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Kazakhstan National FTeam to Play Friendly Matches Against Armenia and Azerbaijan
In June, the Kazakhstan national football team will play two away friendly matches
On June 7, Magomed Adiev’s team will face Armenia at the Republican Stadium named after V. Sargsyan in Yerevan, starting at 21:00 Astana time.
Four days later, the team will travel to Hungary to play against Azerbaijan at the Haladas Stadium in Szombathely, with the match starting at 19:00 Astana time.
Squad for the Friendly Matches:
Goalkeepers:
- Igor Shatsky (Aktobe)
- Alexander Zarutsky (Astana)
- Bekhan Shaizada (Ordabasy)
- Danil Ustimenko (Kairat)
Defenders:
- Sergey Maly, Temirlan Erlanov (Ordabasy)
- Ruslan Valiullin, Roman Asrankulov, Erkin Tapalov (Tobol)
- Marat Bystrov, Yan Vorogovsky, Alexander Marochkin (Astana)
- Bagdat Kairov, Adilkhan Tanzharykov, Alibek Kasym (Aktobe)
- Nuraly Alip (Zenit, Russia)
- Alexander Zuev (Arsenal, Russia)
- Mikhail Gabyshev (Elimai)
- Adilkhan Dobay (Zhetysu)
Midfielders:
- Askhat Tagybergen, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan, Aibol Abiken (Ordabasy)
- Abzal Beisebekov, Islambek Kuat (Astana)
- Arman Kenesov, Ramazan Orazov, Maxim Samorodov (Aktobe)
- Adilet Sadybekov (Kairat)
- Islam Chesnokov (Tobol)
Forwards:
- Abat Aimbetov (Adana Demirspor, Turkey)
- Elkhan Astanov, Ramazan Karimov (Astana)
- Vladislav Prokopenko (Zhenis)
- Ivan Sviridov (Elimay)
Coaching Staff:
- Magomed Adiev – Head Coach
- Ruslan Baltiev – Assistant Head Coach
- Evgeniy Kostrub – Assistant Head Coach
- Valery Sitalo – Goalkeeper Coach
- Erlan Ibraim – Physical Training Coach
- Amal Syzdykov – Coach-Analyst
- Elshad Khinizov – Video Analyst
These matches provide an opportunity for the team to test their skills and build cohesion ahead of future competitions.
