Archive of the Belarusian national football team. What is the Belarus national football team ideally capable of? Tournament position in group “A”
We decided to remember all the coaches of the Belarusian football team who managed the national team for more than two decades. To my surprise, there were few of them - only 13 (and they returned to the helm of the national team). This article does not mention people who were acting. head coach, in case of absence of the head coach for one reason or another. In particular, we are talking about Valeria Streltsov, who led the Belarusian national team during illness Anatoly Baidachny September 7, 2002.
And for statistics lovers, at the end of the article we have prepared a comparative table for each coach, which takes into account the team’s place in the FIFA rankings.
Year of birth: 01/12/1950 (42-44 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
4 matches (4 friendlies)
Game statistics: 3 draws, 1 loss; goal difference – 4-6
Biggest defeat: 1-3 from the Ukrainian team (TM)
Biggest victory: –
Achievements: No
Reason for resignation: at your own request
What I remember: The national team did not play a single official game, but in unofficial ones they drew three times with a score of 1-1. strong teams Ukraine, Peru and Ecuador. By the way, our team never met Peru and Ecuador on the football field again
Where now: Deputy Chairman of the BFF
Year of birth: 01/29/1956 (37-40 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team:
Game statistics: 5 wins, 8 draws, 9 losses; goal difference – 21-34
Biggest defeat: 0-4 from the Norwegian team (OM 1996), 0-4 from the Slovak team (TM), 1-5 from the Swedish team (OM 1998 World Cup)
Biggest victory: 2-0 over the Luxembourg team (OM EURO 1996), 2-0 over the Malta team (OM EURO 1996)
Achievements: V qualifying tournament for the 1996 European Championship, the team under his leadership took 4th place out of 6 teams (Czech Republic, Holland, Norway, Belarus, Luxembourg, Malta)
Reason for resignation: failure of the team’s performance in the qualifying tournament for the 1998 World Cup (the team scored only 4 points in four matches)
What I remember: it was Borovsky who was the football coach with whom the Belarusian national team played its first official matches. True, she showed an extremely unconvincing game in them. And I remember, first of all, the victory over the Dutch national team in 1995 with a score of 1-0
Where now: BATE trainer-methodologist
Year of birth: 01/12/1950 (46-49 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 20 matches (7 friendlies, 13 official)
Game statistics: 2 wins, 3 draws, 15 losses; goal difference – 18-34
Biggest defeat: 0-4 from the Austrian team (OM World Cup 1998)
Biggest victory: 5-0 over Lithuania (TM)
Achievements: took over the leadership of the team during the qualifying cycle for the 1998 World Cup after Borovsky. As a result, the team took the last 6th place in the 4th qualifying group (Austria, Scotland, Sweden, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus).
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance during the qualifying round for the 2000 European Championship. Under the leadership of Vergeenko, the team was able to draw only two times in 7 games.
What I remember: terrible performance of the national team in official matches. Only 2 draws in 13 games. And the only two victories were won over the Lithuanian team in friendly matches.
Where now: Deputy Chairman of the BFF
Year of birth: 01/29/1956 (43-44 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 4 matches (3 friendly, 1 official)
Game statistics: 1 draw, 3 defeats; goal difference – 1-8
Biggest defeat: 1-4 from the Bulgarian team (TM)
Biggest victory: –
Achievements: after Vergeenko played the last game in the qualifying round for the 2000 European Championship (0-0 draw with the Italian team), in which Belarus took the last, 5th place in the 1st qualifying group (Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Wales)
Reason for resignation: Borovsky was perceived only as a “temporary” coach. By the new qualifying round, the team already had a different commander in chief
What I remember: a draw with the Italian national team 0-0 and a defeat against the Andorra national team 0-2
Where now: BATE trainer-methodologist
Year of birth: 06/2/1942 (age 58-61)
Nationality: Russian
Assistants: Valery Streltsov
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 23 matches (7 friendlies, 16 official)
Game statistics: 10 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses; goal difference – 29-36
Biggest defeat: 0-5 from the Austrian team (OM EURO 2004)
Biggest victory: 4-1 over the Polish team (OM World Cup 2002), 5-2 over the Hungarian team (TM)
Achievements: in the qualifying round for the 2002 World Cup took 3rd place in the 5th qualifying group out of 6 teams (Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Norway, Wales, Armenia) - The best result for the entire time the team competed in the qualifying rounds
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance of the national team in the qualifying round for the 2004 European Championship - in 6 games the team was able to win only 1 victory: over the Moldavian national team
What I remember: with his charisma. And best result in the history of the national team
Where now: -
Year of birth: 10/1/1952 (age 50-53)
Nationality: Russian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 22 matches (8 friendlies, 14 official)
Game statistics: 9 wins, 4 draws, 8 losses; goal difference – 32-28
Biggest defeat: 1-4 from the Italian team (OM World Cup 2006)
Biggest victory: 4-0 over the Moldova national team (OM World Cup 2006)
Achievements: after Malofeev in qualifying matches for the 2004 European Championship, Belarus took last place in the 3rd qualifying group (Czech Republic, Holland, Austria, Moldova, Belarus); in the qualifying round for the 2006 World Cup, Belarus took 5th place out of 6 teams in the 5th qualifying group (Italy, Norway, Scotland, Slovenia, Belarus, Moldova)
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance of the national team in the qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup
What I remember: spectacular performance of the national team, as well as a fighting defeat from the Italian national team with a score of 3-4. Many still consider this match to be the best performed by the Belarusian team
Where now: unemployed, retired
