Belarus national football team
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Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Alyaksandr Khatskevich | ||
Captain | Timofei Kalachev | ||
Most caps | Alyaksandr Kulchy (102) | ||
Top scorer | Maksim Romaschenko (20) | ||
Home stadium | Borisov Arena, Borisov | ||
FIFA code | BLR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 99 ![]() | ||
Highest | 36 (February 2011) | ||
Lowest | 142 (March 1994) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial:![]() ![]() (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992) Official: ![]() ![]() (Minsk, Belarus; October 28, 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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Belarus national football team (Belarusian: Нацыянальная зборная Беларусi па футболе; Nationalnaya zbornaya Belarusi pa Futbole) represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Borisov Arena in Borisov. Belarus has not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship. Since December 2014 the team is coached by Alyaksandr Khatskevich.
History
After the split of Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on July 20, 1992. Before that, some Belarusian players played for the USSR national football team. The first FIFA-recognized international was a friendly against Ukraine on October 28, 1992 and their first win came in a match against Luxembourg on October 12, 1994.
Belarus have never qualified for either the FIFA World Cup, or the UEFA European Championship. Despite the lack of any significant success during the 1990s, some notable results were still achieved, like a home win against the Netherlands in qualification for Euro 1996 and two draws against Italy during Euro 2000 qualification.
Under coach Eduard Malofeyev the team came very close to playing Germany in a play-off round to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, but were defeated by Wales in the last group stage match, missing the chance to overtake Ukraine, who drew their last game, finishing the group second behind Poland.
Their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign was very unsuccessful as Belarus lost 7 of their 8 games. Around the same time a generational change occurred and a number of players from the U-21 team (which qualified for the 2004 European U-21 Championship) joined the senior national team. With each subsequent head coach (Anatoly Baidachny, Yuri Puntus and Bernd Stange) the team improved their attacking skills. As a result in each subsequent qualifying tournament starting with the 2006 World Cup Belarus scored more goals (total and average per game) than in previous campaigns. However, problems in defense and a lot of missed goals prevented them from finishing higher than 4th in the group. Some notable results during this period included a high-scoring 3–4 away loss to Italy in a 2006 World Cup qualifier (the first time Italy conceded 3 goals in a home qualifying game since 1983), another home victory against the Netherlands during Euro 2008 qualifying as well as away win and home draw against France in Euro 2012 qualification.
Belarusians achieved some success in minor tournaments. In 2002 the team beat out Russia and Ukraine to win the "LG Cup". In 2004 and 2008, they won the 12th and 14th editions of Malta International Football Tournament respectively. The first with its Olympic Squad and the later with the first team (many starters were only available for the last game vs Malta).
Home venue
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The team plays vast majority of its home matches at the 40,000 Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.
Occasionally other venues are also used: Molodechno City Stadium in May 1996 (friendly against Azerbaijan), Vitebsky Central Sport Complex in Vitebsk in November 2005 (friendly against Latvia), Central Stadion in Gomel in October 2007 (Euro 2008 qualifying match against Luxembourg), Neman Stadium in Grodno June 2009 (2010 World Cup qualifier against Andorra), Borisov City Stadium just a few days later (friendly against Moldova) and Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy in Brest in October 2009 (another 2010 World Cup quallifier against Kazakhstan).
In late 2012 Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation and the team started alternating between different home venues: Central Stadion in Gomel (2014 World Cup qualifiers against Finland and France), Borisov City Stadium (friendly against Kyrgyzstan) and Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino (friendlies against Montenegro and Japan).
Since 2014 Belarus moved to the newly opened Borisov Arena.
Colors
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s Belarus played home games in all white, occasionally changing shorts to green. All green uniform or green jerseys/white shorts were used as away kits. Since qualifying campaign for UEFA Euro 2004 Belarus changed their primary colors to red jerseys and green shorts, and away kits to all white. In 2011 home colors were changed to all red.
