2005 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2005
Champions Belshina Bobruisk
Promoted Belshina Bobruisk
Lokomotiv Vitebsk
Relegated Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev
Orsha
Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev
2004
2006

2005 Belarusian First League was the fifteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2005.

Team changes from 2004 season

Two top teams of last season (Lokomotiv Minsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. The promoted teams were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2004 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk).

Vedrich-97 Rechitsa were eventually denied promotion after failing to obtain Premier League license. The team stayed in the First League.

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2004 season table (Vertikal Kalinkovichi and Dinamo-Juni Minsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2004 Second League (Smena Minsk and Orsha).

Molodechno-2000 (who finished 13th last season) withdrew to the Second League due to insufficient financing. They were replaced by Vedrich-97 Rechitsa, who were denied promotion to Premier League and stayed in the Fist League.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2004
Lokomotiv Vitebsk 0Premier League, 15
Belshina Belshina 1Premier League, 16
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 2
Smorgon Smorgon 3
Granit Mikashevichi 4
ZLiN Gomel 5
Veras Nesvizh 6
Baranovichi Baranovichi 7
Lida Lida 8
Khimik Svetlogorsk 9
Bereza Bereza 10
Kommunalnik Slonim 11
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 12
Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 14
Smena Minsk 15Second League, 1
Orsha Orsha 16Second League, 2
Location of teams in 2005 Belarusian First League

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Belshina Bobruisk (P) 30 23 4 3 61 19+42 73 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Lokomotiv Vitebsk (P) 30 21 7 2 76 23+53 70
3 Smorgon 30 15 9 6 57 35+22 54
4 ZLiN Gomel 30 14 12 4 35 17+18 54
5 Smena Minsk 30 14 8 8 31 23+8 50
6 Granit Mikashevichi 30 13 7 10 39 35+4 46
7 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 14 3 13 42 34+8 45
8 Vedrich-97 Rechytsa 30 11 6 13 37 414 39
9 Baranovichi 30 11 5 14 38 435 38
10 Lida 30 10 7 13 41 432 37
11 Veras Nesvizh 30 9 10 11 31 332 37
12 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (R) 30 7 8 15 22 4523 29 Disdanded
13 Kommunalnik Slonim 30 8 4 18 35 438 28
14 Bereza 30 8 4 18 36 5620 28
15 Orsha (R) 30 6 6 18 33 7441 24 Belarusian Second League
16 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev (R) 30 4 4 22 22 7048 16

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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