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Belarus

Nickname(s)	Белыя крылы / Bielyia kryly (The White Wings)
Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Georgy Kondratyev
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	97 1 (6 October 2022)[1]
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
Belgium 8–0 Belarus  (Leuven, Belgium; 30 March 2021)

The Belarus national football team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па футболе, romanized: Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; Russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, romanized: Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) 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.

History

After the split of the Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on 20 July 1992.[2] Before that, a number of 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. The team were defeated by Wales in the last 2002 group stage match, missing the chance to overtake Ukraine, who drew their last game, finishing the group second.

Their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign was very unsuccessful as Belarus lost seven of their eight games.

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.

During UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, Belarus finished fourth in their group. With Belarus managing to top their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, it qualified for the country's first ever play-offs, and the team was scheduled to play against Georgia. However, they lost 1–0, the team missed out on a place at Euro 2020.

Due to Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarusian national and club teams from hosting international matches and competitions.[3][4]

Team image

Nickname

In August 2016, the Football Federation announced that the team's nickname would be the "White Wings".[5] The name was influenced by the book The Land Beneath White Wings (1977) by Belarusian writer Uladzimir Karatkevich. The BFF's marketing and communications director 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!"[6]

Home venue

The team played the majority of its home matches at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. In late 2012 Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation and the team started alternating between different home venues.

Since September 2021 Central Stadium in Kazan, Russia is the home venue because of travel sanctions imposed after an incident with Ryanair Flight 4978.

Kit

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.

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Umbro	2002–2004
Puma	2004–2012
Adidas	2012–2018
Macron	2018–2022
Erreà	2022–present

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2021

2022

2023

2024

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches against Kazakhstan and Slovakia on 22 and 25 September 2022.

Caps and goals are correct as of 25 September, after the game against Slovakia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Pavel Pavlyuchenko	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 24)	11	0	Nieciecza
	1GK	Yegor Khatkevich	(1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 (age 34)	7	0	Dinamo Minsk
	1GK	Maksim Plotnikov	(1998-01-29) 29 January 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	2DF	Denis Polyakov	(1991-04-17) 17 April 1991 (age 31)	51	1	Astana
	2DF	Kiryl Pyachenin	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 25)	16	0	Orenburg
	2DF	Gleb Shevchenko	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999 (age 23)	13	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	2DF	Maksim Shvyatsow	(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998 (age 24)	11	0	Dinamo Minsk
	2DF	Ruslan Yudenkov	(1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 35)	10	0	Maktaaral
	2DF	Ruslan Khadarkevich	(1993-06-18) 18 June 1993 (age 29)	8	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	2DF	Danila Nechayev	(1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 22)	5	0	BATE Borisov
	2DF	Zakhar Volkov	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Khimki
	2DF	Ilya Lukashevich	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk
	3MF	Vladislav Klimovich	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 26)	27	1	Nea Salamina
	3MF	Yevgeny Yablonsky	(1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 27)	26	3	Aris Limassol
	3MF	Max Ebong	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 23)	25	2	Astana
	3MF	Pavel Savitsky	(1994-07-12) 12 July 1994 (age 28)	24	7	Neman Grodno
	3MF	Ivan Bakhar	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998 (age 24)	22	2	Dinamo Minsk
	3MF	Pavel Sedko	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 24)	11	1	Gomel
	3MF	Valery Gromyko	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 25)	9	1	BATE Borisov
	3MF	Dmitry Bessmertny	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 25)	7	0	BATE Borisov
	3MF	Vladislav Malkevich	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 22)	6	1	BATE Borisov
	3MF	Ruslan Lisakovich	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 20)	5	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	3MF	Valery Bocherov	(2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 22)	4	0	BATE Borisov
	4FW	Yegor Bogomolsky	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Neftchi Baku

