Belarus national under-21 football team

Belarus U-21
Association	Football Federation of Belarus
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Sergey Yaromko
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 10–0 Gibraltar ; (Zhodino, Belarus; 8 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Russia 7–0 Belarus ; (Moscow, Russia; 31 May 2017); Belarus 0–7 Netherlands ; (Zhodino, Belarus; 4 September 2020)
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	Did not qualify
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
2021
Total	Third place	3/14	11	3	2	6	11	19

UEFA U-21 Euro 2021 qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	9	0	1	46	5	+41	27[lower-alpha 1]	Final tournament	—	4–2	2–0	5–0	5–1	5–0
2	Portugal	10	9	0	1	29	9	+20	27[lower-alpha 1]	Final tournament	2–1	—	4–1	3–0	2–1	4–0
3	Norway	8	3	1	4	14	16	−2	10		0–4	2–3	—	Canc.	2–1	6–0
4	Belarus	9	2	2	5	15	21	−6	8		0–7	0–2	1–1	—	1–2	10–0
5	Cyprus	9	2	1	6	8	24	−16	7		0–7	0–4	1–2	1–1	—	1–0
6	Gibraltar	8	0	0	8	0	37	−37	0		0–6	0–3	Canc.	0–2	Canc.	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Netherlands +1, Portugal −1.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2021 U21 Euro qualifiers against Portugal, Netherlands and Norway on 12, 15 and 18 November 2020. Match against Norway was cancelled due to COVID-19-realated restrictions and no impact on the qualification outcome.

Caps and goals are correct as of 15 November 2020, after the match against Portugal.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Pavel Pavlyuchenko	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	12	0	Dinamo Brest
1GK	Maksim Plotnikov	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998	4	0	Dinamo Minsk
1GK	Artem Makavchik	(2000-07-14) 14 July 2000	0	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk

2DF	Gleb Shevchenko	(1999-02-17) 17 February 1999	12	0	Slavia Mozyr
2DF	Artem Shkurdyuk	(1998-08-20) 20 August 1998	11	1	Energetik-BGU Minsk
2DF	Danila Nechayev	(1999-10-30) 30 October 1999	4	0	Belshina Bobruisk
2DF	Daniil Miroshnikov	(2000-11-01) 1 November 2000	3	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk
2DF	Vladislav Solanovich	(1999-05-25) 25 May 1999	3	0	Belshina Bobruisk
2DF	Dmitri Prischepa	(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001	3	0	Minsk
2DF	Vladislav Malkevich	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999	3	0	Slavia Mozyr

3MF	Pavel Sedko	(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998	12	1	Dinamo Brest
3MF	Denis Grechikho	(1999-05-22) 22 May 1999	11	2	Rukh Brest
3MF	Syarhey Volkaw	(1999-01-27) 27 January 1999	8	0	Vitebsk
3MF	Maksim Myakish	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	8	0	BATE Borisov
3MF	Dzmitry Baradzin	(1999-07-19) 19 July 1999	8	0	Isloch Minsk Raion
3MF	Artsyom Pyatrenka	(2000-03-01) 1 March 2000	6	1	Rukh Brest
3MF	Roman Vegerya	(2000-07-14) 14 July 2000	6	0	Neman Grodno
3MF	Roman Davyskiba	(2001-03-31) 31 March 2001	3	1	Dinamo Minsk

4FW	Yegor Bogomolskiy	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000	3	0	Rukh Brest

Recent call-up

The following players were called up for U21 team during last 12 months:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

GK	Stanislav Kleschuk	(2000-04-11) 11 April 2000	1	0	Krumkachy Minsk	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
GK	Denis Shpakovskiy	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001	0	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
GK	Aleksandr Svirskiy	(1999-02-28) 28 February 1999	0	0	Sputnik Rechitsa	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE

DF	Maksim Shvyatsow	(1998-04-02) 2 April 1998	13	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^COV
DF	Vladislav Lyakh	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	4	0	Lokomotiv Gomel	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^COV
DF	Ilya Lukashevich	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998	9	0	Gorodeya	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
DF	Konstantin Kuchinskiy	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998	7	0	Belshina Bobruisk	v. Cyprus (9 October 2020) ^PRE
DF	Aleksandr Svirepa	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999	1	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk	v. Cyprus (9 October 2020) ^PRE
DF	Kiryl Radzivonaw	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000	0	0	Smolevichi	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE
DF	Nikita Khalimonchik	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000	0	0	Smolevichi	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE
DF	Yuriy Krayko	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998	1	0	Granit Mikashevichi	v. Gibraltar (19 November 2019)

MF	Viktar Sotnikaw	(2001-07-27) 27 July 2001	2	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^COV
MF	Artem Kontsevoy	(1999-08-26) 26 August 1999	7	0	Rukh Brest	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
MF	Oleg Nikiforenko	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001	0	0	Rukh Brest	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
MF	Aleksandr Ksenofontov	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999	5	0	Vitebsk	v. Norway (13 October 2020)
MF	Vladislav Yatskevich	(1998-09-29) 29 September 1998	3	0	Neman Grodno	v. Norway (13 October 2020)
MF	Anton Susha	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000	2	0	Gomel	v. Cyprus (9 October 2020) ^PRE
MF	Nikita Demchenko	(2002-09-06) 6 September 2002	0	0	Smolevichi	v. Cyprus (9 October 2020) ^PRE
MF	Vasiliy Sovpel	(1999-03-20) 20 March 1999	0	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE
MF	Ilya Vasilevich	(2000-04-14) 14 April 2000	0	0	Slavia Mozyr	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE

FW	Vladislav Lozhkin	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002	2	0	Smolevichi	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^COV
FW	Vladislav Fedosov	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998	7	1	Vitebsk	v. Portugal (12 November 2020) ^PRE
FW	Yevgeniy Kozel	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001	0	0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Cyprus (9 October 2020) ^PRE
FW	Ilya Shkurin	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999	6	1	CSKA Moscow	v. Netherlands (4 September 2020) ^PRE
FW	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	(1998-09-06) 6 September 1998	8	1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	v. Gibraltar (19 November 2019)
FW	Vladislav Mukhamedov	(1998-01-04) 4 January 1998	2	0	Energetik-BGU Minsk	v. Gibraltar (19 November 2019)
FW	Kirill Kirilenko	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000	2	0	Olimpik Donetsk	v. Slovakia (14 November 2019) ^PRE

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