Belarus women's national football team

Belarus
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
(Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachEduard Demenkovets
CaptainOksana Shpak
FIFA codeBLR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 57 Decrease 1 (24 March 2023)[1]
Highest37 (December 2011)
Lowest56 (December 2018)
First international
 Poland 3–0 Belarus Belarus
(Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland; 4 November 1995)
Biggest win
 Estonia 0–7 Belarus Belarus
(Valga, Estonia; 17 May 2000)
Belarus Belarus 8–1 Kazakhstan 
(Minsk, Belarus; 25 August 2004)
Biggest defeat
 Ukraine 8–0 Belarus Belarus
(Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 August 2014)
This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Belarus national football team.

The Belarus women's national football team represents Belarus in international women's football. The team is governed by the Football Federation of Belarus (Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу).

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarusian national and club teams from hosting international competitions.[2][3]

History
Belarus women's national team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Turkey on September 17, 2014.

Belarus first appeared in a FIFA/UEFA qualification stage in the 1997 European Championship, where it was paired with the Czech Republic, Poland and Estonia. In its first official match they lost 0–1 to the Czech Republic on 7 October 1995. In May 1996 they attained their first official win by beating 3–0 Poland, which had defeated them 2–0 in the first match. In the 1999 World Cup qualifying Belarus was ranked in Class B, with no qualifying options.

In the 2001 European Championship qualifying, again in Class B, Belarus beat Estonia 4–1 and 0–7, Israel 0–5 and 1–0 and Slovakia 1–0, and tied 1–1 in Romania, but the Romanians earned the spot in the promotion play-offs after beating Belarus 0–1. Belarus lost 6–1 to Slovakia in the last match.

In the 2003 World Cup qualifying, Class B, Belarus was 3rd, tied with Slovakia.

In the 2005 European Championship qualification, Class B, Belarus beat Estonia 5–0 and 1–3, Kazakhstan 0–2 and 8–1, and Israel 0–2. They just conceded two points, from a home 1–1 tie against Israel. Belarus topped the group for the first time, but there were no promotion play-offs as the qualifying system was unified for 2009.

In the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Belarus was promoted for the First Category, and ended second to last with 7 points. In the 2009 European Championship qualifying Belarus ended second to last. In the 2011 World Cup qualifying Belarus was 3rd. In the 2013 European Championship qualifying Belarus was grouped with Finland, Ukraine, Slovakia and Estonia.

Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022
24 June World Cup 2023 qualifying Belarus  2–1  Czech Republic Belgrade
19:00 Valiuk 8', 19' Report Szewieczková 29' Stadium: Čukarički Stadium
Referee: Kristina Georgieva (Bulgaria)
28 June World Cup 2023 qualifying Netherlands  3–0  Belarus Enschede
 Report Stadium: FC Twente Stadion
Attendance: 0
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
6 September World Cup 2023 qualifying Czech Republic  7–0  Belarus Opava
 Report Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech
Referee: Marina Živković (Serbia)
7 October International Friendly Belarus  0–2  Russia
10 October International Friendly Belarus  2–2  Russia
12 November Friendly Iran  1–0  Belarus Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+3:30 Motevalli 45' Report Stadium: Ararat Stadium
15 November Friendly Iran  1–1  Belarus Tehran, Iran
15:30 UTC+3:30 Ghanbari 45' Report Olkhovik 76' Stadium: Ararat Stadium

2023
7 April Friendly Belarus  0–0  Russia Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3 Report Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium
10 April Friendly Belarus  0–2  Russia TBC, Belarus
--:-- UTC+3

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 21 March 2021
Name Role
Eduard Demenkovets Manager

Manager history
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Eduard Demenkovets  ????– 0 0 0 0 00.0%

Players

Current squad
The following players were called up for a friendly match against  Netherlands on 26 October 2021.[4]
Caps and goals accurate up to and including 20 June 2021.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nataliya Voskobovich (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 15 0 Russia Zvezda Perm
12 1GK Ekaterina Miklashevich (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 0 0 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
2 2DF Hanna Krasikava (2002-10-03) 3 October 2002 0 0 Belarus Minsk
8 2DF Viktoryia Kazakevich (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 13 0 Belarus Minsk
9 2DF Anna Kozyupa (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 21 1 Croatia Split
16 2DF Anastasiya Novikava (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 8 0 Belarus Minsk
20 2DF Kseniya Kubichnaya (1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 10 0 Belarus Minsk
3 3MF Anastasiya Linnik (captain) (1993-07-11) 11 July 1993 29 1 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
5 3MF Anna Sas (2003-10-06) 6 October 2003 2 0 Belarus Minsk
6 3MF Tatsiana Markusheuskaya (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 11 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
17 3MF Tatyana Krasnova (1995-06-27) 27 June 1995 6 0 Russia Ryazan-VDV
18 3MF Viktoryia Valiuk (2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 0 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
21 3MF Valeryia Bohdan (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 1 0 Belarus Minsk
23 3MF Anna Pilipenko (C) (1988-12-25) 25 December 1988 24 5 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
4 4FW Anastasiya Shlapakova (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 8 2 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
14 4FW Karina Olkhovik (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 26 9 Italy Sassuolo
15 4FW Anastasiya Shuppo (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 13 2 Belarus Dinamo Minsk

Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to a Belarus squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
RET Retired from the national team
SUS Serving suspension
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did not exist UEFA Euro 1991
Sweden 1995Did not enter UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999Did not qualify 612389-1
United States 2003 85032716+11
China 2007 8215623-17
Germany 2011 84131714+3
Canada 2015 102081231-19
France 2019 8107521-16
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total-------- 481542975114-39
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
EnglandItalyNorwaySweden 1984 to Denmark 1991Did not exist Did not exist
Italy 1993Did not enter Did not enter
EnglandGermanyNorwaySweden 1995
NorwaySweden 1997Did not qualify 6303129
Germany 2001 8512209
England 2005 8512213
Finland 2009 81161027
Sweden 2013 84131017
Netherlands 2017 83051020
England 2022 72051115
Total------- 532342694100
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. Goldberg, Rob. "UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine". Bleacher Report.
  3. [🖉"Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  4. "Match Report of Uzbekistan vs Belarus - 2021-04-11 - FIFA Friendlies - Women". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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