Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U-21

Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Liudas Rumbutis
Home stadium	Citi Stadium (Borisov)
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
First international
Moldova 0–1 Belarus (Chişinău, Moldova; 30 August 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 6–0 San Marino  (Vitebsk, Belarus; 16 November 2007)
Biggest defeat
Russia 7–0 Belarus (Moscow, Russia; 31 May 2017)
UEFA European Under-21 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 UEFA European Under-21 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 UEFA European Under-21 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 Under-21 Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1976–1992	Part of  Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
1998
2000
2002
2004	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2006	Did not qualify
2007
2009	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	7
2011	Third place	3rd	5	2	0	3	5	8
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019	TBD
Total	Third place	3/12	11	3	2	6	11	19

UEFA U-21 Euro 2019 qualification

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (Q)	10	8	1	1	31	5	+26	25[lower-alpha 1]	Final tournament
2	Greece (A)	10	8	1	1	26	5	+21	25[lower-alpha 1]	Play-offs
3	Czech Republic (E)	10	5	1	4	14	15	−1	16
4	Belarus (E)	10	4	2	4	11	14	−3	14
5	Moldova (E)	10	2	1	7	8	23	−15	7
6	San Marino (E)	10	0	0	10	1	29	−28	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:

1. 1 2 Head-to-head results: Greece 1–1 Croatia, Croatia 2–0 Greece.

Current squad

The following players were called up for UEFA U21 Championship qualification matches against Czech Republic and Greece on 11 and 15 October 2018.

Caps and goals are correct as of 10 September, after the match against Croatia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Denis Scherbitskiy	(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996	14	0	BATE Borisov
	1GK	Pavel Pavlyuchenko	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	2	0	Dinamo Brest
	1GK	Maksim Plotnikov	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998	1	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	2DF	Aleksandr Pavlovets	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996	19	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	2DF	Alyaksey Ivanow	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997	12	0	Luch Minsk
	2DF	Zakhar Volkov	(1997-08-12) 12 August 1997	11	1	BATE Borisov
	2DF	Kiryl Pyachenin	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997	11	0	Vitebsk
	2DF	Maksim Shvyatsow	(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998	5	0	Dinamo Minsk
	2DF	Maksim Yablonskiy	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996	4	0	Neman Grodno
	2DF	Ilya Lukashevich	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998	3	0	Minsk
	3MF	Vladislav Klimovich	(1996-06-12) 12 June 1996	34	2	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	3MF	Mikhail Shibun	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996	15	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	3MF	Yevgeniy Berezkin	(1996-07-05) 5 July 1996	15	0	BATE Borisov
	3MF	Dmitriy Bessmertny	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997	12	0	Minsk
	3MF	Ivan Bakhar	(1998-07-10) 10 July 1998	6	2	Minsk
	3MF	Roman Yuzepchuk	(1997-07-24) 24 July 1997	5	0	Dinamo Brest
	3MF	Max Ebong	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999	4	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	3MF	Nikita Stepanov	(1996-04-06) 6 April 1996	4	0	Luch Minsk
	3MF	Pavel Sedko	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998	3	0	Dinamo Brest
	4FW	Valeriy Gromyko	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997	13	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	4FW	Yevgeniy Shevchenko	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996	11	2	Minsk
	4FW	Dmitry Antilevsky	(1997-06-12) 12 June 1997	10	5	Dinamo Minsk
	4FW	Vladislav Fedosov	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998	2	1	Dnepr Mogilev

Recent call-up

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Pavel Golovenko	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997	1	0	Minsk	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
GK	Maksim Shishlov	(1996-02-17) 17 February 1996	1	0	Belshina Bobruisk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
GK	Artem Bely	(1997-04-28) 28 April 1997	1	0	Isloch Minsk Raion	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
DF	Yegor Khvalko	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997	8	0	Neman Grodno	v. Croatia (10 September 2017)
DF	Aleksandr Chizh	(1997-02-10) 10 February 1997	4	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Croatia (10 September 2017)
DF	Denis Levitskiy	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997	4	0	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
DF	Yevgeniy Leshko	(1996-06-24) 24 June 1996	5	0	Neman Grodno	v. Albania (8 June 2018)
DF	Oleg Chmyrikov	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996	2	0	Dnepr Mogilev	v. Albania (5 June 2018) INJ
DF	Vladislav Borisenko	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	1	0	Lida	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
DF	Petr Kazantsev	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998	0	0	Belshina Bobruisk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Timofey Lukashevich	(1997-03-21) 21 March 1997	2	2	Luch Minsk	v. Croatia (10 September 2017)
MF	Aleksandr Dzhigero	(1996-04-15) 15 April 1996	11	1	Luch Minsk	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
MF	Aleksey Butarevich	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997	2	0	Torpedo Minsk	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
MF	Pavel Klenyo	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999	0	0	Torpedo Minsk	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
MF	Yaroslav Yarotsky	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	27	3	Smolevichi	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Aleksey Tarakanov	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996	3	0	Belshina Bobruisk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Maksim Pavlovets	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996	2	0	Volna Pinsk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Nikita Nikolayevich	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997	1	0	Minsk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Roman Kozel	(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997	1	0	Belshina Bobruisk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Gleb Shevchenko	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999	1	0	Slavia Mozyr	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
MF	Kirill Kaplenko	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999	0	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v. Croatia (5 October 2017) PRE
FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	(1998-02-08) 8 February 1998	4	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Croatia (10 September 2017)
FW	Ilya Shkurin	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999	1	0	Vitebsk	v. Moldova (6 September 2017) PRE
FW	Artyom Kiyko	(1996-01-13) 13 January 1996	5	0	Luch Minsk	v. San Marino (25 March 2018)
FW	Artsyom Vasilyew	(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997	9	0	Minsk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)
FW	Pavel Gorbach	(2000-03-13) 13 March 2000	0	0	Minsk	v. Lithuania (10 November 2017)

See also

• Belarus national football team
• Belarus national under-23 football team
• Belarus national under-19 football team
• Belarus national under-17 football team