Year of birth: 8.10.1960 (45-46 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
Assistants:
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 14 matches (7 friendlies, 7 official)
Game statistics: 3 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses; goal difference – 19-26
Biggest defeat: 0-3 from the Tunisian team (TM), 0-3 from the Dutch team (OM EURO 2008)
Biggest victory: 3-0 over Andorra (TM)
Achievements: in the qualifying round for the 2008 European Championship, he scored only 7 points in 7 matches
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance in the qualifying matches for the 2008 European Championship
What I remember: the first coach who succeeded with the “youth” team and failed with the “adult” team
Where now:Main coach FC “Belshina” (Bobruisk)
Bernd Stange
Year of birth: 03/14/1948 (age 59-63)
Nationality: German
Assistants: Harald Irmscher
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 49 matches (23 friendlies, 26 official)
Game statistics: 17 wins, 14 draws, 18 losses, goal difference – 65-54
Biggest defeat: 0-3 from the England team (OM World Cup 2010)
Biggest victory: 5-1 over the Andorra team (OM World Cup 2010), 5-1 over the Kazakhstan national team (OM World Cup 2010), 4-0 over the Kazakhstan team (OM World Cup 2010), 4-0 over the Oman team (TM)
Achievements: after Puntus, in the qualifying stage for the 2008 European Championship, he took 4th place with Belarus out of 7 teams in qualifying group G (Romania, Holland, Bulgaria, Belarus, Slovenia, Albania, Luxembourg); in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup, the team took 4th place out of 6 teams in qualifying group 6 (England, Ukraine, Croatia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra); in the qualifying round for the 2012 European Championship, the team took 4th place out of 6 teams in qualifying group D (France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg)
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance of the team in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 European Championship
What I remember: stable play of the Belarusian national team, a series of crushing victories, victories and draws with the giants of world football - both in friendly and official matches. Defeated by the Luxembourg team 0-1. Victories over the Dutch national teams (2-1), South Korea(1-0) and France (1-0), a draw with Germany (2-2), Argentina (0-0) and France (1-1)
Where now: unemployed
Year of birth: 01/07/1960 (age 51-54)
Nationality: Belarusian
Assistants: Vyacheslav Akshaev (2011-2012), Andrey Zygmantovich (2012-2014)
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 28 matches (17 friendlies, 11 official)
Game statistics: 9 wins, 8 draws, 11 losses; goal difference – 37-35
Biggest defeat: 0-4 from the Spanish national team (OM World Cup 2014)
Biggest victory: 6-1 over the Tajikistan team (TM)
Achievements: in the qualifying stage for the 2014 World Cup in Group I, the team took the last 5th place (Spain, France, Finland, Georgia, Belarus)
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance in the qualifying stage for the 2016 European Championship - in three matches the team scored only 1 point in the game with the Luxembourg national team
What I remember: quite a strong game with the giants of world football. And also - this is the second youth coach who did not succeed with the adult team
Where now: and about. head coach of the Belarus youth team
Year of birth: 12/2/1962 (age 51)
Nationality: Belarusian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 2 matches (1 friendly, 1 official)
Game statistics: 1 win, 1 loss; goal difference – 3-5
Biggest defeat: 0-3 from the Spanish national team (OM EURO 2016)
Biggest victory: 3-2 over Mexico (TM)
Achievements: –
Reason for resignation: was initially appointed “acting” until the ABFF decided on the Head Coach
What I remember: good performance in a friendly match with Mexico. At the same time, he maintained the same rotation of players as the previous coach
Where now: coach of the farm club of Brest “Dynamo” - “Rukh”
Year of birth: 10/19/1973 (age 41)
Nationality: Belarus
Assistants: Alexander Kulchiy, Eduardo Dacampo, Andrey Satsunkevich (goalkeeping coach)
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 16 matches (6 friendlies, 10 official)
Game statistics: 4 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses; goal difference – 12-19
Biggest defeat: 0-3 from the Northern Ireland team (TM) and 1-4 from the Dutch team (OM World Cup 2018)
Biggest victory: 2-0 over the Luxembourg team (OM EURO 2016)
Achievements: –
Reason for resignation: did not agree to a reduction in his salary after the national team’s poor start in the qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup
What I remember: a goalless draw in the match with France, as well as ignoring Vitaly Rodionov
Where now: head coach of Dynamo Kyiv
Igor Kriushenko
Year of birth: 02/10/1964 (53 years old)
Nationality: Belarus
Assistants: Oleg Kuzmenok, Valery Stripeikis, Andrey Satsunkevich
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 27 (11 friendly, 16 official)
Game statistics: 8 wins, 6 draws, 13 losses, goal difference 25-39
Biggest defeat: twice 0-4 from the Swedish team (OM World Cup 2018), 0-4 from the Dutch team (OM World Cup 2020)
Biggest victory: 5-0 over San Marino (Nations League)
Achievements: the biggest victory in official matches in the history of the national team - 5-0 over San Marino, reaching the playoffs of the Nations League from 1st place in the group (2018)
Reason for resignation: 4 defeats in a row in the qualifying tournament for the European Championship 2020 and an almost complete loss of chances to get into the tournament through this qualification
What I remember: successful games in the League of Nations with weak teams and complete helplessness in games with stronger opponents
Where now: unemployed
Mikhail Markhel
Year of birth: 07/14/1966 (53 years old)
Nationality: Belarus
Assistants: Yuri Markhel, Georgy Kondratyev, Alexander Sulima, Dmitry Rovneiko
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 6 (2 friendly, 4 official)
Game statistics: 1 win, 1 draw, 4 losses
Biggest defeat: 0-4 from the German national team (European Championship 2020)
Biggest victory: 2-1 over Estonia (UEFA EURO 2020 qualification)
Achievements: –
Only 2 out of 13 football coaches in Belarus were not Belarusians - German Bernd Stange and Russian However, the latter still lives in our country.