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	Raman Stsyapanaw	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 31)	0	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Bahrain, 29 March 2022
GK	Syarhey Chernik	(1988-07-20) 20 July 1988 (age 34)	23	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
GK	Vladislav Vasilyuchek	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Neman Grodno	v.  Czech Republic, 11 October 2021
DF	Sergey Politevich	(1990-04-09) 9 April 1990 (age 32)	35	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Kazakhstan, 22 September 2022 INJ
DF	Roman Begunov	(1993-03-22) 22 March 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 13 June 2022
DF	Roman Yuzepchuk	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997 (age 25)	16	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Bahrain, 29 March 2022
DF	Aleksey Zalesky	(1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v.  India, 26 March 2022 PRE
DF	Nikita Naumov	(1989-11-15) 15 November 1989 (age 32)	14	1	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
DF	Nikolay Zolotov	(1994-11-11) 11 November 1994 (age 27)	14	0	Kolos Kovalivka	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
DF	Artyom Sokol	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Gomel	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
DF	Denis Levitsky	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 25)	0	0	SKA Khabarovsk	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
DF	Maksim Bordachyov	(1986-05-18) 18 May 1986 (age 36)	54	3	BATE Borisov	v.  Czech Republic, 11 October 2021
DF	Ivan Sadownichy	(1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 35)	1	0	Neman Grodno	v.  Czech Republic, 11 October 2021
DF	Alyaksandr Sachywka	(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 (age 36)	12	1	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Estonia, 8 October 2021 INJ
DF	Artsyom Rakhmanaw	(1990-07-10) 10 July 1990 (age 32)	2	0	Astana	v.  Estonia, 8 October 2021 INJ
MF	Aleksandr Selyava	(1992-05-17) 17 May 1992 (age 30)	5	0	Rostov	v.  Kazakhstan, 22 September 2022 INJ
MF	Artyom Bykov	(1992-10-12) 12 October 1992 (age 30)	21	1	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 13 June 2022
MF	Denis Grechikho	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Dinamo Minsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 13 June 2022
MF	Dmitry Antilevsky	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Dinamo Tbilisi	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
MF	Vadim Pobudey	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 27)	1	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v.  Czech Republic, 11 October 2021
MF	Yevgeny Krasnov	(1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Vitebsk	v.  Czech Republic, 11 October 2021
MF	Nikita Korzun	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 27)	17	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Estonia, 8 October 2021 INJ
FW	Dmitry Podstrelov	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998 (age 24)	13	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 13 June 2022
FW	Andrey Solovey	(1994-12-13) 13 December 1994 (age 27)	8	2	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v.  Azerbaijan, 13 June 2022
FW	Artem Kontsevoy	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999 (age 23)	3	1	Dinamo Minsk	v.  India, 26 March 2022 PRE
FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	(1998-02-08) 8 February 1998 (age 24)	20	5	Rubin Kazan	v.  Jordan, 16 November 2021
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby COV Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test result

Records

As of 25 September 2022[8]

Players in bold are still active with Belarus.

Most appearances

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	2009–2020
7	Syarhey Kislyak	74	9	2009–2021
	Syarhey Amelyanchuk	74	1	2002–2011
9	Syarhey Shtanyuk	71	3	1995–2007
10	Stanislaw Drahun	68	11	2011–2020

NB Sergei Aleinikov reached a combined 81 caps and 6 goals for Soviet Union, CIS and Belarus between 1984–1994.[9]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Years
1	Maksim Romaschenko	20	64	0.31	1998–2008
2	Sergei Kornilenko	17	78	0.22	2003–2016
3	Vitali Kutuzov	13	52	0.25	2002–2011
4	Vyacheslav Hleb	12	45	0.27	2004–2011
5	Stanislaw Drahun	11	68	0.16	2011–2020
6	Raman Vasilyuk	10	24	0.42	2000–2008
	Vitali Rodionov	10	48	0.21	2007–2017
	Valyantsin Byalkevich	10	56	0.18	1992–2005
	Timofei Kalachev	10	76	0.13	2004–2016
10	Syarhey Kislyak	9	74	0.12	2009–2021

