Belarus national football team

The Belarus national football team (Belarusian: Нацыянальная зборная Беларусі па футболе / Nacyjanalnaja zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole) represents Belarus in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. Since independence in 1991, Belarus has not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship.

Belarus

Nickname(s)	Белыя крылы / Bielyia kryly (The White Wings)
Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mikhail Markhel[1]
Captain	Alyaksandr Martynovich
Most caps	Alyaksandr Kulchy (102)
Top scorer	Maksim Romaschenko (20)
Home stadium	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	88 (10 December 2020)[2]
Highest	36 (February 2011)
Lowest	142 (March 1994)
First international
Unofficial:  Lithuania 1–1 Belarus  (Vilnius, Lithuania; 20 July 1992) Official:  Belarus 1–1 Ukraine  (Minsk, Belarus; 28 October 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 5–0 Lithuania  (Minsk, Belarus; 7 June 1998)  Belarus 6–1 Tajikistan  (Borisov, Belarus; 4 September 2014)  Belarus 5–0 San Marino  (Minsk, Belarus; 8 September 2018)
Biggest defeat
Austria 5–0 Belarus  (Innsbruck, Austria; 11 June 2003)

History

After the split of the Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on 20 July 1992.[3] Before that, several Belarusian players played for the Soviet Union national team. The first FIFA-recognized international was a friendly against Ukraine on 28 October 1992, and their first win came in a match against Luxembourg on 12 October 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 the qualifiers for Euro 1996, and two draws against Italy during Euro 2000 qualifiers.

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 seven of their eight 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 missed scoring opportunities prevented them from finishing higher than fourth in the group. Some notable results during this period, included a high-scoring 3–4 away loss to Italy in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers (the first time Italy conceded 3 goals in a home qualifying game since 1983), another home victory against the Netherlands during the Euro 2008 qualifiers as well as an away win and a home draw against France in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.

Belarus achieved some success in minor tournaments. In 2002, the team defeated Russia and Ukraine to win the LG Cup. In 2004 and 2008, they won the 12th and 14th editions of the Malta International Tournament respectively. The first with its Olympic Squad, and the later with the first team (many starters were only available for the last game against Malta).

During UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Belarus once again finished fourth in their group. However, with Belarus managed to top their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Belarus qualified to the country's first ever play-offs, and is scheduled against Georgia.

Home venue

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

The team played the majority of its home matches at the 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 Stadium 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 qualifier against Kazakhstan).

In late 2012 Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation and the team started alternating between different home venues: Central Stadium 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).

From 2014 until 2017 as well as in 2019 (UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying against Germany and Northern Ireland), Belarus played at Borisov Arena. In 2018, they returned to Dinamo Stadium, which was re-opened after major renovation.

Colours

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. All-White became the home colour a short time later and now appears with the pattern on the Belarus flag, with the away kit being in Black in 2016, also using an adidas template and placing the flag pattern on it.

Nickname

In August 2016, the Football Federation announced that the national team's nickname would be the "White Wings".[4] The name was influenced by the book The Land Beneath White Wings (1977) by famous Belarusian writer Uladzimir Karatkevich. The BFF's new marketing and communications director, Uladzimir Berezhkov, said: "We are looking at various ways of establishing links with our literary heritage and cultural traditions", commenting that "If the Belarusian people opt to associate the team with Karatkevich, almost every phrase in the book can be used as a hashtag!"[5]

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Umbro	2002–2004
Puma	2004–2012
Adidas	2012–2018
Macron	2018–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1990	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter									Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify									6th	10	1	1	8	5	21
2002										3rd	10	4	3	3	12	11
2006										5th	10	2	4	4	12	14
2010										4th	10	4	1	5	19	14
2014										5th	8	1	1	6	7	16
2018										6th	10	1	2	7	6	21
2022	To be determined									To be determined
2026
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	58	13	12	33	61	97

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	24 Mar	5 Sep	30 Mar	13 Nov
2	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to second round		16 Nov	—	30 Mar	13 Nov	8 Sep
3	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			27 Mar	8 Oct	—	2 Sep	16 Nov
4	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			8 Sep	5 Sep	11 Oct	—	27 Mar
5	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Sep	11 Oct	24 Mar	8 Oct	—

First match(es) will be played on 24 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Results	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960 to 1992	Part of the  Soviet Union									Part of the  Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify									4th	10	3	2	5	8	13
2000										5th	8	0	3	5	4	10
2004										5th	8	1	0	7	4	20
2008										4th	12	4	1	7	17	23
2012										4th	10	3	4	3	8	7
2016										4th	10	3	2	5	8	14
2020										4th	9	1	1	7	4	17
2024	To be determined									To be determined
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	67	15	13	39	53	104

UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	8	7	0	1	30	7	+23	21	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–4	6–1	4–0	8–0
2	Netherlands	8	6	1	1	24	7	+17	19			2–3	—	3–1	4–0	5–0
3	Northern Ireland	8	4	1	3	9	13	−4	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–2	0–0	—	2–1	2–0
4	Belarus	8	1	1	6	4	16	−12	4			0–2	1–2	0–1	—	0–0
5	Estonia	8	0	1	7	2	26	−24	1			0–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Play-off

	Semi-finals				Final
	8 October 2020
	Georgia	1
					12 November 2020
	Belarus	0
					Georgia	0
	8 October 2020
					North Macedonia	1
	North Macedonia	2
	Kosovo	1

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	2	1st	6	4	2	0	10	0		43rd
2020–21	C	4	2nd	6	3	1	2	10	8		38th
2022–23	C	Future event
Total			–	12	7	1	2	20	8	38th

2020–21 UEFA Nations League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Albania (P)	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11	Promotion to League B		—	3–2	0–1	3–1
2	Belarus	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10			0–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Lithuania	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			0–0	2–2	—	0–2
4	Kazakhstan (Q)	6	1	1	4	5	9	−4	4	Qualification to relegation play-outs		0–0	1–2	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2020

23 February 2020 Friendly	Uzbekistan	0–1	Belarus	Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates
15:00 UTC+4		Report	Nyakhaychyk  26'	Stadium: Al Hamriya Sports Club Stadium Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (UAE)

26 February 2020 Friendly	Bulgaria	0–1	Belarus	Sofia, Bulgaria
		Report	Padstrelaw  15'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

4 September 2020 2020–21 UNL	Belarus	0–2	Albania	Minsk, Belarus
21:45 UTC+3		Report	Cikalleshi  23' Bare  78'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

7 September 2020 2020–21 UNL	Kazakhstan	1–2	Belarus	Almaty, Kazakhstan
20:00 UTC+6	Aimbetov  62'	Report	Bardachow  53' Lisakovich  86'	Stadium: Almaty Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

8 October 2020 Euro 2020 play-off SF	Georgia	1–0	Belarus	Tbilisi, Georgia
20:45 UTC+1	Okriashvili  7' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

11 October 2020 2020–21 UNL	Lithuania	2–2	Belarus	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+3	Novikovas  7' Laukžemis  75'	Report	Lisakovich  59' (pen.) Sachywka  66'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

14 October 2020 2020–21 UNL	Belarus	2–0	Kazakhstan	Minsk, Belarus
21:45 UTC+3	Yablonskiy  36' Yuzepchuk  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

11 November 2020 Friendly	Romania	5–3	Belarus	Ploiești, Romania
19:00	Mitrea  11' Marin  20' (pen.) Nedelcearu  31', 55' Pușcaș  44'	Report	Kendysh  63' Bakhar  80' Klimovich  90+2'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

15 November 2020 2020–21 UNL	Belarus	2–0	Lithuania	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3	Yablonskiy  5' Ebong  20'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

18 November 2020 2020–21 UNL	Albania	3–2	Belarus	Tirana, Albania
15:00 UTC+1	Cikalleshi  20', 27' (pen.) Manaj  44'	Report	Skavysh  35' Ebong  80'	Stadium: Arena Kombëtare Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Record versus different opponents

As of 15 November 2020

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
World Cup Qualifying	58	13	12	33	61–97
Euro Qualifying	67	15	13	39	53–104
UEFA Nations League	12	7	3	2	20–8
Friendly	109	41	34	35	153–137
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
Luxembourg	12	6	4	2	13–5
Lithuania	10	5	4	1	19–7
Netherlands	10	2	0	8	6–23
Ukraine	9	1	3	5	5–12
Moldova	8	2	4	2	9–7
Bulgaria	8	3	0	5	7–12
Armenia	7	3	2	2	9–9
Estonia	7	3	1	3	6–6
Albania	7	2	2	3	10–10
Norway	7	2	2	3	5–9
Latvia	6	4	1	1	13–7
Poland	6	2	2	2	10–9
France	6	1	2	3	6–10
Romania	6	0	2	4	7–15
Kazakhstan	5	4	1	0	14–3
Slovenia	5	2	2	1	8–5
Israel	5	2	0	3	8–9
Wales	5	1	0	4	5–8
Finland	5	0	3	2	4–7
Sweden	5	0	0	5	2–16
Andorra	4	3	0	1	11–4
Georgia	4	1	1	2	4–4
Turkey	4	1	1	2	7–8
Scotland	4	1	1	2	2–5
Montenegro	4	0	2	2	1–4
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
Malta	3	2	1	0	4–1
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	5–3
Hungary	3	1	2	0	7–4
Iran	3	1	2	0	4–3
Macedonia	3	1	1	1	2–4
Slovakia	3	1	0	2	2–7
Germany	3	0	1	2	2–8
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	0–4
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	1–6
San Marino	2	2	0	0	7–0
Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	3–2
Cyprus	2	1	0	1	3–2
Canada	2	1	0	1	2–1
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3–3
Greece	2	1	0	1	1–1
Libya	2	0	2	0	2–2
Denmark	2	0	1	1	0–1
Croatia	2	0	0	2	1–4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	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
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	2–1
South Korea	1	1	0	0	1–0
Japan	1	1	0	0	1–0
New Zealand	1	1	0	0	1–0
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
Jordan	1	0	0	1	0–1
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0–2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0–3
Total:	247	76	62	109	287–346

