2007 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2007
Champions BATE Borisov
4th title
Relegated Minsk
Champions League BATE Borisov
UEFA Cup Gomel
MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Intertoto Cup Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played182
Goals scored407 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk (24)
Biggest home win Gomel 4–0 Dnepr;
Dinamo Brest 4–0 Smorgon;
Gomel 4–0 Darida
Biggest away win Darida 2–7 Gomel
Highest scoring Darida 2–7 Gomel
2006
2008

The 2007 Belarusian Premier League was the 17th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 14 and ended on November 10, 2007. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

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Team changes from 2006 season

Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk were the two teams relegated after the 2006 season, having finished in 13th and 14th place respectively. They were replaced by 2005 First League champions Minsk and runners-up Smorgon. Lokomotiv Vitebsk changed their name to Vitebsk.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 4th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Gomel and 2007–08 Cup winners MTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion to 16 teams starting with next season, only one team (Minsk, who finished in the last place) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2006
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,5001
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,0402
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel 5,0003
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor 17,6004
Gomel Gomel Central, Gomel 11,8005
Vitebsk Vitebsk Central, Vitebsk 8,3006
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant 6,5007
Darida Minsk Raion Darida 6,0008
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,0809
Neman Grodno Neman 6,30010
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo, Zhodino 3,02011
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak, Mogilev 11,20012
Minsk Minsk Torpedo, Minsk 5,200 First league, 1
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost 3,500 First league, 2

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C)2618265025+2556Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Gomel 2612864928+2144Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2612864127+1444Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Torpedo Zhodino 26111052821+743
5 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 2611963225+742Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
6 Neman Grodno 269982322+136
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 269982830236
8 Vitebsk 269892528335
9 Dinamo Minsk 2681172728135
10 Smorgon 26681215291426
11 Darida Minsk Raion 26741527461925
12 Dinamo Brest 2667132331825
13 Dnepr Mogilev 26581321331223
14 Minsk (R)26491318341621Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away BAT DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN MTZ NAF NEM SHA SMR TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 4–12–13–0 [lower-alpha 1] 2–02–01–20–34–22–11–04–23–04–1
Darida Minsk Raion 1–01–21–02–12–70–01–10–20–10–31–01–22–3
Dinamo Brest 2–12–12–21–10–20–00–10–00–00–14–01–00–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–32–10–21–01–01–00–13–00–01–02–00–00–0
Dnepr Mogilev 1–20–13–11–12–00–02–10–01–32–30–01–11–2
Gomel 1–34–04–14–44–01–02–23–12–01–11–01–12–1
Minsk 0–10–20–02–20–02–61–21–22–10–01–00–02–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–01–02–11–02–31–12–11–01–11–32–22–00–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 2–21–10–01–01–01–03–02–21–00–20–11–10–0
Neman Grodno 1–00–31–01–10–00–13–12–13–22–00–10–12–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–43–13–22–22–00–01–11–13–11–13–00–21–2
Smorgon 1–01–11–00–11–01–12–10–11–10–00–20–01–1
Torpedo Zhodino 0–14–21–02–22–02–12–11–01–20–01–11–02–0
Vitebsk 0–12–13–11–10–20–01–00–01–20–01–21–01–1
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The result of the match was annulled due to the inclusion of a disqualified player in the guests' application. Dinamo Minsk was awarded a technical loss.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Flag of Belarus.svg 4–3 Flag of Armenia.svg Ararat Yerevan 4–10–2
Second round Chernomorets Odessa Flag of Ukraine.svg 6–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4–22–0
2007–08 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Liepājas Metalurgs Flag of Latvia.svg 3–2 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Brest 1–12–1
Skonto Riga Flag of Latvia.svg 1–3 Flag of Belarus.svg Dinamo Minsk 1–10–2
Second qualifying round Dinamo Minsk Flag of Belarus.svg 1–5 Flag of Denmark.svg Odense 1–10–4
First round Villarreal Flag of Spain.svg 6–1 Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 4–12–0
2007–08 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round APOEL Nicosia Flag of Cyprus.svg 2–3 Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 2–00–3 (aet)
Second qualifying round Hafnarfjarðar Flag of Iceland.svg 2–4 Flag of Belarus.svg BATE Borisov 1–31–1
Thind qualifying round BATE Borisov Flag of Belarus.svg 2–4 Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București 2–20–2

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Gomel 24
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Gennadi Bliznyuk BATE Borisov 18
3 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 14
Flag of Belarus.svg Valery Strypeykis Gomel 14
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Sherakow Torpedo Zhodino 10
6 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Alumona Neman Grodno 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Syarhey Nikiforenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Viktor Sokol Dinamo Brest 9
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Ruslan Usaw Vitebsk 8

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