Kazakhstan national football team

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Kazakhstan

Nickname

Association

Football Union of Kazakhstan

Head coach

Arno Pijpers

Most caps

Ruslan Baltiyev (34)

Top scorer

Viktor Zubarev (12)

FIFA code

KAZ

FIFA ranking

135

Highest FIFA ranking

98 (December 2001)

Lowest FIFA ranking

166 (May 1996)

Elo ranking

124





Home kit





Away kit

First international

Kazakhstan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 1, 1992)

Largest win

Pakistan 0 - 7 Kazakhstan

(Lahore, Pakistan; June 11, 1997)

Worst defeat

Kazakhstan 0 - 6 Turkey

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 8, 2005)

The Kazakhstan national football team is the national football team of Kazakhstan and is controlled by the Football Union of Kazakhstan. After the demise of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Turkmenistan on June 1, 1992. The team was originally a member of AFC but switched to UEFA in 2002.

1 World Cup record
2 European Championship record
3 Asian Nations Cup record
4 West Asian Football Federation Championship record
5 Squad for 2008 European Football Championship
6 Important players
7 References

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1996 to 2004 - Did not enter, was not member of UEFA until 2002

[edit] Asian Nations Cup record

1956 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1996 - Did not qualify
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 onwards - Did not enter, no longer member of AFC

[edit] West Asian Football Federation Championship record

2000 - Round 1
2002 onwards - Did not enter, no longer member of AFC

[edit] Squad for 2008 European Football Championship

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up GoalKeepers
David Loriya	31.10.1981	FC Astana	15 (-22)	2008 European Football Championship
Aleksandr Mokin	19.6.1981	FC Astana	1 (-4)	2008 European Football Championship
Yuri Novikov	19.5.1972	FC Shakhter	26 (-43)	2008 European Football Championship

Defenders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Yegor Azovsky	10.1.1985	FC Astana	8 (0)	2008 European Football Championship
Aleksandr Kuchma	?	Ruch Chorzów	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Maksim Zhalmagambetov	11.7.1983	FC Astana	10 (0)	2008 European Football Championship
Samat Smakov	8.12.1978	FC Kairat Almaty	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Kairat Utabayev	16.7.1980	FC Kairat Almaty	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Aleksandr Familtsev	3.8.1975	FC Tobol	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship

Midfielders

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Anton Chichulin	27.10.1984	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Denis Volodin	?	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Eduard Sergiyenko	18.2.1983	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Nikita Khokhlov	27.10.1983	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Dias Kamelov	29.5.1981	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Andrei Karpovich	18.1.1981	FC Kairat Almaty	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Andrei Travin	27.4.1978	FC Almaty	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Kairat Ashirbekov	21.10.1982	FC Aktobe-Lento	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Ruslan Baltiyev	16.9.1978	FC Moskva	48 (8)	2008 European Football Championship

Forwards

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)	Most Recent Call up
Murat Tleshev	18.4.1980	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Maksim Azovsky	4.6.1986	FC Astana	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	11.5.1981	FC Tobol	? (?)	2008 European Football Championship