2019 Belarusian Premier League

Summary

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.

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)
2018
2020

Teams edit

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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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Top goalscorers edit

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

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

References edit

  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 edit

  • Official website (in Russian)