Kazakhstan national under-21 football team

Kazakhstan Under-21

Nickname(s)	Жас Қаршығалар (The Young Hawks)
Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Head coach	Saulius Širmelis
Captain	Rafkat Aslan
Home stadium	Almaty Central Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
AFC member 1992-2002:  Iran 4-0 Kazakhstan  (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia - 15 May 1996) UEFA member since 2002:  Kazakhstan 0-0 Ukraine  (7 September 2004)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan 4-1 Georgia  (16 October 2007)
Biggest defeat
Greece 5-0 Kazakhstan  (16 November 2004)  Spain 5-0 Kazakhstan  (25 March 2008)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	None

The Kazakhstan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Kazakhstan and is controlled by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

UEFA U-21 Championship Qualification Record

Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best goalscorer
2006	8 out of 8	12	2	1	9	8	23	−15	7	Aleksey Shakin, Vadim Borovskiy - 2
2007	lost in Preliminary round									no one scored
2009	4 out of 5	8	2	0	6	9	18	−9	6	Yerzat Kenbaev - 4
2011	4 out of 5	8	1	2	5	7	17	−10	5	7 players scored 1 goal
2013	4 out of 5	8	0	4	4	2	14	−12	4	Abzal Beisebekov, Ermek Kuantayev - 1
2015	3 out of 5	8	3	0	5	8	18	−10	9	Roman Murtazayev - 3
2017	? out of ?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Current Squad

The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Norway on October 8:

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Stanislav Pavlov	30 May 1994	Aktobe	14 (0)
Mikhail Golubnichi	31 January 1995	Astana	1 (0)
Vladimir Groshev	4 January 1995	Kairat	0 (0)
Defenders
Grigori Sartakov	18 August 1994	Irtysh	20 (0)
Rafkat Aslan	2 February 1994	Tobol	15 (0)
Timur Rudoselskiy	21 December 1994	Kairat	11 (0)
Andrej Startsev	7 June 1994	St. Pauli	2 (0)
Anuar Agaysin	26 October 1994	Tobol	1 (0)
Robert Berger	7 November 1996	Energie Cottbus	1 (0)
Ivan Sachanenko	8 August 1997	Saarbrücken	1 (0)
Danil Tsoy	25 June 1995	Kaisar	0 (0)
Midfielders
Miras Tuliyev	30 August 1994	Caspiy	9 (1)
Rinat Khairullin	19 February 1994	Astana	9 (0)
Oybek Baltabayev	13 June 1994	Kairat	2 (0)
Ivan Antipov	14 January 1996	Akzhayik	2 (0)
Didar Zhalmukan	22 May 1996	Aktobe	2 (0)
Aleksey Makarov	2 October 1995	Akzhayik	1 (0)
Forwards
Rauan Sariyev	22 January 1994	Zhetysu	8 (3)
Aleksey Rodionov	29 March 1994	Atyrau	7 (1)
Alisher Suley	1 November 1995	Tobol	7 (0)
Abat Aymbetov	7 August 1995	Aktobe	6 (1)
Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev	14 January 1995	Ordabasy	6 (0)
Max Schebak	30 April 1995	Aubstadt	1 (1)

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan under-21 squad in 2014-2015 and remain eligible:

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Andrei Neupokoyev	18 May 1994	Akzhayik	0 (0)
Aleksandr Udalov	14 March 1995	Akzhayik	0 (0)
Abylaikhan Duisen	3 June 1994	Ordabasy	0 (0)
Mikhail Golubnichiy	31 January 1995	Bayterek	0 (0)
Timurbek Zakirov	1 March 1996	Bayterek	0 (0)
Andrey Andreyev	14 March 1994	Vostok	0 (0)
Defenders
Berik Shaikhov	20 February 1994	Zhetysu	7 (0)
Temirlan Adilkhanov	28 March 1994	Zhetysu	2 (0)
Pavel Khalezov	10 August 1994	Astana	2 (0)
Dmitri Rybalko	12 January 1994	Okzhetpes	0 (0)
Islam Shadukayev	9 March 1995	Bayterek	0 (0)
Sergey Keiler	8 November 1994	Kyzylzhar	0 (0)
Kassymzhan Taiypov	19 February 1995	Kairat	0 (0)
Yernar Kydyrali	15 December 1995	Kairat	0 (0)
Argen Manekeyev	24 May 1996	Bayterek	0 (0)
Oleg Lebedev	27 March 1995	Okzhetpes	0 (0)
Midfielders
Raul Dzhalilov	20 July 1994	Tobol	7 (1)
Magamed Uzdenov	25 February 1994	Akzhayik	6 (0)
Anton Kuksin	3 July 1995	Okzhetpes	1 (0)
Georgy Zhukov	19 November 1994	Roda JC	6 (0)
Anuar Zhagyppar	2 January 1995	Kairat	0 (0)
Arman Nussip	22 January 1994	Kairat	0 (0)
Oybek Baltabayev	13 June 1994	Kairat	0 (0)
Daniyar Nukebai	1 January 1995	Okzhetpes	0 (0)
Forwards
Maxim Fedin	8 June 1996	Spartak Subotica	3 (0)
Vitali Li	13 March 1994	Kairat	7 (0)
Aleksandr Bogdanov	25 February 1995	Vostok	0 (0)

Managerial history

• Asian Cup 1998, World Cup 1999
  • Vladimir Fomichyov (1998–99)
• EURO 2004-06 Qualification
  • Oyrat Saduov (2004)
  • Anton Shokh (2005)
• EURO 2006-07 Qualification
  • Anton Joore (2006)
• EURO 2008-09 Qualification
  • Juha Malinen (2007)
  • Anton Joore (2008)
  • Evgeni Jarovenko (2008)
  • Bernd Storck (2008)
• EURO 2009-10 Qualification
  • Anton Shokh (Feb, 2009 - Mar, 2009)
  • Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (Caretaker) (Mar, 2009 - Jun, 2009)
  • Pavel Radnyonak (Aug, 2009 - Jan, 2011)
• EURO 2011-12 Qualification
  • Slobodan Krčmarević (May, 2011–present)

References

External links

• Page at UEFA website