–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | |
| Irtysh Pavlodar | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Kaisar-Hurricane | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0[a] | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | |
| Khimik | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Naryn | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | |
| Nasha Kampaniya | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | |
| Shakhter-Ispat-Karmet | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | |
| Taraz | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Vostok | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | |
| Yelimay | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| Zhiger | 2–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yelimay | 14 | |
| 2 | Kaisar-Hurricane | 13 | |
| 3 | Zhiger | 11 | |
| 4 | Irtysh | 10 | |
| Astana | |||
| 6 | Taraz | 8 | |
| Yelimay | |||
| Yelimay |