Belarus national football team

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Belarus

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bernd Stange (2007-)
Captain	Aliaksandr Hleb
Most caps	Sergei Gurenko (80)
Top scorer	Maxim Romaschenko (20)
Home stadium	Dinamo Stadium
FIFA code	BLR
FIFA ranking	57
Highest FIFA ranking	57 (June-August 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	142 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	T65
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. After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Lithuania on July 20, 1992 and had their first win in a match versus Luxembourg on October 12, 1994. Before that, Belarus players played for the USSR national football team.

Belarus have never qualified for either FIFA World Cup, or UEFA European Championship. However, under legendary coach Eduard Malofeev, the team came very close of playing Germany in knockout 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 behind only Poland.

Belorussians, however, are more successful 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).

Contents 1 Home Venue 2 Matches 2.1 Last Games 2.2 Next Games 2.3 Qualifying campaigns 2.3.1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2.4 Record Versus Different Opponents 2.5 Memorable Matches 3 Squad 3.1 Last Call Up 3.1.1 Goalkeepers 3.1.2 Defenders 3.1.3 Midfielders 3.1.4 Forwards 3.2 Starting Lineup 3.3 Recent call-up 4 Players 4.1 Most Capped Players 4.2 Top Scorers 4.3 Famous Players 5 Managers 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Home Venue

The team plays most of its home matches at the 40,000 Dinamo Stadium in downtown Minsk. The only official game that was played at different venue, was a Euro 2008 qualifying match vs Luxembourg on October 13, 2008 at Central Stadion in Gomel which Belarus lost 0:1 in closing minutes.

[edit] Matches

[edit] Last Games

Friendly

May 27, 2008 17:45 CET	Germany	2 – 2	Belarus	Fritz Walter Stadion (Kaiserslautern, Germany) Attendance: 47 258 Referee: Darko Ceferin
	Klose  10' Korytko  og 20'		Bulyga  61', 88'

Friendly

June 2, 2008 19:00 EET	Finland	1 – 1	Belarus	Veritas Stadion (Turku, Finland) Attendance: 9000 Referee: Damir Skomina
	Kallio  94+'		Shitov  92+'

Friendly

August 20, 2008 20:00 EET	Belarus	0 – 0	Argentina	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk, Belarus) Attendance: 25 000 Referee: Stanislav Suhina

• This was also a farewell match for all Belarusian football veterans, who have had 25+ caps for the national side.

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

September 6, 2008 20:00 EET	Ukraine	1 – 0	Belarus	Ukraina Stadium (Lviv, Ukraine) Attendance: 25000 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli
	Shevchenko  95+' (pen.)	Report

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

September 10, 2008 19:00 CET	Andorra	1 – 3	Belarus	Estadi Comunal d'Aixovall (Andorra la Vella, Andorra) Attendance: 200 Referee: Simon Evans
	Pujol  68' (pen.)	Report	Verkhovtsov  37' Rodionov  79' V.Hleb  89'

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[edit] Next Games

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

October 15, 2008 21:30 EET	Belarus	vs	England	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk, Belarus) Attendance: Referee: TBA

Friendly

November 19, 2008 Time: TBA	Cyprus	vs	Belarus	Stadium: TBA Attendance: Referee: TBA

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

April 1, 2009 Time: TBA	Kazakhstan	vs	Belarus	Almaty Central Stadium (Almaty, Kazakhstan) Attendance: Referee: TBA

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

June 6, 2009 Time: TBA	Belarus	vs	Andorra	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk, Belarus) Attendance: Referee: TBA

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification

August 12, 2009 Time: TBA	Belarus	vs	Croatia	Dinamo Stadium (Minsk, Belarus) Attendance: Referee: TBA

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[edit] Qualifying campaigns

FIFA World Cup	European Football Championship
1994 - Qualifying spot not granted by FIFA	1996 - Finished 4th in Qualifying group
1998 - Finished 6th in Qualifying group	2000 - Finished 5th in Qualifying group
2002 - Finished 3rd in Qualifying group	2004 - Finished 5th in Qualifying group
2006 - Finished 5th in Qualifying group	2008 - Finished 4th in Qualifying group

