Monday, February 28, 2022

Belarus Greatest All-time 23 member team

This blogger Artur Yanturin of Russia copied many of my blog teams.  This blog was one of them.  It was my Russia All-Time Team here.  His team was written in 2020, but mine was uploaded in 2014.  I also updated mine periodically.  I made mistakes. He is from Russia.  He should know the topic much more than I do, but he still kept my mistakes. He will copy this Belarus All-Time Team.  Please look at my other teams from the former Soviet Union.  He copied all of them.

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Этот блогер Артур Янтурин из России скопировал многие из блог-команд. Этот блог был одним из них. Здесь была моя российская сборная всех времен. Его команда была написана в 2020 году, но моя была загружена в 2014 году. Я также периодически обновлял свою. Я сделал ошибки. Он из России. Он должен знать тему гораздо больше, чем я, но он все равно сохранил мои ошибки. Он будет копировать эту белорусскую сборную всех времен. Пожалуйста, посмотрите на другие мои команды из Советского Союза. Он скопировал их всех.

Гэты блогер Артур Янтурын з Расіі скапіяваў многія блог-каманды. Гэты блог быў адным з іх. Тут была мая зборная Расіі ўсіх часоў. Яго каманда была напісана ў 2020 годзе, але мая была загружана ў 2014 годзе. Я таксама перыядычна абнаўляў сваю. Я зрабіў памылкі. Ён з Расеі. Ён павінен ведаць гэтую тэму значна больш, чым я, але ён усё роўна захоўваў мае памылкі. Ён будзе капіяваць гэтую зборную Беларусі ўсіх часоў. Паглядзіце, калі ласка, на іншыя мае каманды з былога СССР. Ён скапіяваў іх усе.
Belarus Winner of 2002 LG Cup

Please also see my All-Time World Cup Team Index.


I created the former Soviet Union without Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Central Asia All-Time team in 2016.  The team was edited many times.  Players from Georgia were included on that team.  Later, when I created a Georgia All-Time Team, I decided to take away all of the players from there.  However, when I started this All-Time Team for Belarus, I decided to keep Belarusian players over there. Of course, Artur Yanturin of Russia copied both blog teams. Please see for yourself:  Georgia  and Soviet Union without Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Central Asia All-Time.  

After the split of the Soviet Union, Belarus played their first match against Lithuania on 20 July 1992.[3] Before that, several Belarusian players played for the Soviet Union national team. The first FIFA-recognized international was a friendly against Ukraine on 28 October 1992, and their first win came in a match against Luxembourg on 12 October 1994.

Belarus have never qualified for either the FIFA World Cup, or the UEFA European Championship. Despite the lack of any significant success during the 1990s, some notable results were still achieved, like a home win against the Netherlands in the qualifiers for Euro 1996, and two draws against eventual runners-up Italy during Euro 2000 qualifiers.

Under coach Eduard Malofeyev, the team came very close to playing Germany in a play-off round to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, but were defeated by Wales in the last group stage match, missing the chance to overtake Ukraine, who drew their last game, finishing the group second behind Poland.

This is my all-time team for Belarus. If there were an All-Time World Cup, this would be the 23 players I would bring to the tournament. I am including players from the Soviet Union. 

Team
GK: Aleksandr Prokhorov (USSR)
Prokhorov played with Dinamo Minsk, Dynamo Kyiv, etc. In 1972, he moved to Spartak Moscow where he played until 1975. He was awarded the Ogonyok magazine prize as the best goalkeeper of the USSR in 1974 and 1975. He made his debut for USSR on March 20, 1976, in a friendly against Argentina. He played in the UEFA Euro 1976 quarterfinal (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).  He had 6 Olympic caps and 3 senior caps.

GK: Gennady Tumilovich  (Belarus)
Tumilovich started his career at FC Dinamo Brest of Soviet Second League. He then moved to Dinamo Minsk. In 1996, he joined Metallurg Krasnoyarsk of Russian First Division. He then played for Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky. In 1998, he joined  Zhemchuzhina Sochi.  He also played in Israel and Belgium.  Between 1998 and 2004 he has been capped 32 times for Belarus. He was Belarus' Player of the Year in 2001.

