Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U-21
Association Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Igor Kovalevich
Home stadium Citi Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA code BLR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Moldova 0–1 Belarus Belarus
(Chişinău, Moldova; August 30, 1992)
Biggest win
 Belarus 6–0 San Marino 
(Vitebsk, Belarus; November 16, 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 4–0 Belarus Belarus
(Hønefoss, Norway; September 8, 1994)
 Norway 5–1 Belarus Belarus
(Drammen, Norway; June 5, 2001)
 Sweden 5–1 Belarus Belarus
(Malmö, Sweden; June 16, 2009)
UEFA U-21 European Championship
Appearances 3 (First in 2004)
Best result Third place (2011)

The Belarus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

History

Over the years the team archived some notable results, in comparison with Belarus senior team. They have qualified for the final round of the European Under-21 Football Championship three times. At first two attempts (2004 in Germany and 2009 in Sweden) the team was unable to advance past group stage.

In 2011 Belarus made its third appearance in the final stage of U21 Euro (staged in Denmark). They advanced to semifinal with only one win (against Iceland) and two losses (against Denmark and Switzerland) and having better 3-way head-to-head record against Iceland and Denmark (as all three teams had identical overall results). The team was close to reaching the final as they were leading 1–0 up to the last minutes of the semifinal game against Spain until they conceded an equalizer at the 89th minute and ultimately lost 1–3 in the extra time. They have beaten Czech Republic 1–0 in the third-place match and qualified for the Men's Football Tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

European Championship record

UEFA European U-21 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1976–1992 Part of  Soviet Union
France 1994 Did not enter
Spain 1996 Did not qualify
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002
Germany 2004 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Portugal 2006 Did not qualify
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 7
Denmark 2011 Third place 3rd 5 2 0 3 5 8
Israel 2013 Did not qualify
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017 TBD
Total Third place 3/12 11 3 2 6 11 19

UEFA U-21 Euro 2017 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 9 Final tournament — 4–2 6 Oct 29 Mar 2–0
2  Netherlands 5 3 0 2 9 7 +2 9 Possible Play-offs 1–3 — 1–0 6 Oct 4–0
3  Belarus 5 2 1 2 4 5 −1 7 1–0 2 Sep — 0–2 2–2
4  Turkey 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 TBC 0–1 TBC — 1 Sep
5  Cyprus (E) 5 0 1 4 2 12 −10 1 5 Sep TBC 0–1 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2015. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated.

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup held between 17 and 23 January 2016.

Caps and goals are correct as of 17 November 2015, after match against Cyprus U21.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Vladislav Vasilyuchek (1994-03-28) March 28, 1994 33 0 Belarus Neman Grodno
1GK Anton Chichkan (1995-07-10) July 10, 1995 3 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
1GK Denis Schebitskiy (1996-04-14) April 14, 1996 1 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
2DF Sergey Karpovich (1994-03-29) March 29, 1994 29 2 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
2DF Aleksandr Poznyak (1994-07-23) July 23, 1994 24 0 Belarus Neman Grodno
2DF Aleksey Zaleski (1994-10-07) October 7, 1994 20 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
2DF Nikolay Zolotov (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 12 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2DF Dzmitry Zinovich (1995-03-29) March 29, 1995 9 0 Belarus Minsk
2DF Aleksandr Pavlovets (1996-08-13) August 13, 1996 4 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
2DF Vladislav Yasyukevich (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 0 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion
3MF Oleg Yevdokimov (1994-02-25) February 25, 1994 23 2 Belarus Minsk
3MF Aleksey Teslyuk (1994-01-10) January 10, 1994 17 1 Belarus Gomel
3MF Nikita Korzun (1995-03-06) March 6, 1995 8 0 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
3MF Nikita Kaplenko (1995-09-18) September 18, 1995 8 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
3MF Valeriy Gromyko (1997-01-23) January 23, 1997 1 0 Belarus Minsk
3MF Dmitriy Bessmertny (1997-01-03) January 3, 1997 0 0 Belarus Minsk
4FW Gleb Rassadkin (1995-04-05) April 5, 1995 15 1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
4FW Vladislav Klimovich (1996-06-12) June 12, 1996 14 2 Belarus BATE Borisov
4FW Kiryl Sidarenka (1995-08-28) August 28, 1995 1 0 Belarus Vitebsk
4FW Artsyom Vasilyew (1997-01-23) January 23, 1997 0 0 Belarus Minsk

Recent call-up

The following players were called up for U21 team during last 12 months:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Maksim Vysotskiy (1995-01-29) January 29, 1995 0 0 Belarus Minsk v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
DF Semen Shestilovsky (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 27 1 Belarus Gorodeya v. Cyprus (November 17, 2015)
DF Dmitry Ignatenko (1995-02-01) February 1, 1995 13 0 Belarus Gomel v. Slovakia (September 6, 2015)
DF Stanislav Izhakovsky (1994-08-22) August 22, 1994 4 0 Belarus Gomel v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
DF Dmitry Baiduk (1996-08-03) August 3, 1996 3 0 Belarus BATE Borisov v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
DF Mikhail Shibun (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 3 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
DF Yevgeniy Leshko (1996-06-24) June 24, 1996 2 0 Belarus Neman Grodno v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
MF Pavel Savitskiy (1994-07-12) July 12, 1994 33 3 Belarus Neman Grodno 2016 CIS Cup (January 17–23, 2016) INJ
MF Yevgeniy Yablonskiy (1995-05-10) May 10, 1995 25 3 Belarus BATE Borisov v. Cyprus (November 17, 2015)
MF Yaroslav Yarotsky (1996-03-28) March 28, 1996 17 3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk v. Cyprus (November 17, 2015)
MF Aleksey Dovgel (1994-07-27) July 27, 1994 6 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion v. Cyprus (November 17, 2015)
MF Ruslan Teverov (1994-05-01) May 1, 1994 6 2 Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
MF Vadim Pobudey (1994-12-17) December 17, 1994 5 0 Belarus Baranovichi v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
MF Yury Pavlyukovets (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994 2 0 Belarus Dinamo Brest v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
MF Yevgeniy Belyavsky (1994-04-13) April 13, 1994 0 0 Belarus Bereza-2010 v. Turkey (October 9, 2015) INJ
MF Yevgeny Milevsky (1995-01-14) January 14, 1995 8 1 Belarus Gomel v. Slovakia (September 6, 2015)
MF Aleksandr Yanchenko (1995-02-14) February 14, 1995 21 3 Belarus Gomel v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
MF Artem Gurenko (1994-06-01) June 1, 1994 14 0 Lithuania Trakai v. Russia (June 14, 2015)
MF Pavel Zabelin (1995-06-30) June 30, 1995 1 0 Belarus Neman Grodno v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
MF Anton Tereschenko (1995-09-20) September 20, 1995 1 0 Belarus Gomel v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
MF Pavel Chernyshov (1995-07-12) July 12, 1995 6 0 Belarus Gomel v. Spain (March 30, 2015)
FW Yawhen Lebedzew (1994-12-29) December 29, 1994 22 5 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
FW Andrey Solovey (1994-12-13) December 13, 1994 1 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. Cyprus (October 13, 2015)
FW Aleksandr Minko (1995-04-10) April 10, 1995 6 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)
FW Vasily Zhurnevich (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 1 0 Belarus Neman Grodno v. Ukraine (April 15, 2015)

See also

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