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6  Ukraine 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6  Belarus 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3  Croatia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3  Andorra 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0

– 1 – 3 1 Apr '09 0 – 2 9 Sep '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 19 Aug '09 15 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 15 Oct '08 5 Sep '09 – 1 – 4 3 – 0 6 Jun '09 10 Jun '09 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 – 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 3 – 0 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 1 – 3 5 Sep '09 1 – 0 11 Oct '08 10 Oct '09 10 Jun '09 –

[edit] Record Versus Different Opponents

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For - Against
World Cup Qualifying	32	8	8	16	32-48
Euro Qualifying	38	8	6	24	33-66
International Tournaments	12	5	3	4	16-13
Friendly	43	14	15	14	68-65
Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For - Against
Latvia	6	4	1	1	13-7
Lithuania	6	3	2	1	12-4
Netherlands	6	2	0	4	3-10
Ukraine	6	1	2	3	4-7
Norway	6	1	2	3	4-9
Poland	5	2	2	1	10-7
Luxembourg	4	2	1	1	4-2
Moldova	4	2	0	2	7-5
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
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	3-11
Austria	4	0	0	4	0-12
Malta	3	2	1	0	4-1
Andorra	3	2	0	1	6-3
Turkey	3	1	1	1	6-6
Armenia	3	1	1	1	3-3
Russia	3	0	2	1	2-4
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	2-8
Romania	3	0	0	3	2-8
Albania	2	1	1	0	6-4
Iran	2	1	1	0	4-3
Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	4-3
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3-3
Finland	2	0	2	0	3-3
Denmark	2	0	1	1	0-1
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	0-3
Sweden	2	0	0	2	2-7
Hungary	1	1	0	0	5-2
Cyprus	1	1	0	0	2-0
Iceland	1	1	0	0	2-0
Germany	1	0	1	0	2-2
Azerbaijan	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
Argentina	1	0	1	0	0-0
Greece	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:	125	35	32	58	149-192

[edit] Memorable Matches

Date	Venue	Tournament	Home	Score	Away	Goals
November 21, 2007	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	EURO 2008 Qualifying	Belarus	2 – 1	Netherlands	Bulyga  49' (1-0) Korytko  65' (2-0) van der Vaart  89' (2-1)
October 8, 2005	Hampden Park, Glasgow	2006 World Cup Qualifying	Scotland	0 – 1	Belarus	Kutuzov  6' (0-1)
February 9, 2005	Stadion Dyskobolia, Grodzisk Wielkopolski	Friendly	Poland	1 – 3	Belarus	A.Hleb  8' (0-1) Żurawski  51' (1-1) V.Hleb  84' (1-2) Lavrik  93+' (1-3)
August 18, 2004	Atatürk, İstanbul	Friendly	Turkey	1 – 2	Belarus	Şükür  14' (1-0) V.Hleb  67' (1-1) Kovba  90' (1-2)
April 17, 2002	Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, Debrecen	Friendly	Hungary	2 – 5	Belarus	Kenesei  13' (1-0) A.Hleb  23' (1-1) Kutuzov  29' (1-2) Kutuzov  33' (1-3) Khatskevich  45' (1-4) Kachuro  76' (1-5) Feher  86' (pk) (2-5)
September 5, 2001	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	2002 World Cup Qualifying	Belarus	4 – 1	Poland	Vasilyuk  8' (1-0) Vasilyuk  46' (2-0) Vasilyuk  51' (3-0) Vasilyuk  62' (4-0) Żewłakow  77' (4-1)
March 28, 2001	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	2002 World Cup Qualifying	Belarus	2 – 1	Norway	Khatskevich  19' (1-0) Solskjær  68' (1-1) Vasilyuk  93+' (2-1)
March 31, 1999	Stadio del Conero, Ancona	EURO 2000 Qualifying	Italy	1 – 1	Belarus	Belkevich  24' (0-1) Inzaghi  30' (pen.) (1-1)
June 7, 1995	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk	EURO 1996 Qualifying	Belarus	1 – 0	Netherlands	Gerasimets  25' (1-0)

[edit] Squad

[edit] Last Call Up

The following players have been called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match vs Ukraine that will take place on September 6, 2008 and vs Andorra that will take place on September 10, 2008.

