Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Қаршығалар (The Hawks)
Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan (FFK)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Yuri Krasnozhan
Captain	Samat Smakov
Most caps	Ruslan Baltiev (73)
Top scorer	Ruslan Baltiev (13)
Home stadium	Astana Arena
FIFA code	KAZ
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	131 11 (5 November 2015)
Highest	98 (December 2001)
Lowest	166 (May 1996)
First international
	Kazakhstan 1–0 Turkmenistan ; (Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 1, 1992)

The Kazakhstan national football team (Kazakh: Қазақстан Ұлттық футбол құрама командасы, Qazaqstan ulttyq fwtbol qurama qomandasy) represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central Asian Football Federation. After failing to qualify for the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup they joined UEFA, but are yet to qualify for a World Cup or UEFA European Championship.

1 History
- 1.1 AFC Member (1992–2002)
- 1.2 UEFA Member (2002–)
2 World Cup record
3 UEFA European Championship record
4 AFC Asian Cup record
5 Coaches
6 Results and fixtures
- 6.1 2014
- 6.2 2015
7 Current squad
- 7.1 Recent call-ups
8 Top 10 most capped players
9 Top Scorers
10 Kits
- 10.1 Kit evolution
- 10.2 Kit suppilers
11 References
12 External links

History

AFC Member (1992–2002)

The country of Kazakhstan declared independence from the Soviet Union on December 16, 1991. Its national team then split from the Soviet Union national football team (a UEFA member) and joined the Asian Football Confederation. At the time, they were one of strongest teams in Central Asia, and one of the most improving teams in Asia.

The team played their first match against another former-Soviet debutant, Turkmenistan, on June 1, 1992, as part of a Central Asian tournament. Kazakhstan won 1–0. The tournament also saw the footballing debuts of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. After beating Libya in a friendly in North Korea on July 3, Kazakhstan played the remainder of its Central Asian fixtures and avoided defeat in all of them. They beat Uzbekistan 1–0 at home on July 16, then drew 1–1 away in Turkmenistan on September 14, in Kyrgyzstan on September 26 and Uzbekistan on October 14. The final match was a 2–0 home victory over Kyrgyzstan on October 25.^[1]

Kazakhstan entered qualification for the first time, in the attempt to reach the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In the first round they were placed in Group 9 alongside Pakistan and Iraq. Kazakhstan's first qualifying match was won 3–0 at home in Almaty on May 11, 1997, against Pakistan. On June 6 they travelled to Baghdad to face Iraq and won 2–1, then five days later won an away match against Pakistan, 7–0 in Lahore. The result in Lahore remains Kazakhstan's biggest-ever international win. They retained the 100% start to World Cup football by beating Iraq at home 3–1 on June 29.

In the second and final round of qualification, Kazakhstan came last in the group. Their only victory was on October 18, 1997, when they beat the United Arab Emirates 3–0 at home. Kazakhstan drew three other games – all at home (versus Uzbekistan, Japan and South Korea).

In the first round of Asian qualifying, Kazakhstan were placed in Group 6 alongside Iraq, Nepal and Macau. All games in the group were to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after Nepal failed to organise matches in Kathmandu in March 2001. After an Iraqi protest, the first three games for each team were moved to Baghdad, Iraq.

Kazakhstan started off well in Baghdad by beating Nepal 6–0 with two goals by Oleg Litvinenko on April 12, and Macau 3–0 two days later. On April 16 they held Iraq to a 1–1 draw in front of 50,000. Ruslan Baltiev put the Kazakhs in front in the 6th minute and Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail equalised with a penalty in the 31st.

In Almaty Central Stadium, Kazakhstan beat Nepal 3–0 with two goals by Maksim Igorevich Shevchenko on April 21. Two days later they beat Macau 5–0, Dmitriy Byakov and Igor Avdeyev scored two each after a goalless first half. The final game on April 25 saw a 1–1 draw against Iraq in front of 25,000. Litvinenko put Kazakhstan ahead in the 32nd but Iraq equalised ten minutes later. Despite being level on points, Iraq advanced on goal difference mainly due to a 9–1 victory over Nepal.

