Kazakhstan national football team

The Kazakhstan national football team (Template:Lang-kk) 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 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 FIFA World Cup or a UEFA European Championship.

History

AFC Member (1992–2002)

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. At the time, they were one of strongest teams in Central Asia, and one of the most improving teams in Asia.

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.<ref>http://www.rsssf.com/tablesk/kaz-intres.html</ref>

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.

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).

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 for 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–present)

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, 2002.

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1930 to Template:Flagicon 1990	Was part of USSR
Template:Flagicon 1994	Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1998	Did not qualify (AFC Member from 1998 to 2002)
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2002
Template:Flagicon 2006	Did not qualify (UEFA Member since 2002)
Template:Flagicon 2010
Template:Flagicon 2014
Template:Flagicon 2018	TBD
Template:Flagicon 2022
Total		0/20

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1960 to Template:Flagicon 1992	Was part of USSR (UEFA member)
Template:Flagicon 1996	Not a member of UEFA
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2000 to Template:Flagicon 2004	Candidate member of UEFA<ref group="n" name="KAZ">In 2000, the Football Federation of Kazakhstan became a candidate member of UEFA and obtained its full membership a couple of years later.</ref>
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2008	Did not qualify
Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2012
Template:Flagicon 2016
Template:Flagicon 2020	TBD
Total		0/15

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
Template:Flagicon 1956 to Template:Flagicon 1992	Was part of USSR (UEFA member)
Template:Flagicon 1996 to Template:Flagicon 2000	Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2004	Not a member of AFC
Total		0/12

Coaches

as of 30 August 2016

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Bakhtiyar Baiseitov	1992	7	4	3	0	57.14%
Template:Flagicon Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov	1994	4	1	2	1	25%
Template:Flagicon Serik Berdalin	1995–1997	20	6	4	10	30%
Template:Flagicon Sergei Gorokhovadatskiy	1998	5	2	1	2	40%
Template:Flagicon Voit Talgaev	2000	9	5	0	4	55.56%
Template:Flagicon Vladimir Fomichev (caretaker)	2000	1	0	0	1	0%
Template:Flagicon Vakhid Masudov	2001–2002	9	4	4	1	44.44%
Template:Flagicon Leonid Pakhomov	2003–2004	9	0	2	7	0%
Template:Flagicon Sergey Timofeev	2004–2005	13	0	1	12	0%
Template:Flagicon Arno Pijpers	2006–2008	36	7	11	18	19.44%
Template:Flagicon Bernd Storck	2008–2010	9	2	0	7	22.22%
Template:Flagicon Miroslav Beránek	2011–2013	24	5	6	13	20.83%
Template:Flagicon Yuri Krasnozhan	2014–2015	11	2	4	5	18.18%
Template:Flagicon Talgat Baysufinov	2016	3	2	1	1	50%
Template:Flagicon Aleksandr Borodyuk	2017-	1	0	0	1	0%

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly match against Cyprus on March 23, and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Armenia on March 26, 2017.
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Recent call-ups

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Top 10 most capped players

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Samat Smakov	2000–present	76	2
2	Ruslan Baltiev	1997–2009	73	13
3	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	2001–Present	58	6
4	Andrei Karpovich	2001–Present	55	3
5	Sergei Ostapenko	2007–Present	42	6
	Sergey Khizhnichenko	2009–present	42	8
7	David Loria	2000–Present	41	0
8	Yuriy Logvinenko	2008–present	40	4
9	Alexandr Kuchma	2005–2008	37	2
10	Aleksandr Familtsev	1997–2006	35	1
	Kairat Nurdauletov	2003–2013	35	4
	Farkhadbek Irismetov	2004–2011	35	0

Top Scorers

Players listed in bold are still active at national level.

Rank	Name	Period	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Ruslan Baltiev	1997–2009	13	73	0.17
2	Viktor Zubarev	1997–2002	12	18	0.66
3	Dmitriy Byakov	2000–2008	8	33	0.24
	Sergei Khizhnichenko	2009–Present	8	39	0.21
4	Igor Avdeyev	1996–2005	7	27	0.26
5	Oleg Litvinenko	1996–2006	6	28	0.21
	Sergei Ostapenko	2007–Present	6	42	0.18
	Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	2001–present	6	57	0.10
9	Askhat Kadyrkulov	1997–2002	4	15	0.26
	Andrei Finonchenko	2003–Present	4	21	0.19
	Yuriy Logvinenko	2008–Present	4	37	0.11
	Kairat Nurdauletov	2003–2013	4	35	0.11

Kits

Kit evolution

Home

Away

Kit suppilers<ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/archives/20080717-1.html</ref>

Period	Kit Provider
1994–1996	Template:Flagicon Adidas
1996–1998	Template:Flagicon Puma
1998–1999	Template:Flagicon Grand Sport<ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/Kazakhstan-98-GRAND20SPORT-home-kit-yellow-yellow-yellow.jpg.html</ref> <ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/Kazakhstan-98-GRAND20SPORT-home-kit-yellow-yellow-yellow-line-up.jpg.html</ref> <ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/Kazakhstan-99-GRAND20SPORT-home-kit-yellow-yellow-yellow.jpg.html</ref>
1999–2000	Template:Flagicon Adidas
2000–2002	Template:Flagicon Nike
2002–2003	Template:Flagicon Umbro
2003–2004	Template:Flagicon Nike
2004–2005	Template:Flagicon Puma
2005–2007	Template:Flagicon Diadora
2008	Template:Flagicon Masita<ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/8EB68EBB8EDE8ECC8EBD8EC08EDD088ED28EB08EB68EB0C9D4CCC0C0C4C0C4C7F2.JPG.html</ref>
2008	Template:Flagicon Adidas<ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/Kazakhstan-08-adidas-home-kit-blue-blue-blue.jpg.html</ref> <ref>http://football-uniform.seesaa.net/upload/detail/image/Kazakhstan-08-adidas-home-yellow-yellow-yellow.JPG.html</ref>
2008–2012	Template:Flagicon Umbro
2012–present	Template:Flagicon Adidas

See also

• Former Soviet Republics competitive record

References

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External links

• Official website