The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is nearing its end. Many Belarusians probably think that it would be great to see the Belarusian national team at Russian stadiums. Unfortunately, today the team from Sineokaya is unlikely to be able to compete with most of the teams competing at the World Cup. However, in the history of Belarusian football there have been very strong players, which gives hope for the future development of the world's most popular sport in Belarus.
For example, in 1982, the Dynamo-Minsk club became the best in the USSR, leaving behind the legendary Dynamo Kiev and Spartak Moscow; Some football players from Belarus at one time consistently played in the main team of the Soviet Union national team, with which they won Olympic gold medals and silver medals at the European Championship in 1988.
It is also worth noting the recent successes of the BATE football club from Borisov, which at one time seriously “ruffled the nerves” of the European giants in the UEFA Champions League, in particular, in 2012 the club confidently beat Bayern Munich with a score of 3:1, which that season won the most prestigious European Cup.
At the turn of the century, the Belarusian national team was one step away from reaching the final part of the 2002 World Cup. Then the team took third place in the qualifying group, losing only two points to the Ukrainian team and ahead of such strong European middle peasants as the teams of Norway and Wales.
The Eurasia.Expert columnist compiled a team of the best Belarusian players of all time, uniting in it both football players of the Soviet era and the 21st century. With such a composition, the Belarusian national team would definitely be able to at least get to the World Cup, and such rich traditions of Belarusian football give hope for future football successes.
Goalkeeper – Gennady Tumilovich
Undoubtedly, we will give a place in goal to Gennady Tumilovich. Despite the fact that the football player never built a brilliant club career, his play for the national team fascinated many. Brilliant reactions, fantastic “saves” and confident play in the penalty area largely became the key to the team’s success in the qualifying stages for top tournaments.
To evaluate the goalkeeper’s performance, you can watch a review of the Ukraine-Belarus game as part of the selection for the 2002 World Cup. In it, Tumilovich’s confident play led to the fact that Andrei Shevchenko and his teammates were unable to hit the Belarusian goal in front of their home stands.
Tumilovich was of interest to fans not only as a football player, but also as a charismatic personality. At one time, there was a story going around in the stands of Belarus that the goalkeeper’s drinking bowl was not water, but vodka. When Gennady drank from it, many perked up and joked, saying, “Gena took doping, which means he’ll now be a god at the gate.”
Left back – Sergei Borovsky
Sergei Borovsky would look best at the left-back position. The footballer at one time played 457 matches for Dynamo Minsk and 21 for the USSR national team, in particular, at the 1982 World Cup. Already at the age of 21, he was trusted as the last line of defense, and he did an excellent job. Football fans nicknamed him the “football computer.”
Ivan Savostikov, who was the football player’s coach for a long time, spoke about him as follows: “Seryoga is a tenacious, tough defender. He played well with his head and chose his position well. If I miscalculated, I compensated with speed.”
Central defender – Sergei Shtanyuk
The center of defense can be entrusted to Sergei Shtanyuk. This is, perhaps, the main defensive hope of the Belarusian national team at the turn of the century - just at the time when it achieved the best results in history.
Shtanyuk played wonderfully with his head, he felt when he needed to jump out to take the ball on his head. At one time, he won horse wrestling against such recognized “masters of the air” as Peter Crouch and Jan Koller.
Right back – Eduard Zarembo
Eduard Zarembo should accompany Borovsky and Shtanyuk in defense. The player will be positioned on the right flank.
Few people remember, but in the 1960s. the defense of Dynamo Minsk was called the Brest Fortress. Few people were able to reach the goal of this team, and Zaremba was an integral part of it.
Eduard Zarembo (center).
Footballers of that time recall that he played well in the air, chose the right position and did not allow the opponent to take the ball - he always energetically jumped ahead. And if he didn’t succeed, he immediately moved into the tackle.
Defensive midfielder – Sergei Gurenko
We will place the former captain of the Belarus national team in the position of defensive midfielder. It’s a stretch, but the football player can be called a representative of the top level. In the 2000s, he was irreplaceable in Lokomotiv Moscow. Then the team posed a serious threat in Europe, crushed Inter Milan and reached the playoffs of the Champions League.
Later, the footballer was noticed by Fabio Capello, and Gurenko moved to the Italian Roma, where he played in the same lineup with such legends as Cafu, Candela and Altair. In Italy, he also played for Parma and Piacenza, and also played for the Spanish Zaragoza.
The footballer had remarkable physical characteristics and spent most of his career on the left flank of defense, and over time he retrained as a defensive midfielder. At his own goal, Gurenko clung to the ball so tightly that not every top-level striker could cope with him.
Defensive midfielder – Alexander Kulchiy
Alexander Kulchiy was an indispensable supporter of the Belarusian national team in the 2000s. The record holder of the country's main team - he played 102 matches for the national team - was distinguished by his calmness, composure and cunning on the field and always calculated his steps in advance.
In addition, Kulchy had an excellent shot, but his position closer to his own goal did not allow him to fully realize this talent. As a result, he scored only 5 goals for the national team, but hundreds of times more interrupted opponents’ attacks and accurate aggravating passes.
