Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U21
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVitaliy Pavlov
Home stadiumCiti Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA codeBLR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Moldova 0–1 Belarus Belarus
(Chişinău, Moldova; 30 August 1992)
Biggest win
 Belarus 10–0 Gibraltar 
(Zhodino, Belarus; 8 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 7–0 Belarus Belarus
(Moscow, Russia; 31 May 2017)
Belarus Belarus 0–7 Netherlands 
(Zhodino, Belarus; 4 September 2020)
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best resultThird 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 competed in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

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
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1976–1992 Part of the 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
ItalySan Marino 2019
HungarySlovenia 2021
Georgia (country)Romania 2023
Slovakia 2025
AlbaniaSerbia 2027 TBD
Total Third place 3/18 11 3 2 6 11 19

UEFA U21 Euro 2027 qualification

Main article: 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final tournament — 6 Oct '26 10 Oct 31 Mar '26 28 Sep '26
2  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-offs 14 Oct — 27 Mar '26 28 Sep '26 24 Sep '26
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Oct '26 14 Nov — 14 Oct 31 Mar '26
4  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Sep 10 Oct 6 Oct '26 — 27 Mar '26
5   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nov 4 Sep 8 Sep 14 Nov —
First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly matches against Azerbaijan and China on 4 and 7 June 2025.

Caps and goals are correct as of 7 June 2025, after the match against China.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Arseniy Skopets (2005-06-10) 10 June 2005 6 0 Belarus BATE Borisov
1GK Artyom Karatay (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 4 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
1GK Ivan Shimakovich (2005-02-13) 13 February 2005 3 0 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
2DF Nikita Baranok (2004-03-31) 31 March 2004 17 3 Belarus Maxline Vitebsk
2DF Vadim Martinkevich (2004-04-10) 10 April 2004 9 0 Belarus Gomel
2DF Kirill Gomanov (2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 7 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion
2DF Vladislav Melko (2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 5 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
2DF Ilya Dubinets (2004-06-22) 22 June 2004 4 1 Belarus Minsk
2DF Vasiliy Chernyavskiy (2006-06-14) 14 June 2006 4 0 Belarus Slutsk
2DF Maksim Burko (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 3 0 Russia KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
2DF Matvey Bokhno (2007-10-14) 14 October 2007 2 0 Poland Lech Poznań
3MF Daniil Dushevskiy (2004-03-01) 1 March 2004 19 1 Serbia Mladost Novi Sad
3MF Rodion Pechura (2004-03-24) 24 March 2004 13 2 Russia Kuban Krasnodar
3MF Artur Nazarenko (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 10 0 Belarus Neman Grodno
3MF Ruslan Myalkovskiy (2006-05-07) 7 May 2006 8 2 Belarus Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
3MF Timofey Sharkovskiy (2004-02-04) 4 February 2004 5 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
3MF Kirill Tsepenkov (2004-07-08) 8 July 2004 4 4 Belarus Dinamo Minsk
3MF Yevgeniy Novykh (2006-08-14) 14 August 2006 4 0 Belarus Vitebsk
3MF Gleb Kuchko (2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 4 0 Poland Wisła Płock
3MF Vladislav Varaksa (2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 4 0 Belarus Minsk
3MF Andrey Denisyuk (2005-03-26) 26 March 2005 2 1 Belarus Minsk
3MF Egor Prokopenko (2006-09-07) 7 September 2006 1 0 Spain Cerdanyola del Vallès
4FW Artyom Shumansky (2004-11-25) 25 November 2004 13 2 Russia CSKA Moscow
4FW Timofey Simanenka (2006-11-27) 27 November 2006 4 0 Belarus 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
DF Aleksey Dunayev (2004-09-11) 11 September 2004 5 0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
DF Yegor Bozhko (2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 0 0 Belarus Maxline Vitebsk v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
DF Arseniy Ageyev (2004-07-19) 19 July 2004 8 0 Belarus Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF Vladislav Grekovich (2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 2 0 Belarus Minsk v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF Matvey Svidinskiy (2004-05-16) 16 May 2004 2 0 Belarus BATE Borisov v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF Yegor Khralenkov (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 0 0 Belarus Dinamo Brest v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
DF Vladislav Zhuravlev (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 6 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
DF Ivan Oreshkevich (2005-01-20) 20 January 2005 2 0 Belarus Arsenal Dzerzhinsk v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
MF Aleksandr Guz (2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 9 0 Belarus Isloch Minsk Raion v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF Danila Zhulpa (2004-07-16) 16 July 2004 3 0 Belarus BATE Borisov v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF Anton Lukashov (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 0 0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF Mark Mokin (2006-01-26) 26 January 2006 0 0 Russia Baltika Kaliningrad v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
MF Pavel Kotlyarov (2004-10-31) 31 October 2004 8 0 Belarus Slavia Mozyr v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF Nikita Krasnov (2004-07-09) 9 July 2004 7 0 Russia Legion Makhachkala v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF Artem Sokolovskiy (2006-07-31) 31 July 2006 2 0 Belarus Slutsk v. Turkey (25 March 2025)
MF Nikita Burak (2004-05-13) 13 May 2004 6 0 Belarus Dinamo Brest v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
MF Nikolay Sotnikov (2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 0 0 Belarus Arsenal Dzerzhinsk v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
MF Zakhar Gitselev (2004-02-21) 21 February 2004 0 0 Belarus Volna Pinsk v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW Aleksandr Frantsuzov (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 3 1 Belarus Arsenal Dzerzhinsk v. Azerbaijan (4 June 2025) PRE
FW Timofey Martynov (2005-05-06) 6 May 2005 2 1 Russia Orenburg v. North Macedonia (21 March 2025) PRE
FW Maksim Budko (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 0 0 Belarus Molodechno v. BATE Borisov (17 November 2024)
FW Ivan Grudko (2004-07-24) 24 July 2004 1 0 Belarus Naftan Novopolotsk v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW Nikolay Mirskiy (2005-12-19) 19 December 2005 0 0 Belarus BATE Borisov v. Azerbaijan (16 November 2024) PRE
FW Trofim Melnichenko (2006-09-18) 18 September 2006 3 0 Portugal Porto B v. Faroe Islands (15 October 2024)

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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