The Belarus national football team (; ) represents Belarus in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Belarus, the governing body for football in Belarus. Belarus' home ground is Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. Since independence in 1991, Belarus has not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup or UEFA European Championship.
History
After the split of the Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on 20 July 1992.
Belarus won their group in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D that contained Luxembourg, Moldova, and San Marino, and qualified for the country's first-ever playoffs after they finished fourth in their group during UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. The team was scheduled to play against Georgia. However, they lost 1–0, missing a place at UEFA Euro 2020.
Team image Nickname In August 2016, the Football Federation announced that the team's nickname would be the "White Wings". The name was influenced by the book (1977) by Belarusian writer Uladzimir 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!"
Home venue From September to October 2021, Central Stadium in Kazan, Russia has been their home venue because of travel sanctions imposed after an incident with Ryanair Flight 4978.
However from March 2022 onwards, due to Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UEFA – the European governing body for association football – banned Belarusian clubs and national teams from hosting competitive international matches, whilst allowing them to continue playing competitive matches, albeit at a neutral stadium and behind closed doors when they play as host. Since then, all of their competitive matches have been held in Hungary or Serbia.
Since June 2025, Belarus play their non-competitive matches in the newly opened National Football Stadium in Minsk.
Kit Kit provider Period Umbro 2002–2004 Puma 2004–2012 Adidas 2012–2018 Macron 2018–2022 Erreà 2022–2026 Adidas 2026-present
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2025
2026
Coaching history
ManagerCareerGames ManagedWinsDrawsLosesGoals Mikhail Vergeyenko 1992–1994, 1997–1999 24 2 6 16 22–40 Sergei Borovsky 1994–1996, 1999–2000 26 4 9 13 21–43 Eduard Malofeyev 2000–2003 22 10 5 7 31–31 Valery Streltsov (caretaker) 2002 1 0 0 1 0–3 Anatoly Baidachny 2003–2005 22 10 4 8 34–29 Yury Puntus 2006–2007 14 3 4 7 19–26 Bernd Stange 2007–2011 49 17 14 18 65–54 Georgy Kondratyev 2011–2014, 2021–2023 49 14 11 24 54–67 Andrei Zygmantovich (caretaker) 2014 2 1 0 1 3–5 Alyaksandr Khatskevich 2014–2016 18 6 6 6 14–19 Igor Kriushenko 2017–2019 25 8 4 13 23–37 Mikhail Markhel 2019–2021 18 7 3 9 23–35 Oleg Radushko (caretaker) 2021 1 0 0 1 0–2 Carlos Alós 2023–2025 26 6 10 10 24–40 Viktor Goncharenko 2026– 4 3 1 0 9–4Total: 1992–Present 300 90 77 134 338–434
Players
Current squad The following players were named in the squad for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C matches against Albania, Finland (twice) and San Marino from 26 September to 6 October 2026.
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 March 2026, after the game against Greece.
Recent call-ups The following players have also been called up to the Belarus squad during last 12 months.
INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad / standby
Records
Players in bold are still active with Belarus.
Most appearances
RankPlayerCapsGoalsYears1Alyaksandr Kulchy10251996–20122Alyaksandr Martynovich8222009–present3Sergei Gurenko8031994–2006Alexander Hleb8062001–20195Sergei Kornilenko78172003–20166Timofey Kalachyov76102004–20167Syarhey Amelyanchuk7412002–2011Syarhey Kislyak7492009–20219Syarhey Shtanyuk7131995–200710Stanislaw Drahun68112011–2020 NB Sergei Aleinikov reached a combined 81 caps and 6 goals for Soviet Union, CIS and Belarus between 1984 and 1994.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioYears1Maksim Romaschenko20641998–20082Sergei Kornilenko17782003–20163Vitali Kutuzov13522002–20114Vyacheslav Hleb12452004–20115Stanislaw Drahun11682011–20206Raman Vasilyuk10242000–2008Vitali Rodionov10482007–2017Valyantsin Byalkevich10561992–2005Timofey Kalachyov10762004–201610Syarhey Kislyak9742009–2021
Competitive record FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup recordQualification record Year Result Position 1930 to 1990Part of the Part of the 1994FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.Not admitted to the tournament 1998Did not qualify 6th 10 1 1 8 5 21 2002 3rd 10 4 3 3 12 11 2006 5th 10 2 4 4 12 14 2010 4th 10 4 1 5 19 14 2014 5th 8 1 1 6 7 16 2018 6th 10 1 2 7 6 21 2022 5th 8 1 0 7 7 24 2026 4th 6 0 2 4 4 17 2030To be determinedTo be determined 2034Total––––––––7214144472138
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
UEFA European Championship UEFA European Championship recordQualification record Year Result Position 1960 to 1992Part of the Part of the 1996Did not qualify 4th 10 3 2 5 8 13 2000 5th 8 0 3 5 4 10 2004 5th 8 1 0 7 4 20 2008 4th 12 4 1 7 17 23 2012 4th 10 3 4 3 8 7 2016 4th 10 3 2 5 8 14 2020 4th 9 1 1 7 4 17 2024 4th 10 3 3 4 9 14 2028To be determinedTo be determined 2032Total–0/8–––––––7718164362118
UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
UEFA Nations League UEFA Nations League recordSeasonDivisionGroup2018–19D21st642010043rd2020–21C42nd631210838th2022–23C34th60333746th2024–25C33rd61413441st2026–27C13rd100102TBDTBDTotal258107 262138th
2024–25 UEFA Nations League
Head-to-head record
+Key Positive balance (more wins) Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio) Negative balance (more losses)
TournamentGoals forGoals againstWorld Cup Qualifying7014134372136Euro Qualifying 7718164362118UEFA Nations League 2791173021Friendly128503642178160OpponentGoals forGoals against1475215610541197103258131020862394141010913551285212078422111082429782069168035817822410127223597106816641112464111376222109622266612361061143960245166006314522185511339604247502316501418501431250052164220414112444112784112264022594022294004110400401232105332014231207431204331112430122822001113300110220051220031210142210121210133210111202033202022200214200203200216200209110051110030110031110020110032110021110010110010110010110010101022101011101011101011101000101000100102100103Total:3059278135345438
See also
Belarus national under-23 football team Belarus national under-21 football team Belarus national under-19 football team Belarus national under-17 football team Belarus women's national football team
Notes
References
External links
Belarus Federation of Football Belarus at FIFA Belarus at UEFA Football.by