2011 in Belarusian football

The 2011 season is the 75th season of competitive football in Belarus.

National teams

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Senior

Friendly matches

9 February 2011 Belarus  1 – 1  Kazakhstan Antalya, Turkey
17:00 UTC+02 Hleb 45' (pen.) (Report) Ostapenko 90+2' Stadium: Antalya Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova)
29 March 2011 Belarus  0 – 1  Canada Antalya, Turkey
18:00 UTC+03 (Report) Hainault 56' Stadium: Antalya Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yunus Yıldırım (Turkey)
10 August 2011 Belarus  1 – 0  Bulgaria Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 Kislyak 33' (Report) Stadium: Dynama Stadium
11 October 2011 Belarus  0 – 2  Poland Wiesbaden, Germany
21:30 UTC+03 (Report) Błaszczykowski 30'
Lewandowski 69'		 Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)
15 November 2011 Belarus  1 – 1  Libya Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+04 Kornilenko 77' (Report) Saad 32' Stadium: Dubai Club Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (United Arab Emirates)

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

26 March 2011 Group D Albania  1 – 0  Belarus Tirana, Albania
20:00 UTC+01 Salihi 62' (Report) Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
3 June 2011 Group D Belarus  1 – 1  France Minsk, Belarus
21:50 UTC+03 Abidal 20' (o.g.) (Report) Malouda 22' Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
7 June 2011 Group D Belarus  2 – 0  Luxembourg Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 Kornilenko 48' (pen.)
Putsila 73'		 (Report) Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)
2 September 2011 Group D Belarus  0 – 2  Bosnia and Herzegovina Minsk, Belarus
20:30 UTC+03 (Report) Salihović 21' (pen.)
Medunjanin 24'		 Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
6 September 2011 Group D Bosnia and Herzegovina  1 – 0  Belarus Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:15 UTC+02 Misimović 87' (Report) Stadium: Bilino Polje
Attendance: 15,292
Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)
7 October 2011 Group D Romania  2 – 2  Belarus Bucharest, Romania
21:30 UTC+03 Mutu 19', 51' (pen.) (Report) Kornilenko 45'
Drahun 82'		 Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 29,486
Referee: Alan Kelly (Ireland)

Under-21

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

11 June 2011 Group A Belarus  2 – 0  Iceland Aarhus, Denmark
18:00 UTC+02 Varankow 77' (pen.)
Skavysh 87'		 (Report) Stadium: Aarhus Stadion
Attendance: 2,815
Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (Macedonia)
14 June 2011 Group A Denmark  2 – 1  Belarus Aarhus, Denmark
20:45 UTC+02 Eriksen 22'
Jørgensen 71'		 (Report) Baha 20' Stadium: Aarhus Stadion
Attendance: 18,152
Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
18 June 2011 Group A Switzerland  3 – 0  Belarus Aarhus, Denmark
20:45 UTC+02 Mehmedi 6' (pen.), 43'
Feltscher 90+3'		 (Report) Stadium: Aarhus Stadion
Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
22 June 2011 Semifinals Spain  3 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Belarus Viborg, Denmark
18:00 UTC+02 Adrián 89', 105'
Jeffrén 113'		 (Report) Varankow 38' Stadium: Viborg Stadion
Attendance: 7,521
Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden)
25 June 2011 Third place Czech Republic  0 – 1  Belarus Aalborg, Denmark
15:00 UTC+02 (Report) Filipenko 88' Stadium: Aalborg Stadion
Attendance: 870
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification

