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 77 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 36 (February 2011)
Lowest 142 (March 1994)
Elo ranking
Current 71 (9 September 2015)
Highest 47 (17 November 2010)
Lowest 122 (+?) (1997–1998)
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 (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

Dinamo Stadium in Minsk is the venue for most Belarus international matches

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
United Kingdom Umbro 2002–2004
Germany Puma 2004–2012
Germany 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
England 1996 Did Not Qualify 4 10 3 2 5 8 13 −5
Belgium Netherlands 2000 5 8 0 3 5 4 10 −6
Portugal 2004 5 8 1 0 7 4 20 −16
Austria Switzerland 2008 4 12 4 1 7 17 23 −6
Poland Ukraine 2012 4 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1
France 2016 4 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6
Europe 2020 To Be Determined
Total 0/15 - 48 11 10 27 41 73 -32

UEFA Euro 2016 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Slovakia Ukraine Belarus Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia
1  Spain 10 9 0 1 23 3 +20 27 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 5–1
2  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 17 8 +9 22 2–1 — 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
3  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 4 +10 19 Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Belarus 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6 11 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 2–0 0–0
5  Luxembourg 10 1 1 8 6 27 −21 4 0–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 — 1–0
6  Macedonia 10 1 1 8 6 18 −12 4 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

FIFA World Cup record

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

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup — 10 Oct '16 10 Oct '17 3 Sep '17 7 Oct '16 9 Jun '17
1  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible second round[lower-alpha 1] 31 Aug '17 — 13 Nov '16 7 Oct '16 10 Oct '17 3 Sep '17
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Sep '16 9 Jun '17 — 10 Oct '16 25 Mar '17 7 Oct '17
1  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Mar '17 7 Oct '17 31 Aug '17 — 13 Nov '16 6 Sep '16
1  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Oct '17 6 Sep '16 3 Sep '17 9 Jun '17 — 10 Oct '16
1  Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Nov '16 25 Mar '17 7 Oct '16 10 Oct '17 31 Aug '17 —
First match(es) will be played on 6 September 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ The eight best runners-up across all groups will advance to the second round (play-offs). The ninth-ranked runners-up will be eliminated.

Fixtures and results

Recent results

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

27 March 2015
22:45 UTC+3
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'

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

12 October 2015
21:45 UTC+3
Belarus  0 – 0  Macedonia
Report
Borisov Arena, Borisov
Attendance: 1,545
Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

Friendly match

25 March 2016
19:00 UTC+4
Armenia  0 – 0  Belarus
Report
Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: George Vadachkoria (Georgia)

Friendly match

29 March 2016
19:00 UTC+2
Montenegro  0 – 0  Belarus
Report
Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

Upcoming fixtures

Friendly match

Friendly match

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

6 September 2016
21:45 UTC+3
Belarus  –  France

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

7 October 2016
21:45 UTC+3
Netherlands  –  Belarus

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

10 October 2016
21:45 UTC+3
Belarus  –  Luxembourg

Record versus different opponents

Tournament Pld W D L Goals
World Cup Qualifying4812102655–76
Euro Qualifying 5814123249–87
Friendly92333227136–112
Opponent Pld W D L Goals
 Ukraine91355–12
 Lithuania843115–5
 Luxembourg84319–3
 Latvia641113–7
 Armenia63218–5
 Moldova62229–7
 Poland622210–9
 Netherlands62043–10
 Norway61234–9
 Albania52218–5
 Israel52038–9
 Estonia52034–5
 Bulgaria51044–10
 Romania50234–10
 Andorra430111–4
 Slovenia41216–5
 Turkey41127–8
 France41125–8
 Scotland41122–5
 Wales41035–7
 Finland40314–5
 Italy40225–9
 Russia40224–8
 Czech Republic40043–11
 Spain40041–10
 Austria40040–12
 Kazakhstan321010–2
 Malta32104–1
 Iran31204–3
 Slovakia31022–7
 Montenegro30211–2
 Sweden30032–8
 Hungary21106–3
 Uzbekistan21104–3
 Macedonia21102–1
 Cyprus21013–2
 Georgia21012–1
 Canada21012–1
 United Arab Emirates21013–3
 Libya20202–2
 Denmark20110–1
 Croatia20021–4
 Bosnia and Herzegovina20020–3
  Switzerland20020–3
 England20021–6
 Tajikistan11006–1
 Liechtenstein11005–1
 Oman11004–0
 Kyrgyzstan11003–1
 Iceland11002–0
 Mexico11003–2
 South Korea11001–0
 Japan11001–0
 Germany10102–2
 Azerbaijan10102–2
 Honduras10102–2
 Peru10101–1
 Ecuador10101–1
 Saudi Arabia10101–1
 Argentina10100–0
 Gabon10100–0
 Greece10010–1
 Jordan10010–1
 Egypt10010–2
 Tunisia10010–3
Total: 198595485240–275

