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 2006)
Lowest FIFA ranking	142 (March 1994)
Elo ranking	73
First kit 　 Second kit
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 Game 2.2 Next Game 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 Game

Friendly

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

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[edit] Next Game

Friendly

August 20, 2008 Time: TBA	Belarus	vs	Argentina	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  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

– 10 Sep '08 1 Apr '09 6 Sep '08 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 – 10 Sep '08 6 Sep '08 6 Jun '09 10 Jun '09 14 Oct '09 9 Sep '09 – 11 Oct '08 1 Apr '09 20 Aug '08 1 Apr '09 14 Oct '09 6 Jun '09 – 10 Sep '08 5 Sep '09 6 Sep '08 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	30	7	8	15	29-46
Euro Qualifying	38	8	6	24	33-66
International Tournaments	12	5	3	4	16-13
Friendly	42	14	14	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
Norway	6	1	2	3	4-9
Poland	5	2	2	1	10-7
Ukraine	5	1	2	2	4-6
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
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
Andorra	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
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
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:	122	34	31	57	146-190

[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' (pk) (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 friendly match vs Germany that will take place on May 27, 2008, and the friendly match vs Finland that will take place on June 2, 2008

Caps and goals are correct as of June 2, 2008.

[edit] Goalkeepers

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Vasily Khomutovsky June 30, 1978 (1978-06-30) (age 29) 26 -29 FC Augsburg 25 GK Sergei Veremko October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16) (age 25) 1 0 FC BATE Borisov 12 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 27) 45 1 FC Rostov 5 DF Pavel Plaskonni January 29, 1985 (1985-01-29) (age 23) 12 1 Panionios F.C. 3 DF Egor Filipenko April 10, 1988 (1988-04-10) (age 20) 10 0 FC Spartak Moscow 18 DF Dmitry Lentsevich June 20, 1983 (1983-06-20) (age 24) 8 0 Bohemians Praha 15 DF Roman Kirenkin February 20, 1981 (1981-02-20) (age 27) 5 0 FC Torpedo Zhodino 14 DF Igor Shitov October 24, 1986 (1986-10-24) (age 21) 3 1 FC Torpedo Zhodino 20 DF Dmitriy Verkhovtsov October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10) (age 21) 1 0 FC Naftan Novopolotsk -- DF Artem Radkov * August 26, 1985 (1985-08-26) (age 22) 8 0 FC Khimki -- DF Artem Chelyadinsky * December 29, 1977 (1977-12-29) (age 30) 7 0 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia -- DF Kirill Pavlyuchek * June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27) (age 23) 3 0 FC Dinamo Minsk

[edit] Midfielders

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 2 MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy November 1, 1973 (1973-11-01) (age 34) 69 5 FC Rostov 9 MF Maksim Romaschenko July 31, 1976 (1976-07-31) (age 31) 64 20 Bursaspor 10 MF Aliaksandr Hleb May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 27) 41 4 Arsenal FC 6 MF Vladimir Korytko July 6, 1979 (1979-07-06) (age 28) 35 3 Chornomorets Odessa 16 MF Mykola Kashevsky October 5, 1980 (1980-10-05) (age 27) 9 0 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 8 MF Anton Putsila June 23, 1987 (1987-06-23) (age 20) 4 0 Hamburger SV 23 MF Aleksandr Pavlov August 18, 1984 (1984-08-18) (age 23) 3 0 FC Dnepr Mahilyow 26 MF Pavel Sitko December 17, 1985 (1985-12-17) (age 22) 2 0 FC Vitebsk 19 MF Andrey Chukhley October 2, 1987 (1987-10-02) (age 20) 1 0 FC Dinamo Minsk

[edit] Forwards

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 7 FW Vitali Bulyga January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12) (age 28) 32 8 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 11 FW Sergei Kornilenko June 14, 1983 (1983-06-14) (age 24) 29 7 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 17 FW Vyacheslav Hleb February 12, 1983 (1983-02-12) (age 25) 23 7 FC MTZ-RIPO 24 FW Artem Kontsevoy May 20, 1983 (1983-05-20) (age 25) 10 0 FC MTZ-RIPO 21 FW Vitali Rodionov November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11) (age 24) 7 0 FC BATE Borisov

* - Were originally called up, but will miss both games do to injury

[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 the 2007/08 season.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 12 GK Yuri Zhevnov April 17, 1981 (1981-04-17) (age 27) 22 -28 FC Moskva (friendly v. Turkey (March 26, 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).) 13 FW Vitali Kutuzov March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) (age 28) 39 13 Pisa Calcio (friendly v. Turkey (March 26, 2008).) 11 FW Roman Vasilyuk November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) (age 29) 24 10 FC Gomel (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 27) 7 1 FC BATE Borisov (Malta International Football Tournament 2008 (February 2 to February 6, 2008).) 17 MF Igor Stasevich October 21, 1985 (1985-10-21) (age 22) 6 0 FC BATE Borisov (Euro 2008 qualifying v. Netherlands (November 21, 2007).) 17 DF Dmitry Molosh December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10) (age 26) 2 0 FC Nosta (friendly v. Israel (October 17, 2007).) 13 FW Dmitri Mozolevski April 30, 1985 (1985-04-30) (age 23) 1 0 FC Dinamo Brest (friendly v. Israel (October 17, 2007).) 11 FW Andrei Voronkov February 8, 1989 (1989-02-08) (age 19) 1 0 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (Friendly v. Israel (October 17, 2007).) 1 GK Vladimir Gaev October 8, 1977 (1977-10-08) (age 30) 14 -6 FC Chornomorets Odessa (Euro 2008 qualifying v. Slovenia (September 12, 2007).) 3 DF Yan Tigorev March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10) (age 24) 9 0 FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya (Euro 2008 qualifying v. Slovenia (September 12, 2007).) 9 DF Igor Maltsev March 11, 1986 (1986-03-11) (age 22) 0 0 FC MTZ-RIPO (Euro 2008 qualifying v. Slovenia (September 12, 2007).) 2 MF Denis Kovba September 6, 1976 (1976-09-06) (age 31) 36 2 FC Krylya Sovetov (Euro 2008 qualifying v. Slovenia (September 12, 2007).)

[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
2	Sergei Shtanyuk	71	3	Club Only
3	Aliaksandr Kulchiy	69	5	Yes
4	Maksim Romaschenko	64	20	Yes
5	Valentin Belkevich	56	10	No
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	39	Yes
3	Valentin Belkevich	10	56	No
4	Roman Vasilyuk	10	24	Yes

[edit] Famous Players

• Sergei Aleinikov
• Valentin Belkevich
• Sergei Gurenko
• Aliaksandr Hleb
• Vyacheslav Hleb
• Aliaksandr Khatskevich
• Sergei Kornilenko
• Denis Kovba
• Vitali Kutuzov
• Maxim Romaschenko
• Gennady Tumilovich
• Roman Vasilyuk

[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	13	5	3	5	19-18	+0.08	18	1.38
Total:	October 28, 1992 - Present	122	34	31	57	146-190	-0.36	133	1.09

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Football.by (Russian)
• Byelorussian Football (1992-1999)

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