1993–94 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 1993–94
Champions Obuvshchik Lida
Promoted Obuvshchik Lida
Relegated Smena Minsk
Matches played 210
Goals scored 492 (2.34 per match)

Belarusian First League 1993–94 was the third season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in August 1993 and ended in June 1994.

Team changes from 1992–93 season

Winners of 1992–93 Belarusian First League Shinnik Bobruisk were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Neman Stolbtsy and Stankostroitel Smorgon, who finished 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the Second League.

These teams were replaced by two teams relegated from the Premier League - Obuvshchik Lida and Torpedo Zhodino, and the winners of 1992–93 Second League Brestbytkhim Brest.

Belarus Maryina Gorka, who finished 12th, withdrew to the amateur level prior to the start of the season due to lack of funds, thus reducing the number of teams to 15.

Niva-Trudovye Rezervy Samokhvalovichi changed their name to Santanas Samokhvalovichi, Albertin Slonim were renamed to KPF Slonim. Kolos-Stroitel Ustye relocated to Vitebsk and changed their name to Stroitel Vitebsk.

Overview

Obuvshchik Lida won the tournament and returned to the Premier League after one season of absence. Smena Minsk, who finished last, relegated to the Second League.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 1992–93
Obuvshchik Lida 0Premier League, 16
Torpedo Zhodino 1Premier League, 17
Polesye Mozyr 2
Selmash Mogilev 3
Khimik Svetlogorsk 4
Kommunalnik Pinsk 5
ZLiN Gomel 6
KPF Slonim 7
Smena Minsk 8
Khimvolokno Grodno 9
Stroitel Vitebsk 10
Santanas Samokhvalovichi 11
AFViS-RShVSM Minsk 13
KIM-2 Vitebsk 14
Brestbytkhim Brest 15Second League, 1
Location of teams in 1993–94 Belarusian First League

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Obuvshchik Lida (P) 28 20 6 2 49 14+35 46 Promotion to Premier League
2 Polesye Mozyr 28 19 5 4 48 18+30 43
3 Kommunalnik Pinsk 28 17 6 5 58 21+37 40
4 Selmash Mogilev 28 17 5 6 47 26+21 39
5 Brestbytkhim Brest 28 12 10 6 29 17+12 34
6 Santanas Samokhvalovichi 28 11 8 9 29 28+1 30
7 ZLiN Gomel 28 9 8 11 28 37−9 26
8 Torpedo Zhodino 28 8 10 10 24 29−5 26
9 Khimik Svetlogorsk 28 10 3 15 38 46−8 23
10 KIM-2 Vitebsk 28 7 9 12 26 40−14 23
11 KPF Slonim 28 5 12 11 32 33−1 22
12 Stroitel Vitebsk 28 9 3 16 29 49−20 21
13 Khimvolokno Grodno 28 4 10 14 20 41−21 18
14 AFViS-RShVSM Minsk 28 4 8 16 20 43−23 16
15 Smena Minsk (R) 28 3 7 18 15 50−35 13 Relegation to Second League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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