What is the national football team of Belarus capable of ideally? Coaches of the Belarus national football team The composition of the Belarus national football team
We decided to remember all the coaches of the Belarusian football team who have been managing the national team for over two decades. Surprisingly, there were not many of them - only 13 (and returned to the helm of the national team). This article does not mention people who were acting. head coach, in the absence of the head for one reason or another. In particular, we are talking about Valeria Streltsov who led the national team of Belarus during his illness Anatoly Baydachny September 7, 2002.
And for fans of statistics, at the end of the article, we have prepared a comparative table for each coach, which takes into account the place of the national team in the FIFA ranking.
Year of birth: 01/12/1950 (42-44 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
4 matches (4 friendly)
Game statistics: 3 draws, 1 loss; goal difference - 4-6
Largest defeat: 1-3 from the national team of Ukraine (TM)
Biggest win: –
Achievements: No
Reason for resignation: at will
What do you remember: The national team did not play a single official game, but in the unofficial three times they drew 1-1 with the strong teams of 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 defeats; goal difference - 21-34
Largest defeat: 0-4 from the national team of Norway (OM CHE-1996), 0-4 from the national team of Slovakia (TM), 1-5 from the national team of Sweden (OM World Cup-1998)
Biggest win: 2-0 over Luxembourg (1996 OM), 2-0 over Malta (1996 OM)
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 national team's performance in the qualifying tournament for the 1998 World Cup (the team scored only 4 points in four matches)
What do you remember: it was Borovsky, the football coach with whom the Belarusian national team played their first official matches. True, she showed an extremely unconvincing game in them. And I remember, first of all, Victoria over the Dutch national team in 1995 with a score of 1-0
Where now: trainer-methodologist BATE
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 friendly, 13 official)
Game statistics: 2 wins, 3 draws, 15 defeats; goal difference - 18-34
Largest defeat: 0-4 from the Austrian national team (OM World Cup 1998)
Biggest win: 5-0 over Lithuania national team (TM)
Achievements: took over the leadership of the team during the qualifying round for the 1998 World Cup after Borovskiy. As a result, in the 4th qualifying group, the team took the last 6th place (Austria, Scotland, Sweden, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus).
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance during the qualifying round for EURO-2000. Under the leadership of Vergeenko, the team was able to only draw two times in 7 games.
What do you remember: the 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 losses; goal difference - 1-8
Largest defeat: 1-4 from the national team of Bulgaria (TM)
Biggest win: –
Achievements: after Vergeenko played the last game in the qualifying round for EURO 2000 (draw 0-0 with the Italian national 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 cycle, the team already had a different commander in chief
What do you remember: draw against Italy 0-0 and defeat against Andorra 0-2
Where now: trainer-methodologist BATE
Year of birth: 2.06.1942 (58-61 years)
Nationality: Russian
Assistants: Valery Streltsov
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 23 matches (7 friendly, 16 official)
Game statistics: 10 wins, 4 draws, 9 losses; goal difference - 29-36
Largest defeat: 0-5 from the Austrian national team (OM EURO 2004)
Biggest win: 4-1 over the national team of Poland (OM World Cup 2002), 5-2 over the national team of Hungary (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) - Best result ever for the national team in 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 national team of Moldova
What do you remember: its charisma. And also the best result in the history of the national team
Where now: -
Year of birth: 1.10.1952 (50-53 years old)
Nationality: Russian
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 22 matches (8 friendly, 14 official)
Game statistics: 9 wins, 4 draws, 8 defeats; goal difference - 32-28
Largest defeat: 1-4 from Italy (OM 2006 World Cup)
Biggest win: 4-0 over Moldova national team (OM 2006 World Cup)
Achievements: after Malofeev in the qualifying matches for the European Championship 2004 Belarus took the last place in the 3 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 do you remember: a spectacular game of the national team, as well as a combat defeat from the Italian national team with a score of 3-4. Many people still consider this match to be the best played by the Belarusian national 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 friendly, 7 official)
Game statistics: 3 wins, 4 draws, 7 losses; goal difference - 19-26
Largest defeat: 0-3 from Tunisia (TM), 0-3 from Holland (OM EURO 2008)
Biggest win: 3-0 over Andorra national team (TM)
Achievements: in the qualifying round for the 2008 European Championship scored only 7 points in 7 matches
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance in the qualifying matches for the 2008 European Championship
