Belarusian Premier League
Season2021
Dates12 March – 28 November 2021
ChampionsShakhtyor Soligorsk
RelegatedSputnik
Smorgon
Champions LeagueShakhtyor Soligorsk
Conference LeagueBATE Borisov
Gomel
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played232
Goals scored630 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerDembo Darboe
(19 goals)
Biggest home winRukh Brest 7–1 Isloch Minsk Raion
(13 August 2021)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon
(2 October 2021)
Biggest away winSlavia Mozyr 0–6 Minsk
(24 October 2021)
Highest scoringRukh Brest 7–1 Isloch Minsk Raion
(13 August 2021)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon
(2 October 2021)
Longest winning run13 matches
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Longest unbeaten run17 matches
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Longest winless run14 matches
Smorgon
Longest losing run6 matches
Sputnik Rechitsa
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2021.

The 2021 Belarusian Premier League was the 31st season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions, having won their second league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their third Belarusian Premier League title.

Teams

2021 Belarusian Premier League is located in Belarus
Minsk
Minsk
BATE
Dinamo Brest Rukh
Neman
Shakhtyor
     Torpedo-BelAZ
Slutsk
Slavia
Vitebsk
Gomel
Sputnik
Smorgon
Minsk clubs: Dinamo Minsk Energetik-BGU Isloch Minsk
Locations of the 2021 Belarusian Premier League teams

The bottom two teams from the 2020 season (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi) were relegated to the First League (both relegated after one-year in the top flight). They were replaced by Sputnik Rechitsa (promoted to the top-flight for the first time in their history) and Gomel (promoted after a one-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 Belarusian First League respectively.

In the winter 2020/21, Gorodeya (who finished 13th last year) dissolved and left a Premier League spot vacant. Smorgon (6th-placed team of last year's First League season, promoted after an eleven-year absence) were admitted to fill the vacancy, after Krumkachy Minsk (First League 3rd-placed team) were denied Premier League license, and another two clubs (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Lokomotiv Gomel) rejected the opportunity due to insufficient financing.

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2020
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena[1] 13,121 2nd
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium (Gomel)[2] 14,307 2nd (First League)
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,060 4th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium[3] 22,324 6th
Energetik-BGU Minsk City Stadium (Borisov)[4] 5,402 10th
Isloch Minsk Raion City Stadium (Molodechno)[5] 4,800 7th
Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[6] 17,600 11th
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479 5th
Rukh Brest OSK Brestsky[7] 10,060 8th
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium[8] 4,200 1st
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 5,133 9th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk)[9] 1,896 14th
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium (Smorgon) 2,625 6th (First League)
Sputnik Rechitsa Central Stadium (Rechitsa)[10] 3,550 1st (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524 3rd
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,200 12th
  1. ^
    Three games played at City Stadium in Borisov and one game at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk.
  2. ^
    Two games played at SDYuShOR-8 Stadium in Gomel.
  3. ^
    One game played at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk.
  4. ^
    Energetik-BGU spent the season at City Stadium in Borisov due to league's requirement to play on natural grass pitch in the summer. In addition, four games played at RCOP-BGU Stadium in Minsk.
  5. ^
    Isloch spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno due to league's requirement to play on natural grass pitch in the summer. In addition, four games played at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk.
  6. ^
    Three games played at FC Minsk Stadium.
  7. ^
    One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  8. ^
    Five games played at Shakhtyor Stadium in Soligorsk.
  9. ^
    Three games played at Slutsk College stadium.
  10. ^
    Before their withdrawal from the league, Sputnik played three games at Central Stadium in Rechitsa, three games at SDYuShOR-8 Stadium in Gomel, one game at Central Stadium in Gomel and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.

Personnel

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor (Chest)
BATE Borisov Belarus Vitaly Zhukovsky Belarus Pavel Nyakhaychyk Adidas Minsk Tractor Works
Dynamo Brest Belarus Syarhey Kavalchuk Belarus Edhar Alyakhnovich Saller RUPP-Granit
Dinamo Minsk Belarus Artsyom Chelyadzinski (caretaker) Belarus Igor Shitov Saller None
Energetik-BGU Belarus Vladimir Belyavskiy Belarus Yevgeniy Yudchits Adidas Belenergo
Gomel Belarus Ivan Bionchik Belarus Ruslan Yudenkov Joma Belorusneft
Isloch Minsk Raion Belarus Artsyom Radzkow Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Joma Hyundai
Minsk Russia Fyodor Shcherbachenko Belarus Syarhey Vyeramko Macron Minsk Tractor Works
Neman Grodno Belarus Igor Kovalevich Belarus Valery Zhukowski Saller None
Rukh Brest Belarus Kirill Alshevsky Belarus Artsyom Rakhmanaw Joma Belgosstrakh
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Belarus Alyaksandr Hutar Jako Belaruskali
Slavia Mozyr Belarus Mihail Martsinovich Belarus Mikhail Baranovsky Joma Mozyr Oil Refinery
Slutsk Belarus Aleksandr Brazevich Belarus Ilya Branovets Hummel Slutsk Sugar Refinery
Smorgon Belarus Vyacheslav Geraschenko Russia Artur Valikayev Masita Maxline
Sputnik Rechitsa Russia Viktor Kumykov Belarus Ihar Yasinski Macron Stroidiapazon
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Belarus Yuri Puntus Belarus Andrey Khachaturyan Adidas BelAZ
Vitebsk Belarus Yevgeniy Chernukhin Belarus Artsyom Skitaw Macron None

