Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan

Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Miroslav Beranek
Captain	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev
Most caps	Ruslan Baltiev (73)
Top scorer	Ruslan Baltiev (13)
Home stadium	Astana Arena
FIFA code	KAZ
FIFA ranking	138
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. 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 Beranek 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, Kyrgystan 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.

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.

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)

UEFA European Championship record

• To 2004 – Not a member of UEFA
• 2008 to 2012 – Did not qualify

AFC Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1992 – Did not enter, was part of USSR (UEFA member)
• 1996 to 2000 – Did not qualify
• 2004 onwards – Did not enter, no longer member of AFC

Coaches

as of October 11, 2011

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	2008–2010	9	2	0	7	22.22%
Miroslav Beranek	2011–	8	1	3	4	12.50%

Current squad

Players called up for the matches against Belgium on October 7, 2011 and Austria on October 11, 2011. Caps and goals are correct as of October 11, 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Andrei Gennadyevich Sidelnikov August 30, 1980 (1980-08-30) 8 0 Aktobe 12 GK Anton Tsirin August 10, 1987 (1987-08-10) 1 0 Irtysh 22 GK Vladimir Loginovskiy October 8, 1985 (1985-10-08) 1 0 Zhetysu 3 DF Aleksandr Kirov June 4, 1984 (1984-06-04) 18 0 Shakhter Karagandy 4 DF Mukhtar Mukhtarov January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) 8 0 Ordabasy 5 DF Mark Gurman February 9, 1989 (1989-02-09) 4 0 Astana 6 DF Kairat Nurdauletov November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06) 21 2 Astana 18 DF Nurtas Kurgulin September 20, 1986 (1986-09-20) 1 0 Taraz 21 DF Mikhail Rozhkov December 27, 1983 (1983-12-27) 10 0 Astana 2 MF Ulan Konysbayev May 28, 1989 (1989-05-28) 6 1 Shakhter Karagandy 7 MF Zhambyl Kukeev September 20, 1988 (1988-09-20) 24 2 Shakhter Karagandy 8 MF Andrei Karpovich January 18, 1981 (1981-01-18) 51 3 Astana 9 MF Heinrich Schmidtgal November 20, 1985 (1985-11-20) 6 0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 10 MF Marat Khairullin April 26, 1984 (1984-04-26) 5 0 Aktobe 11 MF Kazbek Geteriev June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) 5 0 Alania 13 MF Serikzhan Muzhikov June 17, 1989 (1989-06-17) 4 0 Zhetysu 14 MF Marat Shakhmetov February 6, 1989 (1989-02-06) 4 0 Astana 16 MF Azat Nurgaliev July 1, 1987 (1987-07-01) 12 0 Ordabasy 23 MF Vitali Yevstigneyev August 8, 1985 (1985-08-08) 3 1 Ordabasy 15 FW Daurenbek Tazhimbetov July 2, 1985 (1985-07-02) 1 0 Ordabasy 17 FW Sergey Gridin May 20, 1987 (1987-05-20) 6 2 Tobol 19 FW Tanat Nuserbayev January 1, 1987 (1987-01-01) 9 1 Astana 20 FW Sergei Ostapenko February 23, 1986 (1986-02-23) 30 6 Zhetysu

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan squad in 2011.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK David Loria October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31) 38 0 Irtysh GK Aleksandr Mokin June 19, 1981 (1981-06-19) 13 0 Shakhter Karagandy GK Roman Nesterenko March 22, 1977 (1977-03-22) 2 0 Ordabasy DF Samat Smakov February 28, 1978 (1978-02-28) 59 1 Aktobe DF Farkhadbek Irismetov August 10, 1981 (1981-08-10) 35 0 Ordabasy DF Rinat Abdulin April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) 18 1 Vostok DF Aleksandr Kislitsyn March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08) 14 0 Tobol DF Aleksei Popov July 7, 1978 (1978-07-07) 4 0 Amkar Perm DF Vladislav Chernyshov March 16, 1981 (1981-03-16) 2 0 Irtysh Pavlodar DF Sergei Karimov December 21, 1986 (1986-12-21) 1 0 MSV Duisburg DF Dmitri Yevstigneyev November 27, 1986 (1986-11-27) 0 0 Taraz DF Yuri Logvinenko July 22, 1988 (1988-07-22) 13 0 Aktobe MF Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev May 11, 1981 (1981-05-11) 54 6 Astana MF Sergei Skorykh May 25, 1984 (1984-05-25) 28 0 Zhetysu MF Anton Chichulin November 27, 1984 (1984-11-27) 24 1 Aktobe MF Maksim Azovskiy June 4, 1986 (1986-06-04) 16 0 Astana MF Maksat Baizhanov August 6, 1984 (1984-08-06) 13 0 Shakhter Karagandy MF Evgeniy Averchenko April 6, 1982 (1982-04-06) 9 0 Aktobe MF Dmitriy Shomko March 19, 1990 (1990-03-19) 1 0 Astana MF Aslan Darabayev January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) 0 0 Aktobe FW Sergei Lisenkov June 17, 1991 (1991-06-17) 0 0 Aktobe FW Sergei Khizhnichenko July 17, 1991 (1991-07-17) 14 3 Shakhter Karagandy FW Andrei Finonchenko June 21, 1982 (1982-06-21) 15 2 Shakhter Karagandy

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 6

Team 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 competed in the Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, along with Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, and Azerbaijan. They finished last in the group with one win and one draw.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 10 10 0 0 34 7 +27 30 Turkey 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17 Belgium 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15 Austria 10 3 3 4 16 17 −1 12 Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 10 26 −16 7 Kazakhstan 10 1 1 8 6 24 −18 4

Austria — 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 Azerbaijan 1–4 — 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0 Belgium 4–4 4–1 — 0–1 4–1 1–1 Germany 6–2 6–1 3–1 — 4–0 3–0 Kazakhstan 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 — 0–3 Turkey 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 —

Fixtures

Recently played

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
October 11, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Austria	0–0
October 7, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Brussels	Belgium	1–4	Kairat Nurdauletov (86') (pen.), Vitali Yevstigneyev (o.g.)
September 6, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Baku	Azerbaijan	2–3	Sergei Ostapenko (20'), Vitali Yevstigneyev (77')
September 2, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Istanbul	Turkey	1–2	Ulan Konysbayev (55')
August 10, 2011	International Friendly	Astana	Syria	1–1
June 3, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Azerbaijan	2–1	Sergey Gridin (2 goals)
March 26, 2011	UEFA Euro 2012	Kaiserslautern	Germany	0–4
February 9, 2011	International Friendly	Antalya	Belarus	1–1	Sergey Ostapenko (90')
October 12, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Germany	0–3
October 8, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Belgium	0–2
September 7, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Salzburg	Austria	0–2
September 3, 2010	UEFA Euro 2012	Astana	Turkey	0–3
August 11, 2010	International Friendly	Astana	Oman	3–1	Andrei Karpovich, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, Ismail Al-Ajmi (o.g.)

External links

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