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.

Belarus U-21
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSergey Yasinsky
Home stadiumCiti Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA codeBLR
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
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best resultThird 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 have beaten 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  Soviet Union
1994Did not enter
1996Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2004Group stage5th311144
2006Did not qualify
2007
2009Group stage7th301227
2011Third place3rd520358
2013Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023TBD
TotalThird place3/14113261119

UEFA U21 Euro 2023 qualification
Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (T) 7 6 1 0 25 1 +24 19 Final tournament — 11 Jun 1–0 1–1 6–0 11–0
2  Greece 8 5 2 1 15 5 +10 17 Play-offs 0–4 — 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–0
3  Belarus (Y) 7 3 0 4 12 7 +5 9 4 Jun 0–2 — 1–2 5 Jun 6–0
4  Iceland (Y) 7 2 3 2 8 6 +2 9 0–1 1–1 8 Jun — 11 Jun 3 Jun
5  Cyprus (Y) 7 2 2 3 13 9 +4 8 0–1 6 Jun 0–1 1–1 — 6–0
6  Liechtenstein (E) 8 0 0 8 0 45 −45 0 7 Jun 0–5 0–4 0–3 0–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 U21 Euro qualifier against Cyprus and friendly against Azerbaijan on 26 and 29 March 2022.

Caps and goals are correct as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Azerbaijan.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Artem Makavchik (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 6 0 Energetik-BGU Minsk
1GK Danila Sokol (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 3 0 Slavia Mozyr
1GK Timofey Yurasov (2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 1 0 Isloch Minsk Raion
2DF Roman Vegerya (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 14 0 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
2DF Dmitry Prishchepa (2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 11 0 Veles Moscow
2DF Daniil Miroshnikov (2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 9 0 Gomel
2DF Nikita Supranovich (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 8 1 Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
2DF Aleksandr Mikhalenko (2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 3 0 Isloch Minsk Raion
3MF Oleg Nikiforenko (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 10 3 Isloch Minsk Raion
3MF Roman Davyskiba (2001-03-31) 31 March 2001 10 1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
3MF Maksim Myakish (2000-03-03) 3 March 2000 10 0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
3MF Yaroslav Oreshkevich (2000-09-08) 8 September 2000 8 1 Dinamo Brest
3MF Valeriy Bocherov (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 8 0 BATE Borisov
3MF Kirill Zinovich (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 6 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
3MF Andrey Rylach (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 3 0 Energetik-BGU Minsk
3MF Gleb Zherdev (2000-05-18) 18 May 2000 2 0 Slavia Mozyr
3MF Nikita Demchenko (2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 2 0 Dinamo Minsk
4FW Yegor Bogomolskiy (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 13 1 Minsk
4FW Vladislav Lozhkin (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 12 2 Dinamo Minsk
4FW Vladislav Morozov (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 9 3 Isloch Minsk Raion
4FW Dmitriy Latykhov (2003-03-25) 25 March 2003 4 3 Dinamo Minsk
4FW Ilya Vasilevich (2000-04-14) 14 April 2000 2 1 BATE Borisov

Recent call-up

The following players were called up for U21 team during last 12 months:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Daniil Shapko (2001-04-29) 29 April 2001 0 0 Dinamo Minsk v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
GK Artur Maliyevskiy (2001-08-21) 21 August 2001 1 0 Neman Grodno v. Greece (8 October 2021) PRE
GK Mikhail Kozakevich (2002-05-19) 19 May 2002 0 0 Dinamo Brest v. Isloch Minsk Raion (7 June 2021)
DF Nikita Khalimonchik (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 5 0 Minsk v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
DF Aleksey Shalashnikov (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 0 0 Neman Grodno v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
DF Maksim Kasarab (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 0 0 Minsk v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
DF Denis Gruzhevskiy (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 0 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Liechtenstein (12 October 2021)
MF Viktar Sotnikaw (2001-07-27) 27 July 2001 10 0 Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
MF Andrey Potapenko (2000-02-07) 7 February 2000 4 0 Gomel v. Liechtenstein (16 November 2021)
MF Dmitry Sibilev (2000-07-23) 23 July 2000 3 0 Naftan Novopolotsk v. Liechtenstein (12 October 2021)
MF Yevgeniy Guletskiy (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 2 0 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk v. Liechtenstein (12 October 2021)
MF Aleksey Antilevskiy (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 1 0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. Liechtenstein (12 October 2021)
MF Anton Kavalyow (2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 2 0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. Greece (8 October 2021) PRE
MF Ruslan Lisakovich (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 0 0 Isloch Minsk Raion v. Greece (8 October 2021) PRE
MF Vladislav Kalinin (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 0 0 Dinamo Minsk v. Isloch Minsk Raion (7 June 2021)
FW Aleksandr Shestyuk (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 5 2 RFS v. Greece (12 November 2021) INJ
FW Mikita Nyakrasaw (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 3 0 BATE Borisov v. Greece (8 October 2021) PRE
FW Kirill Kirilenko (2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 4 0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. Isloch Minsk Raion (7 June 2021)

See also

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.


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