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
FC Dinamo Minsk Belarus Leonid Kuchuk[1] Resigned 28 May 2021 4th Belarus Artsyom Chelyadzinski (caretaker) [2] 3 June 2021
FC Sputnik Rechitsa Belarus Vyacheslav Levchuk[3] Mutual Consent 4 June 2021 16th Russia Viktor Kumykov[4] 4 June 2021

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) 30 24 3 3 62 18 +44 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 30 19 8 3 61 27 +34 65 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 19 5 6 55 20 +35 62 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4 Gomel[a] 30 17 8 5 57 23 +34 59 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5 Rukh Brest (W) 30 16 10 4 52 28 +24 58 Withdrawal from the league[5]
6 Dynamo Brest 30 8 14 8 32 32 0 38
7 Vitebsk 30 9 10 11 37 41 −4 37
8 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 10 6 14 38 43 −5 36
9 Slutsk 30 9 8 13 36 44 −8 35
10 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 9 7 14 38 47 −9 34
11 Neman Grodno 30 9 7 14 36 36 0 34
12 Minsk 30 8 9 13 32 52 −20 33
13 Energetik-BGU Minsk 30 8 9 13 35 42 −7 33
14 Slavia Mozyr (O) 30 8 8 14 42 50 −8 32 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Smorgon (R) 30 4 9 17 26 66 −40 21 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Sputnik Rechitsa (D, R) 30 2 1 27 12 82 −70 7 Withdrawal from the league[5]
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; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn
Notes:
  1. ^ Gomel qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Belarusian Cup winners.

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 ENE GOM ISL FCM NEM RUH SHA SLA SLU SMR SPU TZH VIT
BATE Borisov — 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–0
Dynamo Brest 0–0 — 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–2 0–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–0 — 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–1
Energetik-BGU Minsk 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–2
Gomel 2–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 — 2–0 5–0 2–0 0–0 2–3 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–2 — 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 0–1
Minsk 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 — 0–5 2–2 0–3 0–6 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–2 3–3
Neman Grodno 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 — 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 5–0 2–2 3–1 0–0
Rukh Brest 2–2 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 7–1 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 2–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 3–0 2–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 — 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–0
Slavia Mozyr 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–4 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 — 3–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–2
Slutsk 3–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 1–4 2–1 — 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–2
Smorgon 1–3 1–1 0–5 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 — 2–0 1–3 2–0
Sputnik Rechitsa 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–3 0–3 1–5 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 — 0–3 4–3
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 7–1 2–0 — 1–0
Vitebsk 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–4 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 5–0 3–0 0–1 —
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slavia Mozyr) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2021 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2022 Premier League.

Leg 1

Slavia Mozyr1–0Krumkachy Minsk
Narh 90+2'
Yunost Stadium, Mazyr

Leg 2

Krumkachy Minsk0–0Slavia Mozyr
SOK Alimpijski, Minsk

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 20 November 2021[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 The Gambia Dembo Darboe Shakhtyor Soligorsk 19
2 Belarus Andrey Solovey Gomel 17
3 Belarus Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 13
4 Ukraine Stanislav Bilenkyi Dynamo Brest 11
5 Senegal Ablaye Mbengue Dinamo Minsk 10
6 Nigeria Steven Alfred Slutsk 9
Belarus Dzyanis Laptsew Rukh Brest
Belarus Ruslan Teverov Vitebsk
9 Belarus Dmitry Gomza Gomel 8
Belarus Dzmitry Kamarowski Isloch
Ghana Francis Narh Slavia Mozyr

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Belarus Dzyanis Laptsew Rukh Brest Smorgon 5–0 (H)[7] 18 April 2021
The Gambia Dembo Darboe Shakhtyor Soligorsk Rukh Brest 4‒1 (H)[8] 25 April 2021
Senegal Ablaye Mbengue Dinamo Minsk Slavia Mozyr 4–0 (H)[9] 4 July 2021
Belarus Andrey Solovey Gomel Slutsk 4–1 (A)[10] 18 September 2021

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards: (8)

Most red cards: (2)

Awards

Weekly awards

Player of the Week

Goal of the Week

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Goal of the Month

Manager of the Month

References

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External links

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