Kazakhstan's U-17 football team cruised past Austria in the first round of qualifying for the 2027 European Championship, winning the match in Georgia 7-0, infohub.kz reports.
Roman Chernomorets opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Two minutes later Anuar Tolendy doubled Kazakhstan's lead and completed his brace in the 24th minute. Before the break, Salim Khasanov, who plays for the academy of Spain's Villarreal, scored the fourth goal past the Austrian goalkeeper.
In the second half, Islam Rashidov struck in the 60th minute, and three minutes later Roman Chernomorets scored his second goal of the match. Ibrahim Asan set the final score in the 78th minute.
With this victory, Kazakhstan have secured early qualification for the second round of Euro 2027 qualifying.
In their final group-stage match, the Kazakh players will face the tournament hosts, Georgia. The game will kick off at 17:00 on 17 November. A draw will be enough for Kazakhstan to finish first in the group.
The draw for the second round of qualifying, in which 28 teams will compete for places in the European Championship finals, will be held in December.
Recall that in March 2026 Kazakhstan's youth team took part in the decisive round of Euro U-17 qualifying for the first time in its history, finishing ahead of Croatia and the Netherlands in the previous stage.