2015 Belarusian Premier League Explained

Competition:Belarusian Premier League
Season:2015
Winners:BATE Borisov
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:BATE Borisov
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Dinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
League Topscorer:Mikalay Yanush (15)
Biggest Home Win:BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Biggest Away Win:Slavia 1–6 Slutsk
(3 October 2015)
Highest Scoring:Slavia 3–5 BATE
(10 July 2015)
BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Matches:182
Total Goals:436
Longest Wins:BATE (7),
Dinamo Minsk (7),
Minsk (7)
Longest Unbeaten:BATE (14)
Longest Winless:Gomel (12)
Longest Losses:Naftan (6)
Gomel (6)
Dinamo Brest (6)
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.

Format

Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.

Teams

Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2014
width=120BATEwidth=110Borisovwidth=160Borisov Arena13,1261
BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,70010
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,16211
Dinamo MinskMinskTraktor Stadium17,6002
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3076
GranitMikashevichiPolesye Stadium (Luninets)3,090First League, 1
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,0007
NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5005
NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4798
ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003
SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,353First League, 2
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)1,8969
Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)6,5244
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144First League, 3

League table

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk15
2 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiMinsk10
Chigozie UdojiDinamo Minsk10
4 Denis LaptevSlavia Mozyr9
Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov9
Fatos BećirajDinamo Minsk9
Vadzim DzemidovichNaftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino9
8 Raman VasilyukDinamo Brest8
Serhiy RozhokBelshina Bobruisk8
Roman VolkovNaftan Novopolotsk8
Yahor ZubovichSlutsk8
Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: football.by

See also

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