UEFA Member (2002–)

Kazakhstan joined UEFA in 2002. They had to wait until the 2002 FIFA World Cup finished on June 30 before making the switch, as they had entered the tournament as an AFC member. Kazakhstan therefore could not enter qualification for UEFA Euro 2004, as the draw had been made on January 25, 2002. The team played UEFA opposition for the first time on November 14, 2001, and drew 0–0 away to Estonia.^[2]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1990	Was part of USSR
1994	Did not enter
1998 to 2002	Did not qualify (AFC Member from 1998 to 2002)
2006 to 2014	Did not qualify (UEFA Member since 2002)
2018	To be determined
2022	To be determined
Total		0/20

UEFA European Championship record

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1992	Was part of USSR (UEFA member)
1996 to 2004	Not a member of UEFA
2008 to 2016	Did not qualify
2020
Total		0/15

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1992	Was part of USSR (UEFA member)
1996 to 2000	Did not qualify
Total		0/12

Coaches

as of April 25, 2015

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Bakhtiyar Baiseitov	1992	7	4	3	0	57.14%
Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov	1994	4	1	2	1	25%
Serik Berdalin	1995–1997	20	6	4	10	30%
Sergei Gorokhovadatskiy	1998	5	2	1	2	40%
Voit Talgaev	2000	9	5	0	4	55.56%
Vladimir Fomichev (caretaker)	2000	1	0	0	1	0%
Vakhid Masudov	2001–2002	9	4	4	1	44.44%
Leonid Pakhomov	2003–2004	9	0	2	7	0%
Sergey Timofeev	2004–2005	13	0	1	12	0%
Arno Pijpers	2006–2008	36	7	11	18	19.44%
Bernd Storck	2008–2010	9	2	0	7	22.22%
Miroslav Beránek	2011–2013	24	5	6	13	20.83%
Yuri Krasnozhan	2014–	11	2	4	5	18.18%

Results and fixtures

2014

17 November 2014 Euro 2016 Q	Turkey	3 – 1	Kazakhstan	Istanbul, Turkey
01:45 KZT (UTC+6)	Yılmaz 26' (pen.), 29' Aziz 83'	Report	Smakov 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena Attendance: 27,547 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

2015

18 February 2015 (2015-02-18) Friendly	Kazakhstan	1 – 1	Moldova	Antalya, Turkey
18:00 UTC+2	Shchetkin 48'	Report Report 2	54' Gațcan	Stadium: Mardan Spor Kompleksi Attendance: 100 Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev (Russia)

28 March 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Kazakhstan	0 – 3	Iceland	Astana, Kazakhstan
21:00 KZT (UTC+6)		Report	Guðjohnsen 20' B. Bjarnason 32', 90+1'	Stadium: Astana Arena Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

31 March 2015 Friendly	Russia	0 – 0	Kazakhstan	Moscow, Russia
19:00 (21:00 UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 4000 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Belarus)

12 June 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Kazakhstan	0 – 1	Turkey	Almaty, Kazakhstan
18:00 (21:00 UTC+4)		Report	Turan 83'	Stadium: Almaty Ortalyk Stadion Referee: Michael Oliver(England)

3 September 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Czech Republic	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Doosan Arena, Plzen
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)	Škoda 74', 86'	Report	Logvinenko 21'	Attendance: 10,572 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

6 September 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Iceland	0 – 0	Kazakhstan	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky (Ukraine)

10 October 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Kazakhstan	1 – 2	Netherlands	Astana, Kazakhstan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) 22:00 ALMT(UTC+06:00)		Report		Stadium: Astana Arena