GK: Mikhail Vergeyenko (USSR)
Mikhail Vergeenko began playing in FC Gomel. In 1968 he moved to the Dinamo Minsk.  He made his debut in the 1971 season . For 13 years. he played for the team, where he was their captain. Mikhail Vergeenko played for the youth team of the USSR, where they came second in the 1972 European Youth Championship. He played for the national team of the Byelorussian SSR at the 1979 Spartakiad.

RB: Sergei Borovsky (Belarus) 
During his entire club career,  Sergei Borovsky played for FC Dinamo Minsk.  He was the captain of Dynamo in 1978-1979 and 1984-1985.  He won the Soviet Union premier league in 1982, the club's only title.  He is the all-time appearance leader in the Soviet league.  That same year, he went to the World Cup Finals with the Soviet national team in Spain.  In total, he earned 21 caps between 1981 and 1985. He won Master of the Sport in 1979.
Sergei Borovsky 
CB: Sergey Shtanyuk  (Belarus)
Shtaniuk played with Dynamo-93 and Dynamo Minsk before he joined Dynamo Moscow in 1996 where he spent four years.  After a short spell with Royal Antwerp he joined Stoke City in 2001. He won the Stoke player of the year award. He later played for Shinnik, Metalurh Zaporizhya, Luch-Energia Vladivostok, Rostov and Alania Vladikavkaz.  He played 71 times for Belarus between 1995 and 2007.

DF: Viktor Yanushevsky (Belarus)
In 1977, Yanushevsky started with Dinomo Minsk.  He was named in the list of 33 best football players of the season in the USSR : 1980, 1982 (both times - No. 3).  He then played for CSKA Moscow, Aldershrt (England) and Tennis-Borussia.  He was a part of the 1979 World Youth Cup team.  He played twice for the Soviet national team.

CB: Alyaksandr Martynovich (Belarus) 
Martynovichi s the most capped Belarusian defender.  From 2006 to 2010, he played for Dinamo Minsk.  He joined FC Krasnodar of Russia in 2010.  He has played over 10 seasons for them.  From 2009 to 2020, he earned 75 caps for Belarus.  He served as their captain.  He was part of the Belarus U-21 squad that participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.
Alyaksandr Martynovich 
SW: Viktor Shishkin (USSR)
As a player, Shishkin is best known for his performances for Lokomotiv Moscow and Dinamo Minsk.  Later, From 1974 to 1979, he played for Uralmash and Dinamo Minsk.  He spent four seasons at Dinamo Minsk, and in 1982 won the national title. From 1986 to 1988 he played for Locomotive Moscow.  In 1984, he played once for the Soviet Union.

CB/LB: Vasili Shvetsov (USSR)
Vasily Shvetsov made his debut for Dinamo Minsk in 1973 . The following season, Vasily became the main player of the team. From 1976 to 1983, he played for CSKA Moscow, where he immediately became one of the main defenders. Then, he spent some time as a soldier in East Germany.  In 1993 he played in the Kimry Sputnik. He was selected to the lists of the 33 best football players of the season of the USSR in 1976 and 1980.

LB: Sergei Gurenko (Belarus)
Sergei Gurenko began his career in Khimik Grodno in 1989.  
In 1995, he was transferred to Lokomotiv Moscow.  He played for AS Roma, Real Zaragoza, Parma, Piacenza before returning to Lokomotiv in 2003.  Between 1994 and 2006, he played 80 times for Belarus, where he served as their captain.  He is the second most capped Belarusian player.

DM: Andrei Zygmantovich (USSR/Belarus)
Zygmantovich started playing for FC Dinamo Minsk. In 1982, he appeared 30 times to help his hometown side win the only Soviet League in their history. He also had a spell with FC Groningen. From 1993 to 1996, he played for Racing de Santander in Spain.  From 1984 to 1990, he played 36 times for the USSR.  He went to the 1990 World Cup Finals, where he scored a goal.  He was also capped 9 times for Belarus.
Andrei Zygmantovich
DM: Alyaksandr Kulchy (Belarus)
With 102 caps, Kulchy is the most capped player for Belarus.  He played for the national team from 1994 to 2012.  He started his club career with FC Gomel in 1991.  He played for many clubs in Russia and Belarus, including Dinamo Moscow, Rostov, FC Slavia Mozyr, etc.  His longest stint was with FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in Russia.  He was the Belarusian Footballer of the Year in 2009.