Only two coaches ever returned to managing the national team- And
Most matches at the helm of the national team there was a German specialist Bernd Stange– 49. Followed by – 28 matches and Igor Kriushenko– 27 matches.
The youngest football coach became a member of the national team - 37 years old. A the oldest – Bernd Stange– 59 years old.
- the only one (not counting Borovsky and Vergeenko) who played more friendly matches than official ones - 17 and 11, respectively. But during his first arrival, he was the only coach who did not play a single official game at all. , in turn, is the only coach who has the same number of wins and losses.
And they are the only coaches who have there were more victories with the Belarusian national team than defeats.
And they are the only coaches who, while at the head of the national team, managed not win a single victory. To be fair, it is worth noting that during these cycles they played only 4 games.
Analysis of coaching activities based on FIFA rankings:
| Name | Team management dates | Initial position in the ranking | Highest position in the ranking | Final position | Progress | |
| 1 | October 28, 1992 – May 25, 1994 | 146 | 130 (August 1993) | 142 | +4 | |
| 2 | August 17, 1994 – October 9, 1996 | 120 | 84 (February 1996) | 89 | +31 | |
| 3 | January 5, 1997 – September 8, 1999 | 91 | 89 (April-May 1999) | 100 | -9 | |
| 4 | October 9, 1999 – June 4, 2000 | 96 | 95 (December 1999) | 104 | -8 | |
| 5 | August 16, 2000 – June 12, 2003 | 110 | 74 (October, December 2002) | 82 | +28 | |
| 6 | August 8, 2003 – December 10, 2005 | 82 | 59 (November 2005) | 61 | +21 | |
| 7 | February 24, 2006 – July 14, 2007 | 63 | 61 (October 2006) | 71 | -8 | |
| 8 | Bernd Stange | July 30, 2007 – November 30, 2011 | 71 | 36 (February 2011) | 65 | +6 |
| 9 | December 8, 2011 – October 13, 2014 | 64 | 62 (March 2013) | 106 | -42 | |
| 10 | October 27, 2014 – December 4, 2014 | 106 | 101 (November 2014) | 101 | +5 | |
| 11 | December 4, 2014 – December 6, 2016 | 101 | 57 (September 2016) | 74 | +27 | |
| 12 | Igor Kriushenko | March 1, 2017 – June 13, 2019 | 72 | 71 (July-August 2017) | 82 | -10 |
| 13 | Mikhail Markhel | June 20, 2019 –… | 82 |
Looking at this table, we should not forget that growing from 100 to 70 places is much easier than from 70 to 60. But even in this case, we can draw some conclusions in which we will not take into account the rating of the team during leadership Mikhail Vergeenko(1992-1994) - the team was just being formed and did not play a single official game.
Based on the results of their coaching work, 7 coaches can boast of an increase in the FIFA team’s rating, and 4 can boast of its decline.
The most successful in this regard was (+31 positions). And here worst result showed (-42 positions).
The most successful result of all time was shown by a German specialist Bernd Stange, in which the team rose to a record 36th position.
The Football Federation has decided on the coach of the Belarusian national team. The result of the meeting between ABFF Chairman Sergei Rumas and Igor Kriushenko was an agreement on the appointment of a 53-year-old domestic specialist to the post of head coach of the country's national team as an acting coach, the ABFF official website reports.
The relationship will be documented in the coming days.
At the same time, Kriushenko will continue to lead the Torpedo-BelAZ team from Zhodino. As the official website of the Zhodino club notes, the combination was the condition under which Igor Nikolaevich agreed to the offer to lead the national team.
Igor Kriushenko twice won the championship with the BATE football club (2006, 2007), won the Belarus Cup twice - with BATE in 2006 and Zhodino Torpedo-BelAZ in 2016. In addition, he led the Russian football club "Siberia" to the Premier League in his debut season with the team and reached the final of the Russian Cup 2010. The specialist also managed to work with the football club "Dynamo-Minsk", which led to silver medals championship of Belarus in the 2008 season.
The Belarusian national team has been without a head coach since December 2016, when Alexander Khatskevich.
ABFF held negotiations with several candidates, but their names were not officially announced. The names of about a dozen candidates appeared in the media.
One of them, Russian Nikolay Pisarev, headed the Nizhny Novgorod club “Olympian” from the 3rd division of the Russian Championship.
Representative of the Belarusian coaching school Oleg Kononov said that he was ready for the post of head coach of the Belarusian national team, although at a certain moment he was ready for this question.
Former coach of Lokomotiv Moscow and Kuban Krasnodar Leonid Kuchuk accepted the Ukrainian "Steel".
Ukrainian specialist Victor Skripnik, who led the German Werder Bremen, also said that he would fill the vacant position.
Applicants for the vacancy included Anatoly Baidachny And Alexander Borodyuk.