10 August 2011 Group 1 Greece  2 – 3  Belarus Ioannina, Greece
18:30 UTC+03 Potouridis 37' (pen.)
Fortounis 87'		 (Report) Khlebosolov 13', 90+4' (pen.)
Patotski 18'		 Stadium: Zosimades Stadium
2 September 2011 Group 1 Belarus  1 – 1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Barysaw, Belarus
16:30 UTC+03 Kuzmyanok 16' (Report) Višća 14' Stadium: Haradzki Stadium
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)
6 September 2011 Group 1 Belarus  0 – 1  Germany Barysaw, Belarus
18:15 UTC+03 (Report) Esswein 28' Stadium: Haradzki Stadium
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)
7 October 2011 Group 1 Cyprus  1 – 3  Belarus Larnaca, Cyprus
14:30 UTC+02 Mitidis 15' (Report) Christofides 26' (o.g.)
Patotski 41'
Khlebosolov 88'		 Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)
11 October 2011 Group 1 Belarus  1 – 3  Greece Barysaw, Belarus
18:00 UTC+03 Patotski 40' (Report) Lebedzew 56' (o.g.)
Potouridis 67'
Vellios 68'		 Stadium: Haradski Stadium
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)
11 November 2011 Group 1 San Marino  0 – 2  Belarus Serravalle, San Marino
20:30 UTC+01 (Report) Khlebosolov 34' (pen.)
Kuhan 54'		 Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 230
Referee: Suren Baliyan (Armenia)

Under-19

2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship elite qualification

24 May 2011 Group 3 France  2 – 0  Belarus Senec, Slovakia
17:00 UTC+02 Derouard 25'
Taïder 35'		 (Report) Stadium: NTC Senec
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
22 May 2011 Group 3 Belarus  0 – 5  Slovakia Senec, Slovakia
11:00 UTC+02 (Report) Špilár 19', 74'
Škvarka 45+2'
Hladík 68'
Aliseiko 78' (o.g.)		 Stadium: The Slovak FA National Training Centre
Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)
25 May 2011 Group 3 Greece  1 – 0  Belarus Nitra, Slovakia
11:00 UTC+02 Mavrias 49' (Report) Stadium: Štadión pod Zoborom
Referee: Anar Salmanov (Azerbaijan)

2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification

6 October 2011 Group 7 Belarus  0 – 0  Montenegro Dungannon, Northern Ireland
14:00 UTC+01 (Report) Stadium: Stangmore Park
Attendance: 15
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)
8 October 2011 Group 7 Belarus  1 – 3  Northern Ireland Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:00 UTC+01 Savitski 72' (Report) McCartan 13'
McLaughlin 37'
McLellan 84'		 Stadium: The Oval
Attendance: 240
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)
11 October 2011 Group 7 Germany  3 – 3  Belarus Portadown, Northern Ireland
13:00 UTC+01 Heintz 49'
Hofmann 55', 83'		 (Report) Kovalev 8'
Yadeshka 33'
Klopotski 38'		 Stadium: Shamrock Park
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Under-17

2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite qualification

25 March 2011 Group 6 Norway  5 – 1  Belarus Saint-Herblain, France
15:00 UTC+01 Kwoeme 29'
Rønning 26', 40+1', 56'
Berisha 47'		 (Report) Savitski 22' Stadium: Parc du Val de Chezine
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
27 March 2011 Group 6 Belarus  1 – 0  Georgia Vigneux-de-Bretagne, France
15:00 UTC+02 Savitski 23' (Report) Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
30 March 2011 Group 6 France  9 – 0  Belarus Carquefou, France
17:00 UTC+02 Yaisien 14', 35', 39', 68'
Nangis 21', 24', 71'
Laporte 27'
Haller 80+1' (pen.)		 (Report) Stadium: Stade du Moulin-Boisseau
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship qualification

23 September 2011 Group 1 Hungary  4 – 1  Belarus Telki, Hungary
15:00 UTC+02 Tamás 16' (pen.)
Asztalos 32'
Bobál 90+2'		 (Report) Rassadkin 71' Stadium: Globall Football Park
Attendance: 100
Referee: Christof Dierick (Belgium)
25 September 2011 Group 1 Norway  0 – 3  Belarus Telki, Hungary
12:00 UTC+02 (Report) Vodyanovich 11'
Morozov 38' Rassadkin 68'		 Stadium: Globall Football Park
Attendance: 200
Referee: Neil Doyle (Ireland)
28 September 2011 Group 1 Belarus  5 – 0  Andorra Tatabánya, Hungary
15:00 UTC+02 Zhurnevich 15'
Morozov 18'
Rassadkin 30' (pen.)
Gribovski 60'
Vershitski 69'		 (Report) Stadium: Városi Stadion
Attendance: 30
Referee: Neil Doyle (Ireland)