Khatskevich started with Dinamo Minsk, where he played from 1992 and 1996.  He made his name with Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2004. His club reached the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions League in the 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 seasons , He later played in China and Latvia.  From 1993 to 2005, he earned 38 caps with Belarus.  He also represented the CIS in the youth level.  He was The best football player of Belarus in 1998 and 2000.

CB/DM: Sergei Aleinikov (USSR/Belarus) 
From 1981 to 1989, Aleinikov played for  Dinamo Minsk, winning the Tip Soviet League in 1982.  In 1989, he became one of the first Soviet players to play in the rest when he joined Juventus.  He later played for Lecce and Gamba Osaka.  He played in two World Cup Finals and an European Championship for the USSR.  He also played at Euro 1992 for CIS.  He was capped 4 times for Belarus.  He was Belarus's selection for UEFA Julibee Player.
Sergei Aleinikov 
CM: Aleksandr Prokopenko (Belarus) 
From July 1972 to 1983, Prokopenko  played for Dinamo Minsk,  becoming the champion of the USSR in 1982. In 1983, he was expelled from the team for a systematic violation of the regime. From 1983 to 1984, he played for Torpedo Minsk.  He also played for Neftçi PFK and FC Dnepr Mogilev.  He played once for the USSR in 1980.  He won a bornze medal at the 1980 Olympics.

LM: Maksim Romaschenko (Belarus)
Romaschenko is the all-time leading scorer for the national team of Belarus.  He earned over 60 caps. He is also the Footballer of the Year of Belarus in 2004.  he began his adult career in Ukraine, in the club "Polygraph" . Since 1993 he played in Belarus for Dnipro, Fandak and MPKC. He played for Dynamo Moscow from 1997 to 2006.  He also played  Gaziantepspor, Trabzonspor, Torpedo and Bursaspor.

LM/FW/CM: Sergey Gotsmanov (USSR/Belarus) 
From 1979 to 1990, Sergey Gotsmanov played for  FC Dinamo Minsk first team, winning the Soviet championship in 1982 under manager Eduard Malofeyev.  He later played in England for Brighton and Southampton, and in Germanty for Hallescher FC. For the USSR, he played 31 times and 3 times for Belarus.  He appeared in the Euro 1988.  He was Belarusian Footballer of the Year four times (in 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989).

AM/RW/LW: Alexander Hleb (Belarus)
Alexander Hleb is best remembered for his stints with Stuttgart and Arsenal.  In the Bundesliga, he was among the top assisters, which led to a big transfer to Arsenal in 2005.  He became the first ever Belarusian footballer to play in the Champions League Final while playing for Arsenal. From 2008 to 2012, he was with Barcelona, but he mainly spent his time on loan. He also played in Turkey. He had 80 caps for Belarus.
Alexander Hleb
AM: Valyantsin Byalkevich  (Belarus)
From 1991 to 1994, Byalkevich played for Dinamo Minsk.   In 1996 , together with his teammate Alyaksandr Khatskevich, he moved to Dynamo Kyiv . He spent the majority of his career with Dynamo Kyiv, where he was part of the team that reached the semi-finals of 1998–99 UEFA Champions League.  He played over 220 matches scoring 50 goals.  He also played 56 times for Belarus between 1992 and 2005.

ST: Georgy Kondratiev (USSR)
In 1980, Kondratiev  was invited to Dinamo Minsk, where he played until 1988.  He won the 1982 Soviet league with them.  In 1989 he moved to Odessa , where he spent two seasons with Chernomorets. In 1991, he played for Lokomotiv Moscow.  He later played for Austria, Finland, Ukraine and Germany.   Kondratiev played 14 times for the Soviet Union between 1984 and 1986.