But February 17 Anatoly Baidachny told Tribuna.com that he would not lead the Belarusian national team.
Among the contenders was also the name of the former head coach of Spartak Moscow Valeria Karpina, but on February 16, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Match TV football broadcasts.
The Belarusian national team will play the next qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup March 25 in Stockholm against the Swedish team, March 28 in Macedonia in the city of Skopje at the Philip II Stadium, the Belarusians will play a friendly match with the Macedonians, at June 1st sparring with Switzerland is planned, the 9th of June there will be a home qualifying match for the 2018 World Cup against Bulgaria, and 12 June Belarusians will host New Zealand in a friendly match.
The rivals of the Belarusian national team in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in the remaining matches will also be the teams of Luxembourg ( August 31 away), Sweden ( September 3 at home), Holland ( October 7th at home), France ( October 10 visiting).
Tournament position in group “A”:
1. France - 10 points (4 matches; goal difference 7-2)
2. Holland - 7 (4; 8−4)
3. Sweden - 7 (4; 6−3),
4. Bulgaria - 6 (4; 6−10)
5. Belarus - 2 (4; 2−6)
6. Luxembourg - 1 (4; 5−9).
Direct tickets to the final stage of the 2018 World Cup from Europe will be given to the winners of 9 qualifying groups based on the results of two-round tournaments (home and away). Another 4 passes in the play-offs will be played out by the 8 best teams among the second-place finishers. Play-offs will take place in November 2017.
Throughout the history of the Belarusian national team, its goalkeepers have been dozens of different players. Many of them went down in the history of Belarusian football, while others flashed fleetingly and were forgotten by the fans. We decided to remember all the goalkeepers who have ever played in the goal of the Belarusian national team. This list did not take into account the games of the Belarusian national team with football clubs, as well as with their own teams, and with teams of other countries in a different age category.
Let us note that on July 20, 1992, the first game of the Belarusian national team took place against the Lithuanian national team. But at the moment the first official game is considered to be the match with the Ukrainian national team on October 28, 1992. However, this article provides statistics based on the very first game in which Yuri Kurbyko defended the national team’s goal.
And on April 30, 2003, in a game with Uzbekistan (win 2-1), a very interesting moment occurred. For one player, the head coach of the Belarusians, Eduard Malofeev, put 3 different goalkeepers in the goal.
The age column indicates the full number of years of the players at the time of the game. And in the column “Most goals conceded”, if less than 3 goals are conceded, the specific team is not indicated.
Please also note that the material may contain inaccuracies and minor errors. Therefore, we will be happy to correct them with your help. We will also be grateful for finding photographs of goalkeepers during their performances in the national team.
Yuri Kurbyko (1992)
Total games: 1
Dynamo (Minsk)
The first game: 07/20/1992 (Lithuania 1-1)
36 years
Last game: 07/20/1992 (Lithuania 1-1)
36 years
Performance statistics:(no official matches)
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1 ball per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 0
Other: 1 game as captain
Where now: –
Valery Shantalosov (1992 – 2002)
Total games: 29 (substituted in 6 games, came on as a substitute in 3 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod), Baltika (Kaliningrad), Torpedo-MAZ (Minsk)
The first game: 10/28/1992 (Ukraine 1-1)
Age at first game: 26 years
Last game: 09/07/2002 (Holland 0-3)
Age when last played: 36 years
Performance statistics: 5 wins, 7 draws, 17 losses (in official matches 4 wins, 2 draws, 9 losses)
Goals conceded: 43
Average per game: 1.5 goals per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 7
Most missed in one game: 4 (against Norway 11/16/1994, Czech Republic 03/29/1995, Slovakia 03/27/1996, Scotland 09/07/1997)
Other: 7 games as captain
Where now: –
Andrey Satsunkevich (1993 – 1999)
Total games: 18 (came as a substitute in 2 games, was substituted in 2 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk), Torpedo (Moscow), Lokomotiv (Nizhny Novgorod)
The first game: 01/30/1993 (Peru 1-1)
Age at first game: 26 years
Last game: 09.02.1999
Age when last played: 32 years (Israel 1-2)
Performance statistics: 2 wins, 7 draws, 9 losses (in official matches 0 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses)
Goals conceded: 26
Average per game: 1.4 goals per game
Violations: 1 LCD
Dry matches: 5
Most missed in one game: 5 (vs. Sweden 06/01/1996)
Other: 6 games as captain
Where now: goalkeeper coach of the Belarusian national team
Alexander Martyoshkin (1995)
Total games: 1 (came as a substitute in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Wings of the Soviets (Samara)
The first game: 01/17/1995 (France 0-1)
Age at first game: 25 years
Last game: 01/17/1995 (France 0-1)
Age when last played: 25 years
Performance statistics:
Goals conceded: 0
Average per game:–
Violations: –
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 0 (vs. national team)
Where now: goalkeeper coach of Dynamo Minsk
Yuri Svirkov (1996)
Total games: 1 (replaced in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: MPCC (Mozyr)
The first game: 07/31/1996 (Lithuania 2-2)
Age at first game: 28 years
Last game: 07/31/1996 (Lithuania 2-2)
Age when last played: 28 years
Performance statistics:
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1 ball per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 0
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: head coach of the “Inkomsport” team from Crimea
Yuri Afanasenko (1996 – 1999)
Total games: 3 (came as a substitute in 2 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo-93 (Minsk), Dynamo (Minsk)
The first game: 07/31/1996 (Lithuania 2-2)
Age at first game: 22
Last game: 09/08/1999 (Switzerland 0-2)
Age when last played: 26 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses (in official matches)
Goals conceded: 4
Average per game: 1.3 goals per game
Violations: 1 LCD
Dry matches: 0
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now: goalkeeper coach of the Belarusian women's national football team
Dmitry Ekimov (1996)
Total games: 1 (replaced in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Brest)
The first game: 08/20/1996 (UAE 0-1)
Age at first game: 24 years
Last game: 08/20/1996 (UAE 0-1)
Age when last played: 24 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1 ball per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 0
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: –
Andrey Drozd (1996)
Total games: 1 (came as a substitute in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Ataka-Aura (Minsk)
The first game: 08/20/1996 (UAE 0-1)
Age at first game: 20 years
Last game: 08/20/1996 (UAE 0-1)
Age when last played: 20 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 0
Average per game:–
Violations: –
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 0
Where now: goalkeeper coach of BATE club (Borisov)
Alexander Evnevich (1997)
Total games: 1 (replaced in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk)
The first game: 08/05/1997 (Israel 2-3)
Age at first game: 27 years
Last game: 08/05/1997 (Israel 2-3)
Age when last played: 27 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 2
Average per game: 2 goals per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 0
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now:–
Vitaly Varivonchik (1997 – 2000)
Total games: 3 (came as a substitute in 1 game, was substituted in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo-93 (Minsk), Jaro (Piertasari)
The first game: 08/05/1997 (Israel 2-3)
Age at first game: 25 years
Last game: 10/17/2000 (Poland 1-3)
Age when last played: 28 years
Performance statistics: 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses (in official matches 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss)
Goals conceded: 4
Average per game: 1.3 goals per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 3 (Poland 10/17/2000)
Where now: assistant coach at FC Arsenal (Dzerzhinsk)
Gennady Tumilovich (1998 – 2004)
Total games: 32 (came as a substitute in 3 games, was substituted in 3 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Zhemchuzhina (Sochi), Ironi (Rishon LeZion), Rostselmash (Rostov-on-Don), Antwerp (Antwerp), Luch-Energiya (Vladivostok)
The first game: 06/07/1998 (Lithuania 5-0)
Age at first game: 26 years
Last game: 02/18/2004 (Cyprus 2-0)
Age when last played: 33 years
Performance statistics: 12 wins, 6 draws, 14 losses (in official matches 5 wins, 4 draws, 10 losses)
Goals conceded: 40
Average per game: 1.25 goals per game
Violations: 4ZhK, 1KK
Dry matches: 7
Most missed in one game: 5 (Austria 06/11/2003)
Other: On 06/06/2001, in a game against the Norwegian national team, Tumilovich received in the 82nd minute yellow card for disagreeing with the judge's decision, but after that he continued to be indignant. Then the referee showed him a second yellow card for insulting the referee and sent off the goalkeeper
Where now: –
Vasily Khomutovsky (2000 – 2008)
Total games: 27 (came as a substitute in 7 games, came on as a substitute in 1 game and was substituted in the same game, was substituted in 5 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Waldhov (Mannheim), Dynamo (Moscow), Steaua (Bucharest), Tom (Tomsk), Augsburg (Germany)
The first game: 08/16/2000 (Latvia 1-0)
Age at first game: 22
Last game: 06/02/2008 (Finland 1-1)
Age when last played: 29 years
Performance statistics: 11 wins, 6 draws, 10 losses (in official matches 2 wins, 3 draws, 7 losses)
Goals conceded: 29
Average per game: 1.1 goals per game
Violations: 2 residential complexes
Dry matches: 10
Most missed in one game: 4 (Italy 10/13/2004)
Where now: –
Yuri Tsygalko (2002 – 2003)
Total games: 3 (came as a substitute in 2 games, was substituted in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk)
The first game: 04/17/2002 (Hungary 5-2)
Age at first game: 18 years
Last game: 04/30/2003 (Uzbekistan 2-1)
Age when last played: 19 years
Performance statistics: 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 0.33 goals per game
Violations: –
Dry matches: 3
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: after finishing sports career in 2013 he was not seen in professional football. According to the newspaper “Sovetskaya Belorussia” he owns his own cafe
Yuri Zhevnov (2003 – 2015)
Total games: 57 (came as a substitute in 4 games, was substituted in 7 games)
Club while playing for the national team: BATE (Borisov), FC Moscow, Zenit (St. Petersburg), Torpedo (Moscow), Ural (Ekaterinburg)
The first game: 04/02/2003 (Uzbekistan 2-2)
Age at first game: 21 years old
Last game: 09/08/2015 (Luxembourg 2-0)
Age when last played: 34 years
Performance statistics: 19 wins, 19 draws, 21 losses (in official matches 13 wins, 8 draws, 15 losses)
Goals conceded: 67
Average per game: 1.2 goals per game
Violations: 1KK
Dry matches: 19
Most missed in one game: 4 (Italy 09/07/2005)
Other: 14 games as captain
Where now: goalkeeper coach of FC “Zenit” (Russia)
Alexander Sulima (2004 – 2006)
Total games: 6 (came as a substitute in 3 games)
Club while playing for the national team: Neman (Grodno), MTZ-Ripo (Minsk)
The first game: 02/19/2004 (Romania 0-2)
Age at first game: 24 years
Last game: 03/01/2006 (Finland 2-2)
Age when last played: 26 years
Performance statistics: 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 7
Average per game: 1.2 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now: Football Academy coach
Vladimir Gaev (2006)
Total games: 4 (replaced in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Bucharest), Chernomorets (Odessa)
The first game: 03/01/2006 (Finland 2-2)
Age at first game: 28 years
Last game: 11.10.2006 (Slovenia 4-2)
Age when last played: 28 years
Performance statistics: 1 win, 1 draw, 2 losses (in official matches 1 win, 0 draws, 2 losses)
Goals conceded: 6
Average per game: 1.5 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 3 (07.10.2006 Romania)
Where now: goalkeeper coach of the Slutsk club
Anton Amelchenko (2007 – 2011)
Total games: 8 (came as a substitute in 4 games, was substituted in 3 games)
