2015 Belarusian Premier League

The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2015
ChampionsBATE Borisov
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueDinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played182
Goals scored436 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerMikalay Yanush (15)
Biggest home winBATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Biggest away winSlavia 1–6 Slutsk
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoringSlavia 3–5 BATE
(10 July 2015)
BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Longest winning runBATE (7),
Dinamo Minsk (7),
Minsk (7)
Longest unbeaten runBATE (14)
Longest winless runGomel (12)
Longest losing runNaftan (6)
Gomel (6)
Dinamo Brest (6)
2014
2016

Format

Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.

Teams

Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2014
BATEBorisovBorisov Arena[1]13,1261
BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,70010
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,16211
Dinamo MinskMinskTraktor Stadium17,6002
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3076
GranitMikashevichiPolesye Stadium (Luninets)3,090First League, 1
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium[2]3,0007
NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5005
NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4798
ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003
SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,353First League, 2
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)1,8969
Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)6,5244
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144First League, 3

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1BATE Borisov (C)2620514411+3365Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2Dinamo Minsk2615833613+2353Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3Shakhtyor Soligorsk2614754727+2049
4Belshina Bobruisk2612773919+2043
5Granit Mikashevichi2612683032−242
6Minsk26124102928+140
7Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino26106103129+236Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8Neman Grodno2688102132−1132
9Naftan Novopolotsk2686123435−130
10Slavia Mozyr2675143350−1726
11Slutsk2667132630−425
12Dinamo Brest2673162342−1924
13Vitebsk2649132147−2621
14Gomel (R)2653182241−1918Relegation to the Belarusian First League
Source: football.by, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw.[1][2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.

Home \ AwayBATBSHDBRDMIGOMGRAMINNAFNEMSHASLASLUTZHVIT
BATE Borisov1–01–00–12–01–11–02–17–11–11–04–11–04–0
Belshina Bobruisk0–12–00–23–10–14–01–10–03–12–02–01–01–1
Dinamo Brest0–12–11–00–40–01–00–11–33–21–21–12–13–2
Dinamo Minsk0–20–04–11–01–01–12–12–01–02–02–04–00–0
Gomel0–02–02–01–21–23–01–40–01–30–21–30–22–0
Granit Mikashevichi0–11–51–00–01–02–03–00–12–33–21–02–11–1
Minsk1–22–12–10–31–05–00–02–01–02–12–00–23–2
Naftan Novopolotsk1–20–21–02–23–10–00–11–23–41–10–10–23–0
Neman Grodno0–11–32–11–11–02–01–13–10–13–10–40–10–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk0–00–02–10–04–11–11–01–03–06–12–03–14–1
Slavia Mozyr3–51–43–02–43–12–00–00–30–01–11–61–24–0
Slutsk0–10–01–10–10–01–20–10–10–00–23–11–14–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino0–00–31–31–03–02–32–03–30–03–00–10–03–1
Vitebsk0–21–12–00–01–02–30–41–30–02–20–01–00–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk15
2 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiMinsk10
Chigozie UdojiDinamo Minsk10
4 Denis LaptevSlavia Mozyr9
Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov9
Fatos BećirajDinamo Minsk9
Vadzim DzemidovichNaftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino9
8 Raman VasilyukDinamo Brest8
Serhiy RozhokBelshina Bobruisk8
Roman VolkovNaftan Novopolotsk8
Yahor ZubovichSlutsk8

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: football.by Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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