The 2001 Kazakhstan Premier League was the tenth season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest

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league competition in Kazakhstan, and took place between 28 April and 22 October.

Teams

Zhiger were relegated at the end of the 2000 season, and were replaced by

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, FC Mangystau and

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were reformed as ''Ekibastuzets-NK'' and CSKA Kairat became ''Kairat''. In addition to the changes in clubs in the Kazakhstan Premier League, there weer various name changes as well. Access-Golden-Grain became ''Esil Bogatyr'',

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became ''Esil'' and Kaisar-Hurricane returned to being called ''Kaisar''.

Team overview

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

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