Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan

Association

Football Federation of Kazakhstan

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Bernd Storck (caretaker)

Captain

Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev

Most caps

Ruslan Baltiev (64)

Top scorer

Viktor Zubarev (12)

Home stadium

Almaty Central Stadium

FIFA code

KAZ

FIFA ranking

125

Highest FIFA ranking

98 (December 2001)

Lowest FIFA ranking

166 (May 1996)

Elo ranking

123




Home colours




Away colours

First international

Kazakhstan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 1, 1992)

Biggest win

Pakistan 0 - 7 Kazakhstan

(Lahore, Pakistan; June 11, 1997)

Biggest defeat

Kazakhstan 0 - 6 Turkey

(Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 8, 2005)

Russia 6 - 0 Kazakhstan

(Moscow, Russia; May 23, 2008)

The Kazakhstan national football team is the national football team of Kazakhstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. After gaining independence, 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 Coaches
5 Current squad
- 5.1 Recent Call-ups
6 Famous past players
7 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 Forthcoming fixtures
- 8.1 Recent results
9 References
10 External links

World Cup record

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

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
2008 - Did not qualify

Asian Nations Cup record

1956 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
1996 to 2000 - Did not qualify

2004 onwards - Did not enter, no longer member of AFC

Coaches

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Bakhtiar Baiseitov	1992	7	4	3	0	57.14%
Baurzhan 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	33	6	11	16	18%
Bernd Storck (caretaker)	2008-

Current squad

The following members were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Ukraine on September 10 2008. Caps and goals as of September 10 2008.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	David Loria	October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) (age 27)	34	0	Shakhter
18	GK	Aleksandr Mokin	June 19, 1981 (1981-06-19) (age 28)	4	0	Astana

2	DF	Egor Azovskiy	January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 24)	22	0	Astana
3	DF	Aleksandr Kuchma	December 9, 1980 (1980-12-09) (age 28)	36	2	Astana
4	DF	Maksim Zhalmagambetov	July 11, 1983 (1983-07-11) (age 26)	29	0	Astana
5	DF	Farkhadbek Irismetov	August 10, 1981 (1981-08-10) (age 28)	29	0	Tobol
12	DF	Kairat Nurdauletov	November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06) (age 26)	13	1	Tobol
13	DF	Samat Smakov	December 8, 1978 (1978-12-08) (age 30)	55	1	Aktobe

6	MF	Andrei Karpovich	January 18, 1981 (1981-01-18) (age 28)	38	2	Dynamo Moscow
7	MF	Ulugbek Asanbaev	September 13, 1979 (1979-09-13) (age 30)	6	0	Aktobe
8	MF	Sergei Skorykh	May 25, 1984 (1984-05-25) (age 25)	18	0	Tobol
10	MF	Ruslan Baltiev	September 16, 1978 (1978-09-16) (age 31)	67	10	Tobol
11	MF	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (C)	May 11, 1981 (1981-05-11) (age 28)	47	5	Tobol
16	MF	Maksat Baizhanov	August 6, 1984 (1984-08-06) (age 25)	10	0	Kaisar
17	MF	Nikita Khokhlov	October 27, 1983 (1983-10-27) (age 26)	17	0	Aktobe

9	FW	Tanat Nusserbayev	January 1, 1988 (1988-01-01) (age 21)	1	0	Ordabasy
7	FW	Sergei Ostapenko	February 23, 1986 (1986-02-23) (age 23)	16	4	Almaty
14	FW	Roman Uzdenov	March 10, 1979 (1979-03-10) (age 30)	5	2	Atyrau
15	FW	Murat Tleshev	April 11, 1980 (1980-04-11) (age 29)	8	1	Irtysh

