Chichulin denied Kazakh call-up

Anton Chichulin has missed the cut for Kazakhstan's UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifiers against Poland and Finland due to injury.

Poland absentees
The FC Astana midfielder has been omitted from Arno Pijpers' squad for the games on 7 and 11 October, while knocks leave FC Kairat Almaty defender Farkhadbek Irismetov and FC Tobol Kostanay full-back Aleksandr Familtsev doubtful for the Poland fixture, for which FC Moskva playmaker Ruslan Baltiev is suspended. "We always aim to win," said Pijpers. "However, much will depend on our opponents. Poland have had a difficult start with only one point from two home matches. They will definitely want to win."

Kazakhstan squad
Goalkeepers: Yuriy Novikov (FC Shakhtyor Karagandy), David Loria (FC Astana), Alexandr Mokin (FC Astana).

Defenders: Aleksandr Familtsev (FC Tobol Kostanay), Samat Smakov (FC Kairat Almaty), Farkhadbek Irismetov (FC Kairat Almaty), Daniyar Mukanov (FC Tobol Kostanay), Aleksandr Kuchma (FC Astana), Maksim Zhalmagambetov (FC Astana), Yegor Azovskiy (FC Astana), Kairat Utabayev (FC Kairat Almaty).

Midfielders: Ruslan Baltiev (FC Moskva), Andrei Karpovitch (FC Kairat Almaty), Andrei Travin (FC Alma-Ata), Dmitriy Byakov (FC Astana), Nikita Khokhlov (FC Astana), Sergey Larin (FC Alma-Ata), Denis Rodionov (FK Atyrau), Eduard Sergienko (FC Astana), Dias Kamelov (FC Astana), Kairat Ashirbekov (FK Aktobe), Denis Volodin (FC Astana), Piraly Aliyev (FC Astana).

Forwards: Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (FC Tobol Kostanay), Maksim Azovskiy (FC Astana), Murat Tleshev (FC Astana).