MINSK, 10 March (BelTA) – Head coach of the Belarusian national football team Mikhail Markhel has named the preliminary squad for the semifinal match against Georgia in the UEFA EURO 2020 playoffs, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Football Federation.
The preliminary roster includes 35 players:
goaltenders: Alyaksandr Hutar (FC Dinamo Brest), Pavel Pavlyuchenko (FC Dinamo Brest), Egor Khatkevich (FC Isloch), Anton Chichkan (FC BATE Borisov);
defenders: Alyaksandr Martynovich (FC Krasnodar), Dzyanis Palyakow, Nikolay Zolotov (FC Ural), Syarhey Palitsevich, Syarhey Matsveychyk, Ihar Burko (all – FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Nikita Naumov (FC Zhetysu), Aleksandr Pavlovets (FC Dinamo Brest), Maksim Shvyatsow (FC Dinamo Minsk), Sergey Karpovich (FC Isloch);
midfielders: Syarhey Kislyak, Mikhail Gordeichuk, Pavel Savitski (all – FC Dinamo Brest), Stanislaw Drahun, Ihar Stasevich, Pavel Nyakhaychyk, Evgeni Yablonski, Dzmitry Baha (all – FC BATE Borisov), Ivan Maevski, Max Ebong (both – FC Astana), Nikita Korzun (UD Vilafranquense), Yury Kavalyow (FC Arsenal), Yury Kendysh, Dmitry Podstrelov (FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Ivan Bakhar, Vladislav Klimovich (both - FC Dinamo Minsk);
forwards: Dzyanis Laptsew, Maksim Skavysh, Anton Saroka (all - FC BATE Borisov), Vitaly Lisakovich (FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Ilya Shkurin (FC CSKA).
The Belarusian team will kick off their training camp in Minsk on 21 March. The final roster of 23 players will be named on 23 March.
Belarus v Georgia match is due to take place in Tbilisi on 26 March. The winner will face either North Macedonia or Kosovo on 31 March.