Nickname(s) | Белыя крылы / Bielyia kryly (The White Wings) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Belarus | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Carlos Alós | ||
Captain | Alyaksandr Martynovich | ||
Most caps | Alyaksandr Kulchy (102) | ||
Top scorer | Maksim Romaschenko (20) | ||
Home stadium | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk | ||
FIFA code | BLR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 98 (19 December 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 36 (February 2011) | ||
Lowest | 142 (March 1994) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial: Lithuania 1–1 Belarus (Vilnius, Lithuania; 20 July 1992) Official: Belarus 1–1 Ukraine (Minsk, Belarus; 28 October 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Belarus 5–0 Lithuania (Minsk, Belarus; 7 June 1998) Belarus 6–1 Tajikistan (Borisov, Belarus; 4 September 2014) Belarus 5–0 San Marino (Minsk, Belarus; 8 September 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Belgium 8–0 Belarus (Leuven, Belgium; 30 March 2021) |
The Belarus national football team (Belarusian: Зборная Беларусі па футболе, romanized: Zbornaja Biełarusi pa futbole; Russian: Сборная Беларуси по футболу, romanized: Sbornaya Belarusi po futbolu) 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.