Belarus national under-21 football team
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.
| Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Sergey Yasinsky | ||
| Home stadium | Citi Stadium (Borisov) | ||
| FIFA code | BLR | ||
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| First international | |||
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| 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) | ||
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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | TBD | |||||||
| Total | Third place | 3/16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
UEFA U21 Euro 2023 qualification
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Belarus |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Final tournament | — | 22 Mar '24 | 0–0 | 12 Sep | 20 Nov | 7 Sep | |
| 2 | Greece |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Play-offs | 1–1 | — | 26 Mar '24 | 20 Nov | 13 Oct | 16 Nov | |
| 3 | Andorra |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 Jun | 12 Sep | — | 15 Oct '24 | 21 Mar '24 | 17 Oct | ||
| 4 | Portugal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 Oct | 17 Oct | 8 Sep | — | 26 Mar '24 | 21 Mar '24 | ||
| 5 | Croatia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 Oct | 15 Oct '24 | 11 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | — | 5 Sep '24 | ||
| 6 | Faroe Islands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 Oct '24 | 10 Sep '24 | 16 Jun | 11 Oct '24 | 12 Sep | — |
Current squad
The following players were called up for two 2025 UEFA U21 Euro qualifying matches against Andorra and Greece on 24 and 28 March 2023.
Caps and goals are correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Greece.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Timofey Yurasov | 25 February 2003 | 3 | 0 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | |
| GK | Mikhail Kozakevich | 19 May 2002 | 3 | 0 | Dinamo Brest | |
| GK | Fedor Lapoukhov | 20 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| DF | Yan Skibsky | 25 December 2002 | 7 | 0 | Vitebsk | |
| DF | Gleb Yakushevich | 31 July 2002 | 6 | 0 | Minsk | |
| DF | Ilya Moskalenchik | 4 May 2003 | 5 | 0 | Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg | |
| DF | Vladislav Kalinin | 14 January 2002 | 5 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| DF | Nikita Baranok | 31 March 2004 | 2 | 1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | |
| DF | Maksim Kasarab | 10 June 2003 | 2 | 1 | Minsk | |
| DF | Yegor Parkhomenko | 7 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Neman Grodno | |
| MF | Kirill Zinovich | 5 March 2003 | 15 | 1 | Vitória de Guimarães | |
| MF | Andrey Rylach | 5 June 2002 | 12 | 1 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| MF | Nikita Demchenko | 6 September 2002 | 8 | 0 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| MF | Yuliy Kuznetsov | 2 August 2003 | 4 | 1 | Minsk | |
| MF | Kirill Chernook | 2 January 2003 | 3 | 0 | Minsk | |
| MF | Daniil Dushevskiy | 1 March 2004 | 3 | 0 | Minsk | |
| MF | Gleb Rovdo | 4 June 2002 | 2 | 0 | Isloch Minsk Raion | |
| MF | Maksim Kovalevich | 2 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | |
| MF | Kirill Zabelin | 22 June 2002 | 0 | 0 | Minsk | |
| FW | Dmitry Latykhov | 25 March 2003 | 6 | 3 | Dinamo Minsk | |
| FW | Yegor Karpitsky | 27 November 2003 | 6 | 1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | |
| FW | Ilya Chernyak | 19 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | Akhmat Grozny | |
| FW | German Barkovskiy | 25 June 2002 | 2 | 0 | Energetik-BGU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Denis Seledtsov | 28 March 2003 | 0 | 0 | Energetik-BGU Minsk |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| GK | Andrey Kudravets | 2 September 2003 | 1 | 0 | BATE Borisov |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| DF | Aleksey Firsov | 7 February 2002 | 2 | 0 | Dinamo Brest |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| DF | Aleksey Dunayev | 11 September 2004 | 1 | 0 | Dnepr Mogilev |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| DF | Ilya Sviridenko | 9 October 2002 | 1 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| DF | Ilya Zhukov | 5 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | Smorgon |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| DF | Andrey Makarenko | 16 March 2002 | 0 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| DF | Leonardo Mascaró Kapilevich | 2 August 2003 | 0 | 0 | Sevilla Atlético |
v. Russia (21 September 2022) PRE |
| MF | Aleksey Antilevsky | 2 February 2002 | 5 | 0 | Slavia Mozyr |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| MF | Ruslan Lisakovich | 22 March 2002 | 4 | 0 | Dynamo Makhachkala |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| MF | Rodion Pechura | 24 March 2004 | 1 | 0 | Minsk |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| MF | Kirill Tsepenkov | 8 July 2004 | 0 | 0 | Dinamo Brest |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| MF | Anton Suchkow | 29 May 2002 | 2 | 0 | Neman Grodno |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| MF | Denis Kovalevich | 29 March 2003 | 2 | 0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| MF | Nikita Sokolovskiy | 14 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | Belshina Bobruisk |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| MF | Vladislav Sugak | 30 July 2002 | 1 | 0 | Dinamo Brest |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| MF | Mikhail Sachkovskiy | 21 November 2002 | 1 | 0 | Slutsk |
v. Kazakhstan (27 September 2022) |
| FW | Vladislav Lozhkin | 25 March 2002 | 19 | 4 | Dinamo Minsk |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
| FW | Artyom Shumansky | 25 November 2004 | 2 | 1 |  Aris Limassol |
v. Iran (19 November 2022) |
See also
References
- Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
- [🖉"Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
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