Belarus national football team

Belarus
Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Captain	Alyaksandr Martynovich
Most caps	Alyaksandr Kulchy (102)
Top scorer	Maksim Romaschenko (20)
Home stadium	Borisov Arena, Borisov
FIFA code	BLR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	64 3 (3 March 2016)
Highest	36 (February 2011)
Lowest	142 (March 1994)
First international
	Unofficial:; Lithuania 1–1 Belarus ; (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992); Official:; Belarus 1–1 Ukraine ; (Minsk, Belarus; October 28, 1992)
Biggest win
	Belarus 5–0 Lithuania ; (Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998); Belarus 6–1 Tajikistan ; (Borisov, Belarus; September 4, 2014)
Biggest defeat
	Austria 5–0 Belarus ; (Innsbruck, Austria; June 11, 2003)

Belarus national football team (Template:Lang-be; 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

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
Umbro	2002–2004
Puma	2004–2012
Adidas	2012–present

UEFA European Championship record

Finals record		Qualification record
Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1960–1992	Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify	4	10	3	2	5	8	13	−5
2000		5	8	0	3	5	4	10	−6
2004		5	8	1	0	7	4	20	−16
2008		4	12	4	1	7	17	23	−6
2012		4	10	3	4	3	8	7	+1
2016		4	10	3	2	5	8	14	−6
2020	To Be Determined
Total	0/15	-	48	11	10	27	41	73	-32

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

FIFA World Cup record

Finals record		Qualification record
Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1930–1990	Part of Soviet Union
1994	Did Not Enter
1998	Did Not Qualify	6	10	1	1	8	5	21	−16
2002		3	10	4	3	3	12	11	+1
2006		5	10	2	4	4	12	14	−2
2010		4	10	4	1	5	19	14	+5
2014		5	8	1	1	6	7	16	−9
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total	0/20	-	48	12	10	26	55	76	-21

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Template:2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A table

Fixtures and results

Recent results

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

15 November 2014

22:45 UTC+2

Spain	3 – 0	Belarus
Isco 18' Busquets 19' Pedro 55'	Report

Estadio Nuevo Colombino, Huelva

Attendance: 19,249

Referee: Kenn Hansen (Denmark)

Friendly match

18 November 2014

20:00 UTC+3

Belarus	3 – 2	Mexico
Kislyak 50' Signevich 55' Nyakhaychyk 81'	Report	Jiménez 48', 53'

Borisov Arena, Borisov

Attendance: 6,700

Referee: Sergei Ivanov (Russia)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

27 March 2015

22:45 UTC+3

North Macedonia	1 – 2	Belarus
Trajkovski 9'	Report	Kalachev 44' Kornilenko 82'

Philip II Arena, Skopje

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Friendly match

30 March 2015

15:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0 – 0	Gabon
	Report

Bellis Sports Centre, Belek, Turkey

Attendance: 300

Referee: Mohammed Abdulah (Syria)

Friendly match

7 June 2015

18:00 UTC+3

Russia	4 – 2	Belarus
Kokorin 20' Golovin 77' Miranchuk 83' Kerzhakov 90+2'	Report	Kislyak 51', 66'

Arena Khimki, Khimki

Attendance: 7,138

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

14 June 2015

21:45 UTC+3

Belarus	0 – 1	Spain
	Report	Silva 45'

Borisov Arena, Borisov

Attendance: 13,121

Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

5 September 2015

19:00 UTC+3

Ukraine	3 – 1	Belarus
Kravets 7' Yarmolenko 30' Konoplyanka 40' (pen.)	Report	Kornilenko 62' (pen.)

Arena Lviv, Lviv

Attendance: 32,648

Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

8 September 2015

21:45 UTC+3

Belarus	2 – 0	Luxembourg
Gordeichuk 34', 62'	Report

Borisov Arena, Borisov

Attendance: 3,482

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

9 October 2015

21:45 UTC+3

Slovakia	0 – 1	Belarus
	Report	Dragun 34'

Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina

Attendance: 9,859

Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

12 October 2015

21:45 UTC+3

Belarus	0 – 0	North Macedonia

Borisov Arena, Borisov

Attendance: 1,545

Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

Upcoming fixtures

Friendly match

25 March 2016

Armenia	–	Belarus

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan

Friendly match

29 March 2016

Montenegro	–	Belarus

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Friendly match

27 May 2016

Northern Ireland	–	Belarus

Belfast

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

6 September 2016

21:45 UTC+3

Belarus	–	France

Borisov Arena, Borisov

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

7 October 2016

21:45 UTC+3

Netherlands	–	Belarus

Record versus different opponents

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
World Cup Qualifying	48	12	10	26	55–76
Euro Qualifying	58	14	12	32	49–87
Friendly	90	33	30	27	136–112
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
Ukraine	9	1	3	5	5–12
Lithuania	8	4	3	1	15–5
Luxembourg	8	4	3	1	9–3
Latvia	6	4	1	1	13–7
Moldova	6	2	2	2	9–7
Poland	6	2	2	2	10–9
Netherlands	6	2	0	4	3–10
Norway	6	1	2	3	4–9
Armenia	5	3	1	1	8–5
Albania	5	2	2	1	8–5
Israel	5	2	0	3	8–9
Estonia	5	2	0	3	4–5
Bulgaria	5	1	0	4	4–10
Romania	5	0	2	3	4–10
Andorra	4	3	0	1	11–4
Slovenia	4	1	2	1	6–5
Turkey	4	1	1	2	7–8
France	4	1	1	2	5–8
Scotland	4	1	1	2	2–5
Wales	4	1	0	3	5–7
Finland	4	0	3	1	4–5
Italy	4	0	2	2	5–9
Russia	4	0	2	2	4–8
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	3–11
Spain	4	0	0	4	1–10
Austria	4	0	0	4	0–12
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	10–2
Malta	3	2	1	0	4–1
Iran	3	1	2	0	4–3
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2–7
Sweden	3	0	0	3	2–8
Hungary	2	1	1	0	6–3
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	4–3
North Macedonia	2	1	1	0	2–1
Cyprus	2	1	0	1	3–2
Georgia	2	1	0	1	2–1
Canada	2	1	0	1	2–1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3–3
Libya	2	0	2	0	2–2
Montenegro	2	0	1	1	1–2
Denmark	2	0	1	1	0–1
Croatia	2	0	0	2	1–4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	0–3
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0–3
England	2	0	0	2	1–6
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	6–1
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	5–1
Oman	1	1	0	0	4–0
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	3–1
Iceland	1	1	0	0	2–0
Mexico	1	1	0	0	3–2
South Korea	1	1	0	0	1–0
Japan	1	1	0	0	1–0
Germany	1	0	1	0	2–2
Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	2–2
Honduras	1	0	1	0	2–2
Peru	1	0	1	0	1–1
Ecuador	1	0	1	0	1–1
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	1–1
Argentina	1	0	1	0	0–0
Gabon	1	0	1	0	0–0
Greece	1	0	0	1	0–1
Jordan	1	0	0	1	0–1
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0–2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0–3
Total:	196	59	52	85	240–275

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Slovakia and Macedonia on 9 and 12 October 2015.
Caps and goals are correct as of 9 October 2015, after the game against Slovakia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yuri Zhevnov	(1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 (age 43)	58	0	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
12	1GK	Syarhey Chernik	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36)	6	0	BATE Borisov
22	1GK	Andrey Harbunow	(1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 41)	5	0	Atromitos

3	2DF	Alyaksandr Martynovich (Captain)	(1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 (age 37)	47	2	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
19	2DF	Maksim Bardachow	(1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 (age 38)	41	2	Tom Tomsk
21	2DF	Egor Filipenko	(1988-04-10) 10 April 1988 (age 36)	41	1	Málaga
5	2DF	Dzyanis Palyakow	(1991-04-17) 17 April 1991 (age 33)	14	0	BATE Borisov
18	2DF	Mikhail Sivakow	(1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 (age 36)	7	0	Zorya Luhansk
6	2DF	Syarhey Palitsevich	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 34)	7	0	Dinamo Minsk
13	2DF	Maksim Valadzko	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32)	7	0	BATE Borisov
23	2DF	Ihar Burko	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk

15	3MF	Syarhey Kislyak	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37)	56	9	Rubin Kazan
14	3MF	Anton Putsila	(1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 37)	50	6	Gaziantepspor
2	3MF	Stanislaw Drahun	(1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36)	35	5	Dynamo Moscow
9	3MF	Ihar Stasevich	(1985-10-21) 21 October 1985 (age 39)	27	2	BATE Borisov
16	3MF	Syarhey Balanovich	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37)	23	2	Amkar Perm
7	3MF	Renan Bressan	(1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 (age 36)	21	3	Rio Ave
17	3MF	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	(1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36)	17	1	Tom Tomsk
11	3MF	Mikhail Gordeichuk	(1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 35)	10	3	BATE Borisov
3	3MF	Alyaksandr Sachywka	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Minsk

20	4FW	Mikalay Signevich	(1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 (age 32)	5	1	BATE Borisov
10	4FW	Mikalay Yanush	(1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 (age 40)	1	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk

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
GK	Alyaksandr Hutar	(1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 35)	7	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Russia, 7 June 2015

DF	Igor Shitov	(1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 38)	47	1	Mordovia Saransk	v. Slovakia, 9 October 2015 ^INJ
DF	Roman Begunov	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Slovakia, 9 October 2015 ^INJ
DF	Dzmitry Verkhawtsow	(1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38)	44	3	Korona Kielce	v. Russia, 7 June 2015 ^INJ
DF	Maksim Zhavnerchik	(1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 (age 39)	9	0	BATE Borisov	v. Russia, 7 June 2015 ^PRE

MF	Alexander Hleb	(1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 43)	71	6	Gençlerbirliği	v. Slovakia, 9 October 2015 ^INJ
MF	Timofei Kalachev	(1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 43)	71	10	Rostov	v. Slovakia, 9 October 2015 ^INJ
MF	Ivan Mayewski	(1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 (age 36)	4	0	Anzhi Makhachkala	v. Luxembourg, 8 September 2015
MF	Sergey Krivets	(1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38)	31	4	Metz	v. Spain, 14 June 2015

FW	Sergei Kornilenko	(1983-06-14) 14 June 1983 (age 41)	70	17	Krylia Sovetov Samara	v. Luxembourg, 8 September 2015
FW	Dzyanis Laptsew	(1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Tosno	v. Spain, 14 June 2015
FW	Alyaksandr Makas	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 33)	1	0	Minsk	v. Gabon, 30 March 2015

^INJ Withdrew due to an injury
^PRE Preliminary squad

Players

Most capped players

Currently active players are listed in bold

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Alyaksandr Kulchy	102	5	1996–2012
2	Sergei Gurenko	80	3	1994–2006
3	Syarhey Amelyanchuk	74	1	2002–2011
4	Timofei Kalachev	71	10	2004–
	Alexander Hleb	71	6	2001–
	Syarhey Shtanyuk	71	3	1995–2007
7	Sergei Kornilenko	70	17	2003–
8	Maksim Romaschenko	64	20	1998–2008
9	Yuri Zhevnov	58	0	2003–
10	Valyantsin Byalkevich	56	10	1992–2005
10	Syarhey Kislyak	56	10	2009–

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
1	Maksim Romaschenko	20	64	1998–2008
2	Sergei Kornilenko	17	70	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	2007–2014
	Valyantsin Byalkevich	10	56	1992–2005
	Timofei Kalachev	10	71	2004–
9	Syarhey Kislyak	9	56	2009–
10	Vital Bulyga	8	37	2003–2008

Managers

Manager	Career	Games Managed	Wins	Draws	Loses	Goals
Mikhail Vergeyenko	1992–1994, 1997–1999	24	2	6	16	22–40
Sergei Borovsky	1994–1996, 1999–2000	26	4	9	13	21–43
Eduard Malofeyev	2000–2003	22	10	5	7	31–31
Valery Streltsov (caretaker)	2002	1	0	0	1	0–3
Anatoly Baidachny	2003–2005	22	10	4	8	34–29
Yuri Puntus	2006–2007	14	3	4	7	19–26
Bernd Stange	2007–2011	49	17	14	18	65–54
Georgi Kondratiev	2011–2014	27	9	8	11	37–35
Andrei Zygmantovich (caretaker)	2014	2	1	0	1	3–5
Alyaksandr Khatskevich	2014–	8	3	2	3	8–9
Total:	1992–Present	196	59	52	85	240–275

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UEFA European Championship record

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

FIFA World Cup record

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Fixtures and results

Recent results

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Record versus different opponents

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Players

Most capped players

Top scorers

Managers

See also

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