What do you remember: the first coach who succeeded with the “youth” team and did not succeed with the “adult” team
Where now: head coach of FC "Belshina" (Bobruisk)
Bernd Stange
Year of birth: 03/14/1948 (59-63 years old)
Nationality: German
Assistants: Harald Irmscher
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 49 matches (23 friendly, 26 official)
Game statistics: 17 wins, 14 draws, 18 defeats, goal difference - 65-54
Largest defeat: 0-3 v England (2010 World Cup)
Biggest win: 5-1 over the national team of Andorra (OM 2010 World Cup), 5-1 over the wicked Kazakhstan (OM 2010 World Cup), 4-0 over the national team of Kazakhstan (OM 2010 World Cup), 4-0 over the Oman national team (TM)
Achievements: after Puntus in the qualifying stage for the European Championship 2008, he took the 4th place with Belarus out of 7 teams in the qualifying group G (Romania, Holland, Bulgaria, Belarus, Slovenia, Albania, Luxembourg); in the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup took the 4th place with the team out of 6 teams in the qualifying group 6 (England, Ukraine, Croatia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Andorra); in the qualifying round for the European Championship 2012 took the 4th place with the team 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 do you remember: stable play of the national team of Belarus, a series of devastating victories, victories and draws with the giants of world football - both in friendly and in official meetings. Defeat to Luxembourg national team 0-1. Victories over the national teams of the Netherlands (2-1), South Korea (1-0) and France (1-0), a draw with the national teams of Germany (2-2), Argentina (0-0) and France (1-1)
Where now: unemployed
Year of birth: 01/07/1960 (51-54 years old)
Nationality: Belarusian
Assistants: Vyacheslav Akshaev (2011-2012), Andrey Zygmantovich (2012-2014)
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 28 matches (17 friendly, 11 official)
Game statistics: 9 wins, 8 draws, 11 defeats; goal difference - 37-35
Largest defeat: 0-4 from the Spanish national team (OM World Cup 2014)
Biggest win: 6-1 over national team of Tajikistan (TM)
Achievements: in the qualifying stage for the 2014 World Cup in Group I took the last 5th place with the team (Spain, France, Finland, Georgia, Belarus)
Reason for resignation: unsatisfactory performance in the qualifying stage for EURO 2016 - in three matches the team scored only 1 point in the game against the national team of Luxembourg
What do you remember: quite a strong game with the grandees of world football. And also - this is the second coach of the youth team, who did not succeed with the adult team.
Where now: and about. head coach of the youth team of Belarus
Year of birth: 2.12.1962 (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
Largest defeat: 0-3 against Spain (OM EURO 2016)
Biggest win: 3-2 over Mexico national team (TM)
Achievements: –
Reason for resignation: was originally appointed “acting” until the ABFF decides on the Head Coach
What do you remember: a good game in a friendly against Mexico. At the same time, maintained the same player rotation as the previous coach
Where now: coach of the farm club of Brest Dynamo - Rukh
Year of birth: 19.10.1973 (age 41)
Nationality: belarus
Assistants: Alexander Kulchiy, Eduardo Dakampo, Andrey Satsunkevich (goalkeeping coach)
Number of matches at the helm of the national team: 16 matches (6 friendly, 10 official)
Game statistics: 4 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses; goal difference - 12-19
Largest defeat: 0-3 from Northern Ireland (TM) and 1-4 from Holland (OM 2018)
Biggest win: 2-0 over Luxembourg (OM EURO 2016)
Achievements: –
Reason for resignation: did not agree to a pay cut after a bad start for the national team in qualifying matches for the 2018 World Cup
What do you remember: a goalless draw in the match with France, as well as in ignoring Vitaly Rodionov
Where now: head coach of Dynamo Kiev
Igor Kriushenko
Year of birth: 02/10/1964 (age 53)
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
Largest defeat: twice 0-4 from the Swedish national team (OM FWC-2018), 0-4 from the national team of Holland (OHM UEFA-2020)
Biggest win: 5-0 over San Marino national team (Nations League)
Achievements: biggest victory in official matches in the history of the national team - 5-0 over San Marino, reaching the playoffs of the League of Nations from the 1st place in the group (2018)
Reason for resignation: 4 defeats in a row in the qualifying tournament for the European Championship 2020 and almost complete loss of the chances of making it into the tournament through this qualification
What do you remember: successful games in the League of Nations with weak teams and complete helplessness in games with a stronger opponent
Where now: unemployed
Mikhail Markhel
Year of birth: 07/14/1966 (age 53)
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
Largest defeat: 0-4 from Germany (UEFA EURO 2020)
Biggest win: 2-1 over Estonia (UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying)
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 all the time returned to the management of the national team- and
Most matches at the helm of the national team there was a German specialist Bernd Stange- 49. He is followed by - 28 matches and Igor Kriushenko- 27 matches.
