Belarusian Premier League
Season2019
Dates29 March – 1 December 2019
ChampionsDynamo Brest
RelegatedDnyapro Mogilev
Gomel
Torpedo Minsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Brest
Europa LeagueBATE Borisov
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played240
Goals scored631 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer19 – Ilya Shkurin (Energetik-BGU Minsk)
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The 2019 Belarusian Premier League was the 29th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overall last year. Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Premier League title for the first time, ending the BATE Borisov streak.

Teams

2019 Belarusian Premier League is located in Belarus
Minsk
Minsk
BATE 
Dynamo Brest
Gomel
Gorodeya
Neman
Shakhtyor
Torpedo-BelAZ
Slavia
Slutsk
Vitebsk
Dnyapro
Minsk clubs: Dinamo Minsk Energetik-BGU Isloch Minsk Torpedo Minsk
Locations of the 2019 Belarusian Premier League teams

The bottom two teams from the 2018 season (Smolevichi and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the 2019 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU, champions and runners-up of the 2018 Belarusian First League respectively. [1]

In spring 2019, Luch Minsk merged with Dnepr Mogilev. The united club was named Dnyapro Mogilev. It inherited Luch's Premier League spot and licence, their sponsorships and most of the squad, while keeping only a few of Dnepr players and relocating to Mogilev. Dnepr continued its participation in youth tournaments independently from Luch.[2]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
BATE Borisov Borisov Borisov Arena 13,121
Dynamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,060
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium[1] 22,324
Dnyapro Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,350
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOR-BGU Stadium[2] 1,500
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307
Gorodeya Gorodeya Gorodeya Stadium 1,625
Isloch Minsk Raion Minsk Raion FC Minsk Stadium 3,100
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium[3] 1,896
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524
Torpedo Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium[4] 3,000
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144
  1. ^
    Six games played at Traktor Stadium and one game at FC Minsk Stadium.
  2. ^
    Three games played at FC Minsk Stadium.
  3. ^
    One game played at Slutsk College stadium.
  4. ^
    Torpedo Minsk played four games at FC Minsk Stadium and three games at Traktor Stadium before withdrawal from the tournament.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Brest (C) 30 23 6 1 70 22 +48 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 30 22 4 4 61 21 +40 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 20 5 5 59 21 +38 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dinamo Minsk 30 15 5 10 43 39 +4 50
5 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 13 8 9 42 36 +6 47
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 13 6 11 41 36 +5 45
7 Gorodeya 30 12 8 10 31 29 +2 44
8 Slavia Mozyr 30 10 7 13 35 40 −5 37
9 Minsk 30 9 9 12 36 44 −8 36
10 Neman Grodno 30 10 6 14 28 37 −9 36
11 Slutsk 30 9 7 14 29 46 −17 34
12 Energetik-BGU Minsk 30 8 9 13 52 66 −14 33
13 Vitebsk 30 8 7 15 24 39 −15 31
14 Dnyapro Mogilev (R) 30 8 6 16 32 42 −10 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Gomel (R) 30 7 8 15 44 50 −6 29 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Torpedo Minsk[a] (R) 30 1 3 26 4 63 −59 6 Withdrew from the league
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Torpedo Minsk withdrew from the league after the end of the first half of the season due to lack of financing. Their matches of the second half were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents.[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 DNY ENE GOM GRD ISL FCM NEM SHA SLA SLU TZH TMN VIT
BATE Borisov — 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Brest 1–1 — 1–2 3–1 6–2 3–0 4–0 5–1 3–0 6–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–0[a] 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 1–3 — 3–0 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–0[a] 0–2
Dnyapro Mogilev 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–4 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–0[a] 2–0
Energetik-BGU 0–4 1–1 3–3 5–3 — 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Gomel 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 3–4 2–3 3–0[a] 1–2
Gorodeya 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0[a] 3–0
Minsk 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–6 3–2 0–3 3–3 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0[a] 0–0
Neman Grodno 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0[a] 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 — 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1
Slutsk 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–6 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–5 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 3–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0
Torpedo Minsk 0–3[a] 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–3[a] 1–2 0–3[a] 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] 0–3[a] — 0–3[a]
Vitebsk 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 —
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The opponents of Torpedo Minsk awarded a 3–0 w/o win after Torpedo withdrew from the league.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-place finisher of this season (Dnyapro Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2019 Belarusian First League (Rukh Brest) for one spot in the 2020 Premier League. Rukh Brest won the series on penalties and got promoted, while Dnyapro Mogilev were relegated.

Rukh Brest2–1Dnyapro Mogilev
Morozov 68', 90+4' Report Shilo 62'
Yunost Stadium, Brest
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)
Dnyapro Mogilev2–1 (a.e.t.)Rukh Brest
Gribovskiy 47'
Marušić 79'		 Report Morozov 80'
Penalties
Yashin soccer ball with check mark
Zaleski soccer ball with check mark
Batyschev soccer ball with red X
Marušić soccer ball with red X
Kazlow soccer ball with check mark
Kats soccer ball with check mark
Savastsyanaw soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Kalpachuk
soccer ball with red X Oreshkevich
soccer ball with check mark Dzemidovich
soccer ball with check mark Bukatkin
soccer ball with red X Morozov
soccer ball with check mark Sibilev
soccer ball with check mark Grechikho
Spartak Stadium, Mogilev
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Minsk)

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: football.by Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Ilya Shkurin Energetik-BGU Minsk 19
2 Belarus Stanislaw Drahun BATE Borisov 14
Ukraine Vitaliy Kvashuk Gomel 14
4 Belarus Dzyanis Laptsew Dynamo Brest 12
Belarus Pavel Nyakhaychyk Dynamo Brest 12
6 Guinea Momo Yansane Isloch Minsk Raion 11
Belarus Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
8 Albania Elis Bakaj Shakhtyor Soligorsk 10
Belarus Alyaksandr Makas Isloch Minsk Raion 10
Belarus Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 10
Belarus Ihar Stasevich BATE Borisov 10
Ukraine Oleksandr Vasylyev Minsk 10

References

  1. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  2. ^ "The united team will be called Dnyapro". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. ^ Минское «Торпедо» снимается с чемпионата Беларуси

External links

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