2013 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2013
Champions BATE Borisov
Relegated Slavia Mozyr
Champions League BATE Borisov
Europa League Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Dinamo Minsk
Neman Grodno
Matches played180
Goals scored413 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer Vitali Rodionov (14)
Biggest home win BATE 6–1 Slavia;
Shakhtyor 5–0 Dinamo Br
Biggest away win Naftan 1–5 BATE;
Dnepr 0–4 Torpedo;
Belshina 0–4 Dinamo Br;
Dnepr 1–5 Belshina
Highest scoring BATE 6–1 Slavia (7 goals)
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The 2013 Belarusian Premier League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April 2013 and ended in November 2013. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 9th league title the previous year.

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Format change

Starting with this season, the league will be played in two phases. The first phase will consist of a regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams will qualify for the championship round, which will determine the champions and the participants for the 2014–15 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top four teams will secure places in the 2014 competition, the fifth team (11th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the First League, and the sixth team (12th overall) will be automatically relegated. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well.

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2013 Belarusian Premier League

No teams were relegated to the First League after the 2012 season since the number of teams was shortened from 12 to 11 at the last moment in early 2012. Dnepr Mogilev, the champions of 2012 First League, were promoted to the Premier League after 1 season's absence.

Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, as the 11th-placed team in the 2012 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino won the playoff, 4–1 on aggregate, and both teams retained positions in their respective leagues.

Brest reverted their name back to Dinamo Brest a week before the start of the season.

Team summaries

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2012
BATE Borisov City Stadium [1] 5,4021
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) [2] 3,7007
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy [3] 10,1628
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [4] 17,6003
Dnepr Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,350 First League, 1
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium [5] 14,3074
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [6] 1,6006
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,5009
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,5005
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium [7] 4,2002
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium [8] 5,35310
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,52411
  1. ^
    Four games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino.
  2. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk in Minsk and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  4. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk.
  5. ^
    One game played at SDYuSShOR-8 Stadium.
  6. ^
    Four games played at KFP Minsk.
  7. ^
    One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.
  8. ^
    Three games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

First phase

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2215433513+2249Qualification for championship round
2 BATE Borisov 2215344617+2948
3 Dinamo Minsk 229763026+434 [a]
4 Gomel 229762520+534 [a]
5 Neman Grodno 228682323030
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2284102628−228
7 Belshina Bobruisk 227782428−428Qualification for relegation group
8 Minsk 226792127−625
9 Dinamo Brest 2266101830−1224
10 Dnepr Mogilev 2265112029−923
11 Naftan Novopolotsk 224991929−1021
12 Slavia Mozyr 2237121633−1716
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
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Dinamo Minsk placed above Gomel by better head-to-head record (1–0, 2–1).

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 22 matches.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH
BATE Borisov 2–03–21–13–11–22–13–02–04–06–12–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–11–01–13–11–10–01–02–21–12–21–3
Dinamo Brest 0–01–00–22–01–11–12–11–10–11–02–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–22–03–22–11–03–01–10–21–10–01–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–10–10–02–02–12–21–23–12–01–00–4
Gomel 3–21–32–01–20–02–01–12–00–12–10–0
Minsk 0–12–12–01–21–00–01–21–00–11–10–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–53–31–20–02–10–01–10–00–10–00–2
Neman Grodno 2–12–12–03–11–12–00–21–00–12–01–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–03–05–01–12–00–14–12–02–02–12–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–10–11–13–20–01–22–31–11–00–20–3
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–30–12–02–31–01–32–10–31–10–30–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 BATE Borisov (C)3221476125+3667Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk [a] 3217784426+1858Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 3215984433+1154
4 Neman Grodno 32138113430+447
5 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 32126143338−542
6 Gomel 32117143440−640
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
Notes:

Results

The best six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ Away BAT DMI GOM NEM SHA TZH
BATE Borisov 2–12–01–02–20–1
Dinamo Minsk 2–13–11–21–00–0
Gomel 0–11–40–11–31–2
Neman Grodno 1–00–11–22–13–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–30–01–21–11–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–30–12–10–01–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
7 Belshina Bobruisk 3215894238+453
8 Dinamo Brest 32117143241−940
9 Minsk 32108143640−438
10 Naftan Novopolotsk 32910132941−1237
11 Dnepr Mogilev (O)3296172842−1433Qualification to relegation play-offs
12 Slavia Mozyr (R)3258192447−2323Relegation 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
Winners of 2013–14 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

The last six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

Home \ Away BSH DBR DNE MIN NAF SLA
Belshina Bobruisk 0–41–13–11–02–1
Dinamo Brest 0–10–11–01–13–1
Dnepr Mogilev 1–53–01–00–20–1
Minsk 2–33–11–04–01–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–11–31–02–12–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–10–12–11–20–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

The 11th-place finisher of this competition will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2013 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2014 Premier League.

Dnepr Mogilev 3–1 Gorodeya
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Spartak Stadium, Mogilev
Gorodeya 0–0 Dnepr Mogilev
Gorodeya Stadium, Haradzeya

Dnepr Mogilev won 3–1 on aggregate and remain in this division for next season.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 14
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Dzmitry Asipenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
3 Flag of Uruguay.svg Hernán Figueredo Dinamo Minsk 10
Flag of Belarus.svg Anton Matsveenka Gomel 10
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Sitko Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Minsk 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Pawlaw BATE Borisov 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Nikolay Signevich Dinamo Brest 9
10 Flag of Belarus.svg Mikhail Gordeichuk Belshina Bobruisk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Denis Laptev Slavia Mozyr 8

Updated to games played on 10 November 2013
Source: football.by

See also

References

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