In Aktau, parents of youth-team players at FC Kaspii say their children have nowhere to train, as sessions have stopped entirely, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to local residents, the children have not had a permanent training base in the past five years. The section first operated in the city's 1st microdistrict, then at the Jas Qanat stadium, and during its major overhaul the teams were moved to the private BS Arena pitch. Recently, training stopped altogether. Parents were told the club had run out of money to pay the rent.
"Tomorrow, when they are taken to various tournaments, they will come back with defeats, because the training process has been disrupted. For example, training used to be held four times a week, and now there is none — everyone is sitting at home. Today the children, roughly speaking, have been left out on the street," says Saltanat Yeshmanova, the mother of one of the players.
Marat Takenov, deputy head of FC Kaspii, confirmed that the lease agreement with BS Arena, which cost the club 8 million tenge a month, has indeed expired.
"Since the start of 2026, the Jas Qanat stadium was listed as the home arena of FC Kaspii. But because the pitch did not meet licensing requirements, a major overhaul was carried out. It dragged on until August-September, and the stadium only opened then. Before that, from the start of the year, we signed an agreement with BS Arena. All our children — both the reserve squad and the girls' team — held all their training sessions and Kazakhstan championship games there. As of today, the agreement with BS Arena has expired. The funds allocated to us were calculated through November, so the contract is now suspended because its term has ended," he said.
At the same time, according to the club's head, the Jas Qanat stadium no longer belongs to the club either.
"As you have probably heard, on the instructions of the president, all football clubs must move into private ownership. For this reason, the Jas Qanat stadium was removed from FC Kaspii's balance sheet and has now been handed over to the children's and youth football sports school. Roughly speaking, this stadium is no longer our property. Of course, I understand the parents' outrage; their demands are fair. The agreement with BS Arena has now expired, but we have already reached an agreement with the children's and youth sports school. Starting next week we will add it to the schedule, and the children will train here until the end of the year. When the new management comes in, it will decide whether training will be held at Jas Qanat or again at BS Arena," Marat Takenov said.