Belarus national football team

Belarus

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bernd Stange
Captain	Yuri Zhevnov
Most caps	Aliaksandr Kulchiy (85)
Top scorer	Maxim Romaschenko (20)
Home stadium	Dinamo Stadium
FIFA code	BLR
FIFA ranking	78
Highest FIFA ranking	57 (June-August 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	142 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	50
Highest Elo ranking	50 (September 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking	122 (+?) (1997-1998)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Lithuania 1–1 Belarus (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 5–0 Lithuania (Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Austria 5–0 Belarus (Innsbruck, Austria; June 11, 2003)

The Belarus national football team is the national football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus.

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 the first win happened in a match against Luxembourg on October 12, 1994.

Belarus have never qualified for either FIFA World Cup, or UEFA European Championship. Despite the lack of any significant success during 90s, some notable results were still archieved, like home win against Netherlands in qualification for Euro 1996 or two draws against Italy during Euro 2000 qualification.

Under coach Eduard Malofeev 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 pass Ukraine, who tied their last game, for the second place, and to finish second behind Poland.

Euro 2004 qualifying campaingn was very unsuccessful as Belarus lost 7 of 8 games. Around the same time generation change occurred and a number of players from U-21 team (which successfully qualified for 2004 European U-21 Championship) joined national team. With each next head coach (Anatoly Baidachny, Yuri Puntus and Bernd Stange) the team improved their attacking skills. As a result in every next qualifying tournament starting with 2006 World Cup Belarus scored more goals (total and average per game) than in previous. 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 high-scoring 3–4 away loss to Italy in 2006 World Cup qualifier (the first time Italy missed 3 goals in a home qualifying game since 1983) and another home victory against Netherlands during Euro 2008 qualifying.

Belarusians archieved some success in minor tournaments. In 2002 the team passed Russia and Ukraine to win the "LG Cup". In 2004 and 2008, they won 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 were also used: Molodechno City Stadium in May 1996 (friendly against Azerbaijan), Central Sportcomplex 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 Sport Complex Brestskiy in Brest in October 2009 (another 2010 World Cup quallifier against Kazakhstan).

Colors

Throughout 90s and early 00s Belarus used to play 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 all white uniform was given away status.

Qualifying campaigns

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 10 9 0 1 34 6 +28 27  Ukraine 10 6 3 1 21 6 +15 21  Croatia 10 6 2 2 19 13 +6 20  Belarus 10 4 1 5 19 14 +5 13  Kazakhstan 10 2 0 8 11 29 −18 6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 39 −36 0

Andorra  – 1 – 3 0 – 2 0 – 2 1 –3 0 – 6 Belarus  5 – 1 – 1 – 3 1 – 3 4 – 0 0 – 0 Croatia  4 – 0 1 – 0 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 2 – 2 England  6 – 0 3 – 0 5 – 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 1 Kazakhstan  3 – 0 1 – 5 1 – 2 0 – 4 – 1 – 3 Ukraine  5 – 0 1 – 0 0 – 0 1 – 0 2 – 1 –

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5 9  Belarus 4 2 2 0 3 0 +3 8  Albania 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 5  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4  Romania 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2  Luxembourg 4 0 1 3 0 6 −6 1

Albania  — 26 Mar '11 1–1 2 Sep '11 1–0 11 Oct '11 Belarus  2–0 — 2 Sep '11 3 Jun '11 7 Jun '11 0–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina  7 Jun '11 6 Sep '11 — 0–2 7 Oct '11 26 Mar '11 France  7 Oct '11 0–1 11 Oct '11 — 2–0 2–0 Luxembourg  6 Sep '11 0–0 0–3 25 Mar '11 — 2 Sep '11 Romania  1–1 7 Oct' 11 3 Jun '11 6 Sep '11 29 Mar '11 —

Fixtures and results

Recent results

2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

14 October 2009 20:00 UTC+1	England	3 – 0	Belarus	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 76,897 Referee: Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Portugal)
	Crouch  4', 76' Wright-Phillips  60'	Report

Friendly match

14 November 2009 15:30 UTC+1	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Belarus	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam Attendance: 1,100 Referee: S. Al-Abbasi (Saudi Arabia)
	Al-Shamrani  32'	Report	Bardachov  20'

