England men · FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 6
Belarus
v England
1–3
Full time
Belarus v England finished 1–3.
- England
- Gerrard 11', Rooney 50', Rooney 74'
- Belarus
- Sitko 28'
- Date
- Wednesday 15 October 2008 · England in 2008
- Kick-off
- 19:30 UK
- Venue
- Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
- Competition
- FIFA World Cup · Qualifier · Group 6
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XI
- No. 1, David James GK
- No. 7, Theo Walcott FW Off in the 68'
- No. 9, Emile Heskey FW Off in the 70'
- No. 10, Wayne Rooney FW Off in the 87'
- No. 2, Wes Brown D
- No. 3, Wayne Bridge D
- No. 4, Steven Gerrard M
- No. 5, Rio Ferdinand D
- No. 6, Matthew Upson D
- No. 8, Frank Lampard M
- No. 11, Gareth Barry M
Substitutes
- No. 16, Shaun Wright-Phillips On in the 68'
- No. 18, Peter Crouch On in the 70'
- No. 15, David Beckham On in the 87'
- No. 12, Scott Carson (not used)
- No. 13, Glen Johnson (not used)
- No. 14, Joleon Lescott (not used)
- No. 17, Jermain Defoe (not used)
Belarus
Starting XI
- No. 12, Yuri Zhevnov GK
- No. 7, Vitali Bulyga FW
- No. 13, Vitaly Kutuzov FW Off in the 77'
- No. 2, Aleksandr Kulchy M
- No. 3, Yegor Filipenko D
- No. 4, Sergei Omelyanchuk D
- No. 5, Dzmitry Molosh D
- No. 10, Pavel Sitko M
- No. 14, Anton Putsilo M Yellow card 21' Off in the 67'
- No. 16, Ihar Stasevich M Off in the 90'
- No. 18, Dmitry Verkhovtsov D
Substitutes
- No. 11, Vitaly Rodionov On in the 67'
- No. 8, Oleg Strakhanovich On in the 77'
- No. 9, Viacheslav Hleb On in the 90'
- No. 1, Sergey Veremko (not used)
- No. 6, Vladimir Korytko (not used)
- No. 15, Alexander Pavlov (not used)
- No. 17, Sergey Sosnovskiy (not used)
Referee: T Hauge.
Official meetings since 2008
England v Belarus stats
Meetings2In our results database
England wins2England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Belarus wins0Belarus victories
England have scored 6 goals to Belarus's 1 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
2Rooney
2 goals against Belarus in matches we hold scorer data for.
Belarus · Fixture leader
1Sitko
Belarus's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.