13 October 2015 Euro 2016 Q	Latvia	0 – 1	Kazakhstan	Riga, Latvia
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report	Kuat 65'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Referee: Steven McLean (Scotland)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Netherlands on October 10, and Latvia on October 14, 2015.
Caps and goals are correct as of 13 October 2015, after the game against Latvia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
22	1GK	Andrei Sidelnikov	(1980-03-08) 8 March 1980 (age 44)	29	0	Ordabasy Shymkent
1	1GK	Stas Pokatilov	(1992-12-08) 8 December 1992 (age 31)	7	0	Aktobe
12	1GK	Sergey Boychenko	(1977-09-27) 27 September 1977 (age 46)	3	0	Ordabasy Shymkent

8	2DF	Samat Smakov (Captain)	(1978-12-08) 8 December 1978 (age 45)	71	2	Irtysh Pavlodar
23	2DF	Yuriy Logvinenko	(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 (age 35)	34	4	Aktobe
3	2DF	Mark Gorman	(1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 35)	26	0	Kairat Almaty
	2DF	Dmitri Shomko	(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34)	21	2	Astana
2	2DF	Serhiy Malyi	(1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 33)	12	0	Ordabasy Shymkent
	2DF	Konstantin Engel	(1988-07-27) 27 July 1988 (age 35)	11	0	Ingolstadt 04
16	2DF	Gafurzhan Suyumbayev	(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 33)	9	0	Ordabasy Shymkent
4	2DF	Yermek Kuantayev	(1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 34)	1	0	Kairat Almaty
15	2DF	Berik Aytbayev	(1991-06-26) 26 June 1991 (age 32)	0	0	Atyrau

7	3MF	Ulan Konysbayev	(1989-05-28) 28 May 1989 (age 34)	29	3	Kairat Almaty
10	3MF	Zhambyl Kukeyev	(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 35)	29	2	Kairat Almaty
	3MF	Azat Nurgaliev	(1986-06-30) 30 June 1986 (age 37)	26	1	Ordabasy Shymkent
9	3MF	Bauyrzhan Islamkhan	(1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 (age 31)	19	2	Kairat Almaty
	3MF	Kazbek Geteriev	(1985-06-30) 30 June 1985 (age 38)	7	0	Irtysh Pavlodar
5	3MF	Islambek Kuat	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)	4	2	Kairat Almaty
21	3MF	Abzal Beisebekov	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31)	4	0	Astana
13	3MF	Timur Dosmagambetov	(1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 34)	3	0	Taraz
	3MF	Almir Mukhutdinov	(1985-06-09) 9 June 1985 (age 38)	0	0	Taraz

20	4FW	Sergei Khizhnichenko	(1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 32)	34	6	Aktobe
17	4FW	Tanat Nusserbayev	(1987-01-01) 1 January 1987 (age 37)	24	2	Astana
11	4FW	Aleksey Shchotkin	(1991-05-21) 21 May 1991 (age 32)	16	1	Astana
19	4FW	Bauyrzhan Dzholchiev	(1990-05-08) 8 May 1990 (age 33)	14	3	Astana

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan's squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Anton Tsirin	(1987-08-10) 10 August 1987 (age 36)	2	0	Okzhetpes Kokshetau	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015
GK	Nenad Erić	(1982-05-26) 26 May 1982 (age 41)	1	0	Astana	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
GK	Vladimir Plotnikov	(1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Kairat Almaty	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
GK	Vladimir Loginovsky	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 38)	2	0	Astana	v. Iceland, 27 March 2015
GK	Aleksandr Mokin	(1981-06-19) 19 June 1981 (age 42)	20	0	Shakhter Karagandy	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015
GK	Aleksandr Petukhov	(1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Tobol Kostanay	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015

