2016 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2016
Dates1 April – 27 November 2016
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedBelshina Bobruisk
Granit Mikashevichi
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueDinamo Brest
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored577 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerMikhail Gordeichuk
Vitali Rodionov
(14 goals each)
Biggest home win
4 matches
Biggest away winGranit Mikashevichi 0–7 Minsk
(19 November 2016)[5]
Highest scoringSlavia Mozyr 6–2 Minsk
(12 May 2016)[6]
Minsk 6–2 Slavia Mozyr
(16 September 2016)[7]
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 Belarusian Premier League was the 26th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 27 November 2016. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th league title last year; they successfully defended their title this season.

Teams[]

Map of Belarus and the 16 teams of the 2016 Premier League
Minsk
Minsk
BATE
Belshina
Dinamo Brest
Dinamo Brest
Gorodeya
Naftan
Neman
Shakhtyor
Torpedo-BelAZ
Slutsk
Granit
Slavia
Vitebsk
Minsk clubs: Dinamo Minsk Isloch Krumkachy Minsk
Minsk clubs:
Dinamo Minsk
Isloch
Krumkachy
Minsk
Locations of teams in the 2016 Belarusian Premier League

Three best teams of 2015 First League (Isloch Minsk Raion, Gorodeya and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 14 to 16 clubs.

The last-placed team of 2015 Premier League, Gomel, were relegated.

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2015
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 12,896 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700 4
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,060 12
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium 16,500 2
Gorodeya Gorodeya Gorodeya Stadium 1,600 First League, 2
Granit Mikashevichy Polesye Stadium (Luninets) 3,100 5
Isloch Minsk Raion City Stadium (Molodechno)1 4,800 First League, 1
Krumkachy Minsk FC Minsk Stadium2 3,000 First League, 3
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 9
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 8
Shakhtyor Salihorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 3
Slavia Mazyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 10
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 11
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodzina Torpedo Stadium 3,020 7
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,100 13
  • 1 Isloch Minsk Raion hosted their games at City Stadium in Molodechno due to previously used by them RCOP-BGU Stadium in Minsk not meeting Premier League criteria.
  • 2 Krumkachy Minsk hosted their games at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk due to previously used by them SOK Olimpiysky in Minsk not meeting Premier League criteria.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 30 22 4 4 73 25 +48 70 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 17 8 5 46 20 +26 59 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 15 10 5 46 28 +18 55
4 Minsk 30 15 8 7 49 24 +25 53
5 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 30 13 9 8 47 33 +14 48
6 Vitebsk 30 12 6 12 30 26 +4 42
7 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 11 8 11 33 39 −6 41
8 Dinamo Brest 30 11 7 12 38 38 0 40 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
9 Gorodeya 30 8 14 8 36 39 −3 38
10 Slavia Mozyr 30 9 8 13 33 49 −16 35
11 Krumkachy Minsk 30 9 6 15 24 39 −15 33
12 Slutsk 30 6 12 12 22 34 −12 30
13 Naftan Novopolotsk 30 7 8 15 25 46 −21 29[b]
14 Neman Grodno 30 7 8 15 21 36 −15 29[b]
15 Belshina Bobruisk (R) 30 5 10 15 34 45 −11 25[c] Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Granit Mikashevichi (R) 30 5 10 15 20 56 −36 25[c]
Source: BFF (in Russian), Soccerway
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; 8) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 9) Draw.[8]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dinamo Brest qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Belarusian Cup.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record; Naftan Novopolotsk–Neman Grodno 2–0, Neman Grodno–Naftan Novopolotsk 0–1.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record; Granit Mikashevichi–Belshina Bobruisk 0–4, Belshina Bobruisk–Granit Mikashevichi 1–1.

Results[]

Each team played twice against every other team for a total of 30 matches.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI GRD GRA ISL KRU MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA SLU TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 2–1 2–0 3–3 5–0 4–0 4–1 5–0 3–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–0
Belshina Bobruisk 2–3 4–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–3 0–1
Dinamo Brest 1–4 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Gorodeya 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–0 3–3 0–2
Granit Mikashevichi 0–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–7 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–3
Isloch Minsk Raion 1–3 2–3 0–3[a] 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–0 3–2 0–0
Krumkachy Minsk 0–3 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–0
Minsk 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 6–2 5–2 0–0 1–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 3–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–2
Neman Grodno 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 4–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
Slavia Mozyr 2–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 3–3 1–3 2–1 1–0 6–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–4
Slutsk 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 5–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–2
Vitebsk 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1
Source: BFF (in Russian), Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match Isloch v Dinamo Brest originally ended 2–4 and was later changed to 0–3 as a result of match fixing investigation.[9]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 15
Belarus Mikhail Gordeichuk BATE Borisov 15
3 Belarus Vadzim Dzemidovich Torpedo Zhodino 12
Belarus Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
5 Ghana Joel Fameyeh Belshina Bobruisk 10
6 Belarus Dzyanis Laptsew Slavia Mozyr / Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Belarus Roman Volkov Vitebsk 9
8 Georgia (country) Valerian Gvilia Minsk / BATE Borisov 8
Belarus Dzmitry Lebedzew Gorodeya 8
Belarus Anton Saroka Gorodeya 8
Belarus Uladzimir Khvashchynski Dinamo Minsk 8
Serbia Nemanja Čović Minsk 8
Belarus Artsyom Salavey Vitebsk 8
Belarus Terentiy Lutsevich Granit Mikashevichi / Torpedo Zhodino 8

Updated to games played on 27 November 2016
Source: football.by

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BATE VS. KRUMKACHY 5 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  2. ^ "TORPEDO BELAZ VS. GRANIT 5 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  3. ^ "DINAMO MINSK VS. GRANIT 5 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ^ "BATE VS. GORODEYA 5 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  5. ^ "GRANIT VS. MINSK 0 - 7". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  6. ^ "SLAVIA VS. MINSK 6 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  7. ^ "MINSK VS. SLAVIA 6 - 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Регламенты соревнований - Регламентирующие документы АБФФ на сезон 2016 года" [The regulations of the competition - Regulatory documents ABFF for season 2016] (in Russian). Football Federation of Belarus. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. ^ ABFF Disciplinary Committee decisions

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