ST: Vitaliy Starukhin (USSR)
In 2011, Vitaly Starukhin, together with Oleg Blohin and Igor Belanov was named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards.  He was considered to be the greatest player for Shakhtar Donetsk. He played for them between 1973 and 1981.  He was the Soviet Player of the Year in 1979.  He was capped once by USSR in 1980.  He had played for Ukraine for Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
Vitaly Starukhin
ST: Ihar Hurynovich (USSR/Belarus)
Ihar Hurynovich played for Dynamo Minsk for 10 years - from 1977 to 1987, then returned to the team for another two years: from 1988 to 1990.  He was a part of their Soviet Top league winning year in 1982.  He made first team of 33 best football players of the season in the USSR : 1982, 1983.  He had stints in England with Brighton briefly as well as clubs in Poland and Spain.  He played once for the USSR in 1984 and 3 times in Belarus.

ST: Vitali Rodionov (Belarus)
Rodionov began his career in Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, before he played 57 games for Torpedo.  He transferred to BATE Borisov in 2005.  he played there until 2017.  The club won the league every year while he was there.  He was joint league top scorer three times in 2008, 2013 and 2016.  As of July 2016, he has netted 20 goals in European tournaments, the most of any Belarusian player. He played 46 times for Belarus between 2007 and 2017.
Vitali Rodionov 
Honorable Mention
Yury Kurbyko, Yuri Zhevnov, Alyaksandr Myatlitski, Erik Yakhimovich, Eduard Zarembo, Ivan Savostikov, Yegor Filipenko, Alyaksandr Myatlitski, Timofey Kalachyov, Andrei Lavrik, Ihar Hurynovich, Renan Bressan, Ihar Stasevich, Syarhey Kislyak, Vitali Kutuzov,  Syarhey Amelyanchuk. 

