2022 Belarusian Premier League

The 2022 Belarusian Premier League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk defended their championship winning the fourth league title in club history. The title was subsequently stripped on May 11, 2023 following a match-fixing scandal.[1]

Belarusian Premier League
Season2022
Dates18 March – 12 November 2022
ChampionsShakhtyor Soligorsk
RelegatedVitebsk
Dnepr Mogilev
Champions LeagueBATE Borisov
Conference LeagueDinamo Minsk
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Neman Grodno
Matches played240
Goals scored615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerBobur Abdikholikov
(26 goals)
Biggest home winEnergetik-BGU Minsk 5–0 Slavia Mozyr
(29 May 2022)
Minsk 5–0 Slavia Mozyr
(18 October 2022)
Slavia Mozyr 5–0 Dnepr Mogilev
(12 November 2022)
Biggest away winDnepr Mogilev 0–7 Shakhtyor Soligorsk
(15 August 2022)
Highest scoringDynamo Brest 4–4 Vitebsk
(29 October 2022)
Longest winning run6 matches
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Dinamo Minsk
Longest winless run12 matches
Dynamo Brest
Vitebsk
Longest losing run9 matches
Dnepr Mogilev
2021
2023
All statistics correct as of 12 November 2022.

Teams

The 15th-placed team of the last season Smorgon was relegated to the 2022 Belarusian First League, ending their one-year stay in the top division. Sputnik Rechitsa were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2022. Smorgon and Sputnik were replaced by two best teams of 2021 Belarusian First League (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, promoted to the top-flight for the first time in their history and Belshina Bobruisk, promoted after a one-year absence).

On 28 February 2022 Rukh Brest withdrew from the league, citing financial troubles caused by international sanctions upon club's owner Alexander Zaytsev and an undisclosed Russian company co-owning the club.[2] A few days later they were replaced by Dnepr Mogilev (5th-placed team of last year's First League season).

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2021
ArsenalDzerzhinskGorodeya Stadium (Gorodeya)1,6251st (First League)
BATEBorisovBorisov Arena12,8962nd
BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,7002nd (First League)
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3074th
Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,0606th
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium22,0003rd
DneprMogilevSpartak Stadium7,3505th (First League)
Energetik-BGUMinskRCOR-BGU Stadium1,50013th
IslochMinsk RaionFC Minsk Stadium3,00010th
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,00012th
NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,50011th
ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2001st
SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,30014th
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium1,8969th
Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium3,0208th
VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,1007th

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Shakhtyor Soligorsk3020555517+3865Excluded from European Competitions[a]
2Energetik-BGU Minsk3018665027+2360
3BATE Borisov30161135121+3059Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round[a]
4Dinamo Minsk30161135025+2559Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
5Isloch Minsk Raion3016685133+1854Excluded from European Competitions[a]
6Minsk30128104743+444
7Gomel30127113637−143
8Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino30111093532+343Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[b]
9Neman Grodno3091383936+340Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
10Slavia Mozyr30107134246−437
11Slutsk30711122641−1532
12Belshina Bobruisk30612123750−1330
13Dynamo Brest30512132943−1427
14Arsenal Dzerzhinsk (R)3058171842−2423Qualification to relegation play-offs
15Vitebsk (R)30410162849−2122Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16Dnepr Mogilev (R)3033242173−5212
Source: football.by 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

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

Home \ AwayARSBATBSHDBRDMIDNEENEGOMISLFCMNEMSHASLASLUTZHVIT
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk0–20–00–20–11–00–21–21–30–01–11–23–21–11–20–0
BATE Borisov1–22–24–10–02–11–12–10–13–22–10–24–04–01–12–1
Belshina Bobruisk1–00–32–20–00–00–12–32–12–21–01–21–40–21–32–2
Dynamo Brest0–00–31–11–34–01–21–12–23–10–01–11–30–00–14–4
Dinamo Minsk1–12–20–00–04–01–43–01–23–12–01–00–01–12–22–1
Dnepr Mogilev0–10–34–32–00–20–20–40–22–41–30–71–31–20–12–1
Energetik-BGU Minsk0–10–23–10–01–31–10–01–22–02–10–15–01–13–13–1
Gomel4–10–10–31–00–13–11–23–10–33–00–30–21–01–01–0
Isloch Minsk Raion2–10–02–01–22–23–22–31–12–01–11–10–21–23–02–0
Minsk2–02–22–42–00–11–00–01–11–53–21–05–01–01–02–0
Neman Grodno2–00–02–22–12–32–01–43–01–01–11–12–01–02–01–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk3–00–14–1*2–01–04–00–11–01–02–12–21–12–10–12–0
Slavia Mozyr1–10–32–03–11–25–00–10–10–14–21–11–31–12–20–2
Slutsk1–00–00–02–00–52–21–22–22–42–40–00–11–01–10–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1–00–01–30–03–41–04–01–10–11–12–20–11–13–01–0
Vitebsk3–01–12–20–10–02–10–31–11–31–12–20–50–30–10–1
Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian) Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-place finisher of this season (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) plays a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2022 Belarusian First League (Rogachev) for a spot in the 2023 Premier League.

Arsenal Dzerzhinsk3–2Rogachev
Report
  • Kortsov 54', 89' (pen.)
Rogachev3–1Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
Referee: Sergey Krasnikov

Rogachev won 5–4 on aggregate.

Top scorers

As of 12 November 2022[6]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Bobur AbdikholikovEnergetik-BGU Minsk26
2 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiMinsk21
3 Ivan BakharDinamo Minsk11
4 Gleb ZherdevSlavia Mozyr10
Stanislaw DrahunBATE Borisov
Daniel SosahIsloch Minsk Raion
7 Maksim SkavyshShakhtyor Soligorsk9
Ilya VasilyevBelshina
Pavel SavitskiNeman Grodno
10 Dušan BakićDinamo Minsk8
Yahor ZubovichNeman Grodno
Yegor BogomolskyMinsk
Alyaksandr MakasGomel
Valery GorbachikTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

Awards

Weekly awards

Player of the Week

References