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 (X) | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4 | +24 | 21 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Greece (Y) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 17 | Play-offs | 2–1 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
3 | Croatia | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 16 | 0–2 | 15 Oct '24 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 11 Oct '24 | ||
4 | Faroe Islands (E) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 7 | 11 Oct '24 | 0–4 | 2–4 | — | 15 Oct '24 | 2–2 | ||
5 | Belarus (E) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 6 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | ||
6 | Andorra (E) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | 15 Oct '24 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
The following players were called up for friendly match against Shakhtyor Soligorsk and 2025 U21 Euro qualifier against Faroe Islands on 10 and 15 October 2024.
Caps and goals are correct as of 10 September 2024, after the match against Slovakia.
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 | Ivan Shimakovich | 13 February 2005 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024) PRE |
GK | Konstantin Veretynskiy | 23 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
GK | Fyodor 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) |
DF | Vladislav Melko | 19 July 2004 | 3 | 0 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024) PRE |
DF | Ivan Oreshkevich | 20 January 2005 | 2 | 0 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024) PRE |
DF | Aleksey Dunayev | 11 September 2004 | 3 | 0 | Dnepr Mogilev | v. Malta (8 June 2024) |
DF | Matvey Mikhayrin | 22 September 2005 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Malta (5 June 2024) PRE |
DF | Yegor Khralenkov | 11 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
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 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 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 | Belshina Bobruisk | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
MF | Aleksandr Guz | 22 May 2004 | 7 | 0 | Sokol Saratov | v. Slovakia (10 September 2024) |
MF | Timofey Sharkovskiy | 4 February 2004 | 1 | 0 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | v. Slovakia (10 September 2024) |
MF | Vladislav Varaksa | 26 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | Minsk | v. Malta (8 June 2024) |
MF | Zakhar Gitselev | 21 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | BATE Borisov | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
MF | Andrey Denisyuk | 26 March 2005 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
MF | Nikolay Sotnikov | 11 November 2005 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
MF | Andrey Rylach | 5 June 2002 | 20 | 1 | Gomel | 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 | Gomel | 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 | Minsk | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
MF | Matvey Dukso | 8 April 2003 | 0 | 0 | Smorgon | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
FW | Aleksandr Shvedchikov | 20 July 2003 | 1 | 0 | BATE Borisov | v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024) PRE |
FW | Artyom Shumansky | 25 November 2004 | 12 | 2 | CSKA Moscow | v. Slovakia (10 September 2024) |
FW | Aleksandr Frantsuzov | 19 May 2004 | 2 | 0 | Chertanovo Moscow | v. Malta (8 June 2024) |
FW | Ivan Grudko | 24 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | Slavia Mozyr | v. Malta (5 June 2024) PRE |
FW | Timofey Martynov | 6 May 2005 | 2 | 1 | Orenburg | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
FW | Maksim Budko | 30 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | v. Maxline Vitebsk (25 March 2024) |
FW | Vladislav Lozhkin | 25 March 2002 | 22 | 4 | Ufa | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | Maksim Kravtsov | 20 June 2002 | 2 | 0 | Neman Grodno | v. Croatia (20 November 2023) |
FW | German Barkovsky | 25 June 2002 | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
FW | Ilya Chernyak | 19 May 2002 | 6 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | v. Croatia (17 October 2023) |
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