Kazakhstan’s players celebrate their victory against Serbia

For the first time since joining the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) in 2002, Kazakhstan claims competitive victory: its team defeated the Serbian with 2:1 in Group A. It was also the first time the Kazakhstan team scored at home in a European qualifier. It is a surprising victory, as Serbian team was team A’s favourite, and previously Kazakhstan has only won once when it played against Armenia in 2004, out of 25 friendly and competitive international games against UEFA member associations. It used to show better results in AFC (Asian Football Confederation), when it was defeating Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, thus the transfer was criticised.

Rakhat Aliyev, the President of Kazakhstan Football Federation, was the one who transferred the Kazakhstan team from AFC to UEFA. After a long series of dissapointments, the team finally shows the results, thus the transfer to a stronger league is paying off. Kazakhstan Today published a quick interview with Rakhat Aliyev, who is indeed very happy about Kazakhstan’s victory: (more…)