Squad Explanation
-- The Soviet-era players were based on ethnicity and birth place.  The post-Soviet Union players were based on the national team.  I do not consider playing for one of the republics at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR as "cap-tied".   Several Belarus-born players chose to play for other national teams after independence.  They are ineligible for this team.  
-- A number of players who were mentioned as Belarus' greatest ever were ineligible due various reasons.   Sergey Gorlukovich (capped by Russia), Artem Milevskiy (capped by Ukraine), Yuri Pudyshev (Russian), Eduard Zarembo (born in Azerbaijan), Yuri Kurnenin (Russian), Vladimir Sakharov (Russian), Mikhail Mustygin (Russian), Nikolai Barmashev (Russian), Anatoly Baidachny (Russian) and Eduard Malofeev (Russian) were all big names in the area (see below for further explanation for some of the players).  I do find myself being too strict for this blog.  Without them, the team became very thin, but I decide to keep this team for now.
-- I began the selection process by adding Aleksandr Prokhorov, Vitaliy Starukhin, Sergei Aleinikov, Sergei Borovsky, Sergei Gurenko, Alexander Hleb and Sergey Gotsmanov to the team.  They were members of my Soviet Union Without Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Central Asia All-Time Team.  Sergei Aleinikov was probably Belarus' greatest ever player, but Alexander Hleb was probably the best known player because of his club career in the West.  He was also an automatic selection.
-- Sergey Borovsky became the first Belarusian player to represent the USSR in the World Cup Finals when he was selected onto the 1982 team.  In 1990, we saw three Belarusian on the World Cup team.  They were Sergei Aleinikov, Andrei Zygmantovich and Sergei Gorlukovich. Gorlukovich, however, was ineligible because he chose to play for Russia after the end of the Soviet Union.  
-- Sergey Gotsmanov and Sergei Aleinikov were on the Soviet national team that finished second at Euro 1988.  Both started in the Final against the Netherlands.
-- In March 28, 1984, the Soviet Union played against West Germany 
in a friendly match.  Eduard Malofeyev was their manager. The Soviet team used 5 players from Belarus.  Viktor Shishkin,  Andrei Zygmantovich, Ihar Hurynovich, and Sergei Aleinikov were starters. Viktor Yanushevsky came on from the bench. Yuri Pudyshev who played for Dinamo Minsk also started, but he was Russian.  The match ended in a 2-1 loss for the CCCP. 
-- Both Viktor Yanushevsky and Ihar Hurynovich played in the Final of the 1979 World Youth Cup where Diego Maradona first made a name.  
Goalkeeper
-- A Russian website ranked Aleksandr Prokhorov as the 8th greatest Soviet goalkeeper of all-time.  He was Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year in  1974 and 1975.  Most lists suggested that he and Mikhail Vergeyenko were the top two greatest ever from Belarus.
-- Alexei Khomich played for Dinamo Minsk and was perhaps their greatest ever goalkeeper, but he was Russian who was playing with Dinamo Moscow before heading to Minsk in 1953.  
-- Belarus nearly qualified for the 2002 World Cup's UEFA playoff round.  They lost to Wales on the last match. It was Belarus' greatest campaign since its independence. Gennady Tumilovich was the hero of the campaign. According to a Russian website, he was the greatest Belarusian goalkeeper of all-time.  Another Belarusian source listed him as Belarus' 10th greatest player, the first among goalkeepers. I took him as the third goalkeeper.
Gennady Tumilovich
-- Yury Kurbyko played over 10 years with Dinamo Minsk.  He led them to become the Soviet Top Champions in 1982.  Some lists pointed him to be the third goalkeeper.  Yuri Zhevnov was also widely mentioned.  In fact, both of them were probably on par with Tumilovich.
Defenders
-- I started by selecting two fullbacks Sergei Borovsky and Sergei Gurenko. Borovsky had over 20 caps for USSR in the 1980's while Gurenko was among the greatest player from Belarus after the Fall of the USSR. Gurenko helped Lokomotiv Moscow to reached the playoff of the Champions League.
-- Sergey Shtanyuk was listed as Belarus' greatest central defender by a Russian website.  He also played at a time when Belarus enjoyed its greatest results. 
-- Viktor Yanushevsky's death remained a mystery. I could not find much information about his actual playing position. He was probably a centerback.  He played in the famous World Youth Cup in 1979 against Diego Maradona. He was also mentioned frequently.  
-- Both Alyaksandr Martynovich and Syarhey Amelyanchuk have over 70 caps for Belarus.  I took Martynovich over Amelyanchuk.  Syarhey Amelyanchuk was the last defender cut.
-- Juan Usatorre was a Spanish central defender of Basque origin born in Moscow.  His family was political exiles.  In his career, he played with Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow and Dinamo Minsk.  From1962 to 1965, he starred for Minsk.  He was capped by the USSR 10 times.  The fact that he was born in Moscow changed his status and spent time playing for Moscow clubs before coming to Belarus.  He was ineligible. 
-- I also came up with Ivan Savostikov numerous times in my research.  In an interview, Juan Usetorre described him as a leftback.  I did not know much about him.  I put him on honourable mention.
