Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U21

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vitaliy Pavlov
Home stadium	Citi Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
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.

History

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]}

European Championship record

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1976–1992	Part of the 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
2027	TBD
Total	Third place	3/18	11	3	2	6	11	19

UEFA U21 Euro 2027 qualification

Main article: 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament		—	6 Oct '26	10 Oct	31 Mar '26	28 Sep '26
2	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs		14 Oct	—	27 Mar '26	28 Sep '26	24 Sep '26
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2 Oct '26	14 Nov	—	14 Oct	31 Mar '26
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			8 Sep	10 Oct	6 Oct '26	—	27 Mar '26
5	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18 Nov	4 Sep	8 Sep	14 Nov	—

First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly matches against Azerbaijan and China on 4 and 7 June 2025.

Caps and goals are correct as of 7 June 2025, after the match against China.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Arseniy Skopets	(2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 (age 20)	6	0	BATE Borisov
	1 GK	Artyom Karatay	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Dinamo Minsk
	1 GK	Ivan Shimakovich	(2005-02-13) 13 February 2005 (age 20)	3	0	Dinamo Minsk
	2 DF	Nikita Baranok	(2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 (age 21)	17	3	Maxline Vitebsk
	2 DF	Vadim Martinkevich	(2004-04-10) 10 April 2004 (age 21)	9	0	Gomel
	2 DF	Kirill Gomanov	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 20)	7	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	2 DF	Vladislav Melko	(2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 (age 20)	5	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	2 DF	Ilya Dubinets	(2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 (age 21)	4	1	Minsk
	2 DF	Vasiliy Chernyavskiy	(2006-06-14) 14 June 2006 (age 19)	4	0	Slutsk
	2 DF	Maksim Burko	(2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 (age 21)	3	0	KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
	2 DF	Matvey Bokhno	(2007-10-14) 14 October 2007 (age 17)	2	0	Lech Poznań
	3 MF	Daniil Dushevskiy	(2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 (age 21)	19	1	Mladost Novi Sad
	3 MF	Rodion Pechura	(2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 (age 21)	13	2	Kuban Krasnodar
	3 MF	Artur Nazarenko	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 21)	10	0	Neman Grodno
	3 MF	Ruslan Myalkovskiy	(2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 (age 19)	8	2	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
	3 MF	Timofey Sharkovskiy	(2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	3 MF	Kirill Tsepenkov	(2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 (age 20)	4	4	Dinamo Minsk
	3 MF	Yevgeniy Novykh	(2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Vitebsk
	3 MF	Gleb Kuchko	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 20)	4	0	Wisła Płock
	3 MF	Vladislav Varaksa	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Minsk
	3 MF	Andrey Denisyuk	(2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 (age 20)	2	1	Minsk
	3 MF	Egor Prokopenko	(2006-09-07) 7 September 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Cerdanyola del Vallès
	4 FW	Artyom Shumansky	(2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 (age 20)	13	2	CSKA Moscow
	4 FW	Timofey Simanenka	(2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Minsk

Recent call-ups

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
DF	Aleksey Dunayev	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004 (age 20)	5	0	Dnepr Mogilev	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
DF	Yegor Bozhko	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Maxline Vitebsk	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
DF	Arseniy Ageyev	(2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 (age 20)	8	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF	Vladislav Grekovich	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Minsk	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF	Matvey Svidinskiy	(2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 (age 21)	2	0	BATE Borisov	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF	Yegor Khralenkov	(2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Dinamo Brest	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF	Vladislav Zhuravlev	(2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 (age 20)	6	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
DF	Ivan Oreshkevich	(2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk	v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
MF	Aleksandr Guz	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 21)	9	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF	Danila Zhulpa	(2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 (age 20)	3	0	BATE Borisov	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF	Anton Lukashov	(2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Dnepr Mogilev	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF	Mark Mokin	(2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Baltika Kaliningrad	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF	Pavel Kotlyarov	(2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 (age 20)	8	0	Slavia Mozyr	v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF	Nikita Krasnov	(2004-07-09) 9 July 2004 (age 20)	7	0	Legion Makhachkala	v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF	Artem Sokolovskiy	(2006-07-31) 31 July 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Slutsk	v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF	Nikita Burak	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 (age 21)	6	0	Dinamo Brest	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
MF	Nikolay Sotnikov	(2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk	v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
MF	Zakhar Gitselev	(2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Volna Pinsk	v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW	Aleksandr Frantsuzov	(2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 21)	3	1	Arsenal Dzerzhinsk	v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
FW	Timofey Martynov	(2005-05-06) 6 May 2005 (age 20)	2	1	Orenburg	v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
FW	Maksim Budko	(2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Molodechno	v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
FW	Ivan Grudko	(2004-07-24) 24 July 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Naftan Novopolotsk	v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW	Nikolay Mirskiy	(2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 (age 19)	0	0	BATE Borisov	v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW	Trofim Melnichenko	(2006-09-18) 18 September 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Porto B	v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024)

See also

• Belarus national football team
• Belarus national under-23 football team
• Belarus national under-19 football team
• Belarus national under-17 football team

References

1. Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
2. [🖉 "Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.^{[ permanent dead link ]}