The first official participation of a women’s club from Kazakhstan in an All-Union competition. FC “Pretendent” took part in the II All-Union tournament held by “Sobesednik” weekly magazine in the town of Kashira near Moscow.

FC “Kairat” won the USSR Football Federation Cup. In the final game in Kishinev’s Republican Stadium “Kairat” defeated “Neftchi” from Baku 4:1.

The midfielder from the FC “Kairat” Yevgeniy Yarovenko won the final part of the football tournament at the Seoul Olympic Games with the USSR Olympic combined team and became the first Kazakhstani football player to become the Olympic champion.