The youngest football coach the national team became - 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 the first arrival - 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 - the only coaches who, being at the head of the national team, managed not win a single victory... To be fair, it should be noted that during these cycles they played only 4 games.
Analysis of coaching performance based on FIFA rankings:
| Name | National team management dates | Initial position in the ranking | Highest ranked | 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 (Oct, Dec 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 (Jul-Aug 2017) | 82 | -10 |
| 13 | Mikhail Markhel | June 20, 2019 -… | 82 |
Looking at this table, do not forget that it is much easier to grow from 100 to 70 places than from 70 to 60. But even in this case, some results can be summed up, in which we will not take into account the rating of the national team during the leadership Mikhail Vergeenko(1992-1994) - the team was just forming then and did not play a single official game.
According to the results of coaching, 7 coaches can boast of an increase in the rating of the FIFA national team, and 4 - of its fall.
The most successful in this regard was (+31 position). But the worst result was shown (-42 positions).
The most successful result of all time was shown by a German specialist Bernd Stange, in which the national team climbed to a record 36th position.
The national football team of Belarus is a professional team that represents the interests of the country at the international level. Member of FIFA since 1992, member of UEFA since 1993.
The Belarusian national team began performing in international competitions since 1994. The first serious contender was the Norwegian national team in the qualification for the 1996 European Championship. The first pancake turned out to be lumpy - the Belarusians lost with a minimal difference in the score (0: 1). The national team of Belarus performed unsuccessfully in this selection, despite the victory over the team of the Netherlands, achieved thanks to the goal of Sergei Gerasimets.
In qualifying for the 1998 World Cup, the national team Belarus took the last place in the group and could not reach the final part of the tournament.
The selection for Euro 2000 developed in a similar way. The team showed not the best game and finished the tournament in last place in the group.
The qualifying tournament for the 2002 World Cup was more successful. Belarusians led by Eduard Malofeev were close to being among the 32 participants in the Asian World Cup. However, the home defeat to the Ukrainian national team and the away loss to the Wales team did not allow it to do so. Even a major victory over the Poles (4: 1), who secured the first place in the group ahead of schedule, did not help. The poker against the Polish national team was designed by Roman Vasilyuk, who is still the record holder of the Belarusian national team in terms of the number of goals in one match.
The qualifying tournament of the 2004 European Championship for Belarusians was also unsuccessful - the last place in the group with three points in the asset.
The result of qualification for the 2006 World Cup is the penultimate place in the group.
In the selection of the 2008 European Championship, Belarusians performed somewhat better, finishing in 4th place in the group.
The Belarusians, who for the first time in history started the selection with a foreign coach, could not qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The team led by German specialist Bernd Stange finished fourth, leaving behind Croatian, Ukrainian and English stars.