Left midfielder – Maxim Romashchenko
Maxim Romashchenko, a legend of Belarusian football whose career peaked in the late 90s and early 2000s, would look great in the position of left midfielder. A real hard worker who spent every match on the field with all his strength - he worked out all the chances to the end, had excellent speed, played brilliantly to aggravate, had an excellent shot and a “sense of goal.”
Statistics speak volumes about his abilities: in 64 matches for the national team, he scored 20 goals. As for his club career, it was no less productive: in 61 games for the Turkish Gaziantepspor, the footballer scored 20 goals, in 26 games in the Moscow Torpedo - 15 goals. The footballer managed to show himself well both in the Moscow Dynamo and in the Turkish Bursaspor.
Romashchenko is the author of one of the most spectacular goals in the history of the Belarusian national team. Moreover, the footballer hit the goal of Buffon himself. This happened during a match against the Italian national team as part of the qualification for the 2006 World Cup:
Central midfielder – Sergei Aleynikov
The record holder among Belarusian football players, the player of the USSR national team, earned a place in the center of midfield. Aleinikov played 73 matches for the main team of the Soviet Union, and took part in all matches at the World Championships in 1986 and 1990. No replacements. He was a style-shaping player in the team of the legendary Valery Lobanovsky, which at that time was one of the favorites of all major tournaments.
The footballer is the USSR champion in 1982 as part of Dynamo Minsk, and since 1989 he has spent seasons for Juventus in Turin, scoring three goals in Serie A.
The encyclopedia “Russian Football for 100 Years” says the following about Aleinikov: “One of the strongest midfielders in the country in the 1980s. gg. He was distinguished by a wide range of actions and skillful positional play. Well-trained technically, hardworking, Aleinikov acted usefully in playing along with his partners, and had a strong shot from outside the penalty area.”
Right midfielder – Alexander Gleb
Alexander Gleb, a graduate of Dynamo Minsk, is one of the most famous Belarusian football players in Europe in the first decade of the 20th century. A five-time champion of Belarus with BATE, a six-time winner of the title of best player of the republic, he began his European career in the German Stuttgart.
After successful performances in the German middle peasants, Gleb was noticed by the grandees of English football - London Arsenal. In 89 games with the team, the midfielder scored 7 goals and became the first Belarusian to play in the Champions League final. However, Arsenal lost to Barcelona in the 2006 final.
Ironically, the main title of European club football was won by Gleb later as part of Barcelona, where the player went in 2008. In three years as part of the Spanish giants, the Belarusian took part in only 19 matches, but in addition to the Champions League, he won the Championship and the Spanish Cup . As a member of the national team, Gleb played 77 matches and scored 7 goals. Currently, the footballer continues to play for BATE, and the head coach of the Belarusian national team does not rule out his return to the camp of the country's main team.
Central attacking midfielder – Valentin Belkevich
Valentin Belkevich is, perhaps, a symbol of the team that was close to qualifying for the 2002 World Cup.
The “brain” of the team, capable of single-handedly deciding the outcome of the game with one precise action. A born playmaker, the “conductor” of the game, a technical football player who rarely broke the rules. A full-time performer of set pieces, he scored many goals when performing them. He is called the best football player in the history of sovereign Belarusian football.
Belkevich had a brilliant club career. He left the greatest mark on Dynamo Minsk (1992-1996) and Dynamo Kyiv (1996-2007). The footballer played 131 matches for the Minsk club, scoring 54 goals, and played 224 games for the Kiev club and scored 51 goals.
At the same time, Belkevich was an integral part of the legendary Dynamo Kyiv squad, which represented a serious force in European football and in 1999 brought the club to the semi-finals of the Champions League. The footballer played 67 matches in European competition and scored 12 goals.
Unfortunately, the football player’s life was cut short in the summer of 2014 when a blood clot broke loose. He was only 41 years old.
Forward – Georgy Kondratyev
We can safely put Georgy Kondratyev at the forefront of the attack of the Belarusian dream team. USSR champion as part of Dynamo Minsk in 1982. During his stay at the club, he played 211 matches and scored 66 goals. He managed to show himself well in Odessa Chernomorets and Moscow Lokomotiv.
Since 1984, he began to be involved in games for the USSR national team. Played 14 games, started in five of them, scored 4 goals.
“He could hold the ball, shoot it, and play ahead. Create a goal out of nothing. He never forgave his opponent’s mistakes and implemented everything,” this is how coach Anatoly Baidachny described the football player.
Prepared by Kirill Ozimko (Minsk)
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 have been no 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, there is an interesting question 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 the national team - he 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.
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 a yellow card in the 82nd minute for disagreeing with the referee’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 his sports career in 2013, he was not noticed 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: 10/11/2006 (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: 06/12/2017 (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 at different times by 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, he could not gain a foothold among the best football players in the country.
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 many good football players there are in the country in this position, there is always only one main goalkeeper. 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, as well as the number of 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.
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 2010 Russian Cup. 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 away).
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. The play-offs will take place in November 2017.
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 it drew three times with a score of 1-1 with strong teams from 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 Slovakian 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: in the 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 out of 6 teams in the 5th qualifying group (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 also the best result in the history of the 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 the 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: head coach of 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 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 national teams of Holland (2-1), South Korea (1-0) and France (1-0), draws with the national team of 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). But it showed the worst result (-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.