2009 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 2009
Champions BATE
Relegated Gomel
Granit
Smorgon
Champions League BATE
Europa League Dinamo Minsk
Dnepr
Torpedo Zhodino
Matches played 182
Goals scored 437 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Maycon (15)
Biggest home win BATE 6–0 Neman
Biggest away win Shakhtyor 0–5 Minsk
Highest scoring Dinamo Minsk 5–2 Dnepr
2008
2010

Belarusian Premier League 2009 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 4 and ended on November 8, 2009. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Contents

Team changes from 2008 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams three relegated teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th in 2008 respectively) were replaced by only one team, the winner of 2008 First League Minsk.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists Dnepr Mogilev and yet to be determined 2009-10 Cup winners qualified for the Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi
Smorgon) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2008
BATE Borisov City Stadium, Borisov 5,500 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 2
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor 17,600 3
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Shakhtyor 5,000 4
Vitebsk Vitebsk Central, Vitebsk 8,300 5
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 6
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant 6,500 7
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost 3,500 8
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak 11,200 9
Granit Mikashevichi Polesye Stadium 3,130 10
Gomel Gomel Central, Gomel 11,800 11
Neman Grodno Neman 6,300 12
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo, Zhodino 3,020 13
Minsk Minsk Torpedo, Minsk 5,200 First league, 1
Location of teams in 2009 Belarusian Premier League

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 19 5 2 55 16 +39 62 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 14 8 4 38 18 +20 50 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Dnepr Mogilev 26 12 4 10 31 26 +5 40 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 12 2 12 28 39 −11 38
5 Dinamo Brest 26 10 8 8 30 24 +6 38
6 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 10 8 8 33 28 +5 38
7 Neman Grodno 26 11 4 11 23 31 −8 37
8 Torpedo Zhodino 26 10 7 9 31 22 +9 37 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
9 Minsk 26 11 3 12 33 26 +7 36
10 Vitebsk 26 10 2 14 26 37 −11 32
11 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 8 6 12 34 38 −4 30
12 Gomel (R) 26 8 5 13 31 48 −17 29 Relegation to the First League
13 Granit Mikashevichi (R) 26 6 7 13 27 39 −12 25
14 Smorgon (R) 26 2 9 15 17 46 −29 15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head.
1The runner-up of the 2009–10 Belarusian Cup (lost to BATE).
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away1 BAT DBR DMI DNE GOM GRA MIN MTZ NAF NEM SHA SMO VIT TZH
BATE Borisov 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 6–0 2–3 2–0 3–1 3–0
Dinamo Brest 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2
Dinamo Minsk 1–3 2–0 5–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–2 0–0
Gomel 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–3 0–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1
Granit Mikashevichi 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 3–02 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3
Minsk 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–4
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–4 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–0 2–1 1–0
Neman Grodno 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–1
Smorgon 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–3 0–1
Vitebsk 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1
Torpedo Zhodino 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0

Source: football.by (Belarusian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match of Round 9 originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Granit with a score of 3–0. The reason is that for some time during the match Neman had five foreign players on the pitch, while the maximum number of foreign players a team can have on the pitch in the same time is four.[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round Sutjeska Nikšić 2–3 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 1–1 1–2 (aet)
Dinamo Minsk 3–2 Renova Džepčište 2–1 1–1
Second qualifying round Naftan Novopolotsk 2–2 (a) Gent 2–1 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–4 Tromsø 0–0 1–4
Metallurg Donetsk 5–1 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 3–0 2–1
Play-off round BATE Borisov 4–1 Litex Lovech 0–1 4–0 (aet)
Group stage Benfica 4–1 BATE Borisov 2–0 2–1
BATE Borisov 2–2 Everton 1–2 1–0
BATE Borisov 4–3 AEK Athens 2–1 2–2
2009–10 UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round Makedonija Gjorče Petrov 0–4 BATE Borisov 0–2 0–2
Third qualifying round Ventspils (a) 2–2 BATE Borisov 1–0 1–2

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Maycon Gomel 15
2 Syarhey Kryvets BATE Borisov 14
3 Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 12
4 Givi Kvaratskhelia MTZ-RIPO Minsk 11
Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 11
6 Dzmitry Mazalewski Dinamo Brest 9
Andrey Razin Minsk 9
8 Alyaksandr Hawrushka Dinamo Minsk 8
Andrey Lyasyuk Dnepr Mogilev 8
10 Dzmitry Asipenka Minsk 7
Stanislaw Drahun Dinamo Minsk 7
Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno 7
Syarhey Kislyak Dinamo Minsk 7
Syarhey Koshal Minsk 7
Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 7
Alyaksandr Sazankow Dnepr Mogilev 7
Andrey Sherakow Torpedo Zhodino 7

Source: football.by (Russian)

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