Caps and goals are correct as of September 10, 2008.

[edit] Goalkeepers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 12 GK Yuri Zhevnov April 17, 1981 (1981-04-17) (age 27) 24 -29 FC Moskva 1 GK Sergei Veremko October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) (age 25) 2 -1 FC BATE Borisov 22 GK Anton Amelchenko March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27) (age 23) 1 0 FC Moskva

[edit] Defenders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 4 DF Sergei Omelyanchuk August 8, 1980 (1980-08-08) (age 28) 48 1 FC Terek Grozny 3 DF Egor Filipenko April 10, 1988 (1988-04-10) (age 20) 13 0 FC Spartak Moscow 5 DF Dmitry Molosh December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10) (age 26) 3 0 FC Nosta Novotroitsk 18 DF Dmitry Verkhovtsov October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10) (age 21) 4 1 FC Naftan Novopolotsk

[edit] Midfielders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 2 MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy November 1, 1973 (1973-11-01) (age 34) 72 5 FC Rostov 10 MF Aliaksandr Hleb May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 27) 44 4 FC Barcelona 6 MF Vladimir Korytko July 6, 1979 (1979-07-06) (age 29) 38 3 Chornomorets Odessa 8 MF Oleg Strakhanovich October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13) (age 28) 13 0 FC MTZ-RIPO 17 MF Mykola Kashevsky October 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) (age 27) 9 0 FC Illychivets Mariupol 14 MF Igor Stasevich October 21, 1985 (1985-10-21) (age 22) 6 0 FC BATE Borisov 14 MF Anton Putsila June 23, 1987 (1987-06-23) (age 21) 6 0 Hamburger SV 5 MF Aleksandr Pavlov August 18, 1984 (1984-08-18) (age 24) 6 0 FC Dnepr Mahilyow 16 MF Pavel Sitko December 17, 1985 (1985-12-17) (age 22) 3 0 FC Vitebsk 5 MF Andrey Chukhley October 2, 1987 (1987-10-02) (age 20) 2 0 FC Dinamo Minsk

[edit] Forwards

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 13 FW Vitali Kutuzov March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) (age 28) 42 13 Parma F.C. 7 FW Vitali Bulyga January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12) (age 28) 35 8 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 11 FW Sergei Kornilenko June 14, 1983 (1983-06-14) (age 25) 29 7 FC Tom Tomsk 9 FW Vyacheslav Hleb February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12) (age 25) 26 8 FC MTZ-RIPO 15 FW Vitali Rodionov November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11) (age 24) 8 1 FC BATE Borisov

[edit] Starting Lineup

Zhevnov Filipenko Radkov Omelyanchuk Skverniuk Kulchiy Kalachev Romaschenko A.Hleb Bulyga Kutuzov

The 4-4-2 Diamond Formation used by Belarus under Bernd Stange.

