Belarus
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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This is Belarus's third appearance in an Under-21 final tournament, their previous outings coming in 2009 and 2004.
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Belarus
Tournament record
Winners: –
Semi-finalists: –
Final tournament appearances: 2004, 2009
All-time record: P90 W44 D14 L32
2011 qualifying
P10 W6 D2 L2 F19 A13
Top scorers: 3 Dmitri Rekish, Maksim Skavysh, Pavel Nekhaychik, Vladimir Yurchenko (injured for final tournament)
Most appearances: 10 Dmitri Rekish, Maksim Skavysh, Sergei Politevich, Yegor Filipenko
Biggest win: Belarus 3-0 Italy (Borisov) 12/10/2010
Biggest defeat: Italy 2-0 Belarus (Rieti) 08/10/2010
Friendly results since qualifying
28/03/2011 Spain 1-1 Belarus (Alcala de Henares)
25/03/2011 Czech Republic 2-0 Belarus (Uherske Hradiste)
09/02/2011 Turkey 0-4 Belarus (Antalya)
08/02/2011 Turkey 2-0 Belarus (Antalya)
17/11/2010 Israel 2-1 Belarus (Rishon LeZion)
Belarus U21s capped at senior level
Yegor Filipenko (15), Andrei Voronkov (5), Mikhail Sivakov (1), Denis Polyakov (1)
Players with previous U21 final tournament experience
Sweden 2009: Artyom Gomelko, Oleg Veretilo
Most capped player
All-time: 40 Mikhail Afanasiev
Current: 25 Oleg Veretilo
Leading scorer
All-time: 11 Mikhail Afanasiev
Current: 8Dmitri Rekish
Biggest wins
Final tournament: Belarus 2-0 Iceland 11/06/2011
2011 group stage, Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Qualifying: Belarus 6-0 San Marino 16/11/2007
2009 qualifying group stage, Central Sport Complex, Vitebsk
Heaviest defeats
Final tournament: Sweden 5-1 Belarus 16/06/2009
2009 group stage, Malmö New Stadium, Malmo
Qualifying: Norway 5-1 Belarus 05/06/2001
2002 qualifying group stage, Marienlyst Stadium, Drammen
Norway 4-0 Belarus 08/09/1994
1996 qualifying group stage, Hønefoss Stadium, Honefoss