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==Fixtures and results==
==Recent results and upcoming fixtures==

===Recent results===
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[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
<div id="Belarus v Kazakhstan"/>{{footballbox
|date = 10 October 2009
|time = 18:00 [[UTC+3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 0
|report =[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=250471/match=300041066/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KAZ}}
|goals1 = [[Maksim Bardachov|Bardachov]] {{goal|23}} <br /> [[Timofei Kalachev|Kalachev]] {{goal|69||90+3}}<br /> [[Leonid Kovel|Kovel]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Regional Sport Complex Brestskiy]], [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]]
|attendance =10,000
|referee=[[Saïd Ennjimi]] ([[French Football Federation|France]]) }}
----
[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
<div id="England v Belarus"/>{{footballbox
|date = 14 October 2009
|time = 20:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=250471/match=300041202/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BLR}}
|goals1 =[[Peter Crouch|Crouch]] {{goal|4||76}}<br>[[Shaun Wright-Phillips|Wright-Phillips]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Wembley Stadium]], [[London]]
|attendance = 76,897
|referee = [[Lucilio Cardoso Cortez Batista]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Saudi Arabia v Belarus"/>{{footballbox
|date = 14 November 2009
|time = 15:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1
|report = [http://www.football.by/natteam/friendly/saudarav_bel2009.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BLR}}
|goals1 =[[Nasser Al-Shamrani|Al-Shamrani]] {{goal|32}}
|goals2 =[[Maksim Bardachov|Bardachov]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 1,100
|referee = S. Al-Abbasi ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Montenegro v Belarus"/>{{footballbox
|date = 18 November 2009
|time = 17:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|MNE}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://football.by/natteam/friendly/montenegro_bel2009.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BLR}}
|goals1 =[[Mirko Vučinić|Vučinić]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Podgorica City Stadium]], [[Podgorica]]
|attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Aleksandar Stavrev]] ([[Football Federation of Macedonia|Macedonia]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Belarus v Armenia"/>{{footballbox
|date = 3 March 2010
|time = 15:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
|report = [http://football.by/natteam/friendly/bel_armenia2010.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARM}}
|goals1 =[[Anton Putsila|Putsila]] {{goal|58}}<br>[[Aliaksandr Hleb|A. Hleb]] {{goal|73}}<br>[[Vitali Rodionov|Rodionov]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 =[[Levon Pachajyan|Pachajyan]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium = [[Antalya Atatürk Stadium]], [[Antalya]], [[Turkey]]
|attendance = 100
|referee = [[Audrius Žuta]] ([[Lithuanian Football Federation|Lithuania]]) }}
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[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Belarus v Honduras"/>{{footballbox
|date = 27 May 2010
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 2
|report = [http://www.football.by/stat/natteam/friendly/19/1/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|HON}}
|goals1 =[[Anton Putsila|Putsila]] {{goal|56||60}}
|goals2 =[[Julio César de León|de León]] {{goal|25}}<br>[[Georgie Welcome|Welcome]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Lind Stadium]], [[Villach]], [[Austria]]
|attendance = 400
|referee = [[Rene Eisner]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Belarus v Korea Republic"/>{{footballbox
|date = 30 May 2010
|time = 16:00 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 0
|report = [http://www.football.by/stat/natteam/friendly/19/2/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR}}
|goals1 =[[Syarhey Kislyak|Kislyak]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Kufstein Arena]], [[Kufstein]], [[Austria]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = [[Bernhard Brugger]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Belarus v Sweden"/>{{footballbox
|date = 2 June 2010
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+1]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BLR}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
|report = [http://www.football.by/stat/natteam/friendly/19/3/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =[[Christian Wilhelmsson|Wilhelmsson]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium = [[Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Minsk]]
|attendance = 15,200
|referee = [[Aleksey Nikolaev (referee)|Aleksey Nikolaev]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]]) }}
----
[[Friendly match]]
[[Friendly match]]
<div id="Lithuania v Belarus"/>{{footballbox
<div id="Lithuania v Belarus"/>{{footballbox
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|referee = [[William Collum (referee)|William Collum]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]]) }}
|referee = [[William Collum (referee)|William Collum]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]]) }}
----
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===Upcoming fixtures===
[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
[[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]]
<div id="Belarus v Romania"/>{{footballbox
<div id="Belarus v Romania"/>{{footballbox

Revision as of 21:59, 3 September 2010

Belarus
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachBernd Stange
CaptainYuri Zhevnov
Most capsAliaksandr Kulchiy (84)
Top scorerMaxim Romaschenko (20)
Home stadiumDinamo Stadium
FIFA codeBLR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current78
Highest57 (June-August 2008)
Lowest142 (March 1994)
First international
Lithuania Lithuania 1–1 Belarus Belarus
(Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus Belarus 5–0 Lithuania Lithuania
(Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Austria Austria 5–0 Belarus 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.

History

After the split of Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on July 20, 1992. Before that, some Belarusian players played for the USSR national football team. The first FIFA-recognized international was a friendly against Ukraine on October 28, 1992 and the first win happened in a match against Luxembourg on October 12, 1994.