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly match against Romania on 11 November 2020 and 2020–21 UEFA Nations League matches against Lithuania and Albania on 15 and 18 November 2020.
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2020, after the game against Albania.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Yahor Hatkevich	9 April 1988	5	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	GK	Anton Chichkan	10 July 1995	1	0	BATE Borisov
	GK	Syarhey Ignatovich	29 June 1992	1	0	Dinamo Brest
	GK	Syarhey Kurhanski	15 May 1986	0	0	Neman Grodno
	DF	Maksim Bardachow	18 May 1986	52	3	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	DF	Dzyanis Palyakow	17 April 1991	47	1	Ural Yekaterinburg
	DF	Nikita Naumov	15 November 1989	11	1	Dinamo Minsk
	DF	Alyaksandr Sachywka	5 January 1986	9	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	DF	Kiryl Pyachenin	18 March 1997	7	0	Dinamo Brest
	DF	Roman Yuzepchuk	24 July 1997	6	1	Dinamo Brest
	DF	Aleksandr Pavlovets	13 August 1996	6	0	Rostov
	DF	Roman Begunov	22 March 1993	1	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	DF	Ruslan Khadarkevich	18 June 1993	0	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	MF	Ihar Stasevich	21 October 1985	61	5	BATE Borisov
	MF	Ivan Mayewski	5 May 1988	40	0	Astana
	MF	Yevgeniy Yablonskiy	10 May 1995	13	2	BATE Borisov
	MF	Yury Kendysh	10 June 1990	12	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	MF	Ivan Bakhar	10 July 1998	10	1	Dinamo Minsk
	MF	Max Ebong	26 August 1999	8	2	Astana
	MF	Vladislav Klimovich	12 June 1996	8	1	Dinamo Minsk
	MF	Andrey Khachaturyan	2 September 1987	8	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	MF	Dmitry Antilevsky	12 June 1997	2	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	FW	Dzyanis Laptsew	1 August 1991	28	0	Dinamo Brest
	FW	Maksim Skavysh	13 November 1989	27	3	BATE Borisov
	FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	8 February 1998	12	2	Lokomotiv Moscow

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	18 April 1989	19	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^COV
GK	Denis Scherbitskiy	14 April 1996	1	0	BATE Borisov	v.  Georgia, 8 October 2020 ^INJ
GK	Pavel Pavlyuchenko	1 January 1998	2	0	Dinamo Brest	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
GK	Maksim Plotnikov	29 January 1998	1	0	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Uzbekistan, 23 February 2020 ^INJ
DF	Nikolay Zolotov	11 November 1994	7	0	Ural Yekaterinburg	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^COV
DF	Sergey Karpovich	29 March 1994	2	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
DF	Alyaksey Lyahchylin	11 April 1992	1	0	Neman Grodno	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
DF	Alyaksandr Martynovich (captain)	26 August 1987	75	2	Krasnodar	v.  Kazakhstan, 14 October 2020
DF	Maksim Shvyatsow	2 April 1998	2	0	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Georgia, 8 October 2020 ^PRE
DF	Ihar Burko	8 September 1988	6	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Albania, 4 September 2020 ^PRE
DF	Syarhey Palitsevich	9 April 1990	32	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
DF	Syarhey Matsveychyk	5 June 1988	15	0	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
DF	Aleksandr Poznyak	23 July 1994	1	0	Gorodeya	v.  Bulgaria, 26 February 2020
DF	Nikita Stepanov	6 April 1996	1	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v.  Bulgaria, 26 February 2020
DF	Roman Vegerya	14 July 2000	1	0	Neman Grodno	v.  Bulgaria, 26 February 2020
DF	Zakhar Volkov	12 August 1997	1	0	BATE Borisov	v.  Uzbekistan, 23 February 2020 ^PRE
MF	Edhar Alyakhnovich	17 May 1987	15	1	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
MF	Denis Grechikho	22 May 1999	0	0	Rukh Brest	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
MF	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	17 May 1988	37	3	BATE Borisov	v.  Kazakhstan, 14 October 2020
MF	Pavel Savitski	12 July 1994	19	4	Dinamo Brest	v.  Kazakhstan, 14 October 2020
MF	Valeriy Gromyko	23 January 1997	2	0	Arsenal Tula	v.  Kazakhstan, 14 October 2020
MF	Yury Kavalyow	27 January 1993	16	1	Arsenal Tula	v.  Georgia, 8 October 2020 ^INJ
MF	Stanislaw Drahun	4 June 1988	68	11	BATE Borisov	v.  Georgia, 8 October 2020 ^PRE
MF	Nikita Korzun	6 March 1995	16	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Georgia, 8 October 2020 ^PRE
MF	Aleksandr Selyava	17 May 1992	1	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Kazakhstan, 7 September 2020
MF	Syarhey Kislyak	6 August 1987	71	9	Dinamo Brest	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
MF	Dzmitry Baha	4 January 1990	3	0	BATE Borisov	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
MF	Syarhey Volkaw	27 January 1999	1	0	Vitebsk	v.  Bulgaria, 26 February 2020
FW	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	6 September 1998	5	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^COV
FW	Yevgeniy Shevchenko	6 June 1996	2	0	Rukh Brest	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
FW	Alyaksandr Makas	8 October 1991	1	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v.  Romania, 11 November 2020 ^PRE
FW	Mikalay Signevich	20 February 1992	17	1	BATE Borisov	v.  Kazakhstan, 14 October 2020
FW	Mikhail Gordeichuk	23 October 1989	26	4	Dinamo Brest	v.  Albania, 4 September 2020 ^PRE
FW	Ilya Shkurin	17 August 1999	0	0	CSKA Moscow	v.  Albania, 4 September 2020 ^PRE
FW	Anton Saroka	5 March 1992	15	7	BATE Borisov	v.  Georgia, 26 March 2020 ^PRE
FW	Vsevolod Sadovsky	4 October 1996	0	0	Rukh Brest	v.  Bulgaria, 26 February 2020 ^INJ

