2011 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2011
Champions BATE Borisov
8th title
Relegated Dnepr Mogilev
Vitebsk
Champions League BATE Borisov
Europa League Naftan
Shakhtyor
Gomel
Matches played198
Goals scored460 (2.32 per match)
Biggest home win Naftan 6–0 Dnepr
Biggest away win Dnepr 0–4 Shakhtyor
Highest scoring D. Minsk 3–4 Minsk
Longest winning run BATE
(6 games) [1]
Longest unbeaten run BATE
(14 games) [1]
Longest winless run Dinamo Brest, Neman
(11 games each) [1]
Longest losing run Dinamo Brest, Dnepr, Naftan, Neman
(4 games each) [1]
2010
2012

The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Contents

Teams

Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2010 season in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League champions Gomel, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.

Team summaries

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2010
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,4021
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) [1] 3,7006
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,0605
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo-Yuni Stadium [2] 4,5004
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,3508
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium [3] 14,307 First League, 1
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [4] 1,6503
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium [5] 4,5007
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,50010
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2002
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 3,02011
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,3509
  1. ^
    One game played at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Dinamo Stadium and one at Traktor Stadium.
  3. ^
    One game played at Yunost Stadium in Mozyr.
  4. ^
    Six games played at Dinamo Stadium, two games at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium and one at Traktor Stadium.
  5. ^
    Two games played at Vitebsky CSK in Vitebsk.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C)33181235320+3366Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 33171064624+2261Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Gomel 33131553624+1254Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dinamo Minsk 33147125043+749
5 Belshina Bobruisk 33121294135+648
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 33914103741441
7 Naftan Novopolotsk 331071635451037Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
8 Neman Grodno 338131233451237
9 Minsk 33811143340735
10 Dinamo Brest 33811143846835
11 Vitebsk (R)33881729461732Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Dnepr Mogilev (R)336141329512232Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: football.by
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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Winners of 2011–12 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

Relegation playoffs

Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2012 Premier League.

Partizan Minsk 2 0 Vitebsk
Shapyatowski Soccerball shade.svg73'
Makas Soccerball shade.svg89'
Traktor Stadium, Minsk
Attendance: 600

Vitebsk 2 1 Partizan Minsk
Sļesarčuks Soccerball shade.svg27'
Skitaw Soccerball shade.svg55'
Makas Soccerball shade.svg30' (pen.)
CSK Vitebsky, Vitebsk
Attendance: 2,000

Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.

First and second round

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 1–02–01–05–01–11–11–01–12–21–04–1
Belshina Bobruisk 0–21–12–32–21–02–20–01–12–02–22–0
Dinamo Brest 0–31–42–02–01–22–21–31–14–01–33–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–03–11–12–00–01–20–10–10–20–12–2
Dnepr Mogilev 1–12–21–10–10–00–21–21–10–13–10–0
Gomel 0–03–12–05–12–12–10–11–00–00–02–2
Minsk 1–01–21–10–01–32–11–33–10–10–11–3
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–21–01–11–46–01–10–01–21–10–21–1
Neman Grodno 0–32–02–30–21–10–00–14–20–12–20–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–20–02–01–32–21–11–03–05–01–01–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–30–11–11–01–11–12–23–22–21–00–3
Vitebsk 0–10–12–11–30–21–01–00–10–10–21–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 2–21–20–02–04–22–2
Belshina Bobruisk 1–11–00–02–30–21–1
Dinamo Brest 1–11–10–20–13–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–34–13–43–22–0
Dnepr Mogilev 0–00–21–00–41–0
Gomel 2–11–11–01–01–02–0
Minsk 0–20–11–10–01–10–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–21–31–01–31–1
Neman Grodno 0–11–21–12–21–00–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–01–04–01–00–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–21–11–13–11–3
Vitebsk 0–33–01–02–31–10–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Bressan BATE Borisov 13
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Yahor Zubovich Belshina Bobruisk 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Artsyom Salavey Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 11
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Furlan Dinamo Minsk 11
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Kowb Belshina Bobruisk 10
Flag of Ukraine.svg Maksym Lisovyi Belshina Bobruisk, Gomel 10
7 Flag of Belarus.svg Ihar Zyankovich Dnepr Mogilev 9
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Alumona Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
9 Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Sitko Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Minsk 8
Flag of Brazil.svg David Lazari Dinamo Brest 8
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ihor Kryvobok Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 8

Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: football.by Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Player of the month

MonthPlayerTeamNotes
April Flag of Belarus.svg Igor Shitov BATE Borisov [2]
May Flag of Belarus.svg Ihar Stasevich Gomel [3]
June Flag of Belarus.svg Yury Tsyhalka Shakhtyor Soligorsk [4]
July Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Nekhaychik BATE Borisov [5]
August Flag of Belarus.svg Artsyom Salavey Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [6]
September Flag of Brazil.svg David Lazari Dinamo Brest [7]
October Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Bressan BATE Borisov [8]
November Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk [9]

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