Belarus national football team
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| Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Yuri Puntus (2006-) |
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| Most caps | Sergei Gurenko (80) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Maxim Romaschenko (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BLR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 59 (November 2005) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 142 (March 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Lithuania 1 - 1 Belarus  (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992) |
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| Largest win Belarus 5 - 0 Lithuania (Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998) |
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Worst defeat Austria 5 - 0 Belarus (Innsbruck, Austria; June 11, 2003) |
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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.
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[edit] World Cup record
See World Cup 2006 Qualification details
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] National team
This was the squad for the match against Romania on 7 October 2006 and the match against Slovenia on 11 October 2006.
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[edit] Famous players
- Sergei Aleinikov
- Valentin Belkevich
- Sergei Gurenko
- Aliaksandr Hleb
- Vyacheslav Hleb
- Sergei Kornilenko
- Vitali Kutuzov
- Maxim Romaschenko
[edit] Belarus managers
| Manager | Belarus career |
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| 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
- Official website (Russian)
- Football.by (Russian)
- RSSSF archive of all international results
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
| Football in Belarus |
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| Belarusian Football Federation • National team • Premier League • Cup • Clubs • Footballers • Stadiums |
