Belarus women's national football team

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).

Belarus
AssociationFootball Federation of Belarus
(Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachEduard Demenkovets
CaptainOksana Shpak
FIFA codeBLR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 56 3 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest37 (December 2011)
Lowest56 (December 2018)
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.

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.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for a UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group C match against the Faroe Islands on 22 September 2020.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Natalia Voskobovich (1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 15 0 Minsk
12 1GK Ekaterina Miklashevich (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 0 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
22 2DF Maria Svidunovich (2000-05-20) 20 May 2000 0 0 Dinamo Minsk

6 2DF Anastasiya Novikova (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 4 0 Dinamo Minsk
8 2DF Viktoriya Kazakevich (1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 9 0 Dinamo Minsk
9 2DF Anna Kozyupa (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 21 1 Minsk
11 2DF Yulia Slesarchik (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 26 4 Dinamo Minsk
19 2DF Valeria Karachun (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 11 0 Dinamo Minsk
20 2DF Ksenia Kubichnaya (1999-03-06) 6 March 1999 8 0 Minsk

5 3MF Valeryia Bohdan (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 1 0 Unknown
7 3MF Anna Sas (2003-10-06) 6 October 2003 1 0 Minsk
10 3MF Anastasiya Pobegaylo (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 1 0 Minsk
13 3MF Anastasiya Kharlanova (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992 22 4 Minsk
18 3MF Vita Nikolaenko (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 2 0 Dinamo Minsk
21 3MF Darya Stezhko (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 1 0 Dinamo Minsk
23 3MF Anna Pilipenko (C) (1988-12-25) 25 December 1988 20 5 Dinamo Minsk

2 4FW Ekaterina Dudko (1991-10-18) 18 October 1991 0 0 Neman
4 4FW Anastasiya Shlapakova (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 4 1 Dinamo Minsk
14 4FW Karina Olkhovik (2000-06-17) 17 June 2000 8 3 Dinamo Minsk
15 4FW Anastasia Shuppo (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 13 2 Dinamo Minsk

Recent call-ups

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



Results and schedules

2020

7 March Turkish Women's Cup Belarus  1–1  Romania Alanya, Turkey
15:00 Report
Stadium: Gold City Sport Complex
27 October UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Belarus  0–1  Northern Ireland Minsk
18:00 19:00 (FET) Report
Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
Referee: Zulema González González (Spain)
27 November UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Northern Ireland  3–2  Belarus Seaview, Belfast
Report
Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal)
30 November UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Wales  3–0  Belarus Newport, Wales
20:10 (19:10 GMT)
Report Stadium: Rodney Parade
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)

2021

Competitive records

Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup records
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did not enter
1995
1999Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023To be determined
Total0/9
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Women's Championship

References

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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