Friendly match

18 November 2009 17:00 UTC+1	Montenegro	1 – 0	Belarus	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
	Vučinić  80'	Report

Friendly match

3 March 2010 15:00 UTC+1	Belarus	3 – 1	Armenia	Antalya Atatürk Stadium, Antalya, Turkey Attendance: 100 Referee: Audrius Žuta (Lithuania)
	Putsila  58' A. Hleb  73' Rodionov  85'	Report	Pachajyan  59'

Friendly match

27 May 2010 19:30 UTC+1	Belarus	2 – 2	Honduras	Lind Stadium, Villach, Austria Attendance: 400 Referee: Rene Eisner (Austria)
	Putsila  56', 60'	Report	de León  25' Welcome  70'

Friendly match

30 May 2010 16:00 UTC+1	Belarus	1 – 0	Korea Republic	Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Bernhard Brugger (Austria)
	Kislyak  53'	Report

Friendly match

2 June 2010 19:30 UTC+1	Belarus	0 – 1	Sweden	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Aleksey Nikolaev (Russia)
		Report	Wilhelmsson  47'

Friendly match

11 August 2010 18:10 UTC+2	Lithuania	0 – 2	Belarus	S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Igor Satchi (Moldova)
		Report	V.Hleb  48', 90+2'

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

3 September 2010 21:00 UTC+2	France	0 – 1	Belarus	Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 76,395 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)
		Report	Kislyak  86'

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

7 September 2010 20:30 UTC+3	Belarus	0 – 0	Romania	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)
		Report

Upcoming fixtures

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

8 October 2010 20:15 UTC+2	Luxembourg	v	Belarus	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

12 October 2010 19:00 UTC+3	Belarus	v	Albania	Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

26 March 2011	Albania	v	Belarus

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

3 June 2011	Belarus	v	France

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

7 June 2011	Belarus	v	Luxembourg

Record versus different opponents

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
World Cup Qualifying	40	11	9	20	48–60
Euro Qualifying	40	9	7	24	34–66
Friendly	64	22	21	21	96–88
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
Lithuania	7	4	2	1	14–4
Ukraine	7	1	3	3	4–7
Latvia	6	4	1	1	13–7
Netherlands	6	2	0	4	3–10
Norway	6	1	2	3	4–9
Poland	5	2	2	1	10–7
Moldova	5	2	1	2	9–7
Andorra	4	3	0	1	11–4
Armenia	4	2	1	1	6–4
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	4–2
Slovenia	4	1	2	1	6–5
Scotland	4	1	1	2	2–5
Israel	4	1	0	3	6–8
Wales	4	1	0	3	5–7
Estonia	4	1	0	3	2–5
Italy	4	0	2	2	5–9
Romania	4	0	1	3	2–8
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	3–11
Austria	4	0	0	4	0–12
Malta	3	2	1	0	4–1
Turkey	3	1	1	1	6–6
Russia	3	0	2	1	2–4
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	2–8
Sweden	3	0	0	3	2–8
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	9–1
Albania	2	1	1	0	6–4
Iran	2	1	1	0	4–3
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	4–3
Cyprus	2	1	0	1	3–2
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3–3
Finland	2	0	2	0	3–3
Denmark	2	0	1	1	0–1
Croatia	2	0	0	2	1–4
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0–3
England	2	0	0	2	1–6
Hungary	1	1	0	0	5–2
Iceland	1	1	0	0	2–0
France	1	1	0	0	1–0
Korea Republic	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
Libya	1	0	1	0	1–1
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
Greece	1	0	0	1	0–1
Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0–1
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0–2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0–3
Slovakia	1	0	0	1	0–4
Total:	144	42	37	65	178–214

Current squad

The following players were called up for UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against France and Romania on September 3 and 7, 2010.

Caps and goals are correct as of September 7, 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Yuri Zhevnov April 17, 1981 (1981-04-17) (age 29) 41 0 Zenit Saint Petersburg GK Syarhey Vyeramko October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) (age 28) 4 0 BATE Borisov GK Anton Amelchenko March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27) (age 25) 4 0 Rostov DF Sergei Omelyanchuk August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 30) 63 1 Terek Grozny DF Aliaksandr Yurevich August 9, 1979 (1979-08-09) (age 31) 27 0 BATE Borisov DF Igor Shitov October 24, 1986 (1986-10-24) (age 24) 18 1 BATE Borisov DF Syarhey Sasnowski August 14, 1981 (1981-08-14) (age 29) 14 0 BATE Borisov DF Dmitry Molosh December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10) (age 29) 9 0 Sibir Novosibirsk DF Maksim Bardachov June 18, 1986 (1986-06-18) (age 24) 8 2 BATE Borisov DF Alyaksandr Martynovich August 26, 1987 (1987-08-26) (age 23) 8 0 Krasnodar DF Eduard Zhevnerov November 1, 1987 (1987-11-01) (age 23) 1 0 Dnepr Mogilev MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy November 1, 1973 (1973-11-01) (age 37) 85 5 Rostov MF Alyaksandr Hleb May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 29) 54 7 Birmingham City MF Anton Putsila June 23, 1987 (1987-06-23) (age 23) 15 3 Freiburg MF Yan Tigorev March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10) (age 26) 15 0 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya MF Syarhey Kryvets June 8, 1986 (1986-06-08) (age 24) 10 0 Lech Poznań MF Syarhey Kislyak August 6, 1987 (1987-08-06) (age 23) 9 2 Dinamo Minsk FW Vitali Kutuzov March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) (age 30) 51 13 Bari FW Sergei Kornilenko June 14, 1983 (1983-06-14) (age 27) 43 9 Rubin Kazan FW Vyacheslav Hleb February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12) (age 28) 36 10 Shenzhen Ruby FW Vitali Rodionov November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11) (age 27) 24 4 BATE Borisov

Recent callup

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 Callup GK Pavel Chasnowski March 4, 1986 (1986-03-04) (age 24) 0 0 Tranzīts v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009) DF Dmitry Verkhovtsov October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10) (age 24) 15 2 Naftan Novopolotsk v. Sweden (June 2, 2010) DF Egor Filipenko April 10, 1988 (1988-04-10) (age 22) 15 0 Sibir Novosibirsk v. England (October 14, 2009) DF Dmitry Lentsevich June 20, 1983 (1983-06-20) (age 27) 14 0 České Budějovice v. Sweden (June 2, 2010) DF Pavel Plaskonny January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 26) 13 1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. England (October 14, 2009) MF Timofei Kalachev May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 29) 41 7 Rostov v. Armenia (March 3, 2010) MF Mikalay Kashewski October 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) (age 30) 13 0 Tavriya Simferopol v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009) MF Ihar Stasevich October 21, 1985 (1985-10-21) (age 25) 11 1 Volga Nizhny Novgorod v. Ukraine (September 9, 2009) MF Filipp Rudik March 22, 1987 (1987-03-22) (age 23) 2 0 Naftan Novopolotsk v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009) MF Mikhail Sivakov January 16, 1988 (1988-01-16) (age 23) 1 0 Cagliari v. Sweden (June 2, 2010) MF Dzmitry Shchagrykovich December 7, 1983 (1983-12-07) (age 27) 0 0 Belshina Bobruisk v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009) MF Mikhail Afanasyev November 4, 1986 (1986-11-04) (age 24) 0 0 Salyut Belgorod v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009) FW Leonid Kovel July 29, 1986 (1986-07-29) (age 24) 15 3 Saturn Moscow Oblast v. Armenia (March 3, 2010) FW Gennadi Bliznyuk July 30, 1980 (1980-07-30) (age 30) 12 4 Belshina Bobruisk v. England (October 14, 2009) FW Andrei Voronkov February 8, 1989 (1989-02-08) (age 22) 3 0 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v. Sweden (June 2, 2010)

Players

Most Capped Players

Footballers with 50+ caps for the national side

Top Scorers

Footballers with 10+ goals for the national side

Managers

Manager	Career	Games Managed	Wins	Draws	Loses	Goals
Mihail Verhejenka	1992–1994, 1997–1999	24	2	6	16	22–40
Siarhej Barouski	1994–1996, 1999–2000	26	4	9	13	21–43
Eduard Malofeev	2000–2003	22	10	5	7	31–31
Valery Stralcou (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–Present	35	13	9	13	51–42
Total:	1992–Present	144	42	37	65	178–214

References

External links

• Belarus Federation of Football (Russian)
• Football.by (Russian)
• Byelorussian Football (1992-1999)

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