Kazakhstan national under-21 football team

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

Kazakhstan Under-21

Nickname(s)	Жас Қаршығалар (The Young Hawks)
Association	Football Federation of Kazakhstan
Head coach	Kairat Nurdauletov
Captain	Gevorg Najaryan
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) Luxembourg  0–3  Kazakhstan (28 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
Greece 5-0 Kazakhstan  (16 November 2004)  Spain 5-0 Kazakhstan  (25 March 2008)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	None

UEFA U-21 Championship Qualification Record

Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Best goalscorer
2006	7 out of 7	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	4 out of 5	8	1	1	6	3	14	−11	4	Abat Aimbetov, Miras Tuliyev, Didar Zhalmukan - 1
2019	4 out of 6	10	2	4	4	13	18	−5	10	Maxim Fedin - 3
2021	4 out of 6	10	3	1	6	12	21	-9	10	Oralkhan Omirtayev - 4

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	10	9	1	0	20	1	+19	28	Final tournament		—	3–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
2	North Macedonia	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18			0–1	—	1–1	1–1	7–1	2–1
3	Israel	10	3	4	3	12	14	−2	13			1–1	1–1	—	1–2	3–1	0–0
4	Kazakhstan	10	3	1	6	12	21	−9	10			0–1	1–4	1–2	—	2–3	0–4
5	Faroe Islands	10	3	0	7	11	25	−14	9			0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	—	1–0
6	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	11	13	−2	7			0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players have been called up to the Kazakhstan under-21 squad for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Faroe Islands on 17 November 2020:

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 November 2020, after the game against Faroe Islands.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Bekkhan Shayzada	28 February 1998	4	0	Ordabasy
12	GK	Danil Ustimenko	8 August 2000	1	0	Kairat
22	GK	Zhandar Zhangaliev	1 November 1998	0	0	Maktaaral
20	DF	Talgat Kussyapov	14 February 1999	11	1	Astana
18	DF	Sagadat Tursynbay	26 March 1999	10	1	Tobol
4	DF	Alibek Kassym	27 May 1998	8	0	Kyzylzhar
2	DF	Lev Skvortsov	2 February 2000	7	0	Astana
15	DF	Dinmukhammed Kashken	4 January 2000	6	0	Astana
3	DF	Roman Asrankulov	30 July 1999	3	0	Tobol
7	MF	Gevorg Najaryan	6 January 1998	20	1	Shakhter
6	MF	Adam Adakhajiev	23 November 1998	10	0	Kairat
14	MF	Sultan Sagnayev	14 January 2000	7	0	Astana
13	MF	Elkhan Astanov	21 May 2000	5	1	Ordabasy
11	MF	Sultanbek Astanov	23 March 1999	3	0	Kairat
35	MF	Madi Zhakipbayev	21 March 2000	3	0	Astana
5	MF	Asludin Khajiyev	24 October 2000	1	0	Ordabasy
19	MF	Adi Adambayev	4 April 2001	0	0	Shakhter
8	MF	Zhaslan Kairkenov	27 March 2000	0	0	Astana
17	FW	Oralkhan Omirtayev	16 July 1998	15	5	Tobol
16	FW	Ramazan Karimov	5 July 1999	12	2	Astana
10	FW	Akmal Bakhtiyarov	2 June 1998	9	1	Sochi
9	FW	Yerkebulan Seydakhmet	4 February 2000	9	1	Kairat
21	FW	Daniyar Usenov	18 February 2001	3	0	Kairat

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mukhammejan Seisen	14 February 1999	9	0	Taraz	v.  North Macedonia, 8 October 2020^INJ
DF	Rauan Orynbassar	1 March 1998	12	0	Zhetysu	v.  North Macedonia, 8 October 2020^SUS
DF	Altynbek Tuleyev	16 February 1998	2	0	Altai	v.  Spain, 13 October 2020
DF	Nurali Mamyrbayev	15 February 2000	0	0	Kyran	v.  Spain, 13 October 2020
DF	Aibar Nurdaliev	12 August 1999	0	0	Kairat	v.  Israel, 8 September 2020
DF	Niyaz Shugaev	12 September 1998	0	0	Shakhter	v.  Israel, 8 September 2020
MF	Zhanali Pairuz	12 August 1999	9	0	Shakhter	v.  Israel, 8 September 2020
MF	Ramazan Orazov	30 January 1998	6	0	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	v.  North Macedonia, 8 October 2020^INJ
MF	Nauryzbek Zhagorov	1 March 1998	5	0	Ekibastuz	v.  Spain, 13 October 2020
MF	Arman Kenesov	4 September 2000	2	0	SKA-Khabarovsk	v.  Israel, 8 September 2020
MF	Artem Popov	17 January 1998	1	0	Aksu	v.  North Macedonia, 8 October 2020^INJ
MF	Damir Marat	5 November 2000	0	0	Ekibastuz	v.  North Macedonia, 8 October 2020^INJ
FW	Artur Shushenachev	7 April 1998	5	0	Kairat	v.  Spain, 13 October 2020
FW	Vladislav Prokopenko	1 July 2000	4	1	Astana	v.  Israel, 8 September 2020

Notes

• Players in italics are still active at international level.
• ^PRE Preliminary squad.
  
• ^INJ Injured after call up to squad.
  
• ^WD Player was withdrawn from the roster for non-injury related reasons.
  
• ^SUS Player was suspended for the next match.
  

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 Yarovenko (2008)
  • Bernd Storck (2008)
• EURO 2009-10 Qualification
  • Anton Shokh (February/March 2009)
  • Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (Caretaker) (March/June 2009)
  • Pavel Radnyonak (August 2009 - January 2011)
• EURO 2011-12 Qualification
  • Slobodan Krčmarević (May 2011 – December 2012)
• EURO 2013-14 Qualification
  • Sergei Borovsky (December 2012 – November 2013)
  • Saulius Širmelis (2014/2015)
• EURO 2015-16 Qualification
  • Vakhid Masudov (January/February 2016)
  • Serik Abdualiyev (February/July 2016)
• EURO 2017-18 Qualification
  • Vladimir Nikitenko (September 2017 – January 2018)
  • Talgat Baysufinov (January 2018 – January 2019)
• EURO 2019-20 Qualification
  • Alexandr Moskalenko (January 2019 – July 2020)
  • Almas Kulshinbayev (July 2020 – December 2020)

References

External links

• Page at UEFA website