1995 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 1995
Champions Dinamo Minsk
Relegated Bobruisk
UEFA Cup Dinamo Minsk
Dinamo-93 Minsk
Cup Winners' Cup MPKC Mozyr
Intertoto Cup Ataka-Aura Minsk
Matches played 120
Goals scored 359 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Belarus Sergey Yaromko (16)
Biggest home win Vedrich Rechytsa 9–0 Neman Grodno
Biggest away win Bobruisk 0–7 Molodechno
Highest scoring Vedrich Rechytsa 9–0 Neman Grodno
1996 →

Belarusian Premier League 1995 was the 5th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on July 10 and ended on November 6, 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1994–95 season

Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, relegated to Belarusian First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: First League 1994–95 winners MPKC Mozyr and runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk.

Overview

The championship was played as a single round-robun tournament in the second half of 1995 due to change of the league season from winter to summer starting from 1996. This also was the first season with 3-point system. Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 5th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 23 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The championship runners-up and 1995–96 Cup winners MPKC Mozyr qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. The bronze medalists Dinamo-93 Minsk also qualified for UEFA Cup. Bobruisk, who finished on the last place, were relegated and eventually dissolved prior the 1996 season.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1994–95
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 1
Dvina Vitebsk Central, Vitebsk 8,300 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 3
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium, Molodechno 5,500 4
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak, Mogilev 11,200 5
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo, Minsk 5,200 6
Neman Grodno Neman 6,300 7
Obuvshchik Lida City Stadium, Lida 4,000 8
Vedrich Rechytsa Central, Rechytsa 3,550 9
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo, Brest 10,080 10
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo, Mogilev 3,500 11
Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak, Bobruisk 3,550 12
Shinnik Bobruisk Spartak, Bobruisk 3,550 13
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel 5,000 14
MPKC Mozyr Yunost 5,500 First league, 1
Ataka-Aura Minsk Traktor 17,600 First league, 2

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 15 12 2 1 42 13+29 38 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
2 MPKC Mozyr 15 11 3 1 44 9+35 36 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
3 Dinamo-93 Minsk 15 10 2 3 28 15+13 32 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4 Ataka-Aura Minsk 15 8 5 2 26 7+19 29 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
5 Molodechno 15 8 1 6 33 19+14 25
6 Dnepr Mogilev 15 7 1 7 26 23+3 22
7 Dvina Vitebsk 15 5 5 5 12 120 20
8 Neman Grodno 15 6 1 8 20 35−15 19
9 Torpedo Minsk 15 5 3 7 12 27−15 18
10 Dinamo Brest 15 5 2 8 27 32−5 17
11 Torpedo Mogilev 15 4 5 6 17 21−4 17
12 Obuvshchik Lida 15 4 4 7 15 23−8 16
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15 4 4 7 12 20−8 16
14 Vedrich Rechytsa 15 4 3 8 22 20+2 15
15 Shinnik Bobruisk 15 4 3 8 17 29−12 15 Promotion/relegation play-off
16 Bobruisk (R) 15 0 2 13 6 54−48 2 Relegation to First League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(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.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Shinnik Bobruisk had to play two-legged play-off with First League runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
Shinnik Bobruisk 3–2 Kommunalnik Pinsk 0–2 3–0

Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 2–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 2–1
Pogoń Szczecin Poland 3–3 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 3–3
Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 2–2 France Cannes 2–2
Farul Constanţa Romania 2–0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 2–0
1995–96 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round Universitatea Craiova Romania 0–0 (p) Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–0 0–0 (aet, p.1–3)
First round Austria Wien Austria 1–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–2 0–1
Second round Werder Bremen Germany 6–2 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5–0 1–2
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Dinamo-93 Minsk Belarus 2–3 Norway Molde 1–1 1–2

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Sergey Yaromko MPKC Mozyr 16
2 Belarus Pyotr Kachura Dinamo Minsk 15
3 Belarus Valentin Belkevich Dinamo Minsk 11
4 Belarus Pavel Shavrov Dinamo-93 Minsk 10
Belarus Maksim Romaschenko MPKC Mozyr 10

See also

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