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
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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

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Location of teams in 2007 Belarusian Premier League
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2006
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,3921
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,0002
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2003
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,6004
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3075
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,3506
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,3007
Darida Minsk Raion Darida Stadium 4,5008
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,0809
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 6,30010
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 3,02011
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,99012
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,200 First league, 1
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,000 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 [a]
6 Neman Grodno 269982322+136
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 269982830−236
8 Vitebsk 269892528−335
9 Dinamo Minsk 2681172728−135
10 Smorgon 2668121529−1426
11 Darida Minsk Raion 2674152746−1925
12 Dinamo Brest 2667132331−825
13 Dnepr Mogilev 2658132133−1223
14 Minsk (R)2649131834−1621Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (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 [a] 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. ↑ Awarded as a 3–0 win for BATE due to Dinamo having a suspended player on the bench. Originally ended with a 2–1 win for BATE.

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

See also

References

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