FC “Kairat” Almaty for the third time in the last four seasons reached the Final Four UEFA Futsal Cups. Final Four seasons-2008/2009 was held in Ekaterinburg (Russia). In the match for the 3rd place, Kazakhstan beat Moscow “Dynamo” 1:0.

April 29, the FIFA delegation led by the President of this organization Joseph Blatter visited Almaty. In addition to the head of world football, the delegation includes the FIFA development manager Eva Pasquier, the assistant to the FIFA president Guy-Philippe Mathieu and the media attaché of the FIFA president Daniel Leb. The day was very busy for the guests of Kazakhstan. In the first half of the day, a meeting was held with the leadership of the Kazakhstan Football Federation. Later, Mr. Blatter met with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The President of Kazakhstan presented the Order of Dostyk to the head of FIFA. After that, a press conference was held with the participation of Mr. Blatter and KFF President Adilbek Jaxybekov. In the evening the FIFA delegation visited the final match of the President Cup between the teams “Semey-93” and “Rubin”.

July 3, a solemn opening ceremony of a new football stadium in Astana took place. The stadium, later named “Astana Arena”, seats 30,000 spectators and has a retractable roof.