Kazakhstan national under-21 football team

{{Infobox national football team | Name              = Kazakhstan Under-21 | Badge             = | Nickname          =Жас Қаршығалар (The Young Hawks) | Association       = Football Federation of Kazakhstan | Coach             = {{flagicon|KAZ}} Kairat Nurdauletov | Captain           = Adilbek Zhumakhanov | Most caps         =  | Top scorer        =  | Home Stadium      = Almaty Central Stadium | Largest win       =  4–1   (16 October 2007)  0–3  (28 March 2017)| Largest loss      =  5–0  (16 November 2004)  5–0  (25 March 2008)| UEFAu21Champ apps =  None | UEFAu21Champ first = | UEFAu21Champ best =  | The Kazakhstan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Kazakhstan and is administered by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship every two years.
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Current squad

 * The following players were called up for the friendly matches.
 * Match dates: 7 and 11 September 2022
 * Opposition: and
 * Caps and goals correct as of: 27 September 2022, after the match against
 * Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team

Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Kazakhstan's squad in the last 12 months and are still eligible to represent.


 * Notes
 * Players in italics are still active at international level.
 * PRE Preliminary squad.
 * INJ Injured after call up to squad.
 * WD Player was withdrawn from the roster for non-injury related reasons.
 * SUS Player was suspended for the next match.

Managerial history

 * Asian Cup 1998, World Cup 1999
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Fomichyov (1998–99)
 * EURO 2004-06 Qualification
 * 🇰🇿 Oyrat Saduov (2004)
 * 🇰🇿 Anton Shokh (2005)
 * EURO 2006-07 Qualification
 * Anton Joore (2006)
 * EURO 2008-09 Qualification
 * 🇫🇮 Juha Malinen (2007)
 * Anton Joore (2008)
 * 🇰🇿 Evgeni Yarovenko (2008)
 * 🇩🇪 Bernd Storck (2008)
 * EURO 2009-10 Qualification
 * 🇰🇿 Anton Shokh (February/March 2009)
 * 🇰🇿 Sergei Gorokhovodatskiy (Caretaker) (March/June 2009)
 * 🇧🇾 Pavel Radnyonak (August 2009 - January 2011)
 * EURO 2011-12 Qualification
 * Slobodan Krčmarević (May 2011 – December 2012)
 * EURO 2013-14 Qualification
 * 🇧🇾 Sergei Borovsky (December 2012 – November 2013)
 * 🇱🇹 Saulius Širmelis (2014/2015)
 * EURO 2015-16 Qualification
 * 🇰🇿 Vakhid Masudov (January/February 2016)
 * 🇰🇿 Serik Abdualiyev (February/July 2016)
 * EURO 2017-18 Qualification
 * 🇰🇿 Vladimir Nikitenko (September 2017 – January 2018)
 * 🇰🇿 Talgat Baysufinov (January 2018 – January 2019)
 * EURO 2019-20 Qualification
 * 🇰🇿 Alexandr Moskalenko (January 2019 – July 2020)
 * 🇰🇿 Almas Kulshinbayev (July 2020 – December 2020)
 * EURO 2021-22 Qualification and EURO 2023-24 Qualification campaigns
 * 🇰🇿 Kairat Nurdauletov (December 2020 – current)