Belarusian Premier League
Season2018
Dates30 March – 2 December 2018
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedSmolevichi
Dnepr Mogilev
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueShakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored516 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer15 – Pavel Savitski (Dinamo Brest)
Biggest home winNeman 6-0 Isloch
Biggest away winGomel 0-6 Dinamo Brest
Highest scoringMinsk 6-1 Torpedo Minsk
Longest winning runBATE Borisov 8 games
Longest unbeaten runShakhtyor Soligorsk 16 games
Longest winless runDnepr Mogilev 24 games
Longest losing runSlutsk 8 games
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The 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Teams

2018 Belarusian Premier League is located in Belarus
Minsk
Minsk
BATE 
Dinamo Brest
Dnepr
Gomel
Gorodeya
Neman
Shakhtyor
Torpedo-BelAZ
Slutsk
        Smolevichi
Vitebsk
Minsk clubs: Dinamo Minsk Isloch Minsk Luch Torpedo Minsk
Locations of the 2018 Belarusian Premier League teams

The bottom two teams from the 2017 season (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively. [1]

Before the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March.[2] They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of 2017 Belarusian First League).

Team Location Stadium Capacity
BATE Borisov Borisov Borisov Arena 13,121
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky[1] 10,162
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium[2] 22,324
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,350
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium[3] 14,307
Gorodeya Gorodeya Gorodeya Stadium 1,625
Isloch Minsk Raion Minsk Raion FC Minsk Stadium 3,000
Luch Minsk Minsk SOK Olimpiysky[4] 1,500
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium[5] 3,000
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium[6] 4,200
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk)[7] 1,896
Smolevichi Smolevichi FOK Oktyabrsky (Oktyabrsky [ru])[8] 780
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524
Torpedo Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium[9] 3,000
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144
  1. ^
    One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  2. ^
    Six games played at Traktor Stadium and three games at FC Minsk Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.
  4. ^
    One game played at FC Minsk Stadium.
  5. ^
    One game played at Traktor Stadium.
  6. ^
    One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.
  7. ^
    Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.
  8. ^
    Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino and one game at City Stadium in Borisov.
  9. ^
    Four games played at Traktor Stadium, two games at SOK Olimpiysky and one at Dinamo Stadium.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 30 23 4 3 55 24 +31 73 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 19 7 4 45 14 +31 64 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 18 9 3 41 17 +24 63
4 Vitebsk 30 19 5 6 47 20 +27 62
5 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 16 7 7 36 18 +18 55
6 Dinamo Brest 30 14 10 6 52 30 +22 52
7 Neman Grodno 30 12 7 11 31 32 −1 43
8 Slutsk 30 11 3 16 26 36 −10 36
9 Gorodeya 30 9 7 14 31 33 −2 34
10 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 8 9 13 20 37 −17 33
11 Minsk 30 7 9 14 34 42 −8 30
12 Gomel 30 7 7 16 16 36 −20 28
13 Luch Minsk 30 4 12 14 24 44 −20 24[a]
14 Torpedo Minsk 30 6 6 18 20 41 −21 24[a]
15 Smolevichi (R) 30 5 9 16 21 39 −18 24[a] Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Dnepr Mogilev (R) 30 3 7 20 17 53 −36 16
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw.[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Luch 8, Torpedo 4, Smolevichi 3

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away BAT DBR DMI DNE GOM GRD ISL FCM LUM NEM SHA SMO SLU TZH TMN VIT
BATE Borisov — 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Dinamo Brest 1–3 — 1–1 1–1 0–0 5–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–1 1–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Dnepr Mogilev 0–1 1–4 0–3 — 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–3 1–2 0–1
Gomel 0–1 0–6 0–0 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3
Gorodeya 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–0 — 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1
Minsk 0–2 3–3 3–3 4–0 0–2 0–5 0–1 — 3–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 6–1 1–3
Luch Minsk 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–2
Neman Grodno 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 6–0 2–2 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1
Smolevichi 2–3 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 — 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–1
Slutsk 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 — 0–3 1–3 0–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 2–0
Torpedo Minsk 0–3 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–1
Vitebsk 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 —
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018
Source: football.by Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Pavel Savitski Dinamo Brest 15
2 Belarus Dzyanis Laptsew Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
3 Belarus Dzmitry Lebedzew Gorodeya 11
Belarus Anton Matsveenka Vitebsk 11
Belarus Yevgeniy Shikavka Slutsk 11
Belarus Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 11
Belarus Kiryl Vyarheychyk Vitebsk 11
8 Serbia Bojan Dubajić Gorodeya 10
9 Albania Elis Bakaj Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Belarus Valery Gorbachik Smolevichi/Torpedo-BelAZ 9

See also

References

  1. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ Футбольный арбитраж отказал ФК «Крумкачы». [Arbitration committee of BFF rejected appeal of "Krumkachy".]. pressball.by (in Russian). 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Premier League 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

External links

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