Nickname(s) | The White Wings |
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Association | Football Federation of Belarus |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Vacant |
Captain | Alyaksandr Martynovich |
Most caps | Alyaksandr Kulchy (102) |
Top scorer | Maksim Romaschenko (20) |
Home stadium | Borisov Arena, Borisov |
FIFA code | BLR |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 74 (12 January 2017) |
Highest | 36 (February 2011) |
Lowest | 142 (March 1994) |
Elo ranking | |
Current | 66 (23 January 2017) |
Highest | 47 (17 November 2010) |
Lowest | 122 (+?) (1997–1998) |
First international | |
Unofficial: Lithuania 1–1 Belarus (Vilnius, Lithuania; July 20, 1992) Official: Belarus 1–1 Ukraine (Minsk, Belarus; October 28, 1992) |
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Biggest win | |
Belarus 5–0 Lithuania (Minsk, Belarus; June 7, 1998) Belarus 6–1 Tajikistan (Borisov, Belarus; September 4, 2014) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Austria 5–0 Belarus (Innsbruck, Austria; June 11, 2003) |
Belarus national football team (Belarusian: Нацыянальная зборная Беларусi па футболе; Natsyyanalnaya zbornaya Bielarusi pa Futbolie) represents Belarus in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Borisov Arena in Borisov. Belarus has not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship. Since December 2014 the team is coached by Alyaksandr Khatskevich.
After the split of Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on July 20, 1992. Before that, some Belarusian players played for the USSR national football team. The first FIFA-recognized international was a friendly against Ukraine on October 28, 1992 and their first win came in a match against Luxembourg on October 12, 1994.
Belarus have never qualified for either the FIFA World Cup, or the UEFA European Championship. Despite the lack of any significant success during the 1990s, some notable results were still achieved, like a home win against the Netherlands in qualification for Euro 1996 and two draws against Italy during Euro 2000 qualification.