EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Astana Arena - Nur–Sultan Tuesday 9 September 2014 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Group A - Matchday -12 Last updated 12/07/2021 16:42CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13

1 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan

Previous meetings Head to Head Final Qualifying Total tournament

Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Kazakhstan ------Latvia ------FIFA* Kazakhstan ------Latvia ------Friendlies Kazakhstan ------3 0 1 2 2 5 Latvia ------3 2 1 0 5 2 Total Kazakhstan ------3 0 1 2 2 5 Latvia ------3 2 1 0 5 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Match background

Kazakhstan have come off the worse in their three previous meetings with Latvia, but will hope to turn over a new leaf in the first competitive encounter between the two former Soviet republics in UEFA EURO 2016 Group A. Match background • Kazakhstan's record in three games against Latvia – all friendlies – is W0 D1 L2. This will be the first time they have taken on Latvia at home, with the first of their previous encounters taking place in (a 2-1 loss) and the next two on neutral territory: a 3-1 loss in Larnaca, Cyprus, on 18 February 2004 and a 0-0 draw in Antalya, Turkey, on 29 February 2012. • The sides' first encounter, on 17 April 2002, was only Kazakhstan's second game as a UEFA member nation – following a goalless draw with Estonia on 14 November 2001 – and might have ended in their first win rather than their first defeat. Maxim Shevchenko put the visitors ahead, and while a penalty from substitute Mihails Zemļinskis (75) levelled things, Artūrs Zakreševskis's dismissal handed the advantage back to Vakhid Masudov's Kazakhstan. However, Andrejs Štolcers (89) struck late to win it for ' side. • Latvia were starting to prepare for UEFA EURO 2004 when the sides met in Cyprus, (40) and Juris Laizāns (45, 56) responding for Starkovs' team after Yuri Aksenov had put Kazakhstan ahead. • The nations' only previous meetings in UEFA age-group tournaments ended in 0-0 and 1-1 draws in a pair of UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers in 2012. They are scheduled to meet at U19 level on 14 October. • The only past meeting between the nations' clubs came in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round, SK Liepājas Metalurgs ousting FC Aktobe with a 1-0 win at home and a 1-1 draw in Kazakhstan.

3 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Squad list

Kazakhstan Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andrei Sidelnikov 08/03/1980 34 Aktobe - 0 0 0 0 26 - - Aleksandr Mokin 19/06/1981 33 Shakhter - 0 0 0 0 19 - - Stas Pokatilov 08/12/1992 21 Shakhter - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Samat Smakov 08/12/1978 35 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 60 1 - Ilia Vorotnikov 01/02/1986 28 Taraz - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Yuri Logvinenko 22/07/1988 26 Aktobe - 0 0 0 0 23 1 - Mark Gurman 09/02/1989 25 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 17 - - Renat Abdulin 14/04/1982 32 Atyrau - 0 0 0 0 21 1 - Yermek Kuantayev 13/10/1990 23 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 - - - Dmitri Miroshnichenko 26/02/1992 22 Aktobe - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Viktor Dmitrenko 04/04/1991 23 Astana - 0 0 0 0 13 1 - Gafurzhan Suyumbayev 19/08/1990 24 Ordabasy - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Azat Nurgaliyev 30/06/1986 28 Ordabasy - 0 0 0 0 18 1 - Dmitri Shomko 19/03/1990 24 Astana - 0 0 0 0 11 2 - Tanat Nusserbayev 01/01/1987 27 Astana - 0 0 0 0 18 2 - Askhat Tagybergen 09/08/1990 24 Aktobe - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Ulan Konysbaev 28/05/1989 25 Shakhter - 0 0 0 0 18 3 - Aslan Darabayev 21/01/1989 25 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 2 - - 23/02/1993 21 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 8 2 - Anatoli Bogdanov 07/06/1981 33 Tobol - 0 0 0 0 11 - Forwards - Sergei Khizhnichenko 17/07/1991 23 Korona - 0 0 0 0 25 6 - Stanislav Lunin 02/05/1993 21 Kairat - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Baurzhan Dzholchiyev 08/05/1990 24 Astana - 0 0 0 0 9 3 Coach - Yuri Krasnozhan 07/06/1963 51 - 0 0 0 0 4 -

4 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan

Latvia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Aleksandrs Koļinko 18/06/1975 39 Baltika - 0 0 0 0 89 - - Pāvels Šteinbors 21/09/1985 28 Górnik - 0 0 0 0 - - - Germans Māliņš 12/10/1987 26 BATE - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Kaspars Gorkšs 06/11/1981 32 Reading - 0 0 0 0 62 5 - Vladislavs Gabovs 13/07/1987 27 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 10 - - Gints Freimanis 09/05/1985 29 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Kaspars Dubra 20/12/1990 23 Ventspils - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Oļegs Timofejevs 28/11/1988 25 Ventspils - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Nauris Bulvitis 15/03/1987 27 Aarau - 0 0 0 0 17 2 Midfielders - Jurijs Žigajevs 14/11/1985 28 Ventspils - 0 0 0 0 33 2 - Oļegs Laizāns 28/03/1987 27 Yenisey - 0 0 0 0 21 - - Aleksandrs Fertovs 16/06/1987 27 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 28 - - Artis Lazdiņš 03/05/1986 28 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 20 - - Vitālijs Maksimenko 08/12/1990 23 VVV - 0 0 0 0 11 - - Artūrs Zjuzins 18/06/1991 23 Baltika - 0 0 0 0 16 2 - Ritvars Rugins 17/10/1989 24 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 23 - - Vitālijs Jagodinskis 28/02/1992 22 Hoverla - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Andrejs Kovaļovs 23/03/1989 25 Dacia - 0 0 0 0 8 - Forwards - Artjoms Rudņevs 13/01/1988 26 Hamburg - 0 0 0 0 28 1 - Eduards Višņakovs 10/05/1990 24 Ruch - 0 0 0 0 5 - - Valērijs Šabala 12/10/1994 19 Anorthosis - 0 0 0 0 11 5 Coach - Marians Pahars 05/08/1976 38 - 0 0 0 0 10 -

5 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Head coach Yuri Krasnozhan Date of birth: 7 June 1963 Nationality: Russian Playing career: PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Avtozapchast Baksan Coaching career: FC Avtozapchast Baksan (assistant), PFC Spartak Nalchik, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Anji Makhachkala, FC Kuban Krasnodar, FC Terek Grozny, Russia B, Kazakhstan • An unremarkable player with Nalchik and Avtozapchast, Krasnozhan moved into coaching in the 1990s, making his name during a six-year spell in charge of Nalchik, whom he led into the Russian top flight on a modest budget after finishing second in the second tier in 2005. • A sixth-placed finish with Nalchik in 2010 prompted Lokomotiv to bring Krasnozhan to , but he lasted just six months. He took the Anji helm in 2011, yet stepped down after only two months with the ambitious Dagestan club. • Similarly inconclusive spells in the Kuban and Terek dugouts followed for the former coach of Russia's B national team. • Having struck up a relationship with the Football Federation of Kazakhstan (KFF) the previous year – visiting to watch the Super Cup – Krasnozhan replaced Czech Miroslav Beránek as Kazakhstan boss in February 2014, signing a two-year deal. Marians Pahars Date of birth: 5 August 1976 Nationality: Latvian Playing career: FK Pārdaugava, Skonto Metall FC, Skonto FC (twice), Southampton FC, Anorthosis Famagusta FC, FC Jūrmala Coaching career: Skonto FC, Latvia Under-21s, Latvia • Born in the village of Chornobai in central Ukraine, he moved to Latvia – his parents' homeland – while young and undertook his football education in Riga before making his senior debut at Skonto in 1995. He won the league title in each of his first four seasons, and the double in three of them. • Transferred to English Premier League outfit Southampton in 1999, where the diminutive forward became a firm fans' favourite. Known as the 'Latvian Owen' after England striker , he spent seven successful years with the Saints, despite a succession of injuries. • After a year with Anorthosis, lifting the Cypriot Cup, Pahars returned to Latvia and Skonto, ending his career at Jūrmala in 2009. He accepted a role as assistant to Aleksandrs Starkovs at Skonto the following year. • Skonto claimed the 2010 championship and Pahars replaced Starkovs at the helm the next year. His first term in the hot seat brought the Latvian Cup and a runners-up finish in the First Division, though Pahars soon left as Skonto were suffering off-the-pitch problems. • Pahars was out of football for just two months before taking charge of Latvia's U21 side. His tenure lasted a solitary game as Starkovs' unexpected decision to step down as senior team boss last summer prompted the younger man's immediate promotion on a contract until 2018.

