1994–95 Belarusian First League Explained

Competition:Belarusian First League
Season:1994–95
Winners:MPKC Mozyr
Promoted:MPKC Mozyr
Ataka-Aura Minsk
Relegated:Santanas Samokhvalovichi
ZLiN Gomel
AFViS-RShVSM Minsk
Stroitel Vitebsk
Matches:240
Total Goals:657
Prevseason:1993–94
Nextseason:1995

1994–95 Belarusian First League was the fourth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in July 1994 and ended in June 1995.

Team changes from 1993–94 season

Winners of 1993–94 First League (Obuvshchik Lida) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the last placed team of 1993–94 Premier League (Stroitel Starye Dorogi).

Smena Minsk, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1993–94 Second League (Kardan-Flyers Grodno and Ataka-Aura Minsk). The number of participating teams thus was restored to 16.

Before the start of the season Selmash Mogilev were renamed to Transmash Mogilev. During the winter break, Polesye Mozyr changed their name to MPKC Mozyr and KIM-2 Vitebsk changed their name to Kimovets Vitebsk.

Overview

MPKC Mozyr won the tournament and were promoted to the Premier League, as were runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk. ZLiN Gomel, AFViS-RShVSM Minsk and Stroitel Vitebsk, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the Second League. Santanas Samokhvalovichi, who finished 8th, withdrew to the amateur level after the season due to financial troubles.

Teams and locations

TeamLocationdata-sort-type="number"Position in 1993–94
width=120Stroitelwidth=110Starye DorogiPremier League, 16
PolesyeMozyr2
KommunalnikPinsk3
TransmashMogilev4
BrestbytkhimBrest5
SantanasSamokhvalovichi6
ZLiNGomel7
TorpedoZhodino8
KhimikSvetlogorsk9
KIM-2Vitebsk10
KPFSlonim11
StroitelVitebsk12
KhimvoloknoGrodno13
AFViS-RShVSMMinsk14
Kardan-FlyersGrodnoSecond League, 1
Ataka-AuraMinskSecond League, 2

Top goalscorers

Rankwidth=170Goalscorerwidth=170TeamGoals
1 Sergey YaromkoMPKC Mozyr24
2 Vladimir SkorobogatyMPKC Mozyr17
3 Aleksandr GavlushAtaka-Aura Minsk16
4 Dzmitry BalashowKPF Slonim15
Sergey SolodovnikovKardan-Flyers Grodno15

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