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 (Chişinău, Moldova; August 30, 1992)
Biggest win
Belarus 6–0 San Marino  (Vitebsk, Belarus; November 16, 2007)
Biggest defeat
Norway 4–0 Belarus (Hønefoss, Norway; September 8, 1994)  Norway 5–1 Belarus (Drammen, Norway; June 5, 2001)  Sweden 5–1 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
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
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
	GK	Denis Scherbitskiy	April 14, 1996	4	0	BATE Borisov
	GK	Artem Bely	April 28, 1997	1	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	DF	Aleksandr Pavlovets	August 13, 1996	10	0	Neman Grodno
	DF	Dmitry Baiduk	August 3, 1996	5	0	Smolevichi-STI
	DF	Yevgeniy Leshko	June 24, 1996	3	0	Neman Grodno
	DF	Maksim Yablonsky	August 15, 1996	2	0	Smorgon
	DF	Alyaksey Ivanow	February 19, 1997	1	0	Dinamo Brest
	DF	Ilya Raschenya	May 27, 1997	1	0	Zvezda-BGU Minsk
	DF	Zakhar Volkov	August 12, 1997	1	0	Orsha
	DF	Yegor Khvalko	February 18, 1997	0	0	Lida
	MF	Yaroslav Yarotsky	March 28, 1996	23	3	Neman Grodno
	MF	Mikhail Shibun	January 1, 1996	6	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	MF	Yevgeniy Berezkin	July 5, 1996	5	0	Naftan Novopolotsk
	MF	Aleksandr Dzhigero	April 15, 1996	2	0	BATE Borisov
	MF	Vladislav Fedotov	February 8, 1997	1	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
	MF	Aleksey Tarakanov	March 26, 1996	1	0	Smorgon
	MF	Yevgeniy Shevchenko	June 6, 1996	1	0	Minsk
	FW	Valeriy Gromyko	January 23, 1997	6	0	Minsk
	FW	Artsyom Vasilyew	January 23, 1997	6	0	Minsk
	FW	Maksim Sanets	April 4, 1997	2	0	Krumkachy Minsk
	FW	Vsevolod Sadovsky	October 4, 1996	1	0	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	January 1, 1998	0	0	Dnepr Mogilev	v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016)
MF	Dmitriy Bessmertny	January 3, 1997	4	0	Minsk	v. Poland (March 26, 2016)
FW	Vitaly Lisakovich	February 8, 1998	2	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016)
FW	Vladislav Klimovich	June 12, 1996	22	2	Neman Grodno	v. Slovakia (October 7, 2016) ^INJ

See also

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