Kazakhstan national football team

Kazakhstan

Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Miroslav Beránek
Captain	Kairat Nurdauletov
Most caps	Ruslan Baltiev (73)
Top scorer	Ruslan Baltiev (13)
Home stadium	Astana Arena
FIFA code	KAZ
FIFA ranking	144
Highest FIFA ranking	98 (December 2001)
Lowest FIFA ranking	166 (May 1996)
Elo ranking	127
Highest Elo ranking	70 (18 October 1997)
Lowest Elo ranking	136 (September 2005)
First colours Second 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 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.

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

• 1960 to 1992 – Did not enter, was part of USSR (UEFA member)
• 1996 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

Coaches

as of October 16, 2012

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 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.

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=GK|name=Andrei Sidelnikov|age= (1980-03-08) March 8, 1980 |caps=16|goals=0|club=[[Aktobe]|clubnat=KAZ}} 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Aleksandr Mokin (1981-06-19) June 19, 1981 14 0 Shakhter Karagandy 12 1GK Anton Tsirin (1987-08-10) August 10, 1987 2 0 Zhetysu 6 2DF Kairat Nurdauletov (1982-11-06) November 6, 1982 30 4 Astana 2 2DF Aleksandr Kirov (1984-06-04) June 4, 1984 27 0 Astana 4 2DF Mikhail Rozhkov (1983-12-27) December 27, 1983 1 0 Astana 5 2DF Mark Gorman (1989-02-09) February 9, 1989 10 0 Astana 16 2DF Heinrich Schmidtgal (1985-11-20) November 20, 1985 12 1 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 13 2DF Kazbek Geteriev (1985-06-30) June 30, 1985 6 0 FC Kayrat 20 2DF Konstantin Engel (1988-07-27) July 27, 1988 2 0 Energie Cottbus 21 2DF Valeri Korobkin (1984-07-02) July 2, 1984 3 0 Astana 3 3MF Yuri Logvinenko (1988-07-22) July 22, 1988 17 1 Aktobe 8 3MF Viktor Dmitrenko (1991-01-04) January 4, 1991 5 1 Astana 14 3MF Zhambyl Kukeev (1988-09-20) September 20, 1988 26 2 Shakhter Karagandy 15 3MF Maksat Baizhanov (1984-08-06) August 6, 1984 15 0 Shakhter Karagandy 7 3MF Ulan Konysbayev (1989-05-28) May 28, 1989 13 1 Astana 10 3MF Marat Khairullin (1984-04-26) April 26, 1984 10 0 Aktobe 23 3MF Baurzhan Dzholchiyev (1990-05-08) May 8, 1990 5 2 Tobol 24 3MF Anatoli Bogdanov (1981-06-07) June 7, 1981 4 0 Tobol 18 3MF Baurzhan Islamkhan (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 5 0 FC Kuban Krasnodar 11 3MF Pavel Shabalin (1988-10-23) October 23, 1988 1 0 Irtysh 9 4FW Sergei Ostapenko (1986-02-23) February 23, 1986 38 6 Zhetysu 17 4FW Sergey Gridin (1987-05-20) May 20, 1987 5 2 FC Tobol 19 4FW Daurenbek Tazhimbetov (1985-07-02) July 2, 1985 4 3 Shakhter Karagandy

Recent call-ups

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

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Almat Bekbayev (1984-06-14) June 14, 1984 1 0 Tobol 2DF Aleksandr Kislitsyn (1986-03-08) March 8, 1986 16 0 Kairat 2DF Mikhail Rozhkov (1983-12-27) December 27, 1983 15 0 Astana 2DF Nurtas Kurgulin (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 2 0 Tobol 2DF Eldos Akhmetov (1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 1 0 Taraz 3MF Azat Nurgaliev (1987-07-01) July 1, 1987 14 0 Ordabasy 3MF Marat Shakhmetov (1989-02-06) February 6, 1989 9 0 Astana 3MF Serikzhan Muzhikov (1989-06-17) June 17, 1989 5 0 Zhetysu 3MF Baurzhan Islamkhan (1993-02-23) February 23, 1993 5 0 Kuban Krasnodar 4FW Sergei Khizhnichenko (1991-07-17) July 17, 1991 17 3 Shakhter Karagandy 4FW Sergey Gridin (1987-05-20) May 20, 1987 12 2 Aktobe

Fixtures

Recently played

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

External links

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