1992 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season1992
Champions Dinamo Minsk
(1st title)
Relegatednone
Matches played120
Goals scored277 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Andrey Skorobogatko
(11 goals)
Biggest home win Dinamo Minsk 8–1 BelAZ
(9 May 1992)
Biggest away win Gomselmash 0–6 Dnepr
(6 June 1992)
Highest scoring Dinamo Minsk 8–1 BelAZ
(9 May 1992)
1992–93

The 1992 Belarusian Premier League season was the inaugural tournament for independent Belarus after the dissolution of Soviet Union. A decision was made to switch the schedule of the league to fall-spring format, therefore the first season was played as a single round-robin tournament between 18 April and 20 June 1992.

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Teams and venues

The first teams to participate in the Belarusian top football league were Dinamo Minsk, a sole staple Belarusian team from Soviet Top League, four teams formerly of Soviet Second League (Dinamo Brest, Dnepr, KIM and Khimik), one team formerly of Soviet Second League B (Gomselmash) and ten teams formerly of the Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR.

TeamLocationVenueCapacityLeague and position in 1991
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [1] 50,050 Soviet Top League 8
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 12,000 Soviet Second League, West 12
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,50016
KIM Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,50020
Khimik Grodno Grodno Krasnoye Znamya Stadium 14,00022
Gomselmash Gomel Gomel Gomselmash Stadium 10,000 Soviet Second League B, Zone 6 16
Metallurg Molodechno Molodechno Metallurg Stadium 5,600 Belarusian SSR First League 1
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) [2] 4,0002
SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) [3] 5,5003
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [4] 5,0004
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Shakhtyor Stadium 5,0005
Stroitel Starye Dorogi Starye Dorogi Stroitel Stadium 5,0006
Traktor Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,5009
BelAZ Zhodino Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 5,50010
Obuvshchik Lida Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,50011
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 4,000Belarusian SSR Second League1
  1. ^
    One home game played at Traktor Stadium.
  2. ^
    One home game played at Spartak Stadium.
  3. ^
    SKB-Lokomotiv played all home games of the season at Lyos Stadium (capacity 3,000) in Baran due to scheduling conflicts with KIM.
  4. ^
    Five home games played at Traktor Stadium.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Dinamo Minsk (C)151131387+3125
2 Dnepr Mogilev 151122284+2424
3 Dinamo Brest 158342110+1119
4 Traktor Bobruisk 158341310+319
5 Khimik Grodno 159062117+418
6 KIM Vitebsk 157352114+717
7 Torpedo Mogilev 154831614+216
8 Vedrich Rechitsa 156361719215
9 Metallurg Molodechno 155551112115
10 Torpedo Minsk 155371517213
11 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 155371517213
12 Obuvshchik Lida 154381318511
13 BelAZ Zhodino 15501013311810
14 Stroitel Starye Dorogi 154291422810
15 SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk 1542916281210
16 Gomselmash Gomel 151311537325
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion

Results

Home \ Away BZH DBR DMI DNE GOM KHG KIM MMO OBU SHA SKB STR TMI TMO TBO VED
BelAZ Zhodino 1–02–02–01–30–11–00–22–1
Dinamo Brest 0–00–12–13–02–01–12–03–2
Dinamo Minsk 8–16–00–02–12–02–01–06–0
Dnepr Mogilev 2–10–12–03–04–10–00–11–0
Gomselmash Gomel 0–10–10–61–01–40–00–1
Khimik Grodno 1–05–03–21–01–03–04–12–0
KIM Vitebsk 1–03–00–05–01–01–01–1
Metallurg Molodechno 1–11–00–01–00–02–31–0
Obuvshchik Lida 0–21–50–24–13–00–02–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–10–23–00–20–32–14–00–1
SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk 1–41–10–33–02–12–02–1
Stroitel Starye Dorogi 2–12–01–20–13–12–22–0
Torpedo Minsk 3–00–30–20–03–12–30–01–0
Torpedo Mogilev 5–10–10–00–00–01–01–1
Traktor Bobruisk 1–01–01–02–21–02–02–1
Vedrich Rechitsa 3–01–11–03–12–01–01–11–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Andrey Skorobogatko Dnepr Mogilev 11
2 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Sergey Yasinsky SKB-Lokomotiv Vitebsk 8
3 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Valyantsin Byalkevich Dinamo Minsk 7
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Sergey Koroza Khimik Grodno 7
5 Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Dmitry Barabash Torpedo Mogilev 6
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Sergey Teplyakov Torpedo Mogilev 6
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Vladimir Kavalenya Shakhtyor Soligorsk 6
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Syarhey Herasimets Dinamo Minsk 6
Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Yury Mazurchik Khimik Grodno 6

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