FC “Irtysh” from Pavlodar qualified to the quarter-finals of the ХIХ Asian Champions Cup.

Midfielder of the FC “Irtysh” Andrei Miroshnichenko became the first player who dscore hundreds of goals in the championships of Kazakhstan.

AFC declared the head coach of Kazakhstan Olympic team Vladimir Fomichev the best coach of Asia in June 1999.

AFC awarded the defender of the FC “Kairat” and the Olympic team of Kazakhstan Andrei Travin for the best goal of Asia in November 1999. The goal was scored in the second round match of the Asian selection round of Sydney-2000 against the Olympic team of Thailand.

Kazakhstan national futsal team debuted in AFC’s official tournament – the first Asian championship held in Kuala-Lumpur (Malaysia) and won bronze medals in it

The Olympic national team of Kazakhstan won the Central Asian qualifying group in the first stage of the Asian qualifying round of the XXVII Olympic Games “Sydney-2000”.

AFC included Kazakhstan in the list of top ten Asian countries that had achieved highest progress in their football development in 1998 season.

The FC “Tobol” from Kostanay won an International tournament in Tunisia. The team of Kostanay got more points than any other participating team including the winner of the African Champions Cup FC “Etoile” from the city Sousse (Tunisia) after playing a goalless draw game with them.

The forward of Almaty FC “Kairat” and Kazakhstan national youth team Yerlan Urazayev scored a goal against the team of Croatia at the X World Cup and became the first Kazakhstani football player scored in the final stage of the world football tournament.