League tables

Belarusian Premier League

Main article: 2011 Belarusian Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 33 18 12 3 53 20 +33 66 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 33 17 10 6 46 24 +22 61 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Gomel 33 13 15 5 36 24 +12 54 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dinamo Minsk 33 14 7 12 50 43 +7 49
5 Belshina Bobruisk 33 12 12 9 41 35 +6 48
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 33 9 14 10 37 41 −4 41
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 33 10 7 16 35 45 −10 37 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 Neman Grodno 33 8 13 12 33 45 −12 37
9 Minsk 33 8 11 14 33 40 −7 35
10 Dinamo Brest 33 8 11 14 38 46 −8 35
11 Vitebsk (R) 33 8 8 17 29 46 −17 32 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Dnepr Mogilev (R) 33 6 14 13 29 51 −22 32 Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Winners of 2011–12 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

Belarusian First League

Main article: 2011 Belarusian First League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Slavia Mozyr (P) 30 22 5 3 53 17 +36 71 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Partizan Minsk (P) 30 20 5 5 59 26 +33 65 Qualification for promotion play-off
3 Gorodeya 30 16 7 7 51 31 +20 55
4 SKVICH Minsk 30 16 6 8 57 27 +30 54
5 Slutsk 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 49
6 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 30 13 7 10 40 34 +6 46
7 Volna Pinsk 30 13 6 11 52 38 +14 45
8 Granit Mikashevichi 30 11 10 9 38 35 +3 43
9 Klechesk Kletsk[a] (R) 30 12 5 13 45 42 +3 41 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
10 Polotsk 30 9 8 13 36 39 −3 35
11 Smorgon 30 9 7 14 32 45 −13 34
12 DSK Gomel 30 8 10 12 28 34 −6 34
13 Rudensk 30 9 6 15 25 40 −15 33
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 10 2 18 32 48 −16 32
15 Belcard Grodno (R) 30 8 5 17 30 55 −25 29 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Baranovichi (R) 30 0 3 27 10 90 −80 3
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Klechesk were denied First League licence for 2012 due to financial troubles.

Domestic cups

Belarusian Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Belarusian Cup
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
             
1 Partizan Minsk 0 2 2
8 Gomel 0 3 3
Gomel 0 3 3
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1 1 2
4 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2 1 3
5 Dinamo Brest 1 1 2
Gomel
Neman Grodno
2 Belshina Bobruisk 0 2 2
7 Minsk 1 0 1
Belshina Bobruisk 0 0 0
Neman Grodno 0 1 1
3 Neman Grodno 1 2 3
6 Naftan Novopolotsk 1 0 1

Final

Neman Grodno0 – 2Gomel
(Report) Rybak 88' (o.g.)
Stasevich 90'
Attendance: 9,000

Belarusian Super Cup

Main article: Belarusian Super Cup
BATE Borisov3 – 0Torpedo Zhodino
Baha 29'
Bressan 86'
Nekhaychik 90+2'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Sergey Sakharevich

Belarusian clubs in international competitions

Club Competition Final round
BATE 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Minsk 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
Shakhtyor 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
Gomel 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

