2018 Belarusian Premier League

The 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2018
Dates30 March – 2 December 2018
ChampionsBATE Borisov
RelegatedSmolevichi
Dnepr Mogilev
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Europa LeagueShakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored516 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer15 – Pavel Savitski (Dinamo Brest)
Biggest home winNeman 6-0 Isloch
Biggest away winGomel 0-6 Dinamo Brest
Highest scoringMinsk 6-1 Torpedo Minsk
Longest winning runBATE Borisov 8 games
Longest unbeaten runShakhtyor Soligorsk 16 games
Longest winless runDnepr Mogilev 24 games
Longest losing runSlutsk 8 games
2017
2019

Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2017 season (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively. [1]

Before the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March.[2] They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of 2017 Belarusian First League).

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BATE BorisovBorisovBorisov Arena13,121
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky[1]10,162
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium[2]22,324
Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium7,350
GomelGomelCentral Stadium[3]14,307
GorodeyaGorodeyaGorodeya Stadium1,625
Isloch Minsk RaionMinsk RaionFC Minsk Stadium3,000
Luch MinskMinskSOK Olimpiysky[4]1,500
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium[5]3,000
Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium8,479
Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskStroitel Stadium[6]4,200
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)[7]1,896
SmolevichiSmolevichiFOK Oktyabrsky (Oktyabrsky [ru])[8]780
Torpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,524
Torpedo MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium[9]3,000
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1BATE Borisov (C)3023435524+3173Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2Shakhtyor Soligorsk3019744514+3164Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3Dinamo Minsk3018934117+2463
4Vitebsk3019564720+2762
5Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino3016773618+1855
6Dinamo Brest30141065230+2252
7Neman Grodno30127113132−143
8Slutsk30113162636−1036
9Gorodeya3097143133−234
10Isloch Minsk Raion3089132037−1733
11Minsk3079143442−830
12Gomel3077161636−2028
13Luch Minsk30412142444−2024[a]
14Torpedo Minsk3066182041−2124[a]
15Smolevichi (R)3059162139−1824[a]Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16Dnepr Mogilev (R)3037201753−3616
Source: [1]
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.[3]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ AwayBATDBRDMIDNEGOMGRDISLFCMLUMNEMSHASMOSLUTZHTMNVIT
BATE Borisov2–02–12–03–03–21–12–04–11–00–01–03–12–12–01–1
Dinamo Brest1–31–11–10–05–23–12–12–11–01–32–24–02–02–03–1
Dinamo Minsk0–11–12–12–10–20–01–03–21–00–02–02–02–11–01–1
Dnepr Mogilev0–11–40–31–01–20–00–00–00–01–10–12–00–31–20–1
Gomel0–10–60–02–02–01–20–21–00–20–30–20–00–00–01–3
Gorodeya2–11–00–21–20–02–01–21–10–20–14–12–01–10–01–1
Isloch Minsk Raion2–10–10–13–20–10–00–31–11–21–01–00–10–01–10–1
Minsk0–23–33–34–00–20–50–13–11–20–00–00–20–06–11–3
Luch Minsk1–21–11–32–01–01–11–10–01–21–11–10–31–33–10–2
Neman Grodno2–30–30–20–02–01–06–02–20–00–11–10–31–01–01–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk3–00–00–03–12–11–03–04–04–01–01–00–11–01–02–1
Smolevichi2–31–00–22–11–12–00–11–11–10–10–21–21–20–21–1
Slutsk0–11–10–15–00–11–00–10–11–01–11–31–00–31–30–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino2–22–00–01–01–00–12–12–10–03–01–01–02–01–02–0
Torpedo Minsk0–31–10–33–01–21–01–11–00–10–12–30–00–10–20–1
Vitebsk0–10–10–13–11–01–02–01–02–05–12–14–02–02–02–0
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018
Source: football.by Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Pavel SavitskiDinamo Brest15
2 Dzyanis LaptsewShakhtyor Soligorsk12
3 Dzmitry LebedzewGorodeya11
Anton MatsveenkaVitebsk11
Yevgeniy ShikavkaSlutsk11
Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov11
Kiryl VyarheychykVitebsk11
8 Bojan DubajićGorodeya10
9 Elis BakajShakhtyor Soligorsk9
Valery GorbachikSmolevichi/Torpedo-BelAZ9

See also

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