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	57 (15 December 2023)
Highest	37 (December 2011; August 2012)
Lowest	57 (March – December 2023)
First international
	Poland 3–0 Belarus ; (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland; 4 November 1995)
Biggest win
	Estonia 0–7 Belarus ; (Valga, Estonia; 17 May 2000); Belarus 8–1 Kazakhstan ; (Minsk, Belarus; 25 August 2004)
Biggest defeat
	Ukraine 8–0 Belarus ; (Kyiv, Ukraine; 2 August 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).

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA, the European governing body for football, banned Belarusian national and club teams from hosting international competitions.^[2]^[3]

History

Belarus women's national team in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 match against Turkey on September 17, 2014.

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. In the 1999 World Cup qualifying Belarus was ranked in Class B, with no qualifying options.

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. Belarus lost 6–1 to Slovakia in the last match.

In the 2003 World Cup qualifying, Class B, Belarus was 3rd, tied 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 ended second to last with 7 points. In the 2009 European Championship qualifying Belarus ended second to last. In the 2011 World Cup qualifying Belarus was 3rd. In the 2013 European Championship qualifying Belarus was grouped with Finland, Ukraine, Slovakia and Estonia.

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 Fixture

2023

7 April Friendly	Belarus	0–0	Russia	Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium

10 April Friendly	Belarus	0–2	Russia	TBC, Belarus
--:-- UTC+3

14 July Friendly

Belarus

4–1

Uzbekistan

17 July Friendly

Belarus

1–2

Uzbekistan

22 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Belarus	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Győr (Hungary)
21:00	Linnik 14'	Report	Jelčić 6' Gavrić 87'	Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion, Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)

26 September 2023 2023–24 Nations League	Czech Republic	2–1	Belarus	Velika Gorica, Croatia
17:00	Kotrčová 28' Cahynová 33'	Report	Valiuk 55'	Stadium: Gradski stadion Attendance: 23 Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Belarus	1–1	Slovenia	Budapest (Hungary)
20:00	Linnik 90+3'	Report	Kubichnaya 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Slovenia	0–0	Belarus	Murska Sobota
17:30		Report		Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium Attendance: 342 Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02) 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Belarus	0–1	Czech Republic	Győr (Hungary)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11:30		Report	Dubcová 45'	Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Jelena Medjedovic (Serbia)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Belarus	Zenica
19:00		Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Referee: Deborah Anex (Switzerland)

Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 21 March 2021

Name	Role
Yuri Maleev	Manager

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the UEFA Women's Nations League against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Czech Republic on 1 and 5 December 2023 respectively.^[5]

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	Zenit, St. Petersburg
12	1GK	Ekaterina Miklashevich	(1992-01-25) 25 January 1992	0	0	Lokomotiv Moscow
	1GK	Maria Svidunovich		0	0
	1GK	Polina Malaeva		0	0	Yenisei

2	2DF	Arina Sitnikova				all - Dynamo-BGUFK
20	2DF	Kseniya Kubichnaya	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999	10	0	all - Dynamo-BGUFK
2	2DF	Yulia Slesarchyk				all - Dynamo-BGUFK
16	2DF	Anastasiya Novikova	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998	8	0	Minsk
21	2DF	Valeryia Bohdan	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000	1	0	Minsk
2	2DF	Victoria Kazakevich				Saint-Etienne
2	3MF	Daria Gorshkova				ABFF WU-19

3	3MF	Anastasiya Linnik (captain)	(1993-07-11) 11 July 1993	29	1	all - Dynamo-BGUFK
23	3MF	Anna Pilipenko (C)	(1988-12-25) 25 December 1988	24	5	all - Dynamo-BGUFK
4	3MF	Anastasiya Shlapakova	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000	8	2	all - Dynamo-BGUFK
15	4FW	Anastasia Shuppo				both Dynamo-BGUFK
2	3MF	Darya Manyukova				all - Dynamo-BGUFK
9	3MF	Anna Kozyupa	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995	21	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
2	3MF	Valeria Belaya				Zvezda-2005
2	3MF	Melana Surovtseva				Minsk
2	3MF	Olga Kapysha				Zorka-BSU

14	4FW	Karina Olkhovik	(2000-06-17) 17 June 2000	26	9	ALG Spor
2	3MF	Anastasia Kovaleva				all - Dynamo-BGUFK
15	4FW	Victoria Valyuk				both Dynamo-BGUFK

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

DF	Nadezhda Voskobovich					v. Czech Republic, 26 September 2023
DF	Zarina Kapustina				all - Dynamo-BGUFK	v. Slovenia, 31 October 2023

MF	Anastasia Pobegailo					v. Czech Republic, 26 September 2023
MF	Anastasia Mager					v. Czech Republic, 26 September 2023
MF	Anna Sas	(2003-10-06) 6 October 2003	2	0	Karagumryuk	v. Slovenia, 31 October 2023
MF	Tatyana Krasnova				Rostov

FW	Melana Surovtseva				Minsk	v. Slovenia, 31 October 2023
^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.

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									8	2	1	5	7	26	-19
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	17	5	34	82	140	-68

*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
2025	To be determined							To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	23	4	26	94	100