-- LW/MF/LB: Yuri Kurnenin was born in Russia.  He was a Dinamo Minsk legend, but he played for Dynamo Moscow before joining the club in 1976. CB Sergei Gorlukovich was born in Belarus, but he was capped by Russia between 1991 and 1996.  So I ruled both of them out. 
-- Eduard Zarembo (Эдуард Зарэмба) was born in Azerbaijan.  Many times, he was listed as one of Belarus' greatest defenders.  He was a rightback, I presumed.  Although he was born in Azerbaijan. he started and played his entire career in Minsk.  He played for the Soviet Union, but I could not find his completed record on line.  He did represent the national team against a French club team Stade Français in October, 1965.  The game also featured Lev Yashin, Valentine Ivanov, Mikheil Meskhi, Valery Voronin, Anatoliy Banishevskiy and Albert Shesternyov. So the Soviet team was almost a full team.  Unlike the other players, he seemed to have grow up in Belarus.  So I had no idea how to rule his eligibility.  Furthermore, I need to drop someone else. So I put him on honourable mention.
-- CB Yegor Filipenko's career in La Liga was horrible.  So I left him off. 
Midfielders
-- In the 1980's, Sergei Aleinikov was a key player with the Soviet Union.  He is probably Belarus' greatest ever player.  He joined Juventus in 1989 as one of the first Soviet players playing in the West. He was one of the more obvious players selected. Then, I took Andrei Zygmantovich who had 35 caps for USSR and Sergey Gotsmanov 31 caps.  Gotsmanov played most of the matches for the USSR at Euro 1988.
-- Alyaksandr Kulchy is the most capped player from Belarus with 102 caps.
-- Valyantsin Byalkevich and Alyaksandr Khatskevich played with Andriy Shevchenko and Serhiy Rebrov in Dynamo Kyiv. Byalkevich was ranked third greatest ever from Belarus by a list I found on the net. Notably, Dynamo Kyiv reached the semi-final of the 1999 Champions' League with both players featured regularly.
-- I preferred Alexander Hleb, Aleksandr Prokopenko and Valyantsin Byalkevich over Brazil-born Renan Bressan. I also left off Ihar Stasevich who won the Belarusian Premier League Player of the year 5 times. Aleksandr Prokopenko  was a key player as Dinamo Minsk won the Soviet Top League in 1982.  He was named first team of the best 33 Soviet Players of the Year that year.  He was a fan favourite in Belarus.
-- I did not have spaces for Andrei Lavrik and Yuri Pudyshev.  Which midfielders can I drop for them?
-- Right winger Ivan Moser of Dinamo Minsk was born in the former Czechoslovakia.  He was listed as an Ukrainian by wikipedia.  He played club football there before going to Minsk.
- Alexander Hleb could play on the right, but I might need Timofey Kalachyov who was a true right winger.  I do believe that the team had too many defensive midfielders.  In the end, I kept the midfielders.
-- I had two great left-side players.  Sergey Gotsmanov is one of Belarus' greatest players. Maksim Romaschenko is the all-time leading scorer for Belarus.  He also did well with Dynamo Moscow.  He was mainly a left midfielder.  
Sergey Gotsmanov 
Forward
-- Eduard Malofeyev was born in Russia.  He played for Russian clubs before coming to Minsk in 1963.  He was Dinomo Minsk's greatest player. As a coach, Malofeyev led Dinamo Minsk to the championship in the Soviet Top League in 1982.   He was a hero of Belarus, but I ruled him ineligible.
-- Nikolai Barmashev (Бармашёв Николай Михайлович) was a star player for Dinamo Minsk in the 1950's.  He was awarded the Great Patriotic War degree for his services in the War.  He was listed as being born in Rostov.  
-- Vladimir Sakharov, Mikhail Mustygin and Anatoly Baidachny were also born in Russia.  They were all-timer for Dinamo Minsk.  Artem Milevskyi chose to play for Ukraine, despite representing Belarus at the youth level.
-- In 2011, Vitaly Starukhin, Oleg Blohin and Igor Belanov were named as "the legends of Ukrainian football" at the Victory of Football awards, but Vitaly Starukhin is from Belarus. He is an all-time great with FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was named the Best 33 of the Soviet Union 3 times (once on the first team).   The award was independent from the Soviet Player of the Year in which he won in 1979. 
-- Georgy Kondratiev were the starting striker for Belarus All-time Best XI for two of my two Russian sources.  And in the eighties he was called the most inconspicuous attacker of the USSR.
-- The last two spots were between Vitali Kutuzov, Ihar Hurynovich, Vitali Rodionov and Sergei Kornilenko.  In the end, I took Rodionov and Hurynovich.
-- Radionov was ranked one of top 5 greatest in this country from a poll I discovered.  He was a hero of FC BATE Borisov, a club team that dominated Belarusian domestic league in his era. Sergei  Kornilenko is the 4th most capped player and the 2nd highest goal scorer for Belarus.  His name also came up in many sites and information.  However, his club career was limited.  Ihar Hurynovich on the other hand was on the Dinamo Minsk team that won the Soviet League in 1982.  He was on the first team  of 33 Best football players of the season in the USSR that year (also 1983). He joined Brighton after Sergey Gotsmanov left for Southampton. His work permit issue cut his career short. 
 -- Vitali Kutuzov did so and so in Italy in 2000's, but he had one of the better careers for Belarusian attackers playing in the West.  However, who do I drop for him?  I rewarded Radionov for his performance with BATE Borisov.
 
Formation


 
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