2014 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2014
Champions BATE Borisov
Relegated Dnepr Mogilev
Champions League BATE Borisov
Europa League Dinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played192
Goals scored456 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer Mikalay Yanush (15)
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The 2014 Belarusian Premier League was the 24th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in March 2014 and ended in November 2014. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 10th league title last year.

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Format

The format of the competition stayed the same as the previous season. The league took place in two phases. The first phase consisted of regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams qualified 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 five teams will secure places in the 2015 competition, sixth team (12th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the First League. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well. The league will be expanded to 14 teams for 2015 season and further expanded to 16 teams for 2016. [1]

Teams

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Locations of teams in the 2014 Belarusian Premier League

Slavia Mozyr were relