Renovated football fields will be opened in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Ayagoz and Aksu

By the end of September, it is planned to finish the renovated of football fields at the Central Stadium in Ayagoz (Abay region), the reserve stadium “Vostok” in Ust-Kamenogorsk (East Kazakhstan region) and at the stadium “Dostyk” in Aksu (Pavlodar region). The ALAŇ project is also aimed at improving the quality of sports infrastructure and developing grassroots in the country.

“First of all, we should focus on grassroots and our children. This is the first step where football starts. Professional football will never develop without grassroots level. We have divided and made 5-17 aged programs, 18-35 and 36+ programs, there is also a separate program for women. Now all these programs are actively developing. We see the potential interest in football, already today about 1,250,000 children in the country are engaged in football. This is our big indicator. We want to bring it up to 2,500,000 children, because the health of the nation is very important to us,”  said the KFF president Adlet Barmenkulov.

The project will renovate 20 football fields in the country between 2023 and 2025. Last year, football fields were renovated in Almaty, Shymkent, Aktobe and Zhetysu region. Recently, a new field was opened at the Dynamo stadium in Petropavl.

“Not all cities have football fields of this quality for children. There are already three in Petropavl, and some cities don't even have one. Thanks to the support of the leadership of the North-Kazakhstan region and the Kazakhstan Football Federation, such a wonderful field was opened here,” the former captain of the national football team Samat Smakov said at the opening ceremony in Petropavl.