Belarusian Premier League
Season2009
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedGomel
Granit Mikashevichi
Smorgon
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueDinamo Minsk
Dnepr Mogilev
Torpedo Zhodino
Matches played182
Goals scored437 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerBrazil Maycon (15)
Biggest home winBATE 6–0 Neman
Biggest away winShakhtyor 0–5 Minsk
Highest scoringDinamo Minsk 5–2 Dnepr
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The 2009 Belarusian Premier League was the 19th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 4 and ended on November 8, 2009. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2008 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams three relegated teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th in 2008 respectively) were replaced by only one team, the winner of 2008 First League Minsk.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists Dnepr Mogilev and yet to be determined 2009-10 Cup winners qualified for the Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi
Smorgon) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

2009 Belarusian Premier League is located in Belarus
Dinamo Minsk Minsk MTZ-RIPO
Dnepr
Dinamo Brest
Neman
Shakhtyor
Gomel
BATE
Torpedo
Naftan
Vitebsk
Smorgon
Granit
Location of teams in 2009 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2008
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,392 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo-Yuni Stadium[1] 4,500 2
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,600 3
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 4
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,300 5
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,300 7
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,200 8
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium[2] 7,300 9
Granit Mikashevichi Polesye Stadium (Luninets)[3] 3,090 10
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 11
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 9,000 12
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino)[4] 3,020 13
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[5] 1,500 First league, 1
  1. ^
    Five games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  2. ^
    Three games played at Torpedo Stadium in Mogilev due to renovation works at Spartak Stadium.
  3. ^
    Four games played at Volna Stadium in Pinsk due to renovation works at Polesye Stadium.
  4. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Borisov and two games at Torpedo Stadium in Mogilev due to renovation works at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino.
  5. ^
    One game played at Dinamo Stadium and one game at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 19 5 2 55 16 +39 62 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 14 8 4 38 18 +20 50 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Dnepr Mogilev 26 12 4 10 31 26 +5 40 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 12 2 12 28 39 −11 38
5 Dinamo Brest 26 10 8 8 30 24 +6 38
6 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 10 8 8 33 28 +5 38
7 Neman Grodno 26 11 4 11 23 31 −8 37
8 Torpedo Zhodino 26 10 7 9 31 22 +9 37 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
9 Minsk 26 11 3 12 33 26 +7 36
10 Vitebsk 26 10 2 14 26 37 −11 32
11 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 8 6 12 34 38 −4 30
12 Gomel (R) 26 8 5 13 31 48 −17 29 Relegation to Belarusian First League
13 Granit Mikashevichi (R) 26 6 7 13 27 39 −12 25
14 Smorgon (R) 26 2 9 15 17 46 −29 15
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The runner-up of the 2009–10 Belarusian Cup (lost to BATE Borisov).

Results

Home \ Away BAT DBR DMI DNE GOM GRA MIN MTZ NAF NEM SHA SMR VIT TZH
BATE Borisov 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 6–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–0
Dinamo Brest 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2
Dinamo Minsk 1–3 2–0 5–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–0
Gomel 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Granit Mikashevichi 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 3–0[a] 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3
Minsk 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–4
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 2–1 1–0
Neman Grodno 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Smorgon 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–1
Vitebsk 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1
Torpedo Zhodino 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match of Round 9 originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Granit with a score of 3–0. The reason is that for some time during the match Neman had five foreign players on the pitch, while the maximum number of foreign players a team can have on the pitch in the same time is four.[1]

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro 2–3 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1–1 1–2 (aet)
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 3–2 North Macedonia Renova Džepčište 2–1 1–1
Second qualifying round Naftan Novopolotsk Belarus 2–2 (a) Belgium Gent 2–1 0–1
Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–4 Norway Tromsø 0–0 1–4
Metallurg Donetsk Ukraine 5–1 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 3–0 2–1
Play-off round BATE Borisov Belarus 4–1 Bulgaria Litex Lovech 0–1 4–0 (aet)
Group stage Benfica Portugal 4–1 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–0 2–1
BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 England Everton 1–2 1–0
BATE Borisov Belarus 4–3 Greece AEK Athens 2–1 2–2
2009–10 UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round Makedonija Gjorče Petrov North Macedonia 0–4 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–2 0–2
Third qualifying round Ventspils Latvia (a) 2–2 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–0 1–2

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Brazil Maycon Gomel 15
2 Belarus Syarhey Kryvets BATE Borisov 14
3 Belarus Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 12
4 Georgia (country) Givi Kvaratskhelia MTZ-RIPO Minsk 11
Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 11
6 Belarus Dzmitry Mazalewski Dinamo Brest 9
Belarus Andrey Razin Minsk 9
8 Belarus Alyaksandr Hawrushka Dinamo Minsk 8
Belarus Andrey Lyasyuk Dnepr Mogilev 8
10 Belarus Dzmitry Asipenka Minsk 7
Belarus Stanislaw Drahun Dinamo Minsk 7
Belarus Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno 7
Belarus Syarhey Kislyak Dinamo Minsk 7
Belarus Syarhey Koshal Minsk 7
Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 7
Belarus Alyaksandr Sazankow Dnepr Mogilev 7
Belarus Andrey Sherakow Torpedo Zhodino 7

Source: football.by Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)

See also

References

  1. ^ За выход на поле лишнего легионера "Неману" грозит штраф и техническое поражение (in Belarusian)

External links

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2008–09 in European men's football (UEFA)
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