March 2021. The football season started with the Kazakhstan Super Cup, which took place in Turkestan, at the new stadium “Turkestan Arena”. The tournament was held in a new format: FC Kairat, Astana, Tobol and Shakhtar competed for the trophy. FC “Tobol” from Kostanay won the Super Cup for the first time, having beaten FC “Astana” in the final on a penalty shoot-out (1:1, pen. – 5:4).

28 March, 2021 the Kazakhstan national team, coached by Talgat Baisufinov started in the 2022 World Cup qualififcation. Kazakhstan got into Group D with France, Ukraine, Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The match Kazakhstan vs France was held at the ”Astana Arena”. France won 2:0. Kazakhstan finished in 5th place with three points after striking draws in away matches against Bosnia (2:2) and Ukraine away (1:1), home (2:2).

August 2021, the Kazakhstan beach soccer team, coched by Bulat Alenov, won the bronze medal of the Euroleague in Chisinau (Moldova). Kazakhstan played 5 matches and with 4 victories qualified for the elite round of the Euroleague Promo Final.

FC “Kairat” from Almaty for the first time qualified for the UEFA Conference League group stage. In the play-off “Kairat” won “Fola” from Luxembourg. The rivals in the group stage of the Almaty team were FC “Karabakh” (Azerbaijan), “Basel” (Switzerland) and “Omonia” (Cyprus).

6 October, 2021. Kairat won the Kazakhstan Football Cup. In the final, the FC ”Kairat” beat ”Shakhter” in a penalty shootout (9:8), (main time – 3:3).

The Kazakhstan futsal team took fourth place at the World Championship in Lithuania, giving the best result in history. The team coach by Ricardo Kaka played against Costa Rica (6:1), Lithuania (3:0) and Venezuela (1:1) in the group stage. In the 1/8 final match, our team confidently beat the Thai team (7:0), and in the quarterfinals, Kazakhstanis defeated Iran with (3:2). The national team of Kazakhstan got into the top four teams in the world and was one step away from reaching the final of the World Cup, but our futsal players lost to the future world champion in a penalty shootout. In the match for bronze medals, the Kazakhstani team lost to the Brazilian team with 2:4. According to the results of the tournament, the leader of the Kazakhstani team Douglas Junior became the owner of the bronze ball of the World Cup, and the forward of the Kazakh team Tainan, having scored 6 goals, became the third scorer of the tournament. Moreover, the Kazakhstan futsal team was awarded a special prize from FIFA “Fair Play” for fair play.

On October 30, the Tobol football club became the champion of Kazakhstan-2021. In 26 matches, the Kostanay team scored 18 wins, drew 7 times and suffered 1 defeat, gaining a total of 61 points.