2004 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2004
Champions Dinamo Minsk
Relegated Lokomotiv Vitebsk
Belshina
Champions League Dinamo Minsk
UEFA Cup MTZ-RIPO Minsk
BATE Borisov
Intertoto Cup Neman
Matches played241
Goals scored657 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus.svg Valery Strypeykis (18)
Biggest home win MTZ-RIPO 6–0 Lokomotiv Vitebsk
Biggest away win Belshina 0–5 BATE;
MTZ-RIPO 0–5 Torpedo Zhodino
Highest scoring5–2 – 3 games;
6–1 – 1 game
← 2003
2005 →

The 2004 Belarusian Premier League was the 14th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 15 and ended on November 11, 2004. Gomel were the defending champions.

Contents

Team changes from 2003 season

Two lowest placed teams in 2003 (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000) relegated and were replaced by two best teams from 2003 First League: newcomers MTZ-RIPO Minsk and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who previously competed in Premiere League as KIM, Dvina and Lokomotiv-96 and is a different team from Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who relegated to First League in 1995 and after a few seasons in First and Second Leagues was disbanded in late 2000.

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won their 7th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov and 2004–05 Cup winners MTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. 2001 champions Belshina Bobruisk finished on last place and directly relegated to the First League. Lokomotiv Vitebsk and MTZ-RIPO Minsk shared 14th and 15th places with equal number of points and had to play one-legged play-off on a neutral ground to determine who will relegate and who will stay. Lokomotiv Vitebsk lost the game and relegated to the First League. Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to Second League.

Teams and venues

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Minsk
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Minsk and Minsk Raion clubs:
Darida
Dinamo Minsk
MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Torpedo-SKA
Zvezda-VA-BGU
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Location of teams in 2004 Belarusian Premier League
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2003
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 10,6001
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 5,5002
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,0003
Torpedo-SKA Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,2004
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 3,0005
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 2,0206
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 6,3007
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,3008
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 6,8009
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,00010
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 3,00011
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,60012
Darida Minsk Raion Darida Stadium [1] 3,00013
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,30014
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK [2] 8,100 First league, 1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,600 First league, 2
  1. ^
    One game played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk.
  2. ^
    One game played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C)3024336418+4675Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 3022445925+3470Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3019835521+3465
4 Torpedo Zhodino 3019295728+2959
5 Gomel 30137104241+146
6 Torpedo-SKA Minsk (R)30137103731+646Relegation to Belarusian Second League [lower-alpha 1]
7 Neman Grodno 30117123733+440Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8 Dinamo Brest 30109113941−239
9 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 30114152937−837
10 Naftan Novopolotsk 30105154550−535
11 Darida Minsk Raion 3098133848−1035
12 Slavia Mozyr 3094173251−1931
13 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 3078153156−2529
14 MTZ-RIPO Minsk (O)3069153256−2427 UEFA Cup first qualifying round and relegation play-offs [lower-alpha 2]
15 Lokomotiv Vitebsk (R)3083193454−2027Relegation to Belarusian First League [lower-alpha 3]
16 Belshina Bobruisk (R)3026222162−4112
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Torpedo-SKA Minsk were relegated to the Second League due to the financial reasons.
  2. ↑ MTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2004–05 Belarusian Cup.
  3. ↑ MTZ-RIPO Minsk and Lokomotiv Vitebsk finished the season level on points so the Football Federation of Belarus decided to organise a playoff game to determine which side will be relegated to the First League.

Relegation play-off

Lokomotiv Vitebsk 1 – 4 MTZ-RIPO Minsk
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Lokomotiv Stadium, Baranovichi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Gomel)

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM LVI MTZ NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH TMI ZBM
BATE Borisov 2–14–12–11–11–03–13–23–01–11–00–14–02–13–12–3
Belshina Bobruisk 0–52–20–01–30–11–42–11–20–00–31–20–00–10–14–1
Darida Minsk Raion 2–31–00–10–41–11–10–32–01–31–02–23–01–20–13–1
Dinamo Brest 1–12–20–30–33–10–10–14–03–02–00–00–12–23–12–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–05–02–23–02–11–02–11–06–11–01–04–22–10–14–0
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 0–12–00–10–00–11–21–01–10–33–21–13–10–11–02–1
Gomel 0–14–11–11–12–00–42–02–12–21–01–02–13–00–00–0
Lokomotiv Vitebsk 0–12–11–32–31–30–10–12–21–01–20–32–10–00–12–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–32–12–01–20–00–15–26–02–10–21–41–40–50–30–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–23–01–23–11–30–21–00–32–23–10–13–12–32–25–1
Neman Grodno 1–11–12–20–10–22–14–11–10–00–21–21–02–12–22–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 5–12–04–15–20–11–02–14–13–31–00–02–12–10–01–0
Slavia Mozyr 0–12–13–11–01–32–01–03–11–12–01–30–50–22–20–0
Torpedo Zhodino 0–23–02–02–10–13–04–04–13–03–11–01–23–11–05–2
Torpedo-SKA Minsk 0–33–01–02–32–05–12–42–10–02–11–20–01–01–00–1
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 0–22–11–11–10–32–03–31–43–0 [lower-alpha 1] 2–40–30–02–00–21–0
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ MTZ-RIPO was awarded a technical loss for entering the field of a disqualified player.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Odra Wodzisław Flag of Poland.svg 1–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 1–00–2
Second round Dinamo Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 4–3 Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Smederevo 1–23–1 (aet)
Third round Lille Flag of France.svg 4–3 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 2–12–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Nistru Otaci Flag of Moldova.svg 3–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–12–1
BATE Borisov Flag of Belarus.svg 2–4 Flag of Georgia.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 2–30–1
2004–05 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Gomel Flag of Belarus.svg 1–2 Flag of Albania.svg Tirana 0–21–0

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Valery Strypeykis Naftan Novopolotsk 18
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 17
3 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Sokolov Darida Minsk Raion 16
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Yawhen Zuew Torpedo Zhodino 15
5 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vitaliy Bondarev Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 14
Flag of Belarus.svg Artsyom Hancharyk Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14
7 Flag of Belarus.svg Oleg Strakhanovich BATE Borisov 13
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Edu Torpedo-SKA Minsk 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Parfyonaw MTZ-RIPO Minsk 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Razin Dinamo Minsk 12

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