2004 Belarusian First League

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Belarusian First League
Season2004
Champions Lokomotiv Minsk
Promoted Lokomotiv Minsk
Relegated Molodechno-2000
Vertikal Kalinkovichi
Dinamo-Juni Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored577 (2.4 per match)
2003
2005

2004 Belarusian First League was the 14th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2004.

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Team changes from 2003 season

Two top teams of last season (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000).

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 season table (Neman Mosty and Pinsk-900) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2003 Second League (Baranovichi and Veras Nesvizh).

Teams and locations

TeamLocationPosition in 2003
Lokomotiv Minsk
Molodechno-2000 Molodechno
Smorgon Smorgon 3
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 4
Granit Mikashevichi 5
ZLiN Gomel 6
Khimik Svetlogorsk 7
Lida Lida 8
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 9
Kommunalnik Slonim 10
Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 11
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 12
Vertikal Kalinkovichi 13
Bereza Bereza 14
Baranovichi Baranovichi
Veras Nesvizh

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Lokomotiv Minsk (P)3024337525+5075Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 3018844621+2562 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Smorgon 30141154921+2853
4 Granit Mikashevichi 30121083122+946 [lower-alpha 2]
5 ZLiN Gomel 30121083118+1346 [lower-alpha 2]
6 Veras Nesvizh 30142143534+144
7 Baranovichi 30135124139+244
8 Lida 30117123730+740
9 Khimik Svetlogorsk 3091381918+140
10 Bereza 30107133945637
11 Kommunalnik Slonim 30971433471434
12 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 307111231451432
13 Molodechno-2000 (R)30941727542731Withdrew to Belarusian Second League
14 Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev 30931827542730
15 Vertikal Kalinkovichi (R)30781529492029Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Dinamo-Juni Minsk (R)30632127552821
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
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Vedrich-97 Rechitsa initially won promotion, but failed to fulfill Premier League licensing criteria and had to stay in the First League. No other team replaced them in the Premier League, which was instead reduced.
  2. 1 2 Granit Mikashevichi placed above ZLiN Gomel by better head-to-head record (0–0, 1–0).

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Martynov Lokomotiv Minsk 19
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Mihail Litvinchuk Lokomotiv Minsk 16
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Vyarstak Smorgon 16
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Krivets Lokomotiv Minsk 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Mihail Eramchuk Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Dmitry Gavrilovich Veras Nesvizh 12

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