Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Sergey Yaromko | ||
Home stadium | Citi Stadium (Borisov) | ||
FIFA code | BLR | ||
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First international | |||
Moldova 0–1 Belarus (Chişinău, Moldova; 30 August 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Belarus 10–0 Gibraltar (Zhodino, Belarus; 8 June 2019) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Russia 7–0 Belarus (Moscow, Russia; 31 May 2017) Belarus 0–7 Netherlands (Zhodino, Belarus; 4 September 2020) | |||
UEFA European Under-21 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 competed in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.
The team qualified for the final round of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship three times. In 2004 in Germany and 2009 in Sweden the team was unable to advance past group stage.
In 2011 at U21 Euro 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 lost 1-3 to Spain. They defeated the Czech Republic 1–0 in the third-place match and qualified for the Men's Football Tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA banned Belarus from hosting international competitions. [1] [2]
UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
1976–1992 | Part of Soviet Union | |||||||
1994 | Did not enter | |||||||
1996 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1998 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
2004 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2007 | ||||||||
2009 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2011 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2013 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2015 | ||||||||
2017 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2025 | ||||||||
Total | Third place | 3/17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Portugal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 12 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 26 Mar '24 | 21 Mar '24 | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
2 | Greece | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 11 | Play-offs | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 26 Mar '24 | 1–1 | |
3 | Croatia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 10 | 10 Sep '24 | 15 Oct '24 | — | 5 Sep '24 | 11 Oct '24 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Faroe Islands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 11 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 15 Oct '24 | ||
5 | Andorra | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 15 Oct '24 | 0–1 | 21 Mar '24 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | ||
6 | Belarus (E) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 3 | 0–5 | 22 Mar '24 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |
The following players were called up for 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying match against Greece and friendly match against Maxline Vitebsk on 22 and 25 March 2024.
Caps and goals are correct as of 20 November 2023, after the match against Croatia.
The following players have also been called up within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Fedor Lapoukhov | 20 June 2003 | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
GK | Uladzislaw Ihnatsyew | 3 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | BATE Borisov | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
GK | Mikhail Kozakevich | 19 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
GK | Timofey Yurasov | 25 February 2003 | 3 | 0 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
DF | Yan Skibsky | 25 December 2002 | 13 | 0 | Vitebsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
DF | Gleb Yakushevich | 31 July 2002 | 12 | 1 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
DF | Ilya Moskalenchik | 4 May 2003 | 12 | 0 | Tyumen | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
DF | Andrey Makarenko | 16 March 2002 | 2 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
DF | Ilya Bogdanovich | 30 January 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
DF | Vladislav Melko | 19 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
DF | Nikita Sokolovskiy | 14 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | Belshina Bobruisk | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
DF | Ilya Zhukov | 5 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | Smorgon | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
DF | Roman Piletsky | 14 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | BATE Borisov | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
DF | Yegor Parkhomenko | 7 January 2003 | 2 | 0 | Neman Grodno | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
DF | Alyaksey Syamyonaw | 17 December 2002 | 0 | 0 | Slutsk | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
DF | Vladislav Kalinin | 14 January 2002 | 5 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Greece (28 March 2023) |
MF | Andrey Rylach | 5 June 2002 | 20 | 1 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
MF | Yuliy Kuznetsov | 2 August 2003 | 9 | 1 | Slavia Mozyr | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
MF | Maksim Kovalevich | 2 May 2002 | 8 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
MF | Ivan Zenkov | 2 September 2003 | 3 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
MF | Kirill Zinovich | 5 March 2003 | 21 | 2 | Dynamo Makhachkala | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Aleksey Antilevsky | 2 February 2002 | 9 | 1 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Gleb Rovdo | 4 June 2002 | 7 | 1 | Isloch Minsk Raion | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Ruslan Lisakovich | 22 March 2002 | 7 | 0 | Neman Grodno | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Matvey Dukso | 8 April 2003 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Kirill Tsepenkov | 8 July 2004 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
MF | Daniil Prudnik | 4 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | Slavia Mozyr | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
MF | Artem Bruy | 9 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | Maxline Vitebsk | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
MF | Maksim Omelyanchuk | 5 September 2003 | 0 | 0 | Slutsk | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
MF | Alyaksandar Savitski | 22 June 2004 | 0 | 0 | Gomel | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
MF | Nikita Demchenko | 6 September 2002 | 10 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
MF | Anton Suchkow | 29 May 2002 | 4 | 0 | Naftan Novopolotsk | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
MF | Kirill Chernook | 2 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | BATE Borisov | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
MF | Kirill Zabelin | 22 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | Minsk | v. Andorra (20 June 2023) |
FW | Vladislav Lozhkin | 25 March 2002 | 22 | 4 | Turan | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | Yegor Karpitsky | 27 November 2003 | 12 | 4 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | Artyom Shumansky | 25 November 2004 | 10 | 2 | Aris Limassol | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | Maksim Kravtsov | 20 June 2002 | 2 | 0 | Neman Grodno | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | German Barkovskiy | 25 June 2002 | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
FW | Ilya Chernyak | 19 May 2002 | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
FW | Karen Vardanyan | 9 September 2003 | 0 | 0 | Vitebsk | v. Rotor Volgograd (11 July 2023) |
FW | Dmitry Latykhov | 25 March 2003 | 6 | 3 | Isloch Minsk Raion | v. Greece (28 March 2023) |
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