Men's national association football team representing Belarus
TheBelarus national football team (Belarusian :Зборная Беларусі па футболе ,romanized : Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole Russian :Сборная Беларуси по футболу ,romanized : Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu Belarus in men's internationalfootball , and is controlled by theFootball Federation of Belarus , the governing body forfootball in Belarus . Belarus' home ground isDinamo Stadium inMinsk . Since independence in 1991, Belarus has not yet qualified for aFIFA World Cup orUEFA European Championship .
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After the split of theSoviet Union , Belarus played their first match againstLithuania on 20 July 1992.[ 3]
Belarus won their group in the2018–19 UEFA Nations League D that containedLuxembourg ,Moldova , andSan Marino , and qualified for the country's first-ever playoffs after they finished fourth in their group duringUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying . The team was scheduled to play againstGeorgia . However, they lost 1–0, missing a place at UEFA Euro 2020.[ 4] [ 5]
In August 2016, the Football Federation announced that the team's nickname would be the "White Wings".[ 6] The Land Beneath White Wings [be ] (1977) by Belarusian writerUladzimir Karatkievich . The federation's marketing and communications director said: "We are looking at various ways of establishing links with our literary heritage and cultural traditions", stating that "If the Belarusian people opt to associate the team with Karatkevich, almost every phrase in the book can be used as a hashtag!"[ 7]
Since September 2021,Central Stadium inKazan , Russia has been the home venue because of travel sanctions imposed after an incident withRyanair Flight 4978 .[ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Due toBelarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine ,UEFA – the European governing body forassociation football – banned Belarusian clubs and national teams from hosting international matches as well as competitions, whilst allowing them to continue playing competitive matches, albeit at a neutral stadium behind closed doors.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Results and fixtures [ edit ] The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
As of 5 September 2025 The following players were called up for2026 FIFA World Cup qualification games againstDenmark andScotland on 9 and 12 October 2025.[ 14]
Caps and goals are correct as of 11 November 2025, after the game againstScotland .
The following players have also been called up to the Belarus squad during last 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Yevgeniy Abramovich (1995-09-17 ) 17 September 1995 (age 30) 0 0 Slavia Mozyr v.Tajikistan PRE GK Mikhail Kozakevich (2002-05-19 ) 19 May 2002 (age 23) 0 0 Dynamo Minsk v.Tajikistan PRE DF Alyaksandr Martynovich (1987-08-26 ) 26 August 1987 (age 38) 84 2 Kairat v.Scotland DF Zakhar Volkov (1997-08-12 ) 12 August 1997 (age 28) 22 0 Maxline Vitebsk v.Scotland DF Sergey Karpovich (1994-03-29 ) 29 March 1994 (age 31) 18 0 Maxline Vitebsk v.Scotland DF Leo Mascaró (2003-08-02 ) 2 August 2003 (age 22) 1 0 Recreativo Huelva v.Scotland DF Sergey Politevich (1990-04-09 ) 9 April 1990 (age 35) 52 2 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino v.Russia DF Dmitry Prishchepa (2001-06-21 ) 21 June 2001 (age 24) 5 0 Ural Yekaterinburg v.Russia DF Pavel Apetenok (2007-03-21 ) 21 March 2007 (age 18) 0 0 PAOK B v.Russia DF Alyaksey Hawrylovich (1990-01-05 ) 5 January 1990 (age 36) 4 0 Dinamo Minsk v.Azerbaijan DF Maksim Kasarab (2003-06-10 ) 10 June 2003 (age 22) 1 0 Dnepr Mogilev v.Azerbaijan DF Nikita Stepanov (1996-04-06 ) 6 April 1996 (age 29) 1 0 Dynamo Brest v.Tajikistan PRE MF Yury Kavalyow (1993-01-27 ) 27 January 1993 (age 33) 29 2 Baltika Kaliningrad v.Scotland MF Ruslan Lisakovich (2002-03-22 ) 22 March 2002 (age 23) 8 0 Maxline Vitebsk v.Scotland MF Gleb Kuchko (2005-06-03 ) 3 June 2005 (age 20) 2 1 Miedź Legnica v.Scotland MF Maksim Myakish (2000-03-03 ) 3 March 2000 (age 25) 2 0 Dinamo Minsk v.Scotland MF Roman Pasevich (1999-11-28 ) 28 November 1999 (age 26) 1 0 Mura v.Scotland MF Valery Bocherov (2000-08-10 ) 10 August 2000 (age 25) 21 1 Ural Yekaterinburg v.Russia MF Pavel Sedko (1998-04-03 ) 3 April 1998 (age 27) 14 1 Irtysh Pavlodar v.Russia MF Maksim Kireev (2004-07-09 ) 9 July 2004 (age 21) 6 0 Mechelen v.Russia MF Oleg Nikiforenko (2001-03-17 ) 17 March 2001 (age 24) 1 0 Radnički Niš v.Russia MF Kirill Zinovich (2003-03-05 ) 5 March 2003 (age 22) 1 0 Dynamo Makhachkala v.Azerbaijan FW Ruslan Myalkovsky (2006-05-07 ) 7 May 2006 (age 19) 0 0 Lokomotiv Moscow v.Scotland FW Artyom Shumansky (2004-11-25 ) 25 November 2004 (age 21) 3 0 Krylia Sovetov v.Russia FW Yevgeny Shikavka (1992-10-15 ) 15 October 1992 (age 33) 9 1 Zagłębie Sosnowiec v.Russia INJ FW Vladislav Morozov (2000-10-12 ) 12 October 2000 (age 25) 13 2 Kolding v.Tajikistan PRE INJ Withdrew due to injuryPRE Preliminary squad / standby
As of 10 June 2025 [ 15] Players inbold are still active with Belarus. Alyaksandr Kulchy is the most capped player in the history of Belarus NB Sergei Aleinikov reached a combined 81 caps and 6 goals forSoviet Union ,CIS and Belarus between 1984 and 1994.[ 16] Maksim Romaschenko isthe top scorer in the history of Belarus with 20 goals 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification [ edit ] UEFA European Championship [ edit ] UEFA Euro 2024 qualification [ edit ] UEFA Nations League [ edit ] [ edit ] Head-to-head record [ edit ] As of 18 November 2025 Key Positive balance (more wins)Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)Negative balance (more losses)
^a b c Due to theBelarusian involvement in theRussian invasion of Ukraine , Belarus are required to play their home matches at neutral venues andbehind closed doors .[ 13] ^ FIFA adopted a decision not to allow to participate in the 1994 FIFA World Cup the national teams of those former Soviet republics that did not participate in the qualification draw on 8 December 1991.[ 17] [ 18]
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