1996 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season1996
Champions MPKC Mozyr
(1st title)
Relegated Obuvshchik Lida
Vedrich Rechitsa
Champions League MPKC Mozyr
Cup Winners' Cup Belshina Bobruisk
UEFA Cup Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto Cup Dinamo-93 Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored647 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Khlebasolaw
(34 goals)
Biggest home win Dinamo Br 7–0 Torpedo-Kadino
(19 June);
Belshina 7–0 Vedrich
(11 August)
Biggest away win Vedrich 0–6 Torpedo Mn
(28 October)
Highest scoring MPKC 7–1 Torpedo-Kadino
(27 July)
1995
1997

The 1996 Belarusian Premier League was the sixth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 16 April and ended on 10 November 1996. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

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Team changes from 1995 season

Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, have relegated and immediately dissolved after 1995 season. They were replaced by the newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, who won the First League in 1995.

Dvina Vitebsk changed their name to Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk and Shinnik Bobruisk were renamed to Belshina Bobruisk. Torpedo Mogilev changed name to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev in the middle of the season (in September).

Overview

The championship was played as a double round-robin tournament in the summer season of 1996. MPKC Mozyr won the champions title for the 1st time while spending only two seasons in Premier League and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1996–97 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechitsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1995
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [1] 50,0501
MPKC Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 7,5002
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [2] 25,0003
Ataka-Aura Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [3] 25,0004
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium 5,6005
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) [4] 12,0006
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) [5] 5,5007
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,0008
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,0009
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 5,40010
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 6,00011
Obuvshchik Lida Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,00012
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium [6] 5,00013
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechytsa Central Stadium 5,50014
Belshina Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,80015
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,500 First league, 1
  1. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Lyuban, two games at Traktor Stadium.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Kamvolschik Stadium, one game at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  4. ^
    Ten games played at Khimvolokno Stadium due to renovation works at Spartak Stadium
  5. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Shumilino.
  6. ^
    Two games played at Shakhtyor Stadium.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 MPKC Mozyr (C)3024426417+4776Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 3023618320+6375Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Belshina Bobruisk 3020376732+3563Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Dinamo-93 Minsk 3017584430+1456Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 30131074827+2149
6 Ataka-Aura Minsk 301351231421144
7 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 30134134352943
8 Molodechno 30118114233+941
9 Dnepr Mogilev 30116133336339
10 Dinamo Brest 30711123943432
11 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30851729502129
12 Torpedo Minsk 30781532532129
13 Neman Grodno 30781525482329
14 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30761727643727
15 Obuvshchik Lida (R)30661826431724Relegation to Belarusian First League
16 Vedrich Rechitsa (R)30432314574315
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ATA BSH DBR DMI D93 DNE LVI MOL MPK NAF NEM OBU SHA TMI TMO VED
Ataka-Aura Minsk 0–21–20–51–30–21–02–11–10–01–12–13–02–12–11–0
Belshina Bobruisk 3–04–00–23–13–11–01–11–24–13–12–13–03–16–07–0
Dinamo Brest 1–20–01–21–30–13–31–11–23–01–22–04–11–17–01–0
Dinamo Minsk 4–14–02–26–02–21–11–01–06–05–14–02–05–01–01–0
Dinamo-93 Minsk 3–01–00–02–10–01–51–11–24–13–01–02–11–03–02–3
Dnepr Mogilev 0–13–03–11–10–11–21–30–41–23–01–10–00–12–12–1
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 1–10–11–11–10–01–22–00–22–02–21–13–22–03–03–1
Molodechno 1–20–01–12–40–13–00–41–23–14–01–02–14–15–02–0
MPKC Mozyr 1–05–14–01–10–22–02–02–13–11–01–03–01–07–13–1
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 3–12–11–11–41–22–11–12–30–34–02–01–01–13–24–0
Neman Grodno 0–10–31–02–31–02–10–10–00–10–31–12–20–03–12–0
Obuvshchik Lida 0–11–24–01–21–00–22–00–11–31–31–10–03–02–00–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–21–22–11–50–10–10–40–00–20–11–04–03–12–11–0
Torpedo Minsk 2–12–31–30–52–10–00–02–11–13–00–01–32–20–12–1
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 0–01–60–00–10–02–10–20–01–12–12–14–11–05–11–1
Vedrich Rechitsa 0–11–20–00–10–40–10–31–00–20–10–20–01–20–62–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg
1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage Ataka-Aura Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 0–4 Flag of Russia.svg Rotor Volgograd 0–4
Shakhtar Donetsk Flag of Ukraine.svg 1–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Ataka-Aura Minsk 1–2
Ataka-Aura Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 0–3 Flag of Turkey.svg Antalyaspor 0–3
Basel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 5–0 Flag of Belarus.svg Ataka-Aura Minsk 5–0
1996–97 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round Dinamo-93 Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 4–2 Flag of Moldova.svg Tiligul Tiraspol 3–11–1
Bohemians Flag of Ireland.svg 1–1 (a) Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 1–10–0
Qualifying round Helsingborgs Flag of Sweden.svg 4–1 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo-93 Minsk 1–13–0
Dinamo Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 2–3 Flag of Turkey.svg Beşiktaş 2–10–2
1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round MPKC Mozyr Flag of Belarus.svg 2–3 Flag of Iceland.svg KR Reykjavik 2–20–1

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Khlebasolaw Belshina Bobruisk 34
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Uladzimir Makowski Dinamo Minsk 23
3 Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Vyazhevich Molodechno 20
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Yaromko MPKC Mozyr 14
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Kulchy MPKC Mozyr 13
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitaliy Kirilko Dinamo Brest 12
Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Solodukhin Dnepr Mogilev 12
8 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Lyashenko Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Putrash Belshina Bobruisk 11
10 Flag of Belarus.svg Aleksandr Volovik Torpedo Minsk 10

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