2000 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2000
Champions Slavia
Relegated Lida
Torpedo-Kadino
Kommunalnik
Champions League Slavia
UEFA Cup Belshina
BATE
Shakhtyor
Intertoto Cup Dinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk (31)
Biggest home win Neman-Belcard 8–0 Kommunalnik;
BATE 8–0 Naftan-Devon
Biggest away win Naftan-Devon 0–7 BATE
Highest scoring Belshina 3–6 Slavia;
Torpedo-Kadino 2–7 Gomel
1999
2001

The 2000 Belarusian Premier League was the tenth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 15 and ended on November 4, 2000. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Contents

Team changes from 1999 season

Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi and Molodechno, who finished 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by 1999 First League winners Kommunalnik Slonim and runners-up Vedrich-97 Rechytsa, who previously played in top league as Vedrich Rechytsa.

Overview

Slavia Mozyr won their 2nd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov, 1999–2000 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk and UEFA Fair Play ranking winners Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League reduction from 16 to 14 teams starting with next season, three lowest placed teams were relegated: Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim. As of 2010, this was the last season in top league for either relegated team.

Teams and venues

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1999
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 5,5001
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 5,3002
Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium [1] 5,0003
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) [2] 6,0004
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,0005
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [3] 40,0006
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 3,0007
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 2,0008
Neman-Belcard Grodno Neman Stadium 14,0009
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 6,20010
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Lyos Stadium (Baran) [4] 3,00011
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,50012
Lida Lida City Stadium (Lida) 3,00013
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 7,00014
Kommunalnik Slonim Dinamo Stadium (Slonim) [5] 1,200 First league, 1
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 First league, 2
  1. ^
    Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.
  2. ^
    One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Traktor Stadium.
  4. ^
    As club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation, they played most of the games at Lyos Stadium in Baran. In addition, one game was played at Spartak Stadium in Bobruisk.
  5. ^
    Kommunalnik played all games at Dinamo Stadium, as their regular stadium Yunost was closed for renovation.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Slavia Mozyr (C)3023527825+5374Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 3020466826+4264Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 3019564921+2862Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Neman-Belcard Grodno 3017675629+2757
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3015964729+1854Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
6 Gomel 30172115041+953
7 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 3014795533+2249
8 Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 30131074328+1549
9 Belshina Bobruisk 30115144238+438Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round [lower-alpha 2]
10 Dinamo Brest 301041637511434
11 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 30871534501631
12 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 306111323361329
13 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 30571825694422
14 Lida (R)303101716604419Relegation to Belarusian First League
15 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (R)30522331714017
16 Kommunalnik Slonim (R)30381919664717
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM KOM LID LVI NAF NEM SLA SHA TMO TMI VED
BATE Borisov 1–01–03–13–12–06–05–01–08–03–01–34–14–00–02–1
Belshina Bobruisk 1–13–11–33–10–24–03–00–21–31–13–65–21–00–10–0
Dinamo Brest 0–11–31–21–62–15–20–03–12–31–01–30–13–01–11–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–01–04–02–13–14–14–02–22–03–00–10–12–10–01–2
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–21–03–00–13–12–06–03–02–01–10–10–13–11–11–1
Gomel 3–11–03–20–20–10–02–12–13–00–11–02–12–21–03–0
Kommunalnik Slonim 1–31–11–20–11–11–23–00–12–11–12–21–10–40–01–3
Lida 2–10–10–10–40–00–30–02–20–00–01–30–33–00–21–1
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–00–33–22–11–20–20–12–13–12–31–20–12–02–23–1
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 0–71–11–21–10–41–22–00–00–01–31–40–01–00–31–1
Neman-Belcard Grodno 3–01–03–10–03–03–18–00–03–06–21–23–04–22–11–0
Slavia Mozyr 2–03–23–10–14–13–25–05–04–15–02–01–04–21–13–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–11–00–02–02–24–02–02–24–02–00–12–21–02–00–0
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 1–30–20–20–10–42–71–02–03–21–33–40–41–40–10–0
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 0–13–12–11–21–24–03–04–11–13–21–00–03–31–41–0
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 2–30–20–00–12–21–31–01–20–01–01–00–01–13–10–2
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
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Flag of Belarus.svg 4–2 Flag of Denmark.svg Silkeborg 2–12–1
Second round Chmel Blšany Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 8–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 6–22–0
2000–01 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Slavia Mozyr Flag of Belarus.svg 1–1 (a) Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Haifa 1–10–0
AIK Flag of Sweden.svg 3–0 Flag of Belarus.svg Gomel 1–02–0
2000–01 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Shirak Gyumri Flag of Armenia.svg 2–3 Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 1–11–2
Second qualifying round Helsingborgs Flag of Sweden.svg 3–0 Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 0–03–0

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Slavia Mozyr 31
2 Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Davydov Neman-Belcard Grodno 18
Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Kutuzov BATE Borisov 18
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Valery Strypeykis Slavia Mozyr 14
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Aharodnik Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 13
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitaliy Aleshchenko Gomel 12
7 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Polyakov Neman-Belcard Grodno 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Leanid Lahun BATE Borisov 11
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Nikifarenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Vadim Skripchenko BATE Borisov 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Igor Trukhov Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 11

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