2019 Belarusian Premier League

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.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2019
Dates29 March – 1 December 2019
ChampionsDynamo Brest
RelegatedDnyapro Mogilev
Gomel
Torpedo Minsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Brest
Europa LeagueBATE Borisov
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played240
Goals scored631 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer19 – Ilya Shkurin (Energetik-BGU Minsk)
← 2018
2020 →

Teams
Locations of the 2019 Belarusian Premier League 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]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
BATE Borisov Barysaw Borisov Arena 13,126
Dynamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,169
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) 22,246
Dnyapro Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,990
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOP BGU Stadium 1,500
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307
Gorodeya Haradzeya Gorodeya Stadium 2,100
Isloch Minsk Raion Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,100
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,100
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 9,000
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Salihorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200
Slavia Mozyr Mazyr Yunost Stadium 5,300
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk) 2,150
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Zhodzina Torpedo Stadium 6,524
Torpedo Minsk Minsk SOK Olimpiysky 1,530
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,300

Source:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Brest (C) 30 23 6 1 70 22 +48 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 30 22 4 4 61 21 +40 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 20 5 5 59 21 +38 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dinamo Minsk 30 15 5 10 43 39 +4 50
5 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 13 8 9 42 36 +6 47
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 13 6 11 41 36 +5 45
7 Gorodeya 30 12 8 10 31 29 +2 44
8 Slavia Mozyr 30 10 7 13 35 40 −5 37
9 Minsk 30 9 9 12 36 44 −8 36
10 Neman Grodno 30 10 6 14 28 37 −9 36
11 Slutsk 30 9 7 14 29 46 −17 34
12 Energetik-BGU Minsk 30 8 9 13 52 66 −14 33
13 Vitebsk 30 8 7 15 24 39 −15 31
14 Dnyapro Mogilev (R) 30 8 6 16 32 42 −10 30 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Gomel (R) 30 7 8 15 44 50 −6 29 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Torpedo Minsk[lower-alpha 1] (R) 30 1 3 26 4 63 −59 6 Withdrew from the league
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Torpedo Minsk withdrew from the league after the end of the first half of the season due to lack of financing. Their matches of the second half were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents.[3]

Results

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

Home \ Away BAT DBR DMI DNY ENE GOM GRD ISL FCM NEM SHA SLA SLU TZH TMN VIT
BATE Borisov — 0–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Brest 1–1 — 1–2 3–1 6–2 3–0 4–0 5–1 3–0 6–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 3–01 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 1–3 — 3–0 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 3–01 0–2
Dnyapro Mogilev 0–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–4 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 3–01 2–0
Energetik-BGU 0–4 1–1 3–3 5–3 — 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–3 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 2–0
Gomel 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–0 — 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–3 0–1 2–2 3–4 2–3 3–01 1–2
Gorodeya 1–0 1–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–3 — 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–0 1–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 — 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–01 3–0
Minsk 3–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–6 3–2 0–3 3–3 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–01 0–0
Neman Grodno 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 — 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–01 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–4 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 6–0 — 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 4–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 4–3 0–1 0–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1
Slutsk 0–3 1–3 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–6 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–5 0–0 — 1–2 1–0 3–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 1–0
Torpedo Minsk 0–31 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–31 1–2 0–31 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–31 0–31 0–31 0–31 — 0–31
Vitebsk 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 —
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  • 1 The opponents of Torpedo Minsk awarded a 3–0 w/o win.

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.

Rukh Brest2–1Dnyapro Mogilev
Morozov  68', 90+4' Report Shilo  62'
Yunost Stadium, Brest
Attendance: 1,100
Dnyapro Mogilev2–1 (a.e.t.)Rukh Brest
Gribovskiy  47'
Marušić  79'		 Report Morozov  80'
Penalties
Yashin
Zaleski
Batyschev
Marušić
Kazlow
Kats
Savastsyanaw 		4–5 Kalpachuk
Oreshkevich
Dzemidovich
Bukatkin
Morozov
Sibilev
Grechikho
Attendance: 3,500

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Ilya Shkurin Energetik-BGU Minsk 19
2 Stanislaw Drahun BATE Borisov 14
Vitaliy Kvashuk Gomel 14
4 Dzyanis Laptsew Dynamo Brest 12
Pavel Nyakhaychyk Dynamo Brest 12
6 Momo Yansane Isloch Minsk Raion 11
Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
8 Elis Bakaj Shakhtyor Soligorsk 10
Alyaksandr Makas Isloch Minsk Raion 10
Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 10
Ihar Stasevich BATE Borisov 10
Oleksandr Vasylyev Minsk 10

References
  1. "PREMIER LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  2. "The united team will be called Dnyapro". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. Минское «Торпедо» снимается с чемпионата Беларуси
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