Club while playing for the national team: FC Moscow, Rostov (Rostov-on-Don), Lokomotiv (Moscow)
The first game: 08/22/2007 (Israel 2-1)
Age at first game: 22
Last game: 03/29/2011 (Canada 0-1)
Age when last played: 26 years
Performance statistics: 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 5
Average per game: 0.6 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 4
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: After retiring in 2017, he was not seen in professional football
Sergey Veremko (2008 – 2014)
Total games: 26 (came as a substitute in 4 games, was substituted in 2 games)
Club while playing for the national team: BATE (Borisov), FC Sevastopol, Krylia Sovetov (Samara), FC Ufa
The first game: 02/02/2008 (Iceland 2-0)
Age at first game: 25 years
Last game: 03/04/2014 (Bulgaria 1-2)
Age when last played: 31 year
Performance statistics: 10 wins, 6 draws, 10 losses (in official matches 2 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses)
Goals conceded: 26
Average per game: 1 ball per game
Violations: 1ZhK
Dry matches: 9
Most missed in one game: 4 (10.09.2013 France)
Other: 14 games as captain
Where now: goalkeeper of the Minsk club
Alexander Lentsevich (2008)
Total games: 1
Club while playing for the national team: FC Gomel
The first game: 02/04/2008 (Armenia 1-2)
Age at first game: 28 years
Last game: 02/04/2008 (Armenia 1-2)
Age when last played: 28 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss (no official matches)
Goals conceded: 2
Average per game: 2 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 0
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now: after leaving the post of coach of the Dnepr club in February 2016, he was not seen in professional football
Alexander Gutor (2013–present)
Total games: 16 (came as a substitute in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk), Orenburg, Chernomorets, Dynamo Brest
The first game: 03/25/2013 (Canada 2-0)
Age at first game: 23 years old
Last game: 11/16/2019 (Germany 0-4)
Age when last played: 30 years
Performance statistics: 4 wins, 3 draws, 9 losses (in official matches 1 win, 2 draws, 5 losses)
Goals conceded: 25
Average per game: 1.6 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 5
Most missed in one game: 4 (Armenia 11/09/2017), 4 (Germany 11/16/2019)
Where now: player of FC Dynamo Brest
Sergei Chernik (2013–present)
Total games: 19 (substituted in 1 game, came on as a substitute in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Neman (Grodno), BATE (Borisov), FC Nancy
The first game: 11/15/2013 (Albania 0-0)
Age at first game: 25 years
Last game: 11/19/2019 (Montenegro 0-2)
Age when last played: 31 year
Performance statistics: 8 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses (3 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses)
Goals conceded: 20
Average per game: 1.05 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 6
Most missed in one game: 4 (Sweden 09/03/2017)
Other: 1 game as captain
Where now:
Andrey Gorbunov (2015–present)
Total games: 18 (substituted in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Atromitos (Athens), Dynamo Minsk, Torpedo BelAZ
The first game: 03/30/2015 (Gabon 0-0)
Age at first game: 31 year
Last game: 03/21/2019 (Holland 0-4)
Age when last played: 35 years
Performance statistics: 3 wins, 7 draws, 7 losses (in official matches 2 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses)
Goals conceded: 22
Average per game: 1.22 goals per game
Violations:–
Dry matches: 9
Most missed in one game: 4 (Holland 10/7/2016), (Sweden 03/25/2017) (Holland 03/21/2019)
Where now: player of the club “Torpedo BelAZ” Minsk
Andrey Klimovich (2017–present)
Total games: 2
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk), Shakhtar (Soligorsk)
The first game: 12.06.2017 (New Zealand 1-0)
Age at first game: 28 years
Last game: 03/24/2019 (Northern Ireland 1-2)
Age when last played: 30 years
Performance statistics: 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss (in official matches 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss)
Goals conceded: 2
Average per game: 1
Violations:–
Dry matches: 1
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now: player of the Shakhtar club (Soligorsk)
Sergey Ignatovich (2017 – present)
Total games: 1 (replaced in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Minsk)
The first game: 11/13/2017 (Georgia 2-2)
Age at first game: 25 years
Last game: 11/13/2017 (Georgia 2-2)
Age when last played: 25 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1
Violations:–
Clean sheets: –
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: goalkeeper of the Dynamo club (Minsk)
Pavel Pavlyuchenko (2017–present)
Total games: 1 (came as a substitute in 1 game)
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo (Brest)
The first game: 11/13/2017 (Georgia 2-2)
Age at first game: 19 years
Last game: 11/13/2017 (Georgia 2-2)
Age when last played: 19 years
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1
Violations:–
Clean sheets: –
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: goalkeeper of the Dynamo club (Brest)
Denis Shcherbitsky (2018–present)
Total games: 1
Club while playing for the national team: BATE (Borisov)
The first game: 06/09/2018 (Finland 0-2)
Age at first game: 22
Last game: 06/09/2018 (Finland 0-2)
Age when last played: 22
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss
Goals conceded: 2
Average per game: 2
Violations:–
Clean sheets: –
Most missed in one game: 2
Where now: goalkeeper of the BATE club (Borisov)
Maxim Plotnikov (2019–present)
Total games: 1
Club while playing for the national team: Dynamo Minsk
The first game: 09/09/2019 (Wales 0-1)
Age at first game: 21 years old
Last game: 09/09/2019 (Wales 0-1)
Age when last played: 21 years old
Performance statistics: 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss
Goals conceded: 1
Average per game: 1
Violations:–
Clean sheets: –
Most missed in one game: 1
Where now: goalkeeper of the Dynamo Minsk club
In total, the gates of the Belarusian national team, according to the criteria specified at the beginning (excluding matches with their own teams, teams of other ages and clubs), were defended in different time 25 goalkeepers. But only half of them took part in official games. The rest were involved only in friendly matches.
