Head coach of Kazakhstan national football team set to resign

Kazakhstan lost to Belgium in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match with a score of 0:6, Kazinform reports referring to Sports.kz.

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For Ali Aliyev's team, this defeat was already the fourth in five matches. Earlier, Kazakhstan lost to Wales (1:3, 0:1) and North Macedonia (0:1), and defeated Liechtenstein 2:0.

Thus, after four games, Kazakhstan has only three points to take the next-to-last, fourth place, in the Group J standings. 

At a press conference after the match, the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team, Ali Aliyev, announced that he would step down.