DF	Yeldos Akhmetov	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	1	0	Astana	v. Iceland, 6 September 2015
DF	Rinat Abdulin	(1982-04-14) 14 April 1982 (age 42)	29	2	Ordabasy Shymkent	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015
DF	Heinrich Schmidtgal	(1985-11-20) 20 November 1985 (age 38)	15	1	FSV Frankfurt	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015
DF	Ilya Vorotnikov	(1986-02-01) 1 February 1986 (age 38)	6	0	Taraz	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
DF	Yeldos Akhmetov	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 33)	1	0	Astana	v. Russia, 31 March 2015
DF	Viktor Dmitrenko	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)	14	1	Aktobe	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015

MF	Aslan Darabayev	(1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35)	3	0	Kairat Almaty	v. Iceland, 6 September 2015
MF	Georgy Zhukov	(1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 29)	2	0	Astana	v. Iceland, 6 September 2015
MF	Alexander Merkel ^INJ	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Udinese	v. Iceland, 6 September 2015
MF	Dmitri Miroshnichenko	(1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 31)	5	0	Aktobe	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015
MF	Askhat Tagybergen	(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 33)	5	0	Aktobe	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015
MF	Zhakyp Kozhamberdy	(1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 32)	2	0	Astana	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
MF	Anatoli Bogdanov	(1981-06-07) 7 June 1981 (age 42)	14	0	Tobol Kostanay	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015
MF	Marat Shakhmetov	(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35)	10	0	Zhetysu Taldykorgan	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015
MF	Piraliy Aliev	(1984-01-13) 13 January 1984 (age 40)	5	0	Irtysh Pavlodar	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015
MF	Bauyrzhan Baytana	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 31)	1	0	Kairat Almaty	v. Moldova, 22 February 2015

FW	Alibek Buleshev	(1981-04-09) 9 April 1981 (age 43)	9	0	Okzhetpes Kokshetau	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
FW	Stanislav Lunin	(1993-05-02) 2 May 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Kairat Almaty	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
FW	Toktar Zhangylyshbay	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 30)	1	0	Astana	v. Turkey, 12 June 2015 ^PRE
FW	Daurenbek Tazhimbetov	(1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 38)	5	3	Ordabasy Shymkent	v. Russia, 31 March 2015

|} ^PRE Preliminary squad.

Top 10 most capped players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Ruslan Baltiev	1997–2009	73	13
2	Samat Smakov	2000–Present	71	2
3	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	2001–Present	57	6
4	Andrei Karpovich	2001–Present	55	3
5	Sergei Ostapenko	2007–Present	42	6
6	David Loria	2000–Present	38	0
7	Aleksandr Kuchma	2005–2008	37	2
8	Aleksandr Familtsev	1997–2006	35	1
	Kairat Nurdauletov	2003–2013	35	4
	Farkhadbek Irismetov	2004–2011	35	0

Top Scorers

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.

Rank	Name	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Ruslan Baltiev	1997–2009	13	73	0.17
2	Viktor Zubarev	1997-2002	12	18	0.66
3	Dmitriy Byakov	2000-2008	8	33	0.24
4	Igor Avdeyev	1996-2005	7	27	0.26
5	Oleg Litvinenko	1996–2006	6	28	0.21
	Sergei Khizhnichenko	2009–Present	6	34	0.18
	Sergei Ostapenko	2007–Present	6	42	0.18
	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	2001–present	6	57	0.10
9	Askhat Kadyrkulov	1997-2002	4	15	0.26
	Andrei Finonchenko	2003–Present	4	21	0.19
	Yuriy Logvinenko	2008–Present	4	34	0.12
	Kairat Nurdauletov	2003–2013	4	35	0.11

Kits

Kit evolution

Home

2013

2014

Away

2013

2014

Kit suppilers

The Kazakhstan's official kit suppiler is currently produced by German company Adidas, Also sponsoring the team are Kazakhtelecom a telecommunication company from Astana.

Period	Kit Provider
1992–1995	Lotto
1995–1997	Nike
1997–2005	Puma
2005–2008	Diadora
2008–2012	Umbro
2012–present	Adidas

References

External links

Official website

[1] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaz-intres.html

[2] ttp://rsssf.com/tablesk/kaz-intres.html

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