2010 Belarusian First League Explained

Competition:Belarusian First League
Season:2010
Winners:Gomel
Promoted:Gomel
Relegated:Kommunalnik Slonim
Lida
League Topscorer:Yuri Markhel (28)
Biggest Home Win:Granit 7–0 Baranovichi
Biggest Away Win:Kommunalnik 0–4 Polotsk;
Slavia Mozyr 0–4 Smorgon;
Volna 0–4 Granit;
Polotsk 0–4 Gomel;
Khimik 1–5 SKVICH
Highest Scoring:Lida 2–5 DSK;
Gomel 5–2 Veras;
Rudensk 2–5 Gomel;
Granit 3–4 Slavia Mozyr;
Granit 7–0 Baranovichi
Matches:240
Total Goals:607
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.

Team changes from 2009 season

The winners of last season (Belshina Bobruisk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of 2009 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi and Smorgon). The First League was expanded from 14 to 16 teams.

One team that finished at the bottom of 2009 season table (Spartak Shklov) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by one best team of 2009 Second League (Rudensk).

Teams and venues

TeamLocationdata-sort-type="number"Position in 2009
width=120Gomelwidth=110GomelPremier league, 12
GranitMikashevichiPremier league, 13
SmorgonSmorgonPremier league, 14
VolnaPinsk2
DSKGomel3
VerasNesvizh4
SKVICHMinsk5
BaranovichiBaranovichi6
KhimikSvetlogorsk7
Vedrich-97Rechitsa8
BelcardGrodno9
KommunalnikSlonim10
LidaLida11
PolotskPolotsk12
SlaviaMozyr13
RudenskMaryina GorkaSecond league, 1

League table

Promotion play-offs

The 11th placed team of 2010 Premier League Torpedo Zhodino played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2010 Belarusian First League SKVICH Minsk for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. Torpedo Zhodino won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate and both teams retained their spots in respective leagues.

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Top goalscorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Yuri MarkhelSKVICH Minsk28
2 Dmitri PlatonovGomel25
align=center 3Granit Mikashevichi19
align=center rowspan="3"4 Vadim BoikoGranit Mikashevichi12
Andrey MarozawDSK Gomel12
Roman VolkovVolna Pinsk12
7 Syarhey KazekaGomel11
8 Sergey ZabolotskyDSK Gomel9
Kirill PavlyuchekGomel9
Aleksandr LuzhankovSmorgon9
Sergey ShalimoRudensk9
Dmitry KharitonchikSlavia Mozyr9
Andrey DashukKhimik Svetlogorsk9

Updated to games played on 13 November 2010
Source: football.by

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