2014 Belarusian Premier League

The 2014 Belarusian Premier League was the 24th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in March 2014 and ended in November 2014. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 10th league title last year.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2014
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedDnepr Mogilev
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueDinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played192
Goals scored456 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerMikalay Yanush (15)
2013
2015

Format

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The format of the competition stayed the same as the previous season. The league took place in two phases. The first phase consisted of regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams qualified for the championship round, which will determine the champions and the participants for the 2014–15 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top five teams will secure places in the 2015 competition, sixth team (12th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the First League. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well. The league will be expanded to 14 teams for 2015 season and further expanded to 16 teams for 2016.[1]

Teams

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Slavia Mozyr were relegated to the First League after finishing on the last (12th) position in 2013 season. Slutsk, the champions of 2013 First League, made their debut in the top flight.

Dnepr Mogilev, as the 11th-placed team in 2013 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Dnepr won the playoff, 3–1 on aggregate, and both team retained positions in their respective leagues.

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2013
BATEBorisovBorisov Arena[1]13,0841
BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)3,7007
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy[2]10,1628
Dinamo MinskMinskTraktor Stadium[3]17,6003
Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)7,35011
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3076
MinskMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)[4]1,6009
NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium[5]4,50010
NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4044
ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2002
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)[6]1,896First League, 1
Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)6,5245
  1. ^
    Four games played at City Stadium in Borisov.
  2. ^
    One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  3. ^
    One game played at KFP Minsk.
  4. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk.
  5. ^
    Three games played at Vitebsky CSK in Vitebsk due to renovation works at Atlant Stadium.
  6. ^
    Three games played at Shakhtyor Stadium and three games at Stroitel Stadium (both in Soligorsk) due to renovation works at City Stadium in Slutsk.

First phase

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League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1BATE Borisov2215614612+3451Qualification for championship round
2Dinamo Minsk221543338+2549
3Naftan Novopolotsk2210753020+1037
4Gomel228862121032[a]
5Shakhtyor Soligorsk229582020032[a]
6Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino228772120+131
7Neman Grodno227692524+127Qualification for relegation group
8Minsk2282122326−326
9Slutsk2274111526−1125
10Dinamo Brest2264122352−2922
11Belshina Bobruisk2246122838−1018
12Dnepr Mogilev2219121129−1812
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Gomel placed above Shakhtyor Soligorsk by better head-to-head record (1–0, 1–0).

Results

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Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ AwayBATBSHDBRDMIDNEGOMMINNAFNEMSHASLUTZH
BATE Borisov5–24–00–03–00–01–03–10–00–03–01–1
Belshina Bobruisk1–27–00–10–01–20–31–13–42–11–20–1
Dinamo Brest0–42–22–10–22–02–30–71–20–02–12–1
Dinamo Minsk0–24–13–13–01–02–02–11–03–03–00–0
Dnepr Mogilev0–10–00–10–11–11–10–22–30–10–22–2
Gomel0–33–16–30–20–01–02–20–21–01–00–0
Minsk1–40–12–00–21–01–20–11–13–01–00–2
Naftan Novopolotsk1–13–11–10–20–01–00–42–01–11–02–0
Neman Grodno1–21–11–10–24–11–10–10–23–00–10–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk2–01–22–30–00–00–13–12–01–02–02–0
Slutsk1–31–01–00–01–10–02–00–00–20–12–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1–41–12–01–02–10–01–00–11–00–14–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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The best six teams of the first phase will play two times against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1BATE Borisov (C)32201116821+4771Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Dinamo Minsk3218774421+2361Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3Shakhtyor Soligorsk32148103528+750[a]Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino32131183830+850[a]
5Naftan Novopolotsk321110114043−343
6Gomel32108142941−1238
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Shakhtyor Soligorsk placed above Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino by better head-to-head record (3 wins, 1 draw).

Results

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The best six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ AwayBATDMIGOMNAFSHATZH
BATE Borisov0–04–04–01–11–1
Dinamo Minsk1–20–22–01–41–1
Gomel1–20–23–00–10–1
Naftan Novopolotsk2–21–15–10–01–5
Shakhtyor Soligorsk1–41–23–02–00–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino2–22–12–13–10–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
7Minsk32164124536+952
8Neman Grodno32119124136+542
9Slutsk32117142634−840
10Belshina Bobruisk3288164256−1432
11Dinamo Brest3275202968−3926
12Dnepr Mogilev (R)32214161942−2320Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

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The last six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ AwayBSHDBRDNEMINNEMSLU
Belshina Bobruisk2–11–11–21–32–1
Dinamo Brest0–11–11–20–10–2
Dnepr Mogilev1–21–00–21–11–1
Minsk1–15–22–12–10–0
Neman Grodno5–20–11–12–42–0
Slutsk3–11–02–01–20–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

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The 12th-place finisher of this season (Dnepr Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2014 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2015 Premier League. Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after losing the first leg 0–2, before drawing 1–1 in the second.

Vitebsk2–0Dnepr Mogilev
Shakaw 75'
Baranok 88'
Report

Vitebsk won 3–1 on aggregate and gains promotion to the Belarusian Premier League.

Top goalscorers

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RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk15
2 Alyaksandr MakasMinsk14
3 Mikhail GordeichukBATE Borisov12
Yahor ZubovichNeman Grodno12
5 Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov11
Pavel SavitskiNeman Grodno11
7 Sergey KrivetsBATE Borisov10
Dmitri KhlebosolovBelshina Bobruisk10
8 Mikalay SignevichBATE Borisov9
Vadzim DzemidovichNaftan Novopolotsk9

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: football.by Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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References

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