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Kazakhstan
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of Kazakhstan
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMiroslav Beránek
CaptainKairat Nurdauletov
Most capsRuslan Baltiev (73)
Top scorerRuslan Baltiev (13)
Home stadiumAstana Arena
FIFA codeKAZ
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current144
Highest98 (December 2001)
Lowest166 (May 1996)
First international
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakhstan 1–0 Turkmenistan 
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 1, 1992)
Biggest win
Pakistan Pakistan 0–7 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
(Lahore, Pakistan; June 11, 1997)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0–6 Turkey 
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 8, 2005)
 Russia 6–0 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
(Moscow, Russia; May 23, 2008)

The Kazakhstan national football team 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 and South 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.

Since 2011 they have been managed by Miroslav Beránek from the Czech Republic.

History

AFC Member (1992–2002)

FiDebut

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's Central and South Asian Football Federation.

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]

1998 World Cup Qualification

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kazakhstan 4 4 0 0 15 2 13 12
2  Iraq 4 2 0 2 14 8 6 6
3  Pakistan 4 0 0 4 3 22 −19 0

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.

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  South Korea 8 6 1 1 19 7 12 19
2  Japan 8 3 4 1 17 9 8 13
3  United Arab Emirates 8 2 3 3 9 12 −3 9
4  Uzbekistan 8 1 3 4 13 18 −5 6
5  Kazakhstan 8 1 3 4 7 19 −12 6

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).

2002 World Cup Qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 6 4 2 0 28 5 +23 14
 Kazakhstan 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 14
   Nepal 6 2 0 4 13 25 −12 6
 Macau 6 0 0 6 2 31 −29 0

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 by 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. The team played UEFA opposition for the first time on November 14, 2001, and drew 0–0 away to Estonia.[2]

World Cup record

  • 1930 to 1994Did not enter, was part of USSR
  • 1998 to 2010Did not qualify (AFC Member from 1998 to 2002)

UEFA European Championship record

AFC Asian Cup record

Coaches

as of October 16, 2012

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Kazakhstan Bakhtiar Baiseitov 1992 7 4 3 0 57.14%
Kazakhstan Baurzhan Baimukhammedov 1994 4 1 2 1 25%
Kazakhstan Serik Berdalin 1995–1997 20 6 4 10 30%
Kazakhstan Sergei Gorokhovadatskiy 1998 5 2 1 2 40%
Kazakhstan Voit Talgaev 2000 9 5 0 4 55.56%
Kazakhstan Vladimir Fomichev (caretaker) 2000 1 0 0 1 0%
Kazakhstan Vakhid Masudov 2001–2002 9 4 4 1 44.44%
Russia Leonid Pakhomov 2003–2004 9 0 2 7 0%
Kazakhstan Sergey Timofeev 2004–2005 13 0 1 12 0%
Netherlands Arno Pijpers 2006–2008 36 7 11 18 19.44%
Germany Bernd Storck 2008–2010 9 2 0 7 22.22%
Czech Republic Miroslav Beránek 2011– 15 2 5 8 13.33%

