Football Federation of Belarus

The Belarusian Football Federation was founded in 1989. In 1992, the FIFA Federation won the right to participate in the World Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://abff.by/ |title=Официальный сайт АБФФ |access-date=2015-08-21 |archive-date=2020-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114153758/https://abff.by/ |url-status=live }} In 1993, it joined UEFA, which allowed the national team to participate in the European Championships, and Belarusian clubs to participate in the European Cups.

In June 2021, UEFA suspended the Belarusian Football Federation from holding any events and competitions under its auspices.{{cite web

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|title = В УЕФА сообщили об отстранении Беларуси от проведения всех мероприятий под своей эгидой – в том числе, матчей еврокубков

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}} The UEFA national teams and clubs did not play in UEFA tournaments, and previously scheduled UEFA Mini Football Champions League 2021 and UEFA Congress 2021 will be moved to other countries.{{cite web

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|title = Беларусь — больше не Европа! Из-за Лукашенко УЕФА принял жёсткие санкции

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}} Previously, the 2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, which was planned to be held in Belarus, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web

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|title = 2020/21 Women's U19 EURO cancelled

|date = 2021-02-23

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After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA, the European governing body for football, temporarily suspended Belarusian national and club teams from international competitions, which was later reversed, and UEFA banned Belarus from hosting international competitions.{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10028559-uefa-bars-belarus-from-hosting-international-games-after-invasion-of-ukraine|title=UEFA Bars Belarus from Hosting International Games After Invasion of Ukraine|first=Rob|last=Goldberg|website=Bleacher Report}}[🖉{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ioc-bans-russian-belarusian-athletes/31728487.html|title=Russia, Belarus Suspended From International Soccer, Hockey Over Ukraine Attacks|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty |publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}

• Evgeny Shuntov (Yawhen Shuntaw, 1989–1999)
• Grigory Fedorov (Ryhor Fyodaraw, 1999–2003)
• Gennady Nevyglas (Henadz Nevyhlas, 2003–2011)
• Sergei Rumas (22 April 2011 – 2019)
• Vladimir Bazanov (Uladzimir Bazanaw, 2019–2023){{Cite web|date=2019-03-27|title=BelaPAN. In pictures: Retired army colonel elected unopposed as new chairman of Belarusian Football Federation|url=https://en.belapan.by/archive/2019/03/27/en_media_bazanov/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=en.belapan.by|language=ru}}{{Cite news|last=Glushchenkov|first=Illya|date=2020-04-02|title=Belarus football's new global following|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52122767|access-date=2021-06-07}}
• Nikolay Sherstnyov (since 2023)[https://abff.by/en/abff/structure/leaderships ABFF DIRECTORS]

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• [https://abff.by/en/ Official website]
• {{facebook|BelFootFederation}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208165757/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=BLR/index.html Belarus] page at UEFA.com
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070603211327/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=blr/index.html Belarus] at FIFA.com

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