Kazakhstan referee Ruslan Duzmambetov refereed the matches of the European U-17 Championship in Italy.

Member of the Executive Committees of FIFA and UEFA, three-time winner of the “Golden Ball” Michel Platini visited Kazakhstan. In Almaty a great player visited the matches of the 2006 European Championship qualifying tournament and FIFA 2006 World Cup between the teams of Kazakhstan and Greece.

The solemn opening ceremony of the mini football field, constructed by the Football Union of Kazakhstan with the participation of UEFA took place in Almaty at the stadium “Tsesna” . The field with artificial turf size 22×12 metres, made in Switzerland, became a great gift to Kazakhstani boys dreaming of the big football victories. The ceremony was attended by the President of FGC Rakhat Aliyev, as well as specially arrived UEFA representatives: Eggert Magnusson (member of Executive Committee, President of the Football Federation of Iceland), Jacob Erel (the Head of the Department of national associations) and Gris Sando (assistant to the Head of Department of national associations).

The final match of the Kazakhstan Cup among the teams of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan took place at the Central Stadium of Almaty. The tournament started in April of the same year.

The Dutch expert Arno Pijpers was appointed as head Kazakhstan national team.