In the selection for Euro 2012, the Belarusians kept their chances to the last, which was largely due to the away victory over the French (1: 0) and the home draw (1: 1). However, having lost twice to the main rival for the second line - the national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina (0: 2 and 0: 1) - Bernd Stange's squad, finally playing in a draw with the Romanians, finished fourth in the octet.
The German specialist was replaced by the Belarusian one. The national team was headed by Georgy Kondratyev, who managed to lead the youth (U-21) team of Belarus to the bronze medals of Euro 2011 and win a ticket to the Olympic Games.
It's hard to say what the real potential of the Belarusian team is. On the one hand, sometimes she demonstrates an eye-catching combination football, which allowed her to win and play on equal terms with the strongest squads of the planet. On the other hand, until now Belarusians are considered as outsiders of any qualifying group.
At one time, the team was called the world champion in friendly matches, as the Belarusian players confidently dealt with equal opponents in matches that took place outside the qualifying rounds.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is drawing to a close. Many Belarusians probably think that it would be great to see the national team of Belarus at the Russian stadiums. Unfortunately, today the team from Sineoki is unlikely to be able to compete with the majority of the national teams playing at the World Cup. However, there were very strong players in the history of Belarusian football, which gives hope for the future development of the most popular world 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 footballers from Belarus at one time consistently played in the main team of the Soviet Union, with which they won gold medals at the Olympics and silver medals at the European Championship in 1988.
It is also worth noting the recent successes of the football club BATE 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 won the most prestigious European competition that season.
At the turn of the century, the national team of Belarus stopped one step away from reaching the final of the 2002 World Cup. Then the team took third place in the qualifying group, losing only two points to the Ukrainian national team and ahead of such strong European middle peasants as the national teams of Norway and Wales.
The observer of "Eurasia.Expert" has compiled a team of the best Belarusian players of all times, uniting in it both footballers of the Soviet era and the 21st century. With such a composition of the national team of Belarus, it would certainly be within the power 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 the place at the gate to Gennady Tumilovich. Despite the fact that the footballer never built a brilliant club career, his game for the national team fascinated many. Brilliant reaction, fantastic “saves” and confident play in the penalty area were in many ways the key to the team's success in the qualifying stages for the top tournaments.
To evaluate the goalkeeper's game, you can watch the 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 Andriy Shevchenko and his teammates in their native stands could not hit the gates of the Belarusians.
Tumilovich was of interest to fans not only as a footballer, but also as a charismatic person. There was a bike in the stands of Belarus at one time, as if the goalkeeper's drinker was not water, but vodka. When Gennady drank from it, many perked up and joked, they say, "Gena took doping, which means that now he will" live "at the gate."
Left back - Sergei Borovskiy
Sergei Borovskiy would have looked the best on the left-back position. The footballer once 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 with the last line of defense, and he coped well. Football fans nicknamed him "the football computer".
Ivan Savostikov, who has been a football player's coach for a long time, spoke of him as follows: “Seryoga is a tenacious, tough defender. He played well with his head, perfectly chose the position. If I miscalculated, then I compensated for the speed. "
Central defender - Serhiy 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 great with his head, he felt when he needed to jump out in order 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 Ian Koller.
Right-Back - Eduard Zarembo
Eduard Zarembo should accompany Borovsky and Shtanyuk in defense. The footballer will be located on the right flank.
Few remember, but in the 1960s. the defense of the Minsk Dynamo was called the Brest Fortress. Few were able to get to the goal of this team, and Zaremba was an integral part of it.
Eduard Zarembo (center).
The footballers of that time remember that he played well in the air, chose the right position and did not let the opponent take the ball - he always energetically jumped out ahead of the curve. And if he didn’t succeed, he immediately went to the tackle.
Defensive midfielder - Sergei Gurenko
We will put the former captain of the national team of Belarus in the position of a defensive midfielder. It's a stretch, but a football player can be called a top-level representative. In the 2000s, he was indispensable for Lokomotiv Moscow. Then the team posed a serious threat in Europe, smashed Inter Milan and advanced to the Champions League playoffs.
Later, Fabio Capello noticed the footballer, and Gurenko moved to the Italian Roma, where he played with such legends as Cafu, Candela and Altair. In Italy, he also played for Parma and Piacenza, and also played in the Spanish Zaragoza.
