Squad of the national team for the February matches
Mikhail Markhel decided on the final list of players called for friendly matches against the national teams of Uzbekistan and Bulgaria.
The camp of the main team of the country will last from February 19 to 27. On February 19, Belarusian national team will fly to the United Arab Emirates, where they will spar with Uzbekistan on February 23. The game will take place at the Al Hamria stadium in the city of Sharjah and will begin at 16.00 Belarusian time. Then, on February 24, the “White Wings” will make a flight to Bulgaria. The friendly match Bulgaria - Belarus will take place on February 26 at Vasil Levski National Stadium and will begin at 18:00 Belarusian time.
The head coach included 22 players in the final list of the national team for the match against the national team of Uzbekistan:
Goalkeepers: Pavel Pavlyuchenko (Dynamo Brest), Yegor Hatkevich (Isloch, Minsk region).
Defenders: Sergey Politevich, Sergey Matveychik, Igor Burko (all - Shakhtar, Salihorsk), Alexander Pavlovets (Dynamo Brest), Maxim Shvetsov (Dynamo Minsk), Sergey Karpovich (Isloch, Minsk region) , Artyom Shkurdyuk (RCOR-BSU, Minsk).
Midfielders: Stanislav Dragun, Igor Stasevich, Pavel Nekhaychik (all BATE, Borisov), Mikhail Gordeychuk, Roman Yuzepchuk (both Dynamo Brest), Nikita Korzun (Vilafrankenes, Portugal), Yuri Kendysh, Dmitry Podstrelov (both - Shakhtar, Salihorsk), Ivan Bakhar (Dynamo Minsk), Sergey Volkov (Vitebsk).
Forwards: Denis Laptev (Dynamo Brest), Maxim Skavysh (BATE, Borisov), Vitaly Lisakovich (Shakhtar, Salihorsk).
19 football players will fly to the match against Bulgaria on February 24 as a part of the “white-winged” team:
Goalkeepers: Pavel Pavlyuchenko (Dynamo Brest), Yegor Hatkevich (Isloch, Minsk region).
Defenders: Sergey Matveychik (Shakhtar, Salihorsk), Alexander Pavlovets, Kirill Pechenin (both Dynamo Brest), Maxim Shvetsov (Dynamo Minsk), Sergey Karpovich (Isloch, Minsk region), Artem Shkurdyuk (RCOR-BSU, Minsk).
Midfielders: Nikita Korzun (Vilafrankenese, Portugal), Yevgeny Yablonsky (BATE, Borisov), Ivan Bakhar, Vladislav Klimovich (both Dynamo Minsk), Evgeny Shevchenko, Roman Yuzepchuk (both Dynamo Brest), Dmitry Podstrelov (Shakhtar, Salihorsk), Sergey Volkov (Vitebsk).
Forwards: Maxim Skavysh (BATE, Borisov), Vitaly Lisakovich (Shakhtar, Salihorsk), Vsevolod Sadovsky (Dynamo Brest).
The training camp of the main team will take place on FIFA non-fixed dates, so players who play for the clubs of Russian Premier League and Kazakh Premier League do not take part in it.
We remind you that the national team of Belarus is preparing for the playoffs of the UEFA 2020 European Championship. The away match against Georgia will be held in Tbilisi on March 26. The winner will play at home against the winner of the pair Macedonia - Kosovo for a place in the final of the UEFA European Championship 2020 on March 31.