[edit] Recent call-up

The following players have also been called up to the Belarus squad in 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club -- GK Vasily Khomutovsky June 30, 1978 (1978-06-30) (age 30) 26 -29 FC Augsburg (friendly v. Argentina (August 20, 2008).) -- DF Kirill Pavlyuchek June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 24) 3 0 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok (friendly v. Argentina (August 20, 2008).) -- DF Dmitry Lentsevich June 20, 1983 (1983-06-20) (age 25) 8 0 Bohemians Praha (friendly v. Argentina (August 20, 2008).) -- DF Maksim Bordachev June 18, 1986 (1986-06-18) (age 22) 0 0 FC MTZ-RIPO (friendly v. Argentina (August 20, 2008).) 5 DF Pavel Plaskonni January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 23) 12 1 Panionios F.C. (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) 15 DF Roman Kirenkin February 20, 1981 (1981-02-20) (age 27) 5 0 Liaoning F.C. (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) 14 DF Igor Shitov October 24, 1986 (1986-10-24) (age 21) 3 1 FC Torpedo Zhodino (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) -- DF Artem Radkov August 26, 1985 (1985-08-26) (age 23) 8 0 FC Khimki (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) -- DF Artem Chelyadinsky December 29, 1977 (1977-12-29) (age 30) 7 0 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) 9 MF Maksim Romaschenko July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31) (age 32) 64 20 Bursaspor (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) 24 FW Artem Kontsevoy May 20, 1983 (1983-05-20) (age 25) 10 0 FC MTZ-RIPO (friendlies v. Germany (May 27, 2008) and v. Finland (June 2, 2008).) 11 DF Aliaksei Skverniuk October 13, 1985 (1985-10-13) (age 22) 7 0 FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (friendly v. Turkey (March 26, 2008).) 6 MF Timofei Kalachev May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 27) 30 2 FC Krylia Sovetov Samara (friendly v. Turkey (March 26, 2008).) 11 FW Roman Vasilyuk November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 29) 24 10 FC Dinamo Brest (friendly v. Turkey (March 26, 2008).) 1 GK Aleksandr Lentsevich May 2, 1979 (1979-05-02) (age 29) 1 -2 FC Gomel (Malta International Football Tournament 2008 (February 2 to February 6, 2008).) 16 DF Nikolai Osipovich May 25, 1986 (1986-05-25) (age 22) 1 0 FC MTZ-RIPO (Malta International Football Tournament 2008 (February 2 to February 6, 2008).) 13 MF Sergey Krivets June 8, 1986 (1986-06-08) (age 22) 1 0 FC BATE Borisov (Malta International Football Tournament 2008 (February 2 to February 6, 2008).) 10 FW Gennadi Bliznyuk July 30, 1980 (1980-07-30) (age 28) 7 1 FC BATE Borisov (Malta International Football Tournament 2008 (February 2 to February 6, 2008).)

[edit] Players

[edit] Most Capped Players

Footballers with 50+ caps for the national side

No.	Player	Caps	Goals	Active?
1	Sergei Gurenko	80	3	Club Only
3	Aliaksandr Kulchiy	72	5	Yes
2	Sergei Shtanyuk	71	3	Club Only
4	Maksim Romaschenko	64	20	Yes
5	Valentin Belkevich	56	10	Club Only
6	Andrei Ostrovsky	52	1	No

[edit] Top Scorers

Footballers with 10+ goals for the national side

No.	Player	Goals	Caps	Active?
1	Maksim Romaschenko	20	64	Yes
2	Vitali Kutuzov	13	42	Yes
3	Valentin Belkevich	10	56	Club Only
4	Roman Vasilyuk	10	24	Yes

[edit] Famous Players

• Sergei Aleinikov
• Valentin Belkevich
• Sergei Gurenko
• Aliaksandr Hleb
• Aliaksandr Khatskevich
• Maxim Romaschenko
• Gennady Tumilovich

[edit] Managers

Manager	Belarus Career	Games Managed	Wins	Draws	Loses	Goals Scored-Allowed	Goal Difference per Match	Points	Points per Match
Mihail Verhejenka	October 28, 1992 - May 25, 1994 January 5, 1997 - September 8, 1999	24	2	6	16	22-40	-0.75	12	0.50
Siarhej Barouski	August 17, 1994 - October 9, 1996 October 9, 1999 - June 4, 2000	26	4	9	13	21-43	-0.85	21	0.81
Eduard Malofeev	August 16, 2000 - June 12, 2003	22	10	5	7	31-31	0.00	35	1.59
Valery Stralcou (caretaker)	September 7, 2002	1	0	0	1	0-3	-3.00	0	0.00
Anatoly Baidachny	August 8, 2003 - December 10, 2005	22	10	4	8	34-29	+0.23	34	1.55
Yuri Puntus	February 24, 2006 - June 21, 2007	14	3	4	7	19-26	-0.50	13	0.93
Bernd Stange	July 31, 2007 - Present	16	6	4	6	22-20	+0.13	22	1.38
Total:	October 28, 1992 - Present	125	35	32	58	149-192	-0.34	137	1.10

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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