Recent Call-ups

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
11	MF	Dmitriy Byakov	April 9, 1978 (1978-04-09) (age 31)	33	8	Shakhter (WCQ v Croatia, September 6)
15	MF	Anton Chichulin	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27) (age 25)	22	1	Astana (WCQ v Croatia, September 6)
	FW	Murat Suyumagambetov	October 14, 1983 (1983-10-14) (age 26)	18	3	Shakhter (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	GK	Aleksandr Petukhov	January 11, 1985 (1985-01-11) (age 24)	0	0	Tobol (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	DF	Egor Azovskiy	January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) (age 24)	21	0	Astana (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	DF	Aleksandr Kislitsyn	March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08) (age 23)	0	0	Shakhter (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	MF	Zhambyl Kukeev	September 20, 1988 (1988-09-20) (age 21)	11	0	Almaty (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	MF	Kairat Ashirbekov	October 21, 1982 (1982-10-21) (age 27)	16	2	Shakhter (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	MF	Sergei Skorykh	May 25, 1984 (1984-05-25) (age 25)	16	0	Tobol (v. Montenegro on May 27)
	MF	Ali Aliyev	October 27, 1980 (1980-10-27) (age 29)	2	0	Kayseri Erciyesspor (v. Russia on May 23)
	MF	Yuri Logvinenko	July 22, 1988 (1988-07-22) (age 21)	1	0	Aktobe (v. Russia on May 23)
	MF	Sabyrkhan Ibraev	August 22, 1988 (1988-08-22) (age 21)	1	0	Tobol (v. Russia on May 23)
	MF	Andrei Travin	April 27, 1979 (1979-04-27) (age 30)	19	0	Vostok (v. Azerbaijan on February 3)
	FW	Denis Rodionov	July 26, 1985 (1985-07-26) (age 24)	12	1	Almaty (v. Moldova on February 6)
	GK	Denis Tolebaev	July 2, 1987 (1987-07-02) (age 22)	0	0	Kairat
	DF	Dmitriy Lyapkin	September 16, 1976 (1976-09-16) (age 33)	15	0	Baltika
	DF	Kairat Utabayev	July 16, 1980 (1980-07-16) (age 29)	10	0	Megasport
	MF	Anton Chichulin	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27) (age 25)	21	1	Astana
	MF	Eduard Sergienko	February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18) (age 26)	19	0	Shakhter
	FW	Andrei Finonchenko	June 21, 1982 (1982-06-21) (age 27)	11	3	Shakhter

Famous past players

Oleg Voskoboynikov (1992-2000)
Viktor Zubarev (1997-2002)
Peter Neustädter (1996)
Oleg Litvinenko (1996-2006)
Vladimir Niederhaus (1992-2000)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	4	4	0	0	14	3	+11	12
Croatia	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Belarus	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Kazakhstan	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3
Andorra	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0


Andorra	–	1 – 3	1 Apr	0 – 2	9 Sep	14 Oct
Belarus	6 Jun	–	12 Aug	1 – 3	10 Oct	9 Sep
Croatia	4 – 0	5 Sep	–	1 – 4	3 – 0	6 Jun
England	10 Jun	14 Oct	9 Sep	–	5 – 1	1 Apr
Kazakhstan	3 – 0	1 Apr	14 Oct	6 Jun	–	1 – 3
Ukraine	5 Sep	1 – 0	0 – 0	10 Oct	10 Jun	–

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
18 November 2008	Friendly	Tallinn	Estonia
1 April 2009	World Cup 2010	Almaty	Belarus

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
11 October 2008	World Cup 2010	London	England	Lost 1:5	Kukeyev
10 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Almaty	Ukraine	Lost 1:3	Ostapenko
6 September 2008	World Cup 2010	Zagreb	Croatia	Lost 0:3
20 August 2008	World Cup 2010	Almaty	Andorra	Won 3:0	Ostapenko (x2), Uzdenov
27 May 2008	Friendly	Podgorica	Montenegro	Lost 0:3
23 May 2008	Friendly	Moscow	Russia	Lost 0:6
26 March 2008	Friendly	Rotterdam	Armenia	Lost 0:1
6 February 2008	Friendly	Antalya	Moldova	Lost 0:1
3 February 2008	Friendly	Antalya	Azerbaijan	Drew 0:0
24 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Belgrade	Serbia	Lost 0:1
21 November 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Yerevan	Armenia	Won 1:0	Ostapenko
17 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Almaty	Portugal	Lost 1:2	Byakov
13 October 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Warsaw	Poland	Lost 1:3	Byakov
12 September 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Almaty	Belgium	Drew 2:2	Byakov, Smakov
8 September 2007	Friendly	Almaty	Tajikistan	Drew 1:1	Nurdauletov
22 August 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Tampere	Finland	Lost 1:2	Byakov
6 June 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Almaty	Azerbaijan	Drew 1:1	Baltiev
2 June 2007	Euro 2008 Qualifying	Almaty	Armenia	Lost 1:2	Baltiev

References

External links

Fan Website (Russian)
RSSSF (English)
Transfermarkt.de (German)

Football in Kazakhstan

League competitions	FFK	Cup competitions
Premier League	Nat. Team / U-21	Kazakhstan Cup
First Division	Clubs / Venues	Super Cup
	European stage	Alma TV Cup
	Best Players

National football teams of Europe (UEFA)

International football

FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup
Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Island Games · Minor Tournaments
World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Organizations · Codes

	Asia	AFC - Asian Cup
	Africa	CAF - Africa Cup of Nations
	North America	CONCACAF - Gold Cup
	South America	CONMEBOL - Copa América
	Oceania	OFC - Nations Cup
	Europe	UEFA - European Championship
	Non-FIFA	NF-Board - Viva World Cup