Belarusian Premier League
Season2006
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedLokomotiv Minsk
Belshina Bobruisk
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
UEFA CupDinamo Brest
Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto CupShakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played182
Goals scored450 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Alyaksandr Klimenka (17)
Biggest home winMTZ-RIPO 7–1 Lokomotiv Minsk
Biggest away winGomel 2–8 MTZ-RIPO
Highest scoringGomel 2–8 MTZ-RIPO
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The 2006 Belarusian Premier League was the 16th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 18 and ended on November 4, 2005. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2005 season

Two lowest placed in 2004 teams (Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia) relegated to First League. They were replaced by the winners of 2005 First League Belshina Bobruisk and First League runners-up Lokomotiv Vitebsk. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev shortened their name to Dnepr Mogilev.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 3rd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2006–07 Cup winners Dinamo Brest qualified for UEFA Cup. Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

2006 Belarusian Premier League is located in Belarus
Darida Dinamo Minsk Lokomotiv Minsk MTZ-RIPO
Dnepr
Dinamo Brest
Neman
Shakhtyor
Gomel
BATE
Torpedo
Naftan
Lokomotiv Vitebsk
Belshina
Location of teams in 2006 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2005
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium[1] 4,200 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,000 2
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,600 3
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 3,020 4
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 5,500 5
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 6,800 6
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 15,000 7
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 8
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 9
Darida Minsk Raion Darida Stadium 3,300 10
Lokomotiv Minsk Minsk City Stadium (Molodechno)[2] 4,800 11
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium[3] 6,300 12
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)[4] 3,700 First league, 1
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,350 First league, 2
  1. ^
    Due to renovation works at Stroitel Stadium, Shakhtyor played three games at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and three games at City Stadium in Lyuban.
  2. ^
    Lokomotiv Minsk spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno, as their own ground Lokomotiv Stadium did not meet Premier League criteria.
  3. ^
    Due to renovation works at Neman Stadium, Neman played six games at Yunost Stadium in Smorgon and one game at Traktor Stadium in Minsk.
  4. ^
    Due to renovation works in Bobruisk, Belshina played one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev and one game at City Stadium in Lyuban.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 16 6 4 47 27 +20 54 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 15 7 4 44 22 +22 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 16 3 7 50 31 +19 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 16 3 7 54 24 +30 51
5 Gomel 26 12 6 8 33 32 +1 42
6 Lokomotiv Vitebsk 26 9 11 6 21 18 +3 38
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 11 4 11 45 42 +3 37
8 Darida Minsk Raion 26 10 7 9 23 21 +2 37
9 Dinamo Brest 26 8 7 11 17 31 −14 31 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
10 Neman Grodno 26 8 6 12 24 30 −6 30
11 Torpedo Zhodino 26 7 9 10 21 27 −6 30
12 Dnepr Mogilev 26 6 5 15 29 47 −18 23
13 Lokomotiv Minsk (R) 26 5 4 17 26 52 −26 19 Relegation to Belarusian First League
14 Belshina Bobruisk (R) 26 1 6 19 16 46 −30 9
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dinamo Brest qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2006–07 Belarusian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM LMN LVI MTZ NAF NEM SHA TZH
BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–2 2–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Belshina Bobruisk 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–4 0–0 1–3 1–3
Darida Minsk Raion 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0
Dinamo Brest 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–0 3–1 2–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 4–1 4–2 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0
Dnepr Mogilev 0–3 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 5–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0
Gomel 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–8 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0
Lokomotiv Minsk 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–4 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–0
Lokomotiv Vitebsk 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 7–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 4–3 2–3 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–1
Neman Grodno 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 2–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 4–1 3–0 3–3 3–1 2–0 5–2 5–3 1–1
Torpedo Zhodino 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Shakhter Karagandy Kazakhstan 4–6 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1–5 3–1
Second round Moscow Russia 3–0 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 2–0 1–0
2006–07 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Zagłębie Lubin Poland 1–1 (a) Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 3–0 Moldova Nistru Otaci 2–0 1–0
Second qualifying round Artmedia Bratislava Slovakia 5–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 2–1 3–2
Rubin Kazan Russia 5–0 Belarus BATE Borisov 3–0 2–0
2006–07 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 0–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0–1 0–1

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 17
2 Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Gomel 14
3 Belarus Vyacheslav Hleb MTZ-RIPO Minsk 13
4 Belarus Artyom Kontsevoy MTZ-RIPO Minsk 12
5 Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk BATE Borisov 11
6 Brazil Edu Dinamo Minsk 10
7 Belarus Syarhey Kislyak Dinamo Minsk 9
Belarus Oleg Strakhanovich MTZ-RIPO Minsk 9
Belarus Valery Strypeykis Gomel 9
10 Belarus Pavel Byahanski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Belarus Alyaksandr Hawrushka Dnepr Mogilev 8

See also

External links

Belarusian Premier League
2006 in Belarusian football
2005–06 in European men's football (UEFA)
2006–07 in European men's football (UEFA)
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