| Competition: | Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR – Pershaja Liha |
| Season: | 1988 |
| Winners: | Sputnik Mensk (4th title) |
| Prevseason: | 1987 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1988 Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (Belarusian: Чэмпіянат БССР па футболе) was the 52nd regular annual competition in football of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic at all-republican level.
The championship consisted of two tiers: First (Pershaja) League and Trade Union competitions. Six teams were participating in the All-Union competitions and represented all the regional centers of Belarusian SSR: Dynama Mensk, Dynama Brest, Dnjapro Mahiljow, KIM Vitsebsk, Njoman Hrodna, Homselmash Homiel.
The First League was contested by 28 teams in two groups, and Abutnik Lida won the championship.
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