1998 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season1998
Champions Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev
Relegated Kommunalnik Slonim
Dinamo-93 Minsk
Champions League Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev
UEFA Cup Belshina Bobruisk
BATE Borisov
Intertoto Cup Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
Gomel
Matches played225
Goals scored587 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer Sergey Yaromko (19)
Biggest home win BATE 6–0 Dinamo Brest;
Belshina 6–0 Naftan-Devon;
Torpedo Minsk 6–0 Kommunalnik
Biggest away win Kommunalnik 0–5 Dnepr-Transmash;
Dinamo Minsk 0–5 Dinamo Brest
Highest scoring Dinamo Brest 6–3 Molodechno
← 1997
1999 →

The 1998 Belarusian Premier League was the eighth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on October 31, 1998. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

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Team changes from 1997 season

Two worst teams of the last season (Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk) relegated to the First League. They were replaced by two best clubs of 1996 First League (FC Gomel and BATE Borisov).

In the early days of January it was announced that Transmash Mogilev ceased to exist as an independent club merged with Dnepr Mogilev (with the latter being renamed to Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev). Ataka Minsk, who suffered heavy financial troubles, let go all their senior team players and failed to confirm their participation in the new season by a deadline in early March. A week later BFF announced that Ataka Minsk were excluded from the league and that two vacant places (left by Transmash and Ataka) are being filled by Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Shakhtyor Soligorsk, both of whom were spared from relegation.

Before the start of the season, MPKC Mozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr.

Overview

Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov as well as bronze medalists and 1998–99 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for UEFA Cup. Kommunalnik Slonim finished on last, 15th place and relegated to First League. Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved and withdrew from the championship after 15 rounds. They were excluded from the final table and their results were annulled.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 1998 Belarusian Premier League
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1997
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [1] 40,0001
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 2,5002
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) [2] 5,5003
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) [3] 11,2004
Dinamo-93 Minsk Orbita Stadium [4] 2,0005
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 6,5006
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 3,0007
Torpedo Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [5] 5,0008
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,5009
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 15,00010
Kommunalnik Slonim Yunost Stadium (Slonim) 2,00011
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno) 5,50013
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) [6] 7,00015
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,00016
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 10,000 First league, 1
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) [7] 3,500 First league, 2
  1. ^
    Three games played at Orbita Stadium.
  2. ^
    Last ten games played at City Stadium in Orsha, after club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation.
  3. ^
    One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium.
  4. ^
    Before club's withdrawal from the league, they played four games at Orbita Stadium, three games at Kamvolschik Stadium and one at GFC Smena.
  5. ^
    First seven games played at Kamvolschik Stadium.
  6. ^
    One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium.
  7. ^
    One game played at Orbita Stadium in Minsk.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev (C)2821435514+4167Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 2818465025+2558Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round [a]
3 Belshina Bobruisk 2817654717+3057
4 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 2814683524+1148Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Gomel 2812973630+645
6 Slavia Mozyr 2812974136+545
7 Torpedo Minsk 2812884422+2244
8 Dinamo Minsk 28116113938+139
9 Dinamo Brest 28122144040038
10 Neman Grodno 2887132744−1731
11 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2886143354−2130
12 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 2878133040−1029
13 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 2874173347−1425
14 Molodechno 2844202151−3016
15 Kommunalnik Slonim (R)2835201463−4914Relegation to Belarusian First League
D Dinamo-93 Minsk [b] 00000000Dissolved
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1998–99 Belarusian Cup.
  2. ↑ Dinamo-93 Minsk withdrew after 15 rounds. All their games were annulled and the team was excluded from the final table.

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI D93 DNE GOM KOM LVI MOL NAF NEM SHA SLA TMI TMO
BATE Borisov 1–06–03–01–01–11–01–33–02–13–02–02–00–14–1
Belshina Bobruisk 4–02–04–21–12–05–11–01–06–00–02–14–41–02–1
Dinamo Brest 0–30–30–13–1 [a] 2–02–10–00–16–31–01–25–01–24–01–1
Dinamo Minsk 2–00–00–52–12–23–01–10–01–21–21–23–10–02–1
Dinamo-93 Minsk 1–1 [a] 0–0 [a] 5–1 [a] 0–4 [a] 1–1 [a] 3–1 [a] 4–0 [a] 0–0 [a]
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–01–02–03–13–04–02–05–02–03–04–01–11–02–2
Gomel 0–01–01–04–31–2 [a] 1–22–13–01–02–02–02–10–02–10–0
Kommunalnik Slonim 1–31–11–01–00–50–32–33–10–01–20–00–20–00–2
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–01–00–11–03–0 [b] 0–12–12–01–22–13–01–23–01–01–1
Molodechno 1–20–10–20–31–1 [a] 1–20–05–21–20–01–20–10–10–11–2
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 0–10–11–30–24–0 [a] 0–12–04–01–15–15–24–40–11–53–1
Neman Grodno 1–20–22–11–40–0 [a] 0–11–12–00–02–01–02–31–10–01–3
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–50–11–30–11–31–22–01–11–02–00–02–20–33–1
Slavia Mozyr 2–21–01–20–01–31–12–02–11–23–23–24–10–22–1
Torpedo Minsk 0–11–15–03–40–03–16–00–11–12–03–14–00–02–2
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 3–10–21–01–03–1 [a] 0–12–23–00–30–10–10–01–10–30–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Annulled after Dinamo-93 withdrew from competition.
  2. ↑ Originally awarded as a 3–0 win for Lokomotiv-96, after Dinamo-93 boycotted the game due to significant salary delays. Annulled after Dinamo-93 withdrew from competition.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg
1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Flag of Belarus.svg 2–10 Flag of Hungary.svg Debrecen 2–40–6
1998–99 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Belshina Bobruisk Flag of Belarus.svg 1–3 Flag of Bulgaria.svg CSKA Sofia 0–01–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Levski Sofia Flag of Bulgaria.svg 9–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 8–11–1
1998–99 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Skonto Riga Flag of Latvia.svg 2–1 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 0–02–1

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Yaromko Torpedo Minsk 19
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Valery Strypeykis Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 18
Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 18
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Shavrov Dinamo-93 Minsk / Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Balashow Belshina Bobruisk 14
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Aharodnik Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 13
7 Flag of Belarus.svg Ihor Chumachenko Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 10
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Baranaw BATE Borisov 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Vekhtev Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Dmitry Denisyuk Slavia Mozyr 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Yawhen Kazlow Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Oleg Kononov Torpedo Minsk 9

See also

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