Kit suppliers
Kit provider | Period |
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2002–2004 |
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2004–2012 |
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2012–present |
UEFA European Championship record
Finals record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1960–1992 | Part of ![]() | |||||||||
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Did Not Qualify | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | −5 | |
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5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | ||
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5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | −16 | ||
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4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | −6 | ||
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4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | ||
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To Be Determined | |||||||||
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Total | 0/14 | - | 48 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 41 | 73 | -32 |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
FIFA World Cup record
Finals record | Qualification record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1930–1990 | Part of ![]() | |||||||||
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Did Not Enter | |||||||||
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Did Not Qualify | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | −16 | |
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3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | ||
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5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | ||
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4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | ||
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5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | −9 | ||
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To Be Determined | |||||||||
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Total | 0/20 | - | 48 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 55 | 76 | -21 |
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Fixtures and results
Recent results
Liechtenstein ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() |
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Burgmeier ![]() |
Report | Gordeichuk ![]() Kislyak ![]() Krivets ![]() Savitskiy ![]() |
Belarus ![]() | 6 – 1 | ![]() |
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Stasevich ![]() Kornilenko ![]() Krivets ![]() Alyakhnovich ![]() Kislyak ![]() Aleksiyevich ![]() |
Report | Fatkhuloev ![]() |
Luxembourg ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() |
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Gerson ![]() |
Report | Drahun ![]() |
Upcoming fixtures
Record versus different opponents
Tournament | Pld | W | D | L | Goals |
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World Cup Qualifying | 48 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 55–76 |
Euro Qualifying | 52 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 43–82 |
Friendly | 88 | 33 | 29 | 26 | 134–108 |
Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | Goals |
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8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15–5 |
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8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4–9 |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7–3 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13–7 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9–7 |
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10–9 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3–10 |
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4–9 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8–5 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8–5 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8–9 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4–5 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4–10 |
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4–10 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11–4 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6–5 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7–8 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5–8 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2–5 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5–7 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4–5 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5–9 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3–11 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0–12 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10–2 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4–1 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4–3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2–4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2–8 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1–9 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6–3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4–3 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3–2 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2–1 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2–1 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3–3 |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2–2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1–2 |
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1–4 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0–3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0–3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1–6 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1–7 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6–1 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5–1 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4–0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–1 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2–0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3–2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1–0 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2–2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2–2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2–2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1–1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1–1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1–1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–2 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 |
Total: | 188 | 56 | 50 | 82 | 232–266 |
Current squad
The following players were called up for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Spain and friendly match against Mexico on 15 and 18 November 2014.
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2014, after the game against Mexico.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Belarus squad during last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Andrey Klimovich | 27 August 1988 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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GK | Syarhey Vyeramko | 16 October 1982 | 26 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Dmitry Verkhovtsov | 10 October 1986 | 44 | 3 | ![]() |
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DF | Egor Filipenko | 10 April 1988 | 35 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Dzyanis Palyakow | 17 April 1991 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Aleh Veratsila | 10 July 1988 | 14 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Vitali Trubila | 7 January 1985 | 16 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Maksim Zhavnerchik | 9 February 1985 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Renan Bressan | 3 November 1988 | 18 | 3 | ![]() |
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MF | Edhar Alyakhnovich | 17 May 1987 | 15 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Pavel Savitski | 12 July 1994 | 3 | 2 | ![]() |
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MF | Alexander Hleb | 1 May 1981 | 66 | 6 | ![]() |
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MF | Yan Tsiharow | 10 March 1984 | 35 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Alyaksandr Valadzko | 8 June 1986 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Artem Bykov | 19 October 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Mikalay Yanush | 9 September 1984 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Vitali Rodionov | 11 December 1983 | 46 | 10 | ![]() |
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FW | Maksim Skavysh | 13 November 1989 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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Players
Most capped players
Currently active players are listed in bold
Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Years |
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1 | Alyaksandr Kulchy | 102 | 5 | 1996–2012 |
2 | Sergei Gurenko | 80 | 3 | 1994–2006 |
3 | Syarhey Amelyanchuk | 74 | 1 | 2002–2011 |
4 | Syarhey Shtanyuk | 71 | 3 | 1995–2007 |
5 | Timofei Kalachev | 68 | 9 | 2004– |
6 | Alexander Hleb | 66 | 6 | 2001– |
7 | Maksim Romaschenko | 64 | 20 | 1998–2008 |
Sergei Kornilenko | 64 | 15 | 2003– | |
9 | Valyantsin Byalkevich | 56 | 10 | 1992–2005 |
Yuri Zhevnov | 56 | 0 | 2003– |
Sergei Aleinikov has reached combined 81 caps and 6 goals for Soviet Union, CIS and Belarus during 1984–1994.
Top scorers
Currently active playes are listed in bold.
Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Years |
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1 | Maksim Romaschenko | 20 | 64 | 1998–2008 |
2 | Sergei Kornilenko | 15 | 64 | 2003– |
3 | Vitali Kutuzov | 13 | 52 | 2002–2011 |
4 | Vyacheslav Hleb | 12 | 45 | 2004–2011 |
5 | Raman Vasilyuk | 10 | 24 | 2000–2008 |
Vitali Rodionov | 10 | 46 | 2007– | |
Valyantsin Byalkevich | 10 | 56 | 1992–2005 | |
8 | Timofei Kalachev | 9 | 68 | 2004– |
9 | Vital Bulyga | 8 | 37 | 2003–2008 |
10 | Syarhey Herasimets | 7 | 25 | 1992–1999 |
Syarhey Kislyak | 7 | 49 | 2009– |
Managers
Manager | Career | Games Managed | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals |
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1992–1994, 1997–1999 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22–40 |
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1994–1996, 1999–2000 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21–43 |
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2000–2003 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31–31 |
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0–3 |
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2003–2005 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 34–29 |
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2006–2007 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19–26 |
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2007–2011 | 49 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 65–54 |
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2011–2014 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 37–35 |
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2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3–5 |
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2014– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
Total: | 1992–Present | 188 | 56 | 50 | 82 | 232–266 |
See also
- Belarus national under-23 football team
- Belarus national under-21 football team
- Belarus national under-19 football team
- Belarus national under-17 football team
External links
- Belarus Federation of Football Template:Ru icon Template:En icon
- Football.by Template:Ru icon
- Fan Site of the Belarus National Team Template:Be icon
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