6 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Match officials

Referee Ivan Kružliak (SVK) Assistant referees Roman Slyško (SVK) , Ondrej Brendza (SVK) Additional assistant referees Richard Trutz (SVK) , Vladimir Vnuk (SVK) Fourth official Tomaš Somolani (SVK) UEFA Delegate Leonid Kaloshin (RUS) UEFA Referee observer Ray Ellingham (WAL)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Ivan Kružliak 24/03/1984 0 30

Ivan Kruzliak Referee since: 2003 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA European Championship matches featuring the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 23/03/2011 U17 ELITE Greece Latvia 2-0 Komotini 25/03/2011 U17 ELITE Denmark Latvia 1-0 Komotini 28/07/2011 UEL 3QR FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Aktobe 1-1 Vladikavkaz 18/07/2012 UCL 2QR Molde FK FK Ventspils 3-0 Molde 06/08/2013 UCL 3QR KS Skënderbeu FC Shakhter Karagandy 3-2 Tirana

7 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Competition facts

8 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Match-by-match lineups Kazakhstan

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (09/09/2014) Kazakhstan-Latvia Matchday 2 (10/10/2014) Netherlands-Kazakhstan Matchday 3 (13/10/2014) Kazakhstan-Czech Republic Matchday 4 (16/11/2014) Turkey-Kazakhstan Matchday 5 (28/03/2015) Kazakhstan-Iceland Matchday 6 (12/06/2015) Kazakhstan-Turkey Matchday 7 (03/09/2015) Czech Republic-Kazakhstan Matchday 8 (06/09/2015) Iceland-Kazakhstan Matchday 9 (10/10/2015) Kazakhstan-Netherlands Matchday 10 (13/10/2015) Latvia-Kazakhstan Latvia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (09/09/2014) Kazakhstan-Latvia Matchday 2 (10/10/2014) Latvia-Iceland Matchday 3 (13/10/2014) Latvia-Turkey Matchday 4 (16/11/2014) Netherlands-Latvia Matchday 5 (28/03/2015) Czech Republic-Latvia Matchday 6 (12/06/2015) Latvia-Netherlands Matchday 7 (03/09/2015) Turkey-Latvia Matchday 8 (06/09/2015) Latvia-Czech Republic Matchday 9 (10/10/2015) Iceland-Latvia Matchday 10 (13/10/2015)

9 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Latvia-Kazakhstan

10 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Kazakhstan History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not participate Qualifying win 2-1: Kazakhstan v Azerbaijan, 03/06/11 2-1: Kazakhstan v Serbia, 24/03/07 0-1: Armenia v Kazakhstan, 21/11/07 Qualifying loss 4-0: Germany v Kazakhstan, 26/03/11 Overall appearances 19: Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev 15: 15: Samat Smakov 14: Dmitriy Byakov 14: Sergei Ostapenko Overall goals 5: Dmitriy Byakov 2: Ruslan Baltiev 2: Sergei Gridin 2: Sergei Ostapenko

UEFA European Championship records: Latvia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – group stage 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify EURO final tournament win N/A EURO final tournament loss 3-0: Netherlands v Latvia, 23/06/04 Qualifying win 4-0: Latvia v Iceland, 07/10/06 EURO qualifying loss 5-0: Austria v Latvia, 29/03/95 Final tournament appearances 3: Vitālijs Astafjevs 3: Oļegs Blagonadeždins 3: 3: 3: Aleksandrs Koļinko 3: Juris Laizāns 3: Valentīns Lobaņovs 3: Marians Pahars 3: Andrejs Prohorenkovs 3: 3: 3: Māris Verpakovskis 3: Mihails Zemļinskis Final tournament goals

11 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan 1: Māris Verpakovskis Overall appearances 43: Vitālijs Astafjevs 34: Imants Bleidelis 33: Juris Laizāns 33: Andrejs Rubins 32: Māris Verpakovskis Overall goals 14: Māris Verpakovskis 5: Vīts Rimkus 5: Juris Laizāns 4: Aleksandrs Cauņa 3: Vitālijs Astafjevs 3: Imants Bleidelis 3: Kaspars Gorkšs 3: Marians Pahars 3: Andrejs Štolcers 3: Aleksejs Višņakovs 3: Armands Zeiberlins

12 Kazakhstan - Latvia Tuesday 9 September 2014 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Nur–Sultan Legend

:: Previous meetings

Goals for/against: Goal totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (e.g. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw

:: Squad list

Qual.: Total European Qualifiers appearances/goals for UEFA EURO 2020 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2020 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: Based on the date press kit was last updated D: Disciplinary (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended)

:: Team facts

EURO finals: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 (when the preliminary round and quarter-finals were considered part of qualifying).

From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the 16-team format was adopted. UEFA EURO 2016 was the first tournament to be played as a 24-team finals.

Records of inactive countries A number of UEFA associations have been affected by dissolution or splits of member associations. For statistical purposes, the records of these inactive countries have been allocated elsewhere: therefore, all Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West Germany – but not East Germany – matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Abandoned/forfeited matches For statisical purposes, when a match has been started and then abandoned but later forfeited, the result on the pitch at the time of abandonment is counted. Matches that never started and were either cancelled or forfeited are not included in the overall statistics. Competitions Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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