MINSK, 28 October (BelTA) - Head coach of the Belarusian national football team Mikhail Markhel has named an expanded squad for the next two November fixtures against Germany and Montenegro, BelTA has learned.
The roster includes 31 players:
Goalkeepers: Alyaksandr Hutar, Pavel Pavlyuchenko (both - FC Dinamo Brest), Siarhei Chernik, Anton Chichkan (FC BATE Borisov), Egor Khatkevich (Isloch, Minsk District);
Defenders: Alyaksandr Martynovich (FC Krasnodar), Dzyanis Palyakow (FC Ural), Syarhey Palitsevich (FC Kairat), Aleh Veratsila, Aleksandr Pavlovets (FC Dinamo Brest), Syarhey Matsveychyk (FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Zakhar Volkov (FC BATE Borisov), Dmitriy Bessmertny (both – BATE Borisov), Nikita Naumov (FC Zhetysu), Nikolay Zolotov (FC Vitebsk), Maksim Shvyatsow (FC Dinamo Minsk);
Midfielders: Syarhey Kislyak, Pavel Nyakhaychyk, Pavel Savitski (both FC Dinamo Brest), Stanislaw Drahun, Ihar Stasevich, Evgeni Yablonski (all FC BATE Borisov), Yury Kavalyow, Max Ebong (both FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Ivan Maevski (FC Astana), Ivan Bakhar, Yevgeniy Shevchenko (both - FC Minsk), Kiryl Pyachenin (FC Vitebsk).
Forwards: Dzyanis Laptsew (FC Dinamo Brest), Maksim Skavysh (FC BATE Borisov), Vitaly Lisakovich (NK Varazdin).
The final roster of 23 players who will defend the colors of the Belarusian flag at the forthcoming fixtures will be announced on 11 November. On the day the Belarusian national team will meet at the technical center of the Belarusian Football Federation in Minsk and have a practice in Vesnyanka. On 16 November, the players will travel to Moenchengladbach for a match against Germany as part of the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying. After that, the Belarusian team will head for Podgorica to play friendly against Montenegro on 19 November.
