Competition: | Belarusian Premier League |
Season: | 2019 |
Dates: | 29 March – 1 December 2019 |
Winners: | Dynamo Brest |
Relegated: | Dnyapro Mogilev Gomel Torpedo Minsk |
Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dynamo Brest |
Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
League Topscorer: | 19 – Ilya Shkurin (Energetik-BGU Minsk) |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 631 |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
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.
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 | |
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BATE Borisov | width=120 | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,121 |
Dynamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,324 | |
Dnyapro Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 | |
Energetik-BGU | Minsk | RCOR-BGU Stadium | 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 | 1,896 | |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | |
Torpedo Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 |
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
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.
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Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: football.by