• ^INJ Withdrew due to an injury
• ^COV Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test result
• ^PRE Preliminary squad
• ^RET Retired from national team

B-team

Belarus B national team has been assembled a number of times throughout the history to participate in occasional minor friendly matches and tournaments. The team typically consists of domestic league players who are considered a potential backup for the main senior team. The team was most recently assembled for participation in 2017 King's Cup in Thailand on 14–16 July 2017.

Records

As of 18 November 2020

Alyaksandr Kulchy is the most capped player in the history of Belarus

Maksim Romaschenko is the top scorer in the history of Belarus with 20 goals

Most capped players

Currently active players are listed in bold

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Years
1	Alyaksandr Kulchy	102	5	1996–2012
2	Alexander Hleb	80	6	2001–2019
	Sergei Gurenko	80	3	1994–2006
4	Sergei Kornilenko	78	17	2003–2016
5	Timofei Kalachev	76	10	2004–2016
6	Alyaksandr Martynovich	75	2	2009–
7	Syarhey Amelyanchuk	74	1	2002–2011
8	Syarhey Kislyak	71	9	2009–
	Syarhey Shtanyuk	71	3	1995–2007
10	Stanislaw Drahun	68	11	2011–

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
1	Maksim Romaschenko	20	64	1998–2008
2	Sergei Kornilenko	17	78	2003–2016
3	Vitali Kutuzov	13	52	2002–2011
4	Vyacheslav Hleb	12	45	2004–2011
5	Stanislaw Drahun	11	68	2011–
6	Raman Vasilyuk	10	24	2000–2008
	Vitali Rodionov	10	48	2007–2017
	Valyantsin Byalkevich	10	56	1992–2005
	Timofei Kalachev	10	76	2004–2016
10	Syarhey Kislyak	9	71	2009–

Managers

As of 18 November 2020

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	28	9	8	11	37–35
Andrei Zygmantovich (caretaker)	2014	2	1	0	1	3–5
Alyaksandr Khatskevich	2014–2016	18	6	6	6	14–19
Igor Kriushenko	2017–2019	25	8	4	13	23–37
Mikhail Markhel	2019–	16	6	2	8	18–24
Total:	1992–Present	247	76	62	109	287–346

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

References

1. "Мархель возглавил сборную Беларуси" [Markhel in now the coach of Belarus national team]. Tribuna.com (in Russian). 20 June 2019.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. "Lithuania v Belarus". eu.football. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
4. "Archived copy" Владимир Бережков: "3 сентября приглашаем всех на открытую тренировку сборной". abff.by (in Russian). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "UEFA Direct – August/September 2016" (pdf). 3 August 2016.

External links

• Belarus Federation of Football (in Belarusian) (in Russian) (in English)
• Belarus at FIFA
• Belarus at UEFA
• Football.by (in Russian)
• Fan Site of the Belarus National Team (in Belarusian)