Belarus national football team

Belarus

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Nickname(s)	-
Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Head coach	Yuri Puntus (2006-)
Most caps	Sergei Gurenko (78)
Top scorer	Maxim Romaschenkov (13)
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	69
Highest	59 (November 2005)
Lowest	142 (March 1994)
First international
Lithuania 1 - 1 Belarus Template:Country data Belarus 1991 (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 5 - 0 Lithuania (Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998)
Biggest defeat
Austria 5 - 0 Belarus (Innsbruck, Austria; June 11, 2003)
Appearances	(first in -)
Best result	-
Appearances	(first in -)
Best result	-

The Belarus national football team is the national football team of Belarus and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus. After the split of Soviet Union, they played their first match against Lithuania on July 20, 1992. Before that, Belarus players played for the USSR national football team.

The team plays its home matches at Dinamo Stadium (Minsk).

On May 24th, 2006, Belarus rallied for a surprise 2 - 1 victory over England B.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

See World Cup 2006 Qualification details

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify

National team

Belarus
	Player	Club in 2005/06
Goalkeepers
	Vasily Khomutovsky	FC Tom' Tomsk
	Yuri Zhevnov	FC Moscow
Defenders
	Sergei Shtanyuk	Shinnik Yaroslavl
	Artem Chelyadinsky	Metalurg Zaporozhie
	Sergei Omelianchuk	Shinnik Yaroslavl
	Pavel Kirilchick	Chernomorets Odessa
	Andrei Ostrovsky	Chernomorets Odessa
	Igor Tarlovsky	Fakel Voronezh
	Alexander Khrapkovsky	FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
Midfielders
	Alexander Hleb	Arsenal
	Denis Kovba	Kryla Sovietov Samara
	Alexander Kulchy	FC Tom' Tomsk
	Timofei Kalachev	Khimiki
	Denis Sashcheko	Halmstads BK
	Andrei Lavrik	Amkar Perm
	Vladimir Korytko	Grozny
	Yevgeny Loshankov	Chernomorets Odessa
	Vyacheslav Hleb	FC MTZ-RIPO
Forwards
	Vitali Kutuzov	Parma F.C.
	Vitali Bulyga	Kryla Sovietov Samara
	Maxim Romaschenko	Dinamo Moscow
	Vladimir Makovsky	Inter Baku

Famous players

• Sergei Aleinikov
• Valentin Belkevich
• Sergei Gurenko
• Aliaksandr Hleb
• Vitali Kutuzov
• Maxim Romaschenko

Belarus managers

Manager	Belarus career
Mihail Verhejenka	October 28 1992 - May 25 1994
Siarhej Barouski	August 17 1994 - October 9 1996
Mihail Verhejenka	January 5 1997 - September 8 1999
Siarhej Barouski	October 9 1999 - June 4 2000
Eduard Malofeev	August 16 2000 - June 12 2003
Valery Stralcou (caretaker)	September 7 2002
Anatoly Baidachny	August 8 2003 - December 10 2005
Yuri Puntus	February 24 2006 - present

External links

• Official website Template:Ru icon
• RSSSF archive of all international results
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers