Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U-21

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Igor Kovalevich
Home stadium	Citi Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
First international
Moldova 0–1 Belarus (Chişinău, Moldova; August 30, 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 6–0 San Marino  (Vitebsk, Belarus; November 16, 2007)
Biggest defeat
Norway 4–0 Belarus (Hønefoss, Norway; September 8, 1994)  Norway 5–1 Belarus (Drammen, Norway; June 5, 2001)  Sweden 5–1 Belarus (Malmö, Sweden; June 16, 2009)
UEFA U-21 European Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2004)
Best result	Third place (2011)

The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

History

Over the years the team archived some notable results, in comparison with Belarus senior team. They have qualified for the final round of the European Under-21 Football Championship three times. At first two attempts (2004 in Germany and 2009 in Sweden) the team was unable to advance past group stage.

In 2011 Belarus made its third appearance in the final stage of U21 Euro (staged in Denmark). They advanced to semifinal with only one win (against Iceland) and two losses (against Denmark and Switzerland) and having better 3-way head-to-head record against Iceland and Denmark (as all three teams had identical overall results). The team was close to reaching the final as they were leading 1–0 up to the last minutes of the semifinal game against Spain until they conceded an equalizer at the 89th minute and ultimately lost 1–3 in the extra time. They have beaten Czech Republic 1–0 in the third-place match and qualified for the Men's Football Tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

European Championship record

UEFA European U-21 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1976–1992	Part of  Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2004	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2006	Did not qualify
2007
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	7
2011	Third place	3rd	5	2	0	3	5	8
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017	TBD
Total	Third place	3/12	11	3	2	6	11	19

UEFA U-21 Euro 2017 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	4	0	1	14	4	+10	12	Final tournament		—	4–2	7 Oct	5–0	2–0
2	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	9	7	+2	9	Possible Play-offs		1–3	—	1–0	6 Oct	4–0
3	Belarus	5	2	1	2	4	5	−1	7			1–0	2 Sep	—	0–2	2–2
4	Turkey	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6			11 Oct	0–1	6 Sep	—	1 Sep
5	Cyprus (E)	5	0	1	4	2	12	−10	1			5 Sep	10 Oct	0–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated.

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly match against Poland 26 March 2016.

Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March, after the match against Poland.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Anton Chichkan	July 10, 1995	4	0	BATE Borisov
	GK	Denis Scherbitskiy	April 14, 1996	3	0	BATE Borisov
	DF	Sergey Karpovich	March 29, 1994	34	2	Minsk
	DF	Aleksandr Poznyak	July 23, 1994	29	0	Neman Grodno
	DF	Semen Shestilovsky	May 30, 1994	28	1	Gorodeya
	DF	Aleksey Zaleski	October 7, 1994	24	1	Slutsk
	DF	Nikolay Zolotov	November 11, 1994	17	0	Vitebsk
	DF	Aleksandr Pavlovets	August 13, 1996	8	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	DF	Mikhail Shibun	January 1, 1996	4	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	DF	Vladislav Yasyukevich	May 30, 1994	2	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	MF	Yevgeniy Yablonskiy	May 10, 1995	26	3	BATE Borisov
	MF	Aleksandr Yanchenko	February 14, 1995	22	3	Gomel
	MF	Yaroslav Yarotsky	March 28, 1996	18	3	Dinamo Minsk
	MF	Nikita Korzun	March 6, 1995	13	1	Dynamo Kyiv
	MF	Ruslan Teverov	May 1, 1994	7	2	Naftan Novopolotsk
	MF	Dmitriy Bessmertny	January 3, 1997	4	0	Minsk
	MF	Mikhail Babichev	February 2, 1995	1	0	Vitebsk
	FW	Vladislav Klimovich	June 12, 1996	19	2	Jelgava
	FW	Artsyom Vasilyew	January 23, 1997	5	0	Minsk
	FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	February 8, 1998	1	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Recent call-up

The following players were called up for U21 team during last 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Vladislav Vasilyuchek	March 28, 1994	35	0	Neman Grodno	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
GK	Maksim Vysotskiy	January 29, 1995	0	0	Minsk	v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
DF	Dzmitry Zinovich	March 29, 1995	13	0	Dinamo Brest	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
DF	Dmitry Ignatenko	February 1, 1995	13	0	Gomel	v. Slovakia (September 6, 2015)
DF	Stanislav Izhakovsky	August 22, 1994	4	0	Gomel	v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
DF	Dmitry Baiduk	August 3, 1996	3	0	BATE Borisov	v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
DF	Yevgeniy Leshko	June 24, 1996	2	0	Neman Grodno	v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
MF	Oleg Yevdokimov	February 25, 1994	27	2	Minsk	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
MF	Aleksey Teslyuk	January 10, 1994	19	1	Gomel	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
MF	Nikita Kaplenko	September 18, 1995	9	0	Dinamo Minsk	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
MF	Valeriy Gromyko	January 23, 1997	5	0	Minsk	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
MF	Pavel Savitskiy	July 12, 1994	33	3	Neman Grodno	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016) ^INJ
MF	Aleksey Dovgel	July 27, 1994	6	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v. Cyprus (November 17, 2015)
MF	Vadim Pobudey	December 17, 1994	5	0	Dinamo Brest	v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
MF	Yury Pavlyukovets	June 24, 1994	2	0	Dinamo Brest	v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
MF	Yevgeniy Belyavsky	April 13, 1994	0	0	Bereza-2010	v. Turkey (October 9, 2015) ^INJ
MF	Yevgeny Milevsky	January 14, 1995	8	1	Gomel	v. Slovakia (September 6, 2015)
MF	Artem Gurenko	June 1, 1994	14	0	Trakai	v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
MF	Pavel Zabelin	June 30, 1995	1	0	Neman Grodno	v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
MF	Anton Tereschenko	September 20, 1995	1	0	Gomel	v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
FW	Gleb Rassadkin	April 5, 1995	18	1	Dinamo Minsk	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
FW	Kiryl Sidarenka	August 28, 1995	3	0	Vitebsk	2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016)
FW	Yawhen Lebedzew	December 29, 1994	22	5	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
FW	Andrey Solovey	December 13, 1994	1	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
FW	Aleksandr Minko	April 10, 1995	6	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
FW	Vasily Zhurnevich	February 21, 1995	1	0	Neman Grodno	v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)

See also

• Belarus national football team
• Belarus national under-23 football team
• Belarus national under-19 football team
• Belarus national under-17 football team