Belarus have never qualified for either FIFA World Cup, or UEFA European Championship. Despite the lack of any significant success during 90s, some notable results were still archieved, like home win against Netherlands in qualification for Euro 1996 or two draws against Italy during Euro 2000 qualification.

Under coach Eduard Malofeev 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 pass Ukraine, who tied their last game, for the second place, and to finish second behind Poland.

Euro 2004 qualifying campaingn was very unsuccessful as Belarus lost 7 of 8 games. Around the same time generation change occurred and a number of players from U-21 team (which successfully qualified for 2004 European U-21 Championship) joined national team. With each next head coach (Anatoly Baidachny, Yuri Puntus and Bernd Stange) the team improved their attacking skills. As a result in every next qualifying tournament starting with 2006 World Cup Belarus scored more goals (total and average per game) than in previous. However, problems in defense and a lot of missed goals prevented them from finishing higher than 4th in the group. Some notable results during this period included high-scoring 3–4 away loss to Italy in 2006 World Cup qualifier (the first time Italy missed 3 goals in a home qualifying game since 1983) and another home victory against Netherlands during Euro 2008 qualifying.

Belarusians archieved some success 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).

Home Venue

The team plays vast majority of its home matches at the 40,000 Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.

Occasionally other venues were also used: Molodechno City Stadium in May 1996 (friendly against Azerbaijan), Central Sportcomplex in Vitebsk in November 2005 (friendly against Latvia), Central Stadion 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 Sport Complex Brestskiy in Brest in October 2009 (another 2010 World Cup quallifier against Kazakhstan).

Colors

Throughout 90s and early 00s Belarus used to play 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 all white uniform was given away status.

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
2010 - Finished 4th in Qualifying group

UEFA Euro 2012 qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group D

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

Friendly match

Lithuania 0 – 2 Belarus
Report V.Hleb 48', 90+2'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Igor Satchi (Moldova)

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

France 0 – 1 Belarus
Report Kislyak 86'
Attendance: 76,395

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Belarus v Romania

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Luxembourg v Belarus

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Belarus v Albania

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Albania v Belarus

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Belarus v France

Record versus different opponents

Opponent Pld W D L Goals
World Cup Qualifying 40 11 9 20 48–60
Euro Qualifying 39 9 6 24 34–66
Friendly 64 22 21 21 96–88
Opponent Pld W D L Goals
 Lithuania 7 4 2 1 14–4
 Ukraine 7 1 3 3 4–7
 Latvia 6 4 1 1 13–7
 Netherlands 6 2 0 4 3–10
 Norway 6 1 2 3 4–9
 Poland 5 2 2 1 10–7
 Moldova 5 2 1 2 9–7
 Andorra 4 3 0 1 11–4
 Armenia 4 2 1 1 6–4
 Luxembourg 4 2 1 1 4–2
 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
 Russia 3 0 2 1 2–4
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 2–8
 Romania 3 0 0 3 2–8
 Sweden 3 0 0 3 2–8
 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 0 9–1
 Albania 2 1 1 0 6–4
 Iran 2 1 1 0 4–3
 Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 4–3
 Cyprus 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
 Croatia 2 0 0 2 1–4
  Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0–3
 England 2 0 0 2 1–6
 Hungary 1 1 0 0 5–2
 Iceland 1 1 0 0 2–0
 France 1 1 0 0 1–0
 South Korea 1 1 0 0 1–0
 Germany 1 0 1 0 2–2
 Azerbaijan 1 0 1 0 2–2
 Honduras 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
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 0 1–1
 Argentina 1 0 1 0 0–0
 Greece 1 0 0 1 0–1
 Montenegro 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: 143 42 36 65 178–214

Squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Lithuania on August 11, 2010. The same 21-man squad is called up for UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches against France and Romania on September 3 and 7.