Coaching history

As of 25 September 2022

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
Georgy Kondratyev	2011–2014, 2021–	43	12	11	20	49–55
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	2019–2021	18	7	3	9	23–35
Oleg Radushko (caretaker)	2021	1	0	0	1	0–2
Total:	1992–Present	266	80	66	120	304–380

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										5th	8	1	0	7	7	24
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	–	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–		–	66	14	12	40	68	121

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	8	6	2	0	25	6	+19	20	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	3–1	3–0	3–1	8–0
2	Wales	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	15	Advance to play-offs		1–1	—	1–0	0–0	5–1
3	Czech Republic	8	4	2	2	14	9	+5	14	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		1–1	2–2	—	2–0	1–0
4	Estonia	8	1	1	6	9	21	−12	4			2–5	0–1	2–6	—	2–0
5	Belarus	8	1	0	7	7	24	−17	3			0–1	2–3	0–2	4–2	—

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 2024 qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualify for final tournament		—	28 Mar '23	19 Jun '23	18 Nov '23	15 Oct '23	12 Sep '23
2	Israel (X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12 Oct '23	—	18 Nov '23	25 Mar '23	12 Sep '23	19 Jun '23
3	Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			21 Nov '23	9 Sep '23	—	12 Sep '23	28 Mar '23	15 Oct '23
4	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			9 Sep '23	15 Oct '23	16 Jun '23	—	21 Nov '23	28 Mar '23
5	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			25 Mar '23	16 Jun '23	12 Oct '23	19 Jun '23	—	18 Nov '23
6	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			16 Jun '23	21 Nov '23	25 Mar '23	12 Oct '23	9 Sep '23	—

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	3	4th	6	0	3	3	3	7	TBA	46th
Total			–	18	7	6	5	23	15	38th

2022–23 UEFA Nations League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Kazakhstan (P)	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13	Promotion to League B		—	2–0	2–1	2–1
2	Azerbaijan	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			3–0	—	0–1	2–0
3	Slovakia	6	2	1	3	5	6	−1	7			0–1	1–2	—	1–1
4	Belarus (Q)	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3	Qualification for relegation play-outs		1–1	0–0	0–1	—

Relegation play-outs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lithuania		Belarus	21–23 Mar '24	24–26 Mar '24

Head-to-head record

As of 13 June 2022

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	Goals
World Cup Qualifying	66	14	12	40	68–121
Euro Qualifying	67	15	13	39	53–104
UEFA Nations League	18	7	6	5	23–15
Friendly	114	44	35	36	160–140
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
Estonia	9	4	1	4	10–10
Ukraine	9	1	3	5	5–12
Moldova	8	2	4	2	9–7
Bulgaria	8	3	0	5	7–12
Kazakhstan	7	4	2	1	16–6
Armenia	7	3	2	2	9–9
Albania	7	2	2	3	10–10
Norway	7	2	2	3	5–9
Wales	7	1	0	6	8–16
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
Czech Republic	6	0	0	6	3–14
Slovenia	5	2	2	1	8–5
Israel	5	2	0	3	8–9
Azerbaijan	5	1	2	2	4–6
Slovakia	5	1	1	3	3–9
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
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
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
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
Jordan	2	1	0	1	1–1
Honduras	2	0	2	0	3–3
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
Belgium	2	0	0	2	0–9
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	6–1
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	5–1
Oman	1	1	0	0	4–0
India	1	1	0	0	3–0
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
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	1–0
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
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0–2
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0–3
Total:	266	80	66	120	304–380

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 was most recently assembled for participation in 2017 King's Cup in Thailand on 14–16 July 2017.

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

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)

На других языках

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- [en] Belarus national football team

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[ru] Сборная Белоруссии по футболу

Сборная Белоруссии по футболу (белор. Зборная Беларусі па футболе) — национальная футбольная команда, представляющая Белоруссию на международной футбольной арене. Управляющая организация — Белорусская федерация футбола. Белорусская федерация футбола основана 22 декабря 1989 года. Является членом ФИФА с 1992, членом УЕФА — с 1993 года.

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