Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U-21
Association Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Igor Kovalevich
Home stadium Citi Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA code BLR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Moldova 0–1 Belarus Belarus
(Chişinău, Moldova; August 30, 1992)
Biggest win
 Belarus 6–0 San Marino 
(Vitebsk, Belarus; November 16, 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Norway 4–0 Belarus Belarus
(Hønefoss, Norway; September 8, 1994)
 Norway 5–1 Belarus Belarus
(Drammen, Norway; June 5, 2001)
 Sweden 5–1 Belarus Belarus
(Malmö, Sweden; June 16, 2009)
UEFA U-21 European 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 competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

History

Over the years the team archived some notable results, in comparison with Belarus senior team. They have qualified for the final round of the European Under-21 Football Championship three times. At first two attempts (2004 in Germany and 2009 in Sweden) the team was unable to advance past group stage.

In 2011 Belarus made its third appearance in the final stage of U21 Euro (staged 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 was close to reaching the final as they were leading 1–0 up to the last minutes of the semifinal game against Spain until they conceded an equalizer at the 89th minute and ultimately lost 1–3 in the extra time. 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.

European Championship record

UEFA European U-21 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1976–1992 Part of  Soviet Union
France 1994 Did not enter
Spain 1996 Did not qualify
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002
Germany 2004 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Portugal 2006 Did not qualify
Netherlands 2007
Sweden 2009 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 7
Denmark 2011 Third place 3rd 5 2 0 3 5 8
Israel 2013 Did not qualify
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017
Total Third place 3/12 11 3 2 6 11 19

UEFA U-21 Euro 2017 qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 8 6 1 1 21 6 +15 19 Final tournament — 4–2 5–0 3–1 2–0
2  Netherlands 8 4 2 2 15 10 +5 14 1–3 — 0–0 1–0 4–0
3  Turkey 8 3 2 3 7 8 −1 11 1–1 0–1 — 1–0 0–1
4  Belarus 8 2 2 4 7 11 −4 8 1–0 2–2 0–2 — 2–2
5  Cyprus 8 1 1 6 4 19 −15 4 0–3 1–4 0–3 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly match against Ukraine on 11 November 2016.

Caps and goals are correct as of 11 November, after the match against Ukraine.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Denis Scherbitskiy (1996-04-14) April 14, 1996 4 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
1GK Artem Bely (1997-04-28) April 28, 1997 1 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion
2DF Aleksandr Pavlovets (1996-08-13) August 13, 1996 10 0 Belarus Neman Grodno
2DF Dmitry Baiduk (1996-08-03) August 3, 1996 5 0 Belarus Smolevichi-STI
2DF Yevgeniy Leshko (1996-06-24) June 24, 1996 3 0 Belarus Neman Grodno
2DF Maksim Yablonsky (1996-08-15) August 15, 1996 2 0 Belarus Smorgon
2DF Alyaksey Ivanow (1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 1 0 Belarus Dinamo Brest
2DF Ilya Raschenya (1997-05-27) May 27, 1997 1 0 Belarus Zvezda-BGU Minsk
2DF Zakhar Volkov (1997-08-12) August 12, 1997 1 0 Belarus Orsha
2DF Yegor Khvalko (1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 0 0 Belarus Lida
3MF Yaroslav Yarotsky (1996-03-28) March 28, 1996 23 3 Belarus Neman Grodno
3MF Mikhail Shibun (1996-01-01) January 1, 1996 6 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk
3MF Yevgeniy Berezkin (1996-07-05) July 5, 1996 5 0 Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk
3MF Aleksandr Dzhigero (1996-04-15) April 15, 1996 2 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
3MF Vladislav Fedotov (1997-02-08) February 8, 1997 1 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion
3MF Aleksey Tarakanov (1996-03-26) March 26, 1996 1 0 Belarus Smorgon
3MF Yevgeniy Shevchenko (1996-06-06) June 6, 1996 1 0 Belarus Minsk
4FW Valeriy Gromyko (1997-01-23) January 23, 1997 6 0 Belarus Minsk
4FW Artsyom Vasilyew (1997-01-23) January 23, 1997 6 0 Belarus Minsk
4FW Maksim Sanets (1997-04-04) April 4, 1997 2 0 Belarus Krumkachy Minsk
4FW Vsevolod Sadovsky (1996-10-04) October 4, 1996 1 0 Belarus Zvezda-BGU Minsk

Recent call-up

The following players were called up for U21 team during last 12 months and are eligible for the next Euro qualifying tournament:

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Pavel Pavlyuchenko (1998-01-01) January 1, 1998 0 0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016)
MF Dmitriy Bessmertny (1997-01-03) January 3, 1997 4 0 Belarus Minsk v. Poland (March 26, 2016)
FW Vitaly Lisakovich (1998-02-08) February 8, 1998 2 0 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016)
FW Vladislav Klimovich (1996-06-12) June 12, 1996 22 2 Belarus Neman Grodno v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016) INJ

See also

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