Belarusian First League
Season2023
ChampionsArsenal Dzerzhinsk
PromotedArsenal Dzerzhinsk
Dnepr Mogilev
Vitebsk
RelegatedOsipovichi
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The 2023 Belarusian First League was the 33rd season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April 2023 and finished in November.

The winners (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) and runners-up (Dnepr Mogilev) were promoted to the 2024 Belarusian Premier League. The third-placed team (Vitebsk) were also promoted after winning the Belarusian Premier League play-off. The bottom-placed team (Osipovichi) were relegated to the 2024 Belarusian Second League.

Team changes from 2022 season

Two best teams of 2022 Belarusian First League (Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two last-placed teams of 2022 Belarusian Premier League (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev). Fourth-placed Maxline Rogachev won the promotion/relegation play-off against Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and won right to get promoted, while Arsenal relegated to the First League to replace Maxline.

Due to low number of participants, no team has relegated to the Second League. In attempt to bring the number of teams to 16, three teams were promoted from the Second League (Niva Dolbizno, Zhodino-Yuzhnoye, and Bumprom Gomel).

Maxline Rogachev, who were initially promoted to Premier League, were later denied Premier League license. No other club was chosen to replace them, and Maxline remained in the First League, expanding it to 17 clubs for the season.[1] In the spring 2023, the club relocated from Rogachev to Vitebsk and became known as Maxline Vitebsk.

Teams summary

2023 Belarusian First League is located in Belarus
Lida
Slonim-2017
Lokomotiv Bumprom
Orsha
Volna
Shakhtyor
Baranovichi
Ostrovets
Vitebsk Maxline
Osipovichi
Molodechno
Arsenal
Dnepr
Niva
Zhodino-Yuzhnoye
Location of teams in 2023 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2022
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Dzerzhinsk Premier League, 14
Vitebsk Vitebsk Premier League, 15
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Premier League, 16
Shakhtyor Petrikov Petrikov 3
Maxline Vitebsk Vitebsk 4
Ostrovets Ostrovets 5
Lokomotiv Gomel Gomel 6
Volna Pinsk Pinsk 7
Molodechno Molodechno 8
Orsha Orsha 9
Lida Lida 10
Slonim-2017 Slonim 11
Osipovichi Osipovichi 12
Baranovichi Baranovichi 13
Niva Dolbizno Dolbizno [be] Second League, 1
Zhodino-Yuzhnoye Zhodino Second League, 5
Bumprom Gomel Gomel Second League, 10

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk (C, P) 32 26 3 3 86 30 +56 81 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Dnepr Mogilev (P) 32 22 7 3 75 24 +51 73[a]
3 Vitebsk (O, P) 32 23 4 5 68 22 +46 73[a] Qualification for the Belarusian Premier League play-off
4 Lokomotiv Gomel 32 19 5 8 55 40 +15 62
5 Maxline Vitebsk 32 19 4 9 84 52 +32 61
6 Baranovichi 32 14 6 12 46 49 −3 48
7 Zhodino-Yuzhnoye 32 13 7 12 62 52 +10 46
8 Volna Pinsk 32 12 7 13 41 49 −8 43
9 Niva Dolbizno 32 12 5 15 53 66 −13 41[b]
10 Lida 32 12 5 15 44 48 −4 41[b]
11 Molodechno 32 11 8 13 51 56 −5 41[b]
12 Ostrovets 32 10 9 13 54 62 −8 39
13 Bumprom Gomel 32 10 8 14 45 62 −17 38
14 Orsha 32 8 7 17 50 62 −12 31
15 Slonim-2017 32 5 7 20 26 63 −37 22[c]
16 Shakhtyor Petrikov 32 6 4 22 33 72 −39 22[c]
17 Osipovichi (R) 32 1 2 29 21 85 −64 5 Relegation to Belarusian Second 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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Dnepr Mogilev 4, Vitebsk 1.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Niva Dolbizno 7, Lida 6, Molodechno 4.
  3. ^ a b Goal difference: Slonim-2017 -37, Shakhtyor Petrikov -39.

Results

Home \ Away ARS BAR BUM DNE LID LGM MAX MOL NIV ORS OSI OST SHP SLO VIT VOL ZHO
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk — 3–0 1–0 2–0 7–2 0–1 1–4 6–0 4–1 4–3 4–0 4–0 5–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–2
Baranovichi 2–2 — 2–1 0–4 4–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–4 3–1 1–1
Bumprom Gomel 1–2 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 0–7 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 3–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–0 1–0 5–0 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 6–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 0–1
Lida 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–3 — 0–0 3–2 0–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2
Lokomotiv Gomel 1–3 3–1 4–0 0–3 3–0 — 4–1 2–2 3–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1
Maxline Vitebsk 2–2 5–0 2–0 5–2 1–0 4–0 — 4–2 6–3 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–2 5–1 0–4 1–1 2–2
Molodechno 1–3 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–3 5–0 2–3 — 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 5–1
Niva Dolbizno 0–3 4–3 0–4 3–4 1–2 1–1 0–5 1–1 — 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 5–2 1–2
Orsha 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 — 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 2–5
Osipovichi 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–8 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–3 — 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–3
Ostrovets 2–4 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–5 1–1 1–1 4–4 2–4 — 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–4 0–3
Shakhtyor Petrikov 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–4 — 0–1 1–6 2–1 1–5
Slonim-2017 1–5 0–3 2–2 0–5 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–5 0–1 — 0–3 0–0 2–0
Vitebsk 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 5–1 3–0 2–1 4–1 — 3–0 0–0
Volna Pinsk 1–2 1–0 1–4 0–2 2–0 4–2 2–4 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 1–0 0–4 — 2–1
Zhodino-Yuzhnoye 0–2 2–2 2–3 0–4 1–2 2–3 4–1 5–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 —
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

References

  1. ^ Впервые 17. Прошла жеребьевка первой лиги (in Russian)

External links

Belarusian First League seasons
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