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2014 Belarusian Premier League

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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 →

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.

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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Locations of teams in the 2014 Belarusian Premier League

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.

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2013
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena[1] 13,084 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,700 7
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy[2] 10,162 8
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[3] 17,600 3
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,350 11
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 6
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[4] 1,600 9
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium[5] 4,500 10
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,404 4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 2
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk)[6] 1,896 First League, 1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,524 5
  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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BATE Borisov 22 15 6 1 46 12 +34 51 Qualification for championship round
2 Dinamo Minsk 22 15 4 3 33 8 +25 49
3 Naftan Novopolotsk 22 10 7 5 30 20 +10 37
4 Gomel 22 8 8 6 21 21 0 32[a]
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 22 9 5 8 20 20 0 32[a]
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 22 8 7 7 21 20 +1 31
7 Neman Grodno 22 7 6 9 25 24 +1 27 Qualification for relegation group
8 Minsk 22 8 2 12 23 26 −3 26
9 Slutsk 22 7 4 11 15 26 −11 25
10 Dinamo Brest 22 6 4 12 23 52 −29 22
11 Belshina Bobruisk 22 4 6 12 28 38 −10 18
12 Dnepr Mogilev 22 1 9 12 11 29 −18 12
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 \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLU TZH
BATE Borisov 5–2 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–1
Belshina Bobruisk 1–2 7–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–4 2–1 1–2 0–1
Dinamo Brest 0–4 2–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–7 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–2 4–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 0–1 0–2 2–2
Gomel 0–3 3–1 6–3 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Minsk 1–4 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Neman Grodno 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 1–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Slutsk 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 4–1
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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BATE Borisov (C) 32 20 11 1 68 21 +47 71 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 32 18 7 7 44 21 +23 61 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 32 14 8 10 35 28 +7 50[a] Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 32 13 11 8 38 30 +8 50[a]
5 Naftan Novopolotsk 32 11 10 11 40 43 −3 43
6 Gomel 32 10 8 14 29 41 −12 38
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 \ Away BAT DMI GOM NAF SHA TZH
BATE Borisov 0–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 1–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–4 1–1
Gomel 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 0–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 2–2 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–5
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–4 1–2 3–0 2–0 0–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–2
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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Minsk 32 16 4 12 45 36 +9 52
8 Neman Grodno 32 11 9 12 41 36 +5 42
9 Slutsk 32 11 7 14 26 34 −8 40
10 Belshina Bobruisk 32 8 8 16 42 56 −14 32
11 Dinamo Brest 32 7 5 20 29 68 −39 26
12 Dnepr Mogilev (R) 32 2 14 16 19 42 −23 20 Qualification 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 \ Away BSH DBR DNE MIN NEM SLU
Belshina Bobruisk 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–1
Dinamo Brest 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2
Dnepr Mogilev 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1
Minsk 1–1 5–2 2–1 2–1 0–0
Neman Grodno 5–2 0–1 1–1 2–4 2–0
Slutsk 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0
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
Dnepr Mogilev1–1Vitebsk
Sazankow 61' Report Baranok 88'

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

Top goalscorers

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Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15
2 Belarus Alyaksandr Makas Minsk 14
3 Belarus Mikhail Gordeichuk BATE Borisov 12
Belarus Yahor Zubovich Neman Grodno 12
5 Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 11
Belarus Pavel Savitski Neman Grodno 11
7 Belarus Sergey Krivets BATE Borisov 10
Belarus Dmitri Khlebosolov Belshina Bobruisk 10
8 Belarus Mikalay Signevich BATE Borisov 9
Belarus Vadzim Dzemidovich Naftan Novopolotsk 9

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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  1. ^ BFF Executive Committee meeting results
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