FC BATE Borisov

13 July 2011 Champions League Second round Linfield Northern Ireland 1 – 1 Belarus BATE Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 UTC+01 Fordyce 5'
Bressan 37' (pen.)		 (Report) Stadium: Windsor Park
Attendance: 1,212
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
19 July 2011 Champions League Second round BATE Belarus 2 – 0 Northern Ireland Linfield Barysaw, Belarus
19:00 UTC+03 Nyakhaychyk 58'
Pawlaw 61'		 (Report) Stadium: Haradzki Stadium
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Libor Kovařík (Czech Republic)
26 July 2011 Champions League Third round Ekranas Lithuania 0 – 0 Belarus BATE Panevėžys, Lithuania
19:00 UTC+03 (Report) Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium
Attendance: 2,989
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
2 August 2011 Champions League Third round BATE Belarus 3 – 1 Lithuania Ekranas Barysaw, Belarus
19:00 UTC+03 Rodionov 18'
Bressan 35'
Gordeichuk 89'		 (Report) Velička 22' Stadium: Haradzki Stadium
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
16 August 2011 Champions League Play-off round BATE Belarus 1 – 1 Austria Sturm Graz Minsk, Belarus
21:45 UTC+03 Simić 59' (Report) Weber 12' Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 15,550
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
24 August 2011 Champions League Play-off round Sturm Graz Austria 0 – 2 Belarus BATE Graz, Austria
20:45 UTC+02 (Report) Volodko 36'
Simić 70'		 Stadium: UPC-Arena
Attendance: 14,520
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
13 September 2011 Champions League Group H Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1 – 1 Belarus BATE Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+02 Bakoš 45+1' (Report) Bressan 69' Stadium: Synot Tip Arena
Attendance: 19,451
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
28 September 2011 Champions League Group H BATE Belarus 0 – 5 Spain Barcelona Minsk, Belarus
21:45 UTC+03 (Report) Valadzko 19' (o.g.)
Pedro 22'
Messi 38', 56'
Villa 90'		 Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 29,555
Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Germany)
19 October 2011 Champions League Group H Milan Italy 2 – 0 Belarus BATE Milan, Italy
20:45 UTC+02 Ibrahimović 33'
Boateng 70'		 (Report) Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 66,040
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
1 November 2011 Champions League Group H BATE Belarus 1 – 1 Italy Milan Minsk, Belarus
18:00 UTC+02 Bressan 55' (pen.) (Report) Ibrahimović 22' Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 29,100
Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)
23 November 2011 Champions League Group H BATE Belarus 0 – 1 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň Minsk, Belarus
18:00 UTC+02 (Report) Bakoš 42' Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 26,520
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
6 December 2011 Champions League Group H Barcelona Spain 4 – 0 Belarus BATE Barcelona, Spain
20:45 UTC+01 Roberto 35'
Montoya 60'
Pedro 63', 89' (pen.)		 (Report) Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 37,374
Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

FC Minsk

30 June 2011 Europa League First round AZAL Baku Azerbaijan 1 – 1 Belarus Minsk Baku, Azerbaijan
19:00 UTC+04 Ibekoyi 14' (Report) Voronkov 11' Stadium: AZAL Stadium
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
7 July 2011 Europa League First round Minsk Belarus 2 – 1 Azerbaijan AZAL Baku Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 Lashankow 5'
Sashcheka 11'		 (Report) Sachywka 66' (o.g.) Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Angel Angelov (Bulgaria)
14 July 2011 Europa League Second round Minsk Belarus 1 – 1 Turkey Gaziantepspor Minsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 Razin 22' (Report) Sachywka 51' (o.g.) Stadium: Dynama Stadium
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)
21 July 2011 Europa League Second round Gaziantepspor Turkey 4 – 1 Belarus Minsk Gaziantep, Turkey
21:00 UTC+03 Güngör 28'
Wágner 73'
Popov 83'
Adın 90+1'		 (Report) Zyanko 61' Stadium: Gaziantep Kamil Ocak Stadium
Attendance: 6,499
Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk

14 July 2011 Europa League Second round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 0 – 1 Latvia Ventspils Salihorsk, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 (Report) Kosmačovs 89' Stadium: Stroitel Stadium
Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Tamás Bognar (Hungary)
21 July 2011 Europa League Second round Ventspils Latvia 3 – 2 Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk Ventspils, Latvia
18:30 UTC+03 Mvondo 52', 79' (pen.)
Martinez 90+3'		 (Report) Kolomyts 6'
Kamarowski 73'		 Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

FC Gomel

28 July 2011 Europa League Third round Bursaspor Turkey 2 – 1 Belarus Gomel Bursa, Turkey
20:30 UTC+03 Aziz 52'
Kaş 72'		 (Report) Kuzmyanok 42' Stadium: Bursa Atatürk Stadium
Attendance: 16,122
Referee: Alain Bieri (Switzerland)
4 August 2011 Europa League Third round Gomel Belarus 1 – 3 Turkey Bursaspor Gomel, Belarus
20:00 UTC+03 Aleksiyevich 41' (Report) N'Diaye 78'
Insúa 85'
Bahadır 90+1'		 Stadium: Central Stadion
Attendance: 13,100
Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

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