Kazakhstan national under-21 football team

European national under-21 football team
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Association = Football Federation of Kazakhstan
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Home Stadium = Almaty Central Stadium
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|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.

2006 qualification

The country made its debut in UEFA competitions in the 2006 Under-21 qualifiers in which they faced Albania, Denmark, Georgia, Greece, Turkey and Ukraine. Results were largely poor, including a 5-0 thrashing away to Greece and they finished bottom of their group. However two victories were secured, a surprise 2-1 win over Turkey and another 2-1 away to Georgia.

Current squad

The players used in the most recent game against Poland were as follows: [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/fixturesresults/round=15084/match=300305/report=lu.html UEFA match report] ]

* Zhasulan Dekkhanov
* Aldan Baltaev
* Yerzat Kenbaev
* Aleksandr Kislitsyn
* Zhambyl Kukeev
* Mukhtar Mukhtarov
* Vladimir Noskov
* Talgat Sabalakov
* Alisher Tadzhibayuly
* Ilia Vorotnikov
* Vadim Borovskiy
* Andrei Shabanov
* Konstantin Aleinikov
* Valentin Chureyev
* Yuri Logvinenko
* Alexey Shapurin
* Sanat Zhumahanov
* Rinat Khassenov

Managerial history

*Asian Cup 1998, World Cup 1999
**flagicon|KAZ Vladimir Fomichev (1998-99)

* EURO 2004-06 Qualification
** flagicon|KAZ Oyrat Saduov (2004)
** flagicon|KAZ Anton Shokh (2005)

* EURO 2006-07 Qualification
** flagicon|NED Antonius Joor (2006)

* EURO 2008-09 Qualification
**flagicon|FIN Juha Malinen (2007)
** flagicon|NED Antonius Joor (2008)
**flagicon|KAZ Evgeni Jarovenko (2008)
**flagicon|GER Bernd Storck (2008-present)

References

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under21/teams/team=265146/index.html Page at UEFA website]