KAZAKHSTAN NAME SQUAD

Storck - has named his initial squad.

Kazakhstan caretaker-coach Bernd Storck has named an initial 27-man squad for next month's World Cup qualifier against England.

Storck named his selection just days after taking over the Kazakh helm following the dismissal of Dutchman Arno Pijpers after defeats against Croatia and Ukraine.

Storck, coach of Kazakhstan's Under-21 side, will take charge of the senior squad for the first time in the match at Wembley on October 11.

Kazakhstan kicked off their Group Six campaign with a 3-0 win over minnows Andorra before suffering successive losses.

Squad: Alexander Mokin, Andrei Shabanov (both FK Almaty), Vladimir Loginovsky (Esil-Bogatyr Petropavlovsk), Alexander Petukhov (Tobol Kustanai); Samat Smakov, Kairat Nurdauletov (Tobol Kustanai), Alexander Kislitsyn (Shakhtyor Karaganda), Alexander Kuchma, Vladimir Noskov (Irtysh Pavlodar), Alexander Kirov; Ruslan Baltiyev, Sergei Skorykh, Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev, Sabyrkhan Ibrayev, Talgat Sabalakov (all Tobol Kustanai), Yuri Logvinenko, Anton Chichulin, Bekzat Beisenov, Tanat Nuserbayev (both Ordabasy Shymkent), Vyacheslav Erbes (Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk), Kairat Ashirbekov (Shakhtyor Karaganda), Vadim Borovsky, Maksat Baizhanov (Kaisar Kyzylorda); Sergei Ostapenko, Maxim Azovsky (both FK Almaty), Gleb Maltsev (Irtysh Pavlodar), Erzat Kenbayev (Zhetysu Taldykorgan).