2012 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2012
Champions BATE
Champions League BATE
Europa League Shakhtyor
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played165
Goals scored380 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer Dzmitry Asipenka
(14 goals)
Biggest home win Neman 8–0 Slavia
Biggest away win Belshina 0–4 Shakhtyor
Naftan 0–4 BATE
Torpedo 1–5 Neman
Neman 0–4 Shakhtyor
Highest scoring Neman 8–0 Slavia
Minsk 4–4 Neman
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The 2012 Belarusian Premier League was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 25 November 2012. [1] BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 8th league title last year.

Contents

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2012 Belarusian Premier League

Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2011 season in last place, leaving the league for the first time since the competition's establishment in 1992. They were replaced by 2011 First League champions Slavia Mozyr, who make their return to the league after a five-year absence.

Vitebsk, as the 11th-placed team, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Partizan Minsk. Partizan Minsk won the playoff, 3–2 on aggregate, and returned to the league after a one-year absence while Vitebsk were relegated after six years in the top flight. In early 2012 Partizan was abandoned by their main sponsor Vladimir Romanov and consequently wasn't able to keep any of the first team players or obtain the Premier League license. [2] Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving it with only 11 teams. [3]

Dinamo Brest changed their name to Brest due to troubles with further usage of Dinamo brand name.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacityPosition in 2011
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,4021
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium [1] 3,7005
Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,1624
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo-Yuni Stadium [2] 4,5004
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3073
Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium [3] 34,0009
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,5007
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,5008
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2002
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium [4] 5,353 First League, 1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,5246
  1. ^
    Two games played at Lokomotiv Stadium in Zhlobin.
  2. ^
    Three games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and one game at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium.
  4. ^
    Four games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 BATE Borisov (C)3021545116+3568Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3018755924+3561Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 3016863719+1856Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Gomel 3014883924+1550
5 Neman Grodno 30101194336+741
6 Minsk 30116133646−1039Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round [a]
7 Belshina Bobruisk 3079142640−1430
8 Brest 3085172738−1129
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 3078152340−1729
10 Slavia Mozyr 3076172258−3627
11 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (O)3059161739−2224Qualification to relegation play-offs
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; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ↑ Winners of 2012–13 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

Relegation playoffs

The 11th team of the league Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2012 Belarusian First League Gorodeya for one spot in the 2013 Premier League.

Gorodeya 1 – 0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
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Gorodeya Stadium, Gorodeya
Attendance: 800
Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Minsk)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 4 – 0 Gorodeya
Vyarheychyk Soccerball shade.svg31'
Mendy Soccerball shade.svg54'
Vaskow Soccerball shade.svg64'
Yatskevich Soccerball shade.svg75'		 Report
Torpedo Stadium, Zhodino
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Vadim Panchenko (Mogilev)

Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 30 matches.

First and second round

Home \ Away BAT BSH BRE DMI GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 3–10–11–30–02–03–02–01–02–10–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–13–11–01–13–00–00–00–43–00–0
Brest 0–21–11–20–10–12–11–11–21–21–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–21–01–00–11–04–21–11–23–12–0
Gomel 0–11–02–00–02–20–01–11–13–02–0
Minsk 1–03–02–10–01–21–04–40–23–21–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–43–01–00–20–11–32–11–20–00–0
Neman Grodno 1–21–01–10–00–30–13–01–18–01–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–12–10–11–01–27–00–01–15–01–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–21–02–10–20–21–02–11–30–21–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–20–11–00–01–02–10–11–52–30–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third round

Home \ Away BAT BSH BRE DMI GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 3–15–15–12–12–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–10–23–13–20–0
Brest 4–02–02–10–12–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–01–01–11–04–2
Gomel 1–22–00–14–13–0
Minsk 2–20–00–21–13–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–01–21–01–21–1
Neman Grodno 0–03–02–10–42–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–14–21–14–10–2
Slavia Mozyr 0–01–10–10–03–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2–20–00–21–00–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Renan Bressan BATE Borisov 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Roman Volkov Slavia Mozyr 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Kamarowski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno 10
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Uladzimir Khvashchynski Brest 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Mazalewski BATE Borisov 9
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Leanid Kovel Minsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Platonaw Gomel 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Lyasyuk Neman Grodno 8

Updated to games played on 25 November 2012
Source: football.by Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Player of the month

MonthPlayerTeamNotes
April Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Baha BATE Borisov [4]
May Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Harbunow BATE Borisov [5]
June Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk [6]
July Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Minsk [7]
August Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Dzenisevich Neman Grodno [8]
September Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Pawlaw BATE Borisov [9]
October Flag of Belarus.svg Roman Volkov Slavia Mozyr [10]
November Flag of Belarus.svg Andrey Lyasyuk Neman Grodno [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2012 schedule, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-06
  2. ↑ Partizan with not play in Premier League, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-01-31
  3. ↑ 11 teams will participate in 22nd Belarusian championship, pressball.by, retrieved 2012-02-03
  4. ↑ Hero of the month. Dzmitry Baha: "well-wishers" are helping, pressball.by, retrieved 1 May 2012
  5. ↑ Best in May. Andrey Harbunow: little by little, pressball.by, retrieved 28 May 2012
  6. ↑ Best in June. Dzmitry Asipenka: it's getting warmer, pressball.by, retrieved 28 June 2012
  7. ↑ Hero of the month. Raman Vasilyuk: even higher, pressball.by, retrieved 6 August 2012
  8. ↑ Best in August. Ivan Dzenisevich: cherish or beat?, pressball.by, retrieved 27 August 2012
  9. ↑ Best in September. Red symbol of luck, pressball.by, retrieved 2 October 2012
  10. ↑ Best in October. Roman Volkov: can't win with signs, pressball.by, retrieved 31 October 2012
  11. ↑ Best in November. Andrey Lyasyuk: From A to Z, pressball.by, retrieved 3 December 2012
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