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Armenia and Montenegro on 25 and 29 March 2016.
Caps and goals are correct as of 29 March 2016, after the game against Montenegro.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Syarhey Chernik (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 7 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
22 1GK Andrey Harbunow (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 6 0 Greece Atromitos
1 1GK Andrey Klimovich (1988-08-27) 27 August 1988 0 0 Belarus Minsk
4 2DF Igor Shitov (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 49 1 Russia Mordovia Saransk
3 2DF Alyaksandr Martynovich (Captain) (1987-08-26) 26 August 1987 48 2 Russia Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
21 2DF Egor Filipenko (1988-04-10) 10 April 1988 42 1 Spain Málaga
5 2DF Dzyanis Palyakow (1991-04-17) 17 April 1991 16 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
13 2DF Maksim Valadzko (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 9 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
20 2DF Mikhail Sivakow (1988-01-16) 16 January 1988 8 0 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk
6 2DF Syarhey Palitsevich (1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 8 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği
7 2DF Roman Begunov (1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 1 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
23 3MF Timofei Kalachev (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 73 10 Russia Rostov
15 3MF Syarhey Kislyak (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 58 9 Russia Rubin Kazan
2 3MF Stanislaw Drahun (1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 37 5 Russia Dynamo Moscow
14 3MF Sergey Krivets (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 33 4 France Metz
16 3MF Syarhey Balanovich (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 25 2 Russia Amkar Perm
10 3MF Renan Bressan (1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 23 3 Portugal Rio Ave
18 3MF Ivan Mayewski (1988-05-05) 5 May 1988 5 0 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala
8 4FW Sergei Kornilenko (1983-06-14) 14 June 1983 72 17 Russia Krylia Sovetov Samara
17 4FW Mikalay Yanush (1984-09-09) 9 September 1984 2 0 Belarus 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 Yuri Zhevnov (1981-04-17) 17 April 1981 58 0 Russia Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
GK Alyaksandr Hutar (1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 7 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk v.  Russia, 7 June 2015
DF Maksim Bardachow (1986-06-18) 18 June 1986 41 2 Russia Tom Tomsk v.  Armenia, 25 March 2016 INJ
DF Ihar Burko (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 0 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
DF Dzmitry Verkhawtsow (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 44 3 Poland Korona Kielce v.  Russia, 7 June 2015 INJ
DF Maksim Zhavnerchik (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985 9 0 Belarus BATE Borisov v.  Russia, 7 June 2015 PRE
MF Ihar Stasevich (1985-10-21) 21 October 1985 27 2 Belarus BATE Borisov v.  Armenia, 25 March 2016 INJ
MF Pavel Nyakhaychyk (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 17 1 Russia Tom Tomsk v.  Armenia, 25 March 2016 INJ
MF Anton Putsila (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 50 6 Turkey Gaziantepspor v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
MF Mikhail Gordeichuk (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 10 3 Belarus BATE Borisov v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
MF Alyaksandr Sachywka (1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 0 0 Belarus Minsk v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
MF Alexander Hleb (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 71 6 Turkey Gençlerbirliği v.  Slovakia, 9 October 2015 INJ
FW Mikalay Signevich (1992-02-20) 20 February 1992 5 1 Belarus BATE Borisov v.  Macedonia, 12 October 2015
FW Dzyanis Laptsew (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 1 0 Belarus Slavia Mozyr v.  Spain, 14 June 2015
FW Alyaksandr Makas (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 1 0 Kazakhstan Atyrau v.  Gabon, 30 March 2015

Players

Most capped players

Currently active players are listed in bold

Rank Player Caps Goals Years
1Alyaksandr Kulchy10251996–2012
2Sergei Gurenko8031994–2006
3Syarhey Amelyanchuk7412002–2011
4Timofei Kalachev73102004–
5Sergei Kornilenko72172003–
6Alexander Hleb7162001–
Syarhey Shtanyuk7131995–2007
8Maksim Romaschenko64201998–2008
9Syarhey Kislyak58102009–
Yuri Zhevnov5802003–

Sergei Aleinikov has reached combined 81 caps and 6 goals for Soviet Union, CIS and Belarus during 1984–1994.

Top scorers

Currently active players are listed in bold.

Rank Player Goals Caps Years
1Maksim Romaschenko20641998–2008
2Sergei Kornilenko17722003–
3Vitali Kutuzov13522002–2011
4Vyacheslav Hleb12452004–2011
5Raman Vasilyuk10242000–2008
Vitali Rodionov10462007–2014
Valyantsin Byalkevich10561992–2005
Timofei Kalachev10732004–
9Syarhey Kislyak9582009–
10Vital Bulyga8372003–2008

Managers

Manager Career Games Managed Wins Draws Loses Goals
Belarus Mikhail Vergeyenko 1992–1994, 1997–1999 24 2 6 16 22–40
Belarus Sergei Borovsky 1994–1996, 1999–2000 26 4 9 13 21–43
Belarus Eduard Malofeyev 2000–2003 22 10 5 7 31–31
Belarus Valery Streltsov (caretaker) 2002 1 0 0 1 0–3
Russia Anatoly Baidachny 2003–2005 22 10 4 8 34–29
Belarus Yuri Puntus 2006–2007 14 3 4 7 19–26
Germany Bernd Stange 2007–2011 49 17 14 18 65–54
Belarus Georgi Kondratiev 2011–2014 27 9 8 11 37–35
Belarus Andrei Zygmantovich (caretaker) 2014 2 1 0 1 3–5
Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich 2014– 10 3 4 3 8–9
Total: 1992–Present 198 59 54 85 240–275

See also

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