EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Skonto Stadions - Riga Tuesday 13 October 2015 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Latvia Group A - Matchday -3 Kazakhstan Last updated 12/07/2021 18:30CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 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 Latvia - Kazakhstan Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 09/09/2014 QR (GS) Kazakhstan - Latvia 0-0 Astana 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 Latvia - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0 0 0 FIFA* Latvia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kazakhstan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Latvia - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 2 1 0 5 2 Kazakhstan - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 1 2 2 5 Total Latvia - - - - 1 0 1 0 - - - - 4 2 2 0 5 2 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 0 - - - - - - - - 4 0 2 2 2 5 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Latvia - Kazakhstan Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Match background Latvia will look to maintain their unbeaten run against Kazakhstan when the teams meet in their final UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group A fixture. • Latvia will finish fifth in the section if they avoid defeat; Kazakhstan will overtake them on head-to-head record if they win in Riga. Previous meetings • The sides drew 0-0 in Astana on 9 September 2014. • Latvia are unbeaten in four meetings with Kazakhstan: W2 D2 L0. • Their first encounter, a 2-1 friendly win for Latvia on 17 April 2002, was only Kazakhstan's second game as a UEFA member – following a goalless draw with Estonia on 14 November 2001. Form guide • Latvia are without a win in five competitive home games (D2 L3). • Kazakhstan are without a victory in 15 competitive away fixtures (D2 L13) since a 3-1 triumph in Andorra in September 2009. Disciplinary • The latest booking list is available here: http://www.uefa.org/disciplinary/disciplinary-cases/booking-lists/index.html. Trivia and links • Kazakhstan defender Yermek Kuantayev turns 24 the day of the Latvia game. • The nations have met three times in UEFA age-group tournaments, with the Latvian sides having marginally the better of the games (W1 D2). Most recently, Latvia's Under-19s beat their Kazakh counterparts 3-0 in October 2014. • The only past encounter 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 Latvia - Kazakhstan Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Squad list Latvia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Andris Vaņins 30/04/1980 35 Sion - 5 0 0 0 68 - Nea - Pāvels Šteinbors 21/09/1985 30 - 0 0 0 0 - - Salamis - Kaspars Ikstens 05/06/1988 27 Jelgava - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Kaspars Gorkšs 06/11/1981 33 Dukla - 8 0 0 0 71 5 - Vladislavs Gabovs 13/07/1987 28 Korona - 8 0 0 0 19 - - Gints Freimanis 09/05/1985 30 Jelgava - 5 0 0 0 6 - - Igors Tarasovs 16/10/1988 26 Jagiellonia - 5 0 0 0 10 - - Vladimirs Kamešs 28/10/1988 26 Liepāja - 1 0 0 0 12 1 - Antons Kurakins 01/01/1990 25 Hamilton - 2 0 0 0 6 - - Vitālijs Maksimenko 08/12/1990 24 Mattersburg - 6 0 0 0 18 1 - Kaspars Dubra 20/12/1990 24 BATE - 7 0 0 0 10 - Midfielders - Aleksejs Višņakovs 03/02/1984 31 Skonto - 8 1 0 0 61 8 - Oļegs Laizāns 28/03/1987 28 Ventspils - 5 0 0 0 27 - - Aleksandrs Fertovs 16/06/1987 28 Korona - 6 0 0 0 35 - - Igors Kozlovs 26/03/1987 28 Skonto - 0 0 0 0 - - CSKA - Aleksandrs Cauņa 19/01/1988 27 - 4 1 0 0 44 12 Moskva Gazovik - Artūrs Zjuzins 18/06/1991 24 - 8 1 0 0 25 3 Orenburg - Vitālijs Jagodinskis 28/02/1992 23 Hoverla - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Jānis Ikaunieks 16/02/1995 20 Metz - 5 0 0 0 5 - Forwards - Eduards Višņakovs 10/05/1990 25 Westerlo - 6 0 0 0 12 - - Artūrs Karašausks 29/01/1992 23 Skonto - 4 0 0 0 7 - - Deniss Rakels 20/08/1992 23 Cracovia - 6 0 0 0 12 - - Valērijs Šabala 12/10/1994 21 Miedz - 8 3 0 0 20 8 Coach - Marians Pahars 05/08/1976 39 - 9 0 0 0 20 - 4 Latvia - Kazakhstan Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga 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 35 Ordabasy - 3 0 0 0 29 - - Sergei Boichenko 27/09/1977 38 Ordabasy - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Stas Pokatilov 08/12/1992 22 Aktobe - 4 0 0 0 6 - Defenders - Samat Smakov 08/12/1978 36 Irtysh - 7 1 0 0 70 2 - Yuri Logvinenko 22/07/1988 27 Aktobe - 8 3 0 0 33 4 - Mark Gurman 09/02/1989 26 Kairat - 6 0 0 0 25 - - Dmitri Shomko 19/03/1990 25 Astana - 6 0 0 0 20 2 - Yermek Kuantayev 13/10/1990 24 Kairat - 1 0 0 0 1 - - Abzal Beysebekov 30/11/1992 22 Astana - 2 0 0 0 4 - - Konstantin Engel 27/07/1988 27 Ingolstadt - 1 0 0 0 10 - - Gafurzhan Suyumbayev 19/08/1990 25 Ordabasy - 5 0 0 0 8 - - Sergei Maliy 05/06/1990 25 Ordabasy - 5 0 0 0 11 - - Berik Aitbayev 26/06/1991 24 Atyrau - 0 0 0 0 - - Midfielders - Azat Nurgaliyev 30/06/1986 29 Ordabasy - 6 0 0 0 26 1 - Ulan Konysbayev 28/05/1989 26 Kairat - 7 0 0 0 28 3 - Timur Dosmagambetov 01/05/1989 26 Taraz - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Islambek Kuat 12/01/1993 22 Kairat - 3 1 0 0 3 1 - Kazbek Geteriyev 30/06/1985 30 Irtysh - 1 0 0 0 7 - Forwards - Tanat Nuserbayev 01/01/1987 28 Astana - 4 0 0 0 23 2 - Sergei Khizhnichenko 17/07/1991 24 Aktobe - 7 0 0 0 33 6 - Aleksei Schetkin 21/05/1991 24 Astana - 4 0 0 0 15 1 Coach - Yuri Krasnozhan 07/06/1963 52 - 9 0 0 0 16 - 5 Latvia - Kazakhstan Tuesday 13 October 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Skonto Stadions, Riga Head coach 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 Michael Owen, 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. 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 Premier League finish with Nalchik in 2010 prompted Lokomotiv to bring Krasnozhan to Moscow, 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.