Caps and goals are correct as of August 11, 2010.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Yuri Zhevnov (1981-04-17) April 17, 1981 (age 43) 39 0 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
1GK Syarhey Vyeramko (1982-10-16) October 16, 1982 (age 42) 4 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
1GK Anton Amelchenko (1985-03-27) March 27, 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Russia Rostov
2DF Sergei Omelyanchuk (1980-08-08) August 8, 1980 (age 44) 61 1 Russia Terek Grozny
2DF Aliaksandr Yurevich (1979-08-09) August 9, 1979 (age 45) 25 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
2DF Igor Shitov (1986-10-24) October 24, 1986 (age 37) 16 1 Belarus BATE Borisov
2DF Syarhey Sasnowski (1981-08-14) August 14, 1981 (age 43) 14 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
2DF Dmitry Molosh (1981-12-10) December 10, 1981 (age 42) 9 0 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
2DF Maksim Bardachov (1986-06-18) June 18, 1986 (age 38) 8 2 Belarus BATE Borisov
2DF Alyaksandr Martynovich (1987-08-26) August 26, 1987 (age 37) 6 0 Russia Krasnodar
2DF Eduard Zhevnerov (1987-11-01) November 1, 1987 (age 36) 1 0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev
3MF Aliaksandr Kulchiy (1973-11-01) November 1, 1973 (age 50) 84 5 Russia Rostov
3MF Aliaksandr Hleb (1981-05-01) May 1, 1981 (age 43) 54 7 England Birmingham City
3MF Yan Tigorev (1984-03-10) March 10, 1984 (age 40) 14 0 Ukraine Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
3MF Anton Putsila (1987-06-23) June 23, 1987 (age 37) 13 3 Germany Freiburg
3MF Syarhey Kryvets (1986-06-08) June 8, 1986 (age 38) 9 0 Poland Lech Poznan
3MF Syarhey Kislyak (1987-08-06) August 6, 1987 (age 37) 8 1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
4FW Vitali Kutuzov (1980-03-20) March 20, 1980 (age 44) 50 13 Italy Bari
4FW Sergei Kornilenko (1983-06-14) June 14, 1983 (age 41) 41 9 Russia Rubin Kazan
4FW Vyacheslav Hleb (1983-02-12) February 12, 1983 (age 41) 34 10 China Shenzhen Ruby
4FW Vitali Rodionov (1983-11-11) November 11, 1983 (age 40) 22 4 Belarus BATE Borisov

Recent call-up

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 Pavel Chasnowski (1986-03-04) March 4, 1986 (age 38) 0 0 Latvia Tranzīts v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
DF Dmitry Verkhovtsov (1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 (age 38) 15 2 Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk v. Sweden (June 2, 2010)
DF Egor Filipenko (1988-04-10) April 10, 1988 (age 36) 15 0 Russia Sibir Novosibirsk v. England (October 14, 2009)
DF Pavel Plaskonny (1985-01-29) January 29, 1985 (age 39) 14 1 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
DF Dmitry Lentsevich (1983-06-20) June 20, 1983 (age 41) 14 0 Czech Republic České Budějovice v. Sweden (June 2, 2010)
MF Timofei Kalachev (1981-05-01) May 1, 1981 (age 43) 42 7 Russia Rostov v. Armenia (March 3, 2010)
MF Mikalay Kashewski (1980-10-05) October 5, 1980 (age 44) 14 0 Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
MF Ihar Stasevich (1985-10-21) October 21, 1985 (age 39) 11 1 Russia Volga Nizhny Novgorod v. Ukraine (September 9, 2009)
MF Filipp Rudik (1987-03-22) March 22, 1987 (age 37) 3 0 Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
MF Dzmitry Shchagrykovich (1983-12-07) December 7, 1983 (age 40) 1 0 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
MF Mikhail Afanasyev (1986-11-04) November 4, 1986 (age 37) 1 0 Russia Salyut Belgorod v. Montenegro (November 18, 2009)
MF Mikhail Sivakov (1988-01-16) January 16, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Italy Cagliari v. Sweden (June 2, 2010)
FW Leonid Kovel (1986-07-29) July 29, 1986 (age 38) 17 4 Russia Saturn Moscow Oblast v. Armenia (March 3, 2010)
FW Gennadi Bliznyuk (1980-07-30) July 30, 1980 (age 44) 12 4 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk v. England (October 14, 2009)
FW Andrei Voronkov (1989-02-08) February 8, 1989 (age 35) 3 0 Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v. Sweden (June 2, 2010)

Players

Most Capped Players

Footballers with 50+ caps for the national side

No. Player Caps Goals Active?
1 Aliaksandr Kulchiy 84 5 Yes
2 Sergei Gurenko 80 3 No
3 Sergei Shtanyuk 71 3 Club Only
4 Maksim Romaschenko 64 20 Club Only
5 Sergei Omelyanchuk 61 1 Yes
6 Valentin Belkevich 56 10 Club Only
7 Aliaksandr Hleb 54 7 Yes
8 Andrei Ostrovsky 52 1 No
9 Vitali Kutuzov 50 13 Yes

Top Scorers

Footballers with 10+ goals for the national side

No. Player Goals Caps Active?
1 Maksim Romaschenko 20 64 Club Only
2 Vitali Kutuzov 13 50 Yes
3 Valentin Belkevich 10 56 Club Only
4 Vyacheslav Hleb 10 34 Yes
5 Raman Vasilyuk 10 24 Yes

Managers

Manager Career Games Managed Wins Draws Loses Goals
Belarus Mihail Verhejenka 1992–1994, 1997–1999 24 2 6 16 22–40
Belarus Siarhej Barouski 1994–1996, 1999–2000 26 4 9 13 21–43
Belarus Eduard Malofeev 2000–2003 22 10 5 7 31–31
Belarus Valery Stralcou (caretaker) 2002 1 0 0 1 0–3
Russia Anatoly Baidachny 2003–2005 22 10 4 8 34–29
Belarus Yuri Puntus 2006–2007 14 3 4 7 19–26
Germany Bernd Stange 2007–Present 34 13 8 13 51–42
Total: 1992–Present 143 42 36 65 178–214

References

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