Current squad

Players called up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Germany on the 22th & 26 March 2013. Caps and goals are correct as of March 23, 2013.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Aleksandr Mokin (1981-06-19) June 19, 1981 (age 43) 14 0 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
12 1GK Anton Tsirin (1987-08-10) August 10, 1987 (age 37) 2 0 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
22 1GK Andrei Sidelnikov (1980-03-08) March 8, 1980 (age 44) 16 0 Kazakhstan Aktobe
2 2DF Aleksandr Kirov (1984-06-04) June 4, 1984 (age 40) 27 0 Kazakhstan Astana
4 2DF Mukhtar Mukhtarov (1986-01-06) January 6, 1986 (age 38) 9 4 Kazakhstan Ordabasy
5 2DF Mark Gorman (1989-02-09) February 9, 1989 (age 35) 10 0 Kazakhstan Astana
16 2DF Heinrich Schmidtgal (1985-11-20) November 20, 1985 (age 39) 12 1 Germany SpVgg Greuther Fürth
18 2DF Dmitri Shomko (1990-03-19) March 19, 1990 (age 34) 10 1 Kazakhstan Irtysh
20 2DF Konstantin Engel (1988-07-27) July 27, 1988 (age 36) 2 0 Germany Energie Cottbus
24 2DF Viktor Dmitrenko (1991-04-04) April 4, 1991 (age 33) 5 1 Kazakhstan Astana
3 3MF Yuri Logvinenko (1988-07-22) July 22, 1988 (age 36) 17 1 Kazakhstan Aktobe
6 3MF Kairat Nurdauletov (1982-11-06) November 6, 1982 (age 42) 30 4 Kazakhstan Astana
7 3MF Ulan Konysbayev (1989-05-28) May 28, 1989 (age 35) 13 1 Kazakhstan Astana
8 3MF Anatoli Bogdanov (1981-06-07) June 7, 1981 (age 43) 4 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
11 3MF Pavel Shabalin (1988-10-23) October 23, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Kazakhstan Irtysh
13 3MF Kazbek Geteriev (1985-06-30) June 30, 1985 (age 39) 6 0 Kazakhstan Kairat
14 3MF Zhambyl Kukeev (1988-09-20) September 20, 1988 (age 36) 26 2 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
15 3MF Maksat Baizhanov (1984-08-06) August 6, 1984 (age 40) 15 0 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
21 3MF Valeri Korobkin (1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 (age 40) 3 0 Kazakhstan Astana
9 4FW Sergei Ostapenko (1986-02-23) February 23, 1986 (age 38) 38 6 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
10 4FW Marat Khairullin (1984-04-26) April 26, 1984 (age 40) 10 0 Kazakhstan Aktobe
17 4FW Tanat Nuserbayev (1988-01-01) January 1, 1988 (age 36) 9 3 Kazakhstan Astana
19 4FW Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (1985-07-02) July 2, 1985 (age 39) 4 3 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
23 4FW Baurzhan Dzholchiyev (1990-05-08) May 8, 1990 (age 34) 5 2 Kazakhstan Tobol

Recent call-ups

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Almat Bekbayev (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984 (age 40) 1 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
2DF Aleksandr Kislitsyn (1986-03-08) March 8, 1986 (age 38) 16 0 Kazakhstan Kairat
2DF Mikhail Rozhkov (1983-12-27) December 27, 1983 (age 40) 15 0 Kazakhstan Astana
2DF Nurtas Kurgulin (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 (age 38) 2 0 Kazakhstan Tobol
2DF Eldos Akhmetov (1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Kazakhstan Taraz
3MF Azat Nurgaliev (1987-07-01) July 1, 1987 (age 37) 14 0 Kazakhstan Ordabasy
3MF Marat Shakhmetov (1989-02-06) February 6, 1989 (age 35) 9 0 Kazakhstan Astana
3MF Serikzhan Muzhikov (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989 (age 35) 5 0 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
3MF Baurzhan Islamkhan (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
4FW Sergei Khizhnichenko (1991-07-17) July 17, 1991 (age 33) 17 3 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
4FW Sergey Gridin (1987-05-20) May 20, 1987 (age 37) 12 2 Kazakhstan Aktobe

Fixtures

Recently played

Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers
June 4, 2013 International Friendly Kazakhstan Almaty  Bulgaria 1-2 Dmitri Shomko
March 26, 2013 2014 World Cup qualification Germany Nuremberg  Germany 1-4 Heinrich Schmidtgal
March 22, 2013 2014 World Cup qualification Kazakhstan Astana  Germany 0–3  
February 6, 2013 International Friendly Turkey Antalya  Moldova 3–1  
October 16, 2012 2014 World Cup qualification Austria Vienna  Austria 0–4  
October 12, 2012 2014 World Cup qualification Kazakhstan Astana  Austria 0–0  
September 12, 2012 2014 World Cup qualification Sweden Malmö  Sweden 0–2  
September 7, 2012 2014 World Cup qualification Kazakhstan Astana  Republic of Ireland 1–2 Kairat Nurdauletov
June 5, 2012 International Friendly Armenia Yerevan  Armenia 0–3  
June 1, 2012 International Friendly Kazakhstan Almaty  Kyrgyzstan 5–2 Yuri Logvinenko, Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (3 goals), Kairat Nurdauletov (PG)
February 29, 2012 International Friendly Turkey Antalya  Latvia 0–0  

References

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