The footballer had remarkable physical data and spent most of his career on the left flank of defense, and over time he was retrained as a defensive player. At his own goal, Gurenko clung to the ball so tightly that not every striker, even a top-level one, could handle him.
Defensive midfielder - Alexander Kulchiy
Alexander Kulchiy was an irreplaceable defensive player of the Belarusian national team in the 2000s. The record holder of the country's main team - played 102 matches for the national team - was distinguished by calmness, composure and cunning on the field and always calculated his steps in advance.
In addition, Kulchiy had an excellent shot, but the position closer to his own goal did not allow him to fully realize this talent. As a result, he has only 5 goals scored for the national team, but hundreds of times more interrupted attacks of opponents and precise sharpening passes.
Left midfielder - Maxim Romaschenko
In the position of the left midfielder, Maxim Romashchenko, the legend of Belarusian football, whose career peaked in the late 90s - early 2000s, would have looked great. A real hard worker who left all his strength on the field every match - he worked out all the moments to the end, had excellent speed, played brilliantly for aggravation, had a wonderful shot and “goal feeling”.
Statistics also speak volumes about his abilities: in 64 matches for the national team, he scored 20 goals. As for the club career, it was no less productive: in 61 games for the Turkish Gaziantepspor, the footballer scored 20 goals, in 26 games in Moscow Torpedo - 15 goals. The footballer managed to prove himself excellently both in Moscow “Dynamo”, and in 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 gate of Buffon himself. This happened during the match against the Italian national team as part of the selection for the 2006 World Cup:
Central midfielder - Sergei Aleinikov
In the center of midfield, a player of the USSR national team earned a place as a record holder among Belarusian footballers. Aleinikov played 73 matches for the main team of the Soviet Union, while taking part in all matches at the World Championships in 1986 and 1990. No substitutions. He was a style-forming 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 the Minsk Dynamo, since 1989 he spent a season for Juventus Turin, having scored three goals in Serie A.
The encyclopedia “Russian Football for 100 Years” tells about Aleinikov the following: “One of the strongest midfielders in the country in the 1980s. biennium He was distinguished by a wide range of actions, skillful positional play. Well-trained technically, hardworking, Aleinikov was useful in playing along with his partners, had a strong shot from outside the penalty area. "
Right midfielder - Alexander Gleb
Pupil of Minsk "Dynamo" Alexander Gleb is one of the most famous Belarusian footballers in Europe of the first decade of the XX century. The five-time champion of Belarus with BATE, the six-time winner of the title of the best player in the republic, began his European career at German Stuttgart.
After successful performances in the German middle peasant, Gleb noticed the grandee of English football - London Arsenal. In 89 games as part of 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, Gleb later conquered the main title of European club football with Barcelona, where the player went in 2008. For three years as part of the Spanish grandee, the Belarusian took part in only 19 matches, but in addition to the Champions League he won the Championship and the Spanish Cup ... As part of the national team, Gleb played 77 matches and scored 7 goals. At present, the footballer continues to play for BATE, and the head coach of the Belarusian national team does not exclude 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 reaching 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, "conductor" of the game, a technical footballer who rarely broke the rules. A regular performer of set pieces, he scored a lot of goals during their execution. He is called the best footballer in the history of sovereign Belarusian football.
Belkevich had a brilliant club career. The greatest mark left in the Minsk "Dynamo" (1992-1996) and in "Dynamo" Kiev (1996-2007). For the Minsk club, the footballer played 131 matches, scoring 54 goals, for the Kiev club he played 224 games and scored 51 goals.
At the same time, Belkevich was an integral part of the legendary Dynamo Kiev squad, which represented a serious force in European football and in 1999 brought the club to the Champions League semi-finals. In European competition, the footballer played 67 matches and scored 12 goals.
Unfortunately, the football player's life was cut short in the summer of 2014 - a blood clot came off. He was only 41 years old.
