Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan

Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bernd Storck
Captain	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Most caps	Ruslan Baltiev (73)
Top scorer	Ruslan Baltiev (13)
Home stadium	Astana Arena
FIFA code	KAZ
FIFA ranking	126
Highest FIFA ranking	98 (December 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	166 (May 1996)
Elo ranking	130
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 represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. After the country gained independence, they played their first match against Turkmenistan on June 1, 1992. The team was originally a member of AFC but joined the UEFA in 2002.

World Cup record

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

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	36	7	11	18	19.44%
Bernd Storck	2008-	9	2	0	7	22.22%

Current squad

The following players were called up for a friendly match against Oman on 11 August 2010.

Caps and goals are correct as of August 5, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 12 GK Aleksandr Mokin June 19, 1981 (1981-06-19) (age 29) 11 0 Ordabasy 1 GK Andrei Sidelnikov August 30, 1980 (1980-08-30) (age 30) 1 0 Aktobe GK Aleksandr Grigorenko February 6, 1985 (1985-02-06) (age 26) 0 0 Shakhter Karagandy GK Andrei Shabanov November 16, 1986 (1986-11-16) (age 24) 0 0 Atyrau DF Sergei Karimov December 21, 1986 (1986-12-21) (age 24) 1 0 Wolfsburg DF Aleksei Popov July 7, 1978 (1978-07-07) (age 32) 0 0 FC Amkar Perm DF Farkhadbek Irismetov August 10, 1981 (1981-08-10) (age 29) 32 0 Tobol DF Rinat Abdulin April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 28) 11 1 Tobol DF Aleksandr Kislitsyn March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08) (age 24) 9 0 Shakhter Karagandy DF Aleksandr Kirov June 4, 1984 (1984-06-04) (age 26) 7 0 Lokomotiv Astana DF Mikhail Rozhkov December 27, 1983 (1983-12-27) (age 27) 1 0 Lokomotiv Astana DF Dmitri Shomko March 19, 1990 (1990-03-19) (age 20) 0 0 Irtysh MF Andrei Karpovich January 18, 1981 (1981-01-18) (age 30) 45 2 Aktobe MF Sergei Skorykh May 25, 1984 (1984-05-25) (age 26) 26 0 Shakhter Karagandy MF Denis Rodionov July 26, 1985 (1985-07-26) (age 25) 12 1 Zhetysu MF Azat Nurgaliev July 1, 1987 (1987-07-01) (age 23) 4 0 Tobol MF Heinrich Schmidtgal November 20, 1987 (1987-11-20) (age 23) 0 0 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen MF Aslan Darabayev January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 22) 0 0 Aktobe MF Ulan Konysbayev May 28, 1989 (1989-05-28) (age 21) 0 0 Taraz MF Kazbek Geteriev June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 25) 0 0 PFC Spartak Nalchik MF Vadim Borovskiy October 30, 1986 (1986-10-30) (age 24) 0 0 Shakhter Karagandy FW Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev May 11, 1981 (1981-05-11) (age 29) 47 5 Tobol FW Sergei Ostapenko February 23, 1986 (1986-02-23) (age 24) 20 4 Lokomotiv Astana FW Andrei Finonchenko June 21, 1982 (1982-06-21) (age 28) 13 2 Shakhter Karagandy FW Maksim Azovskiy June 4, 1986 (1986-06-04) (age 24) 11 0 Lokomotiv Astana FW Evgeniy Averchenko April 6, 1982 (1982-04-06) (age 28) 6 0 Aktobe FW Sergei Khizhnichenko July 17, 1991 (1991-07-17) (age 19) 5 3 Atyrau FW Gleb Maltsev March 7, 1988 (1988-03-07) (age 22) 1 0 Irtysh

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan squad in 2010.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Callup DF Yuri Logvinenko July 22, 1988 (1988-07-22) (age 22) 9 0 Aktobe vs Moldova, on March 3, 2010 DF Ivan Shevchenko September 10, 1987 (1987-09-10) (age 23) 0 0 Lokomotiv Astana vs Moldova, on March 3, 2010 MF Zhambyl Kukeyev September 20, 1988 (1988-09-20) (age 22) 20 1 Lokomotiv Astana vs Moldova, on March 3, 2010 MF Vyacheslav Erbes January 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) (age 23) 7 0 Lokomotiv Astana vs Moldova, on March 3, 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27  Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21  Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20  Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13  Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0

Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6 Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0 Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2 England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1 Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3 Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –

Euro 2012 qualifications

Kazakhstan competes in the Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, along with Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, and Azerbaijan.

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany 4 4 0 0 13 1 +12 12  Austria 3 2 1 0 9 4 +5 7  Turkey 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6  Belgium 4 1 1 2 8 8 0 4  Azerbaijan 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3  Kazakhstan 4 0 0 4 0 10 −10 0

Austria  — 3–0 25 Mar '11 3 Jun '11 2–0 6 Sep '11 Azerbaijan  7 Oct '11 — 2 Sep '11 7 Jun '11 6 Sep '11 1–0 Belgium  4–4 29 Mar '11 — 0–1 7 Oct '11 3 Jun '11 Germany  2 Sep '11 6–1 11 Oct '11 — 25 Mar '11 3–0 Kazakhstan  11 Oct '11 3 Jun '11 0–2 0–3 — 0–3 Turkey  29 Mar '11 11 Oct '11 3–2 7 Oct '11 2 Sep '11 —

Fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
11 August, 2010	International Friendly	Astana	Oman	Won 3:1	Andrei Karpovich, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, Ismail Al-Ajmi (o.g.)
3 September, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Turkey
7 September, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Salzburg	Austria
8 October, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Almaty	Belgium
12 October, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Almaty	Germany

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
3 March, 2010	International Friendly	Antalya	Moldavia	Lost 0:1
14 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Astana	Croatia	Lost 1:2	Sergei Khizhnichenko
10 October, 2009	World Cup 2010	Minsk	Belarus	Lost 0:4
9 September, 2009	World Cup 2010	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Won 3:1	Sergei Khizhnichenko (2), Ruslan Baltiyev

External links

• Fan Website (Russian)
• Kazakh's Football (Russian)
• RSSSF (English)
• Transfermarkt.de (German)

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