The Russian specialist Leonid Pakhomov, who became the first foreign, was appointed as head coach of the Kazakhstan national team.

European Championship Draw among youth teams under 17 and 19 years was held. Kazakhstan attended the draw for the first time. The rivals of Kazakhstan were Ukraine, Moldova and Estonia. U19 played against Austria, Yugoslavia and Sweden.

Kazakhstan took part in the European championship draw among womens’ teams. The rivals included the teams of Israel, Wales, Belarus and Estonia.

The official visit of the UEFA President Lennart Johansson to Kazakhstan. The head of European football was accompanied by Vice-President of the UEFA Pere-Ravn Omdal, Deputy General Director of the UEFA Markus Shtuder and UEFA Treasurer Joe Springers. Almaty hosted the meeting, where L. Johansson met with the President of the Senate of the Parliament Oralbay Abdykarimov and Almatys akim Viktor Khrapunov. As noted by Lennart Johansson, the purpose of his visit to Kazakhstan was to learn more about the Kazakhstan football.

Almaty mini-football club “Alibi” took part in the UEFA Futsal Cup. The rivals of the Kazakhstani players in the group were “Zrinski Karak” (Bosnia and Herzegovina), “Klireks” (Poland) and “Antena 3 boomerang” (Spain), all the group matches were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vice-champion of Kazakhstan – FC “Atyrau” and FC “Kairat” became the first Kazakhstan clubs that participated in the UEFA Cup qualification. “Atyrau” lost two matches to Slovakian “Matador” from Pukhov (0:0 at home and 0:2 away). “Kairat” failed to Yugoslav “Crvena Zvezda” from Belgrade (0:2 and 0:3 away).

Champion of Kazakhstan – FC “Zhenis” from Astana is in the first qualifying round of the Champions League met with Moldovan club “Sheriff” Tiraspol, which six months later would become the winner of the Cup of Commonwealth in Moscow. The first match in Tiraspol ended with the score 2:1 in favor of Moldova. “Zhenis” won in a second leg with the score 3:2, but failed to qualify in the next round of the competition due to the less number of goals scored.

Stockholm hosted the UEFA Congress, where Football Union of Kazakhstan was accepted in the Union of European Football Associations.

The first match of the Kazakhstan national team under the auspices of the UEFA. A friendly match against Estonia was held in Almaty and ended with the score 1:1.