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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 Team. It was their first shock victory since their 1 - 0 sucsess over the Netherlands in a Euro 96 qualifier in Minsk during 1995, the match seen the winning goal come from a very wide angle from the Dutch net.
[edit] World Cup record
See World Cup 2006 Qualification details
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Famous players
[edit] National team
The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Luxembourg on March 24, 2007. (Shirt Numbers from ECQ matches of October 2006)
[edit] Goalkeepers
[edit] Defenders
[edit] Midfielders
[edit] Forwards
[edit] Recent call-up
The following players have all recently been called up to the Belarus squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] External links
Yuri Puntus (2006-)
Lithuania 1 - 1 Belarus 
Austria 5 - 0 Belarus 