Currently played the most games for the national team Yuri Zhevnov– 57. Gennady Tumilovich played 32 games, Valery Shantalosov played 29.
Yuri Kurbyko During the first game for the national team, he was 36 years old - the oldest in history. If we do not count the first match with the Lithuanian national team, then the oldest debutant was Andrei Gorbunov - 31 years old.
But he was the youngest to make his debut for the national team Yuri Tsygalko. At the time of the first game he was only 18 years old. True to gain a foothold among the best football players country he could not.
But the oldest players in the Belarusian national team in history were Valery Shantalasov and Yuri Kurbyko. The last time they defended the gates of Belarus was 36 years old.
The most undisciplined Belarusian goalkeeper in history was Gennady Tumilovich, who received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
6 goalkeepers at different times were captains of the Belarusian national football team.
Conceded the most goals in one game Gennady Tumilovich– 5. But the most clean sheets are Yuri Zhevnova – 19.
Of all the goalkeepers who played 10 or more games for the national team, Sergei Chernik and Sergei Veremko conceded the least amount of goals per game on average - 1 goal. But Valery Shantalosov conceded the most goals - 1.5 goals in one match.
Goalkeeper eras
There is such a thing as “the main goalkeeper of the national team.” And no matter how much good football players There is only one main goalkeeper in this position in the country. For example, these are world-class players such as Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon, Oliver Kahn, Francesco Toldo, Andrei Akinfeev and many others. Of course, the era of each of these great players ends sooner or later. And we decided to make a list of goalkeeper eras in Belarusian football. In addition to the name and also the quantity matches played We will also indicate the main competitors of the team.
Note that the performances of goalkeepers in official matches are primarily taken into account here. And the competitors are those goalkeepers who played most often or sat on the bench during official games. Friendly matches are counted second.
| Years | Name | Main competitors in the team |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-1997 | Valery Shantalasov | Andrey Satsunkevich |
| 1998 | Andrey Satsunkevich | Valery Shantalasov |
| 1999-2003 | Gennady Tumilovich | Vasily Khomutovsky, Valery Shantalasov |
| 2004-2006 | Vasily Khomutovsky | Yuri Zhevnov, Alexander Sulima |
| 2007-2011 | Yuri Zhevnov | Vasily Khomutovsky, Sergey Veremko, Anton Amelchenko |
| 2012-2013 | Sergey Veremko | Yuri Zhevnov, Anton Amelchenko, Sergei Chernik |
| 2014 | Yuri Zhevnov | Sergey Chernik |
| 2015-2016 | Andrey Gorbunov | Sergey Chernik, Yuri Zhevnov |
| 2017-2018 | Sergey Chernik | Andrey Gorbunov, Alexander Gutor |
| 2019 | Alexander Gutor | Andrey Klimovich, Sergey Chernik |
As can be seen from the table, the main goalkeepers of the national team for the most years were Valery Shantalasov and Yuri Zhevnov - 5 years each.
Two matches of the Belarusian national team against the teams of Hungary and Finland in a short period of time are a clear illustration of what is good and what is bad. In Brest, in front of their home fans, Igor Kriushenko’s team delighted the audience with their confident actions on the field and good attitude, and in Tampere last Saturday we saw football that we definitely didn’t like. The Belarusians never won, but before the imminent start in the Nations League they gave the coaching staff enough useful information.
Maxim Volodko with the ball.
After any failure there are many questions. For example, one of the most common and idle questions to the head coach today is: why such a serious rotation in the lineup? There is logic in this message, since the meeting with the Finns is indicated as a last resort in preparation for the most important mission in the fall. In fact, a dress rehearsal of the national team was supposed to take place with all the ensuing results - from the starting clip to a positive result. However, from the first minutes we saw ten new names at once compared to the game in Brest, and the football, mainly before the break, was of a different, unpresentable quality. Did Igor Kriushenko have the right to manage the sparring this way? Undoubtedly. The match was still a friendly and was not initially considered as a final run-through before the fight. Firstly, in the schedule two days later on the third, rotation was inevitable. Secondly, there is still a long way to go before the first official meeting in September, so that we can be as ready as possible at the beginning of June. Thirdly, I would like to believe that we saw a match close to the standards just the day before in the city above the Bug, where the team appeared in almost optimal composition. And the conditionally second numbers in Finland were disappointing - this is what the coaches see as food for thought, as well as the main complaint of the viewer and fan towards the players. Well, how is it that you were given a chance, but you didn’t use it?
