Belarus women's national football team

Belarus

Association	Football Federation of Belarus (Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Tatiana Volkova
Captain	Oksana Shpak
FIFA code	BLR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	50 1 (25 March 2016)
Highest	37 (December 2011)
Lowest	51 (September 2015)
First international
Poland 3–0 Belarus (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland; November 4, 1995)
Biggest win
Estonia 0–7 Belarus (Valga, Estonia; May 17, 2000)  Belarus 8–1 Kazakhstan  (Minsk, Belarus; August 25, 2004)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 8–0 Belarus (FFU Training Complex, Ukraine; August 2, 2014)

Belarus women's national team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Turkey on September 17, 2014.

The Belarus women's national football team represents Belarus in international women's football. The team is governed by the Football Federation of Belarus (Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу).

History

Belarus first appeared in a FIFA/UEFA qualification stage in the 1997 European Championship, where it was paired with the Czech Republic, Poland and Estonia. In its first official match they lost 0–1 to the Czech Republic on 7 October 1995. In May 1996 they attained their first official win by beating 3–0 Poland, which had defeated them 2–0 in the first match. They subsequently beat Estonia 0–4 and 4–0 to end 3rd, tied at 9 points with Poland. The Czech Republic qualified for the play-offs.

In the 1999 World Cup qualifying Belarus was ranked in Class B, with no qualifying options, together with Poland, Ireland and Wales. Belarus beat Wales 4–1 and tied in Wales (3–3) and Ireland (0–0), losing all other three matches: 0–1 and 3–1 to Poland, 0–1 to Ireland. Belarus ranked 3rd with 5 points, and Poland qualified for the promotion play-offs.

In the 2001 European Championship qualifying, again in Class B, Belarus beat Estonia 4–1 and 0–7, Israel 0–5 and 1–0 and Slovakia 1–0, and tied 1–1 in Romania, but the Romanians earned the spot in the promotion play-offs after beating Belarus 0–1. With this settled Belarus lost 6–1 to Slovakia in the last match.

In the 2003 World Cup qualifying, Class B, Belarus beat Bosnia 5–2 and 2–7, Turkey 4–0 and 1–5, Slovakia 3–2. They lost the remaining three games: 3–1 in Slovakia, and 2–0 and 2–4 against Hungary. Belarus was 3rd, tied at 15 points with Slovakia.

In the 2005 European Championship qualification, Class B, Belarus beat Estonia 5–0 and 1–3, Kazakhstan 0–2 and 8–1, and Israel 0–2. They just conceded two points, from a home 1–1 tie against Israel. Belarus topped the group for the first time, but there were no promotion play-offs as the qualifying system was unified for 2009.

In the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Belarus was promoted for the First Category, and grouped with Sweden, Iceland, the Czech Republic and Portugal. Belarus won 0–1 and 3–2 to Portugal, and tied 1–1 with the Czech Republic. They lost the remaining five matches: 3–0 and 1–2 to Iceland, 6–0 and 0–6 to Sweden and 3–0 to the Czech Republic, ending second to last with 7 points.

In the 2009 European Championship qualifying Belarus was grouped with England, Spain, the Czech Republic and Northern Ireland. Belarus beat Northern Ireland 5–0, and tied 1–1 with the same opponent. They lost the six remaining matches: 0–3 and 1–6 to Spain, 1–4 and 1–3 to the Czechs and 4–0 and 1–6 to England, again ending second to last.

In the 2011 World Cup qualifying Belarus was grouped with Norway, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Macedonia. They beat Slovakia 0–2 and 2–0, and Macedonia 1–6 and 6–0. They also attained a surprise 1–1 tie in the Netherlands. They lost 0–5 and 3–0 to Norway, and 0–4 to the Netherlands. Belarus was 3rd, their best result in a top-flier qualifying stage yet.

In the 2013 European Championship qualifying Belarus was grouped with Finland, Ukraine, Slovakia and Estonia. In their first four matches they have beaten Estonia 2–1 and Ukraine 0–1, tied 2–2 with Finland and lost 3–0 to Slovakia.

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Performance in European Championship

• 1984 to 2017 – Did not qualify

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Club
	GK	Inna Botyanovskaya	Minsk
	GK	Ekaterina Kovalchuk	Zorka Minsk
	GK	Svetlana Novikova	Bobruichanka
	DF	Julia Borisenko	Ryazan
	DF	Maria Buzunova	Bobruichanka
	DF	Ekaterina Lutskevich	Bobruichanka
	DF	Anastasia Shayko	Zorka Minsk
	DF	Oksana Shpak (captain)	Bobruichanka
	DF	Alina Vasilyeva	Minsk
	DF	Yana Vyshedko	Zorka Minsk
	MF	Olga Aniskovtseva	SShVSM-Kairat
	MF	Svetlana Astashova	Bobruichanka
	MF	Elena Buzinova	Bobruichanka
	MF	Marina Huzarevich
	MF	Anastasiya Kharlanova	Gomel
	MF	Natalia Lastochkina	Nadezhda Mogilev
	MF	Olga Manzhuk	Bobruichanka
	MF	Valentina Nizhegorodova	Minsk
	MF	Olga Novikova	Zorky Krasnogorsk
	MF	Tatyana Shramok	Lehenda Chernihiv
	MF	Anna Tatarynova	Zhilstroy-1 Kharkiv
	FW	Ekaterina Avkhimovich	Ryazan
	FW	Ekaterina Khavanskaya	Kubanochka
	FW	Tatiana Loginova	Bobruichanka
	FW	Hanna Pilipenka	Ryazan
	FW	Irina Tretyakova	Bobruichanka
	FW	Elvira Urazaeva	Zorka Minsk

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile