Kazakhstan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Қаршығалар (The Hawks) |
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| Association | Football Federation of Kazakhstan (FFK) |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Talgat Baysufinov |
| Captain | Bauyrzhan Islamkhan |
| Most caps | Samat Smakov (74) |
| Top scorer | Ruslan Baltiev (13) |
| Home stadium | Astana Arena |
| FIFA code | KAZ |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 98  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 83 (September 2016) |
| Lowest | 166 (May 1996) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 110 (26 Januar 2017) |
| Highest | 70 (18 October 1997) |
| Lowest | 136 (September 2005) |
| First international | |
 Kazakhstan 1–0 Turkmenistan  (Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 1, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
 Pakistan 0–7 Kazakhstan  (Lahore, Pakistan; June 11, 1997) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Kazakhstan 0–6 Turkey  (Almaty, Kazakhstan; June 8, 2005)  Russia 6–0 Kazakhstan (Moscow, Russia; May 23, 2008) |
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The Kazakhstan national football team (Kazakh: Қазақстан Ұлттық футбол құрама командасы, Qazaqstan ulttıq fwtbol qurama komandası) 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.
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.
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