Belarusian Premier League
Season2013
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedSlavia Mozyr
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueShakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk
Neman Grodno
Matches played180
Goals scored413 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerVitali Rodionov (14)
Biggest home winBATE 6–1 Slavia;
Shakhtyor 5–0 Dinamo Br
Biggest away winNaftan 1–5 BATE;
Dnepr 0–4 Torpedo;
Belshina 0–4 Dinamo Br;
Dnepr 1–5 Belshina
Highest scoringBATE 6–1 Slavia (7 goals)
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The 2013 Belarusian Premier League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April 2013 and ended in November 2013. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 9th league title the previous year.

Format change

Starting with this season, the league will be played in two phases. The first phase will consist of a regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams will qualify for the championship round, which will determine the champions and the participants for the 2014–15 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top four teams will secure places in the 2014 competition, the fifth team (11th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the First League, and the sixth team (12th overall) will be automatically relegated. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well.

Teams

Map of Belarus and the twelve teams of the 2013 Premier League
BATE
Belshina
Dinamo Brest
Dinamo Minsk Minsk
Gomel
Naftan
Neman
Shakhtyor
Slavia
Torpedo-BelAZ
Dnepr
Locations of teams in the 2013 Belarusian Premier League

No teams were relegated to the First League after the 2012 season since the number of teams was shortened from 12 to 11 at the last moment in early 2012. Dnepr Mogilev, the champions of 2012 First League, were promoted to the Premier League after 1 season's absence.

Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, as the 11th-placed team in the 2012 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino won the playoff, 4–1 on aggregate, and both teams retained positions in their respective leagues.

Brest reverted their name back to Dinamo Brest a week before the start of the season.

Team summaries

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2012
BATE Borisov City Stadium[1] 5,402 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk)[2] 3,700 7
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy[3] 10,162 8
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[4] 17,600 3
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,350 First League, 1
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium[5] 14,307 4
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[6] 1,600 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 9
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 5
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium[7] 4,200 2
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium[8] 5,353 10
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,524 11
  1. ^
    Four games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino.
  2. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk in Minsk and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  4. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk.
  5. ^
    One game played at SDYuSShOR-8 Stadium.
  6. ^
    Four games played at KFP Minsk.
  7. ^
    One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.
  8. ^
    Three games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

First phase

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 22 15 4 3 35 13 +22 49 Qualification for championship round
2 BATE Borisov 22 15 3 4 46 17 +29 48
3 Dinamo Minsk 22 9 7 6 30 26 +4 34[a]
4 Gomel 22 9 7 6 25 20 +5 34[a]
5 Neman Grodno 22 8 6 8 23 23 0 30
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 22 8 4 10 26 28 −2 28
7 Belshina Bobruisk 22 7 7 8 24 28 −4 28 Qualification for relegation group
8 Minsk 22 6 7 9 21 27 −6 25
9 Dinamo Brest 22 6 6 10 18 30 −12 24
10 Dnepr Mogilev 22 6 5 11 20 29 −9 23
11 Naftan Novopolotsk 22 4 9 9 19 29 −10 21
12 Slavia Mozyr 22 3 7 12 16 33 −17 16
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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Dinamo Minsk placed above Gomel by better head-to-head record (1–0, 2–1).

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 2–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 6–1 2–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–3
Dinamo Brest 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–4
Gomel 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0
Minsk 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–5 3–3 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2
Neman Grodno 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BATE Borisov (C) 32 21 4 7 61 25 +36 67 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk[a] 32 17 7 8 44 26 +18 58 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 32 15 9 8 44 33 +11 54
4 Neman Grodno 32 13 8 11 34 30 +4 47
5 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 32 12 6 14 33 38 −5 42
6 Gomel 32 11 7 14 34 40 −6 40
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
Notes:
  1. ^ Winners of 2013–14 Belarusian Cup.

Results

The best six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ Away BAT DMI GOM NEM SHA TZH
BATE Borisov 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0
Gomel 0–1 1–4 0–1 1–3 1–2
Neman Grodno 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Belshina Bobruisk 32 15 8 9 42 38 +4 53
8 Dinamo Brest 32 11 7 14 32 41 −9 40
9 Minsk 32 10 8 14 36 40 −4 38
10 Naftan Novopolotsk 32 9 10 13 29 41 −12 37
11 Dnepr Mogilev (O) 32 9 6 17 28 42 −14 33 Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Slavia Mozyr (R) 32 5 8 19 24 47 −23 23 Relegation to Belarusian First League
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
Winners of 2013–14 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

The last six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ Away BSH DBR DNE MIN NAF SLA
Belshina Bobruisk 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1
Dinamo Brest 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
Dnepr Mogilev 1–5 3–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Minsk 2–3 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 2–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

The 11th place finisher of this competition will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2013 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2014 Premier League.

Dnepr Mogilev3–1Gorodeya
Kazlow 68'
Bychanok 76', 84'		 Markhel 88'
Spartak Stadium, Mogilev
Gorodeya0–0Dnepr Mogilev
Gorodeya Stadium, Haradzeya

Dnepr Mogilev won 3–1 on aggregate and remain in this division for next season.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 14
2 Belarus Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
3 Uruguay Hernán Figueredo Dinamo Minsk 10
Belarus Anton Matsveenka Gomel 10
5 Belarus Pavel Sitko Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Minsk 9
Belarus Alyaksandr Pawlaw BATE Borisov 9
Belarus Nikolay Signevich Dinamo Brest 9
10 Belarus Mikhail Gordeichuk Belshina Bobruisk 8
Belarus Denis Laptev Slavia Mozyr 8

Updated to games played on 10 November 2013
Source: football.by

See also

References

External links

Belarusian Premier League
2013 in Belarusian football
2012–13 in European men's football (UEFA)
2013–14 in European men's football (UEFA)
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