The 2004–05 UEFA Champions League was the 50th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the 13th since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. The competition was won by Liverpool, who beat Milan on penalties in the final, having come back from 3–0 down at half-time. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard was named as UEFA's Footballer of the Year for his key role in the final and throughout the Champions League season. The final, played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, is often regarded as one of the best in the history of the tournament.
Football Club Okzhetpes is a Kazakhstani professional football based in the Torpedo Stadium in Kokshetau. The club currently plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League.
Kazakhstan's former long-term President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has challenged sports organizers to engage 30 percent of the country's population in sports. The state has numerous sports clubs where people participate in various types of sports; sport facilities are available to the general public. Kazakhstan currently hosts major international tournaments; Astana and Almaty hosted the VII Asian Winter Games 2011, which drew teams from 27 countries.
This page summarises the results and performance of Kazakhstani football clubs in international competitions. Clubs began participating in the competitions of the Asian Football Confederation from the 1994–95 season until the 2000–01 season. No clubs participated in continental competitions during the 2001–02 season, as the Football Federation of Kazakhstan finalised their switch to become the 52nd member of UEFA. Kazakhstani clubs have played in UEFA competitions since the 2002–03 season. Zhenis in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, were the first club to advance in a European tournament. Tobol reached the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup by winning three rounds of the Intertoto Cup in 2007. Shakhter were the first team to reach group stage of any competition in 2013, qualifying to UEFA Europa League after being defeated in UEFA Champions League play-off round. Astana became the first ever Kazakhstani team to reach UEFA Champions League group stage in 2015, passing three rounds of qualification and play-offs. Astana also became the first ever Kazakhstani team to qualify for knockout stage of any European competition in 2017, by finishing runner-up in 2017–18 UEFA Europa League group stage. In 2021 Kairat became the first ever Kazakhstani club to compete in the group stage of inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.
CSHVSM-Kairat as used by UEFA or SShVSM-Kairat is a women's football club based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The club ended the title run of Alma-KTZh in Kazakhstan, with winning the 2009 national championship and cup. The club played under the name SDYuShOR-2 that season. In 2010 they successfully defended their title.
Irina Saratovtseva is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SDYUSSHOR №8 and the Kazakhstan women's national team.
Saule Maratovna Karibayeva is a Kazakhstani women's football striker currently playing for BIIK Shymkent in the Kazakhstani Championship. She has also played the Champions League with Alma KTZh, and she has been a member of the Kazakhstani national team since debuting at 17 in 2004.
Yulia Vladislavovna Myasnikova is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a defender for Russian Women's Football Championship club CSKA Moscow and the Kazakhstan women's national team.
Group 8 of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying competition consisted of five teams: Norway, Austria, Wales, Israel, and Kazakhstan. The composition of the eight groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 20 April 2015.
The 2015 Kazakhstani women's football championship is the 11th season of the Kazakhstani women's football championship, the highest women's football league competition in Kazakhstan. The season began in April 2015 and finished in November. BIIK-Kazygurt were the defending championship title.
Charity Ogbenyealu Adule is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Alhama CF and the Nigeria women's national team. At a club level, she has played for Rivers Angels, Bayelsa Queens and BIIK Kazygurt.
Batya Bagully is a Kazakhstani women's football striker currently playing for San Diego Surf in San Diego California. She has been a member of the Kazakhstan National teams since debuting at age 14 in 2016 in UEFA Development tournament in FYR Macedonia. Nationality Lao.
Kristina Bakarandze is a footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Women's Super League club Galatasaray. Born in Georgia, she is a member of the Azerbaijan women's national team.
Grace Chanda is a Zambian professional football midfielder who plays for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Zambia national team.
Asselkhan Turlybekova is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Championship club FC Okzhetpes and the Kazakhstan women's national team.
Bibigul Nurusheva is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Championship club FC Okzhetpes and the Kazakhstan women's national team.
Karina Zhumabaikyzy is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Kazakhstan women's national team.
Ksenia Khairulina is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Kazakhstan women's national team.
UEFA Group I of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consists of six teams: France, Wales, Slovenia, Greece, Kazakhstan, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 30 April 2021, with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking.
Angelina Portnova is a Kazakhstani footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Adana İdmanyurduspor in the Turkish Women's Super League and the Kazakhstan women's national team.