Forward - Georgy Kondratyev
Georgy Kondratyev can be put at the forefront of the attack of the Belarusian dream team. Champion of the USSR in the Minsk "Dynamo" in 1982. During his stay at the club, he played 211 matches and "hammered" 66 goals. I managed to show myself excellently in Odessa "Chornomorets" and Moscow "Lokomotiv".
Since 1984, he began to be involved in games for the USSR national team. He played 14 games, in five of them he was in the starting lineup, scored 4 goals.
“He could hold the ball, shoot it, and play ahead of the curve. Create a goal from nothing. He never forgave his opponent's mistakes and realized everything, "- this is how coach Anatoly Baydachny described the footballer.
Prepared by Kirill Ozimko (Minsk)
Two matches of the Belarusian national team against the teams of Hungary and Finland in a short time period are a clear illustration of what is good and what is bad. In Brest, with native fans, Igor Kriushenko's players delighted the audience with confident actions on the field and a good mood, and in Tampere last Saturday we saw football, which we definitely did not like. The Belarusians have never won, but before the imminent start in the League of Nations they gave the coaching staff enough useful information.
With the ball Maxim Volodko.
After any failure, there are many questions. For example, one of the most common and idle to the head coach today - why such a serious rotation in the squad? There is logic in such a message, since the meeting with the Finns is designated as the last one in preparation for the most important autumn mission. In fact, a dress rehearsal of the national team was supposed to take place with all that it implies - 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 football, mainly before the break, of a different, unpresentable quality. Did Igor Kriushenko have the right to dispose of sparring like that? Undoubtedly. The match is still friendly and was not initially considered as a final run before the fight. Firstly, in the schedule two days later for the third, rotation was inevitable. Secondly, the first official September meeting is still a long way off in order to 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 national team appeared in almost optimal composition. And conditionally the second numbers in Finland disappointed - this is what the coaches see food for thought, as well as the main complaint of spectators and fans to the players. Well, how is it, you were given a chance, but you did not use it?
Actually, there is no novelty in this fact. Frankly, we don't have many high-class players. Exactly on the composition, or maybe even less. Otherwise, there would have been no talk all spring about the three veterans who stopped playing for the national team, but may return under certain circumstances. Gleb Sr. on Saturday had a nice time in Prague - his former teammate at London Arsenal Tomas Rosicky said goodbye to professional football. And Kalachev and Kornilenko are on well-deserved rest after a difficult season in Russia. You know, here, too, an interesting question is hidden in relation to experienced performers. And where is the guarantee that they will be in optimal playing conditions next fall? Nobody will give such guarantees, however, this applies to any football player. And the coaching staff of the national team understands that it is at least naive to plan a starting clip in three months - there are so many events to go through during the summer period! And the main thing here, of course, is the health of the players, which is what we wish them. But to have an idea of all the candidates - for the sake of such information, friendly matches are held.
Here the young goalkeeper Denis Shcherbitsky was given to play for the national team - he deserved his chance in the season. Yes, he was absurdly mistaken in the second missed ball, but he was not the only one to blame for the ill-fated episode. There, the main claims are against Igor Shitov - it is so easy for a national team player to be deceived on a false move. And here the question is more interesting: how much such negligence in one moment of the sparring will affect the prospects of the defender from Kazakhstan "Astana"? And all the numerous dangerous situations at our gates from the first half of the meeting are an elementary consequence of experiments in the defense line. Polyakov and Gavrilovich are in the center of defense, I dare to assume that in the future they are unlikely to play at least one official match. There are enough candidates - from Sivakov, who was released on vacation after the Brest fight, to Martynovich and Politevich, who had been resting for a long time. How normal this is on the eve of such a responsible tournament is a question of a different order. I admit that for a good microclimate in the team, the coach really should have made concessions to some leaders.
Draw and defeat with Hungarians and Finns are not encouraging in the long run, but encouraging in texture. It was important these days to catch a hint of what the national team of Belarus is capable of ideally? The pleasant impressions of Brest still outweigh the negative after Tampere. That's where we will disperse until the September debut confrontation with the San Marino team in the League of Nations.
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.
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