The Kazakhstan national futsal team took part in the 2022 Euro group stage in the Netherlands. The team coached by Ricardo Kaka played against Slovenia (4:4), Finland (6:2) and Italy (4:1), however, lost to the Ukrainian team (3:5) in the quarterfinals. According to the results of Euro 2022, the forward of the Kazakhstan national team Birzhan Orazov became the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals in 5 matches.
28 February 2022, the XXI Regular Conference of the Kazakhstan Football Federation took place in Astana. Adlet Barmenkulov was elected as the new KFF President.
2 March, 2022 – Kazakhstan Super Cup 15th draw took place with the participation of the current champion – FC “Tobol” and the owner of the Kazakhstan Cup – FC “Kairat”. The match was held at the Astana Arena stadium. FC ”Tobol” won (2:1) the Kazakhstan Super Cup for the second time.
5 March, 2022 – the Olimpbet-Kazakhstan Football Championship started the 31st season, 14 teams took part. From the 2022 season of the Kazakhstan Premier League, the VAR system began to be used. Football club “Astana” became the seven-time champion of the country, gaining 53 points in 26 matches.
24-29 March, 2022 – the Kazakhstan national football team played against Moldova for the right to remain in League C of the UEFA Nations League. According to the results of the two-match confrontation, the team coached by Andrey Karpovich, defeated the Moldovans in the penalty shoot-out (total score 2:2, penalties – 5:4).
On May 6, 44-year-old Russian specialist Magomed Adiev was appointed to the post of head coach of the Kazakhstan national football team.
June 2022, theKazakhtan national team started in the new season of the UEFA Nations League. Kazakhstan is in Group 3 of League C along with the national teams of Azerbaijan, Slovakia and Belarus. According to the results of the group stage, the team coached by Magomed Adiev won in their group and promoted to the play-offs of the 2024 Euro qualification. During the tournament, the national team won four games, once played a draw and once defeated.
For the first time, the Kazakhstan e-football team made it to the final stage of the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 in Denmark. The national team of Kazakhstan with Aknazar Bekseitov and Olzhas Yesentaev went through two stages of selection: first, our e-football players played with such teams as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Bahrain and Morocco. In the next round, South Africa, Morocco, the UAE, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia became rivals. At the FIFAe Nations Cup in Copenhagen, the Kazakhstani team showed a decent game and was one step away from reaching the playoffs of the tournament.
In July, the Kazakhstan beach soccer team took part in the Euroleague 2022 in Chisinau and became the fourth best team in the B division. Thanks to the successful performance, our beach players won a ticket to the top division of the Euroleague next season.
Qualification for the 2024 Futsal World Cup began in September. The team coached by Ricardo Kaka successfully started in the main round against Slovenia and Montenegro, scoring three wins in three matches.
19 September, 2022 – Astana hosted the Conference of the Kazakhstan Football Federation, which approved the Strategy on Development of Kazakhstani football until 2034. Also, following the results of the Conference, new members of the KFF Executive Committee were elected.
9 October, 2022 the draw for the qualifying round of the 2024 European Football Championship took place, as a result of which the Kazakhstan national team was in group H along with Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Northern Ireland and San Marino. Qualifying games will start in March 2023.
9-11 November, 2022 – Astana hosted the UEFA STEP workshop supported by the UEFA Assist and UEFA Academy programs and with the participation of specialists from football associations of Central Asian countries, as well as regional federations and football clubs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
December, 2022 – According to the project “Altyn Adam – Man of the Year” the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team Magomed Adiev was awarded ” 2022 Best Coach”, the national team’s goalkeeper Igor Shatskiy was awarded ”2022 Best Sportsman” nomination.