2019 Belarusian Premier League Explained

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.

Teams

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]

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BATE Borisovwidth=120BorisovBorisov Arena13,121
Dynamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,060
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium22,324
Dnyapro MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium7,350
Energetik-BGUMinskRCOR-BGU Stadium1,500
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,307
GorodeyaGorodeyaGorodeya Stadium1,625
Isloch Minsk RaionMinsk RaionFC Minsk Stadium3,100
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,000
Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium8,479
Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,200
Slavia MozyrMozyrYunost Stadium5,300
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium1,896
Torpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,524
Torpedo MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,000
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Relegation play-offs

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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Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source: football.by

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Ilya ShkurinEnergetik-BGU Minsk19
2 Stanislaw DrahunBATE Borisov14
Vitaliy KvashukGomel14
4 Dzyanis LaptsewDynamo Brest12
Pavel NyakhaychykDynamo Brest12
6 Momo YansaneIsloch Minsk Raion11
Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk11
8 Elis BakajShakhtyor Soligorsk10
Alyaksandr MakasIsloch Minsk Raion10
Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov10
Ihar StasevichBATE Borisov10
Oleksandr VasylyevMinsk10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PREMIER LEAGUE. soccerway.com. en.
  2. Web site: The united team will be called Dnyapro . 2019-03-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190326173228/http://www.dniapro.by/news/dniapro_is_coming . 2019-03-26 . dead .