Actually, there is no novelty in this fact. Frankly, we have few high-class players. Exactly for the composition, and maybe even less. Otherwise, there would not have been talk all spring about three veterans who stopped playing for the national team, but may return under certain circumstances. Gleb Sr. had a great time in Prague on Saturday - his former London Arsenal teammate Tomasz Rosicky said goodbye to professional football. And Kalachev and Kornilenko are on a well-deserved rest after a difficult season in Russia. You know, here, too, an interesting question is hidden in relation to experienced performers. Where is the guarantee that they will be in optimal playing conditions this coming fall? No one will give such guarantees, however, this applies to any football player. And the national team’s coaching staff understands that planning a starting round in three months is at least naive - there are so many events to be experienced over the summer period! And the main thing here, of course, is the health of the players, which is what we wish for them. But to have an idea about all the candidates - it is for the sake of such information that friendly matches are held.
Young goalkeeper Denis Shcherbitsky was allowed to play for national team- deserved his chance in the season. Yes, he made a ridiculous mistake when conceding the second goal, but he was not the only one to blame for the unfortunate episode. The main complaints there are against Igor Shitov - a national team player cannot afford to be deceived so easily on a false move. And here the question is more interesting: how much will such negligence in one moment of sparring affect the prospects of the defender from the Kazakhstani “Astana”? And all the numerous dangerous situations at our goal from the first half of the match are an elementary consequence of experiments in the defensive line. Polyakov and Gavrilovich in the center of defense, I dare say, are unlikely to play in at least one official match in the future. There are enough candidates there - from Sivakov, who was released on vacation after the Brest fight, to Martynovich and Politevich, who were on vacation for a long time. How normal this is on the eve of such an important tournament is a different question. I admit that for a good microclimate in the team, the coach really should have made concessions to some leaders.
A draw and a defeat with the Hungarians and Finns are not encouraging in terms of the score, but in terms of texture they are encouraging. It was important these days to catch a hint of what the Belarusian national team is ideally capable of? The pleasant impressions of Brest still outweigh the negative ones after Tampere. With that we will leave until the September debut confrontation with the San Marino team in the Nations League.
SCOREBOARD
Football.
Friendly match
Finland - Belarus - 2:0 (Uronen, 8, Yagubi, 75).
BELARUS: Shcherbitsky, Veretilo (Shitov, 46), Polyakov (Pavlovets, 64), Gavrilovich, Matveychik (Volodko, 46), Kovalev (Stasevich, 68), Karnitsky (Kislyak, 79), Baga, Skavysh, Shikavka (Dragun, 46 ), Laptev.
The Belarus national football team is a professional team that represents the interests of the country at the international level. He has been a member of FIFA since 1992, a member of UEFA since 1993.
The Belarusian national team began to compete in international competitions since 1994. The first serious opponent was the Norwegian national team as part of the qualification for the 1996 European Championship. The first pancake turned out to be lumpy - the Belarusians lost with a minimal difference in the score (0:1). The Belarusian team performed unsuccessfully in this qualifying round, despite the victory over the Netherlands team, achieved thanks to a goal from Sergei Gerasimets.
In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup, the team Belarus took last place in the group and could not reach the final part of the tournament.
The selection for Euro 2000 developed in a similar way. The team did not show the best game and finished the tournament in last place in the group.
The qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup was more successful. The Belarusians, led by Eduard Malofeev, were close to becoming one of the 32 participants in the Asian World Cup. However, a home defeat to the Ukrainian national team and an away loss to the Welsh team did not allow this to happen. Even a big victory over the Poles (4:1), who secured first place in the group ahead of schedule, did not help. Roman Vasilyuk, who to this day holds the record for the number of goals in one match, scored the goal against the Polish national team.
The qualifying tournament for the 2004 European Championship was also unsuccessful for the Belarusians - last place in the group with three points to their name.
The result of qualifying for the 2006 World Championship is penultimate place in the group.
In the 2008 European Championship selection, the Belarusians performed slightly better, finishing in 4th place in the group.
The Belarusians, who began the selection process with a foreign coach for the first time in history, failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The team led by German specialist Bernd Stange finished fourth, behind Croatian, Ukrainian and English stars.
In qualifying for Euro 2012, the Belarusians retained their chances until the last, which was greatly facilitated by away win over the French (1:0) and a home draw (1:1). However, having twice lost to their main rival for second place - the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina (0:2 and 0:1) - Bernd Stange's team, finally drawing with the Romanians, finished fourth in the octet.
The German specialist was replaced by a Belarusian one. The team was led by Georgy Kondratyev, who managed to lead the youth (U-21) team of Belarus to bronze medals at Euro 2011 and win a ticket to the Olympic Games.
It is difficult to say what the real potential of the Belarusian team is. On the one hand, sometimes she demonstrates a combinational football that is pleasing to the eye, which allowed her to win and play on equal terms with the strongest squads on the planet. On the other hand, Belarusians are still considered outsiders in any qualifying group.
At one time, the team was called the world champion in friendly matches, as Belarusian players confidently dealt with equal opponents in matches that took place outside the qualifying rounds.
