Belarus women's national football team

Belarus
Association	Football Federation of Belarus; (Беларуская фэдэрацыя па футболу)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Eduard Demenkovets
Captain	Oksana Shpak
FIFA code	BLR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	54 1 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest	37 (December 2011)
Lowest	56 (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)

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 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.

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.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Void or postponed Fixture

2021

UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying	Norway	Cancelled	Belarus	Oslo, Norway
		Cancellation		Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion

8 April Friendly	India	1–2	Belarus	Olmaliq, Uzbekistan
	Basfore 90+4'	Report (AIFF) Report (Soccerway) Report (FBref)	Shuppo 68' (pen.) Pilipenko 78'	Stadium: AGMK Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Rustam Lutfullin (Uzbekistan)

11 April Friendly	Uzbekistan	1–3	Belarus	Olmaliq, Uzbekistan
	Qudratova 9'	Report (Soccerway) Report (FBref)	Shlapakova 45+3' Shatsilenia 76' Olkhovik 87'	Stadium: AGMK Stadium Attendance: 59 Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

8 June Friendly	Belarus	6–0	Iran	TBD, Belarus
	Olkhovik 5', 48' Pilipenko 18', 30', 57' Pabiahaila 83' (pen.)	Report (Soccerway) Report (FBref)		Stadium: TBC

14 June Friendly	Belarus	1–1	Uzbekistan	Vitebsk, Belarus
	Olkhovik 14'	Report (FBref) Report (Scorebat)	Karachik 70'	Stadium: Stadyen Central'ny Vitsyebski

17 September World Cup 2023 qualifying	Belarus	4–1	Cyprus	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
17:00 (18:00 EEST)	Kozyupa 6' Shuppo 45+4' (pen.) Pilipenko 51' Shlapakova 59'	Report	Violari 57'	Referee: Marina Krupskaya (Russia)

26 October World Cup 2023 qualifying	Belarus	0–2	Netherlands	Minsk, Belarus
		Report	Martens 71' Van de Donk 75'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)

26 November World Cup 2023 qualifying	Cyprus	1–1	Belarus	Larnaca
	Savva 60'	Report	Pilipenko 24'	Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium Referee: Irena Velevačkoska (North Macedonia)

TBD World Cup 2023 qualifying	Czech Republic	v	Belarus	Opava
		Report		Stadium: Stadion v Městských sadech Referee: Marina Živković (Serbia)

2022

7 April World Cup 2023 qualifying	Belarus	v	Iceland
		Report

12 April World Cup 2023 qualifying	Netherlands	v	Belarus
		Report

2 September World Cup 2023 qualifying	Iceland	v	Belarus
		Report

6 September World Cup 2023 qualifying	Belarus	v	Czech Republic
		Report

Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 21 March 2021

Name	Role
Eduard Demenkovets	Manager

Manager history

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Notes
Eduard Demenkovets	????–	0	0	0	0	00.0%

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for a friendly match against

Netherlands on 26 October 2021.[2]

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 20 June 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nataliya Voskobovich	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993	15	0	Zvezda Perm
12	1GK	Ekaterina Miklashevich	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992	0	0	Lokomotiv Moscow

2	2DF	Hanna Krasikava	(2002-10-03) 3 October 2002	0	0	Minsk
8	2DF	Viktoryia Kazakevich	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998	13	0	Dinamo Minsk
9	2DF	Anna Kozyupa	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995	21	1	Split
16	2DF	Anastasiya Novikava	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998	8	0	Dinamo Minsk
20	2DF	Kseniya Kubichnaya	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999	10	0	Minsk

3	3MF	Anastasiya Linnik (captain)	(1993-07-11) 11 July 1993	29	1	Dinamo Minsk
5	3MF	Anna Sas	(2003-10-06) 6 October 2003	2	0	Minsk
6	3MF	Tatsiana Markusheuskaya	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994	11	0	Dinamo Minsk
17	3MF	Tatyana Krasnova	(1995-06-27) 27 June 1995	6	0	Ryazan-VDV
18	3MF	Viktoryia Valiuk	(2002-06-30) 30 June 2002	0	0	Dinamo Minsk
21	3MF	Valeryia Bohdan	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000	1	0	Minsk
23	3MF	Anna Pilipenko (C)	(1988-12-25) 25 December 1988	24	5	Dinamo Minsk

4	4FW	Anastasiya Shlapakova	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000	8	2	Dinamo Minsk
14	4FW	Karyna Alkhovik	(2000-06-17) 17 June 2000	12	4	Dinamo Minsk
15	4FW	Anastasiya Shuppo	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997	13	2	Zenit

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a Belarus squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Maria Svidunovich	(2000-05-20) 20 May 2000	0	0	Zhytlobud-1	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021

DF	Yulia Slesarchik	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994	26	4	Zenit	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
DF	Polina Shatsilenia	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995	16	0	Ryazan-VDV	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
DF	Elizaveta Giba	(2004-03-15) 15 March 2004	0	0	Minsk	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021

MF	Anastasia Popova	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990	9	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
MF	Darya Stezhko	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998	3	0	Dinamo Minsk	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
MF	Anastasiya Pobegaylo	(2004-01-23) 23 January 2004	2	0	Minsk	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021

FW	Elizaveta Sergeychik	(1997-03-19) 19 March 1997	3	0	Zvezda Perm	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
FW	Milana Surovtseva	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003	1	0	Minsk	v. Uzbekistan 11 April 2021
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Captains

Oksana Shpak (????–)

Records

As of 21 March 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Career

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
1991	Did not exist								UEFA Euro 1991
1995	Did not enter								UEFA Euro 1995
1999	Did not qualify								6	1	2	3	8	9	-1
2003									8	5	0	3	27	16	+11
2007									8	2	1	5	6	23	-17
2011									8	4	1	3	17	14	+3
2015									10	2	0	8	12	31	-19
2019									8	1	0	7	5	21	-16
2023	To be determined								To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	15	4	29	75	114	-39

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
UEFA Women's Championship record								Qualifying record
1984 to 1991	Did not exist							Did not exist
1993	Did not enter							Did not enter
1995	Did not enter							Did not enter
1997	Did not qualify							6	3	0	3	12	9
2001								8	5	1	2	20	9
2005								8	5	1	2	21	3
2009								8	1	1	6	10	27
2013								8	4	1	3	10	17
2017								8	3	0	5	10	20
2022								7	2	0	5	11	15
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	23	4	26	94	100