Belarusian Premier League
Season2012
ChampionsBATE
Champions LeagueBATE
Europa LeagueShakhtyor
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played165
Goals scored380 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerDzmitry Asipenka
(14 goals)
Biggest home winNeman 8–0 Slavia
Biggest away winBelshina 0–4 Shakhtyor
Naftan 0–4 BATE
Torpedo 1–5 Neman
Neman 0–4 Shakhtyor
Highest scoringNeman 8–0 Slavia
Minsk 4–4 Neman
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The 2012 Belarusian Premier League was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 25 November 2012.[1] BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 8th league title last year.

Teams

Map of Belarus and the twelve teams of the 2012 Premier League
BATE
Belshina
Brest
Dinamo Minsk Minsk
Gomel
Naftan
Neman
Shakhtyor
Slavia
Torpedo-BelAZ
Locations of teams in the 2012 Belarusian Premier League

Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2011 season in last place, leaving the league for the first time since the competition's establishment in 1992. They were replaced by 2011 First League champions Slavia Mozyr, who make their return to the league after a five-year absence.

Vitebsk, as the 11th-placed team, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Partizan Minsk. Partizan Minsk won the playoff, 3–2 on aggregate, and returned to the league after a one-year absence while Vitebsk were relegated after six years in the top flight. In early 2012 Partizan was abandoned by their main sponsor Vladimir Romanov and consequently wasn't able to keep any of the first team players or obtain the Premier League license.[2] Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving it with only 11 teams.[3]

Dinamo Brest changed their name to Brest due to troubles with further usage of Dinamo brand name.

Stadiums and locations

Club Location Stadium Capacity Position in 2011
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,402 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium[1] 3,700 5
Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,162 4
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo-Yuni Stadium[2] 4,500 4
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 3
Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium[3] 34,000 9
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 7
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 8
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 2
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium[4] 5,353 First League, 1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,524 6
  1. ^
    Two games played at Lokomotiv Stadium in Zhlobin.
  2. ^
    Three games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and one game at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium.
  4. ^
    Four games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BATE Borisov (C) 30 21 5 4 51 16 +35 68 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 18 7 5 59 24 +35 61 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 16 8 6 37 19 +18 56 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Gomel 30 14 8 8 39 24 +15 50
5 Neman Grodno 30 10 11 9 43 36 +7 41
6 Minsk 30 11 6 13 36 46 −10 39 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Belshina Bobruisk 30 7 9 14 26 40 −14 30
8 Brest 30 8 5 17 27 38 −11 29
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 30 7 8 15 23 40 −17 29
10 Slavia Mozyr 30 7 6 17 22 58 −36 27
11 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (O) 30 5 9 16 17 39 −22 24 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Winners of 2012–13 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

Relegation playoffs

The 11th team of the league Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2012 Belarusian First League Gorodeya for one spot in the 2013 Premier League.

Gorodeya1 – 0Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Lebedzew 6' Report
Gorodeya Stadium, Gorodeya
Attendance: 800
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Minsk)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino4 – 0Gorodeya
Vyarheychyk 31'
Mendy 54'
Vaskow 64'
Yatskevich 75'		 Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodino
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Vadim Panchenko (Mogilev)

Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 30 matches.

First and second round

Home \ Away BAT BSH BRE DMI GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 3–1 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–4 3–0 0–0
Brest 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0
Gomel 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0
Minsk 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 4–4 0–2 3–2 1–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–4 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0
Neman Grodno 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 8–0 1–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 7–0 0–0 1–1 5–0 1–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–5 2–3 0–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away BAT BSH BRE DMI GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 3–1 5–1 5–1 2–1 2–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 0–0
Brest 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–2
Gomel 1–2 2–0 0–1 4–1 3–0
Minsk 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 3–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1
Neman Grodno 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–4 2–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–1 4–2 1–1 4–1 0–2
Slavia Mozyr 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14
2 Belarus Renan Bressan BATE Borisov 11
Belarus Roman Volkov Slavia Mozyr 11
Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
5 Belarus Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno 10
6 Belarus Uladzimir Khvashchynski Brest 9
Belarus Dzmitry Mazalewski BATE Borisov 9
8 Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 8
Belarus Leanid Kovel Minsk 8
Belarus Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Belarus Dzmitry Platonaw Gomel 8
Belarus Andrey Lyasyuk Neman Grodno 8

Updated to games played on 25 November 2012
Source: football.by Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Player of the month

Month Player Team Notes
April Belarus Dzmitry Baha BATE Borisov [4]
May Belarus Andrey Harbunow BATE Borisov [5]
June Belarus Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk [6]
July Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Minsk [7]
August Belarus Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno [8]
September Belarus Alyaksandr Pawlaw BATE Borisov [9]
October Belarus Roman Volkov Slavia Mozyr [10]
November Belarus Andrey Lyasyuk Neman Grodno [11]

See also

References

  1. ^ 2012 schedule, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-06
  2. ^ Partizan with not play in Premier League, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-01-31
  3. ^ 11 teams will participate in 22nd Belarusian championship, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-03
  4. ^ Hero of the month. Dzmitry Baha: "well-wishers" are helping, pressball.by, retrieved 1 May 2012
  5. ^ Best in May. Andrey Harbunow: little by little, pressball.by, retrieved 28 May 2012
  6. ^ Best in June. Dzmitry Asipenka: it's getting warmer, pressball.by, retrieved 28 June 2012
  7. ^ Hero of the month. Raman Vasilyuk: even higher, pressball.by, retrieved 6 August 2012
  8. ^ Best in August. Ivan Dzenisevich: cherish or beat?, pressball.by, retrieved 27 August 2012
  9. ^ Best in September. Red symbol of luck, pressball.by, retrieved 2 October 2012
  10. ^ Best in October. Roman Volkov: can't win with signs, pressball.by, retrieved 31 October 2012
  11. ^ Best in November. Andrey Lyasyuk: From A to Z, pressball.by, retrieved 3 December 2012

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