Football league season
The 2023 Belarusian Premier League was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions (although they were stripped of their title as a result of a match-fixing scandal).[1][2]
The winners (Dinamo Minsk, their eighth title win) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners qualify for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams (Neman Grodno and Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) (or fourth-placed team, Isloch Minsk Raion, if the Belarusian Cup winners finish in the top three of the Belarusian Premier League) qualify for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The fourteenth-placed team (Energetik-BGU Minsk) qualified for the Belarusian Premier League play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 Belarusian First League. They were joined by the bottom-placed team (Belshina Bobruisk).
Teams
The bottom-placed teams from the 2022 season (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the First League. They were replaced by Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon, champions and runners-up of the 2022 Belarusian First League respectively.
14th-placed team of the last season (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Maxline Rogachev. Despite winning the play-off, Maxline Rogachev were denied Premier League license[3] and remained in the First League. As no other potential replacement team applied for the license, it was decided to play 2023 season with just 15 clubs.
| Team
|
Location
|
Venue
|
Capacity
|
Position in 2022
|
| BATE
|
Borisov
|
Borisov Arena
|
13,126
|
3rd
|
| Belshina
|
Bobruisk
|
Spartak Stadium
|
3,700
|
12th
|
| Dinamo Minsk
|
Minsk
|
Dinamo Stadium
|
22,000
|
4th
|
| Dynamo Brest
|
Brest
|
OSK Brestsky
|
10,169
|
13th
|
| Energetik-BGU
|
Minsk
|
RCOR-BGU Stadium
|
1,500
|
2nd
|
| Gomel
|
Gomel
|
Central Stadium
|
14,307
|
7th
|
| Isloch
|
Minsk
|
FC Minsk Stadium
|
3,000
|
5th
|
| Minsk
|
Minsk
|
FC Minsk Stadium
|
3,000
|
6th
|
| Naftan
|
Novopolotsk
|
Atlant Stadium
|
5,300
|
1st (First League)
|
| Neman
|
Grodno
|
Neman Stadium
|
8,479
|
9th
|
| Shakhtyor
|
Soligorsk
|
Stroitel Stadium
|
4,200
|
1st
|
| Slavia
|
Mozyr
|
Yunost Stadium
|
5,300
|
10th
|
| Slutsk
|
Slutsk
|
City Stadium
|
1,896
|
11th
|
| Smorgon
|
Smorgon
|
Yunost Stadium
|
3,200
|
2nd (First League)
|
| Torpedo-BelAZ
|
Zhodino
|
Torpedo Stadium
|
6,524
|
8th
|
Locations of the 2023 Belarusian Premier League teams
League table
Source:
SoccerwayRules 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:
- ^ The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round. If the Belarusian Cup winners finish in the top three of the Belarusian Premier League, the fourth-placed team qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round.
- ^ a b Head-to-head points: Isloch Minsk Raion 4, BATE Borisov 1.
- ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for match-fixing.[4]
- ^ Energetik-BGU Minsk were deducted 23 points for match-fixing.[4]
- ^ Belshina Bobruisk were deducted 11 points for match-fixing.[4]
Results
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 28 matches over 30 matchdays.
Source:
SoccerwayLegend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Belarusian Premier League play-off
The fourteenth-placed club (Energetik-BGU Minsk) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for the final place in the following season's Belarusian Premier League.
First leg
Second leg
