Football league season
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
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
Borisov
Borisov Arena
13,121
Dynamo Brest
Brest
OSK Brestsky
10,060
Dinamo Minsk
Minsk
Dinamo Stadium [1]
22,324
Dnyapro Mogilev
Mogilev
Spartak Stadium
7,350
Energetik-BGU
Minsk
RCOR-BGU Stadium[2]
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 [3]
1,896
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Zhodino
Torpedo Stadium
6,524
Torpedo Minsk
Minsk
FC Minsk Stadium [4]
3,000
Vitebsk
Vitebsk
Vitebsky CSK
8,144
League table
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) Champions;
(R) Relegated
Notes:
^ 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.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o The opponents of Torpedo Minsk awarded a 3–0 w/o win after Torpedo withdrew from the league.
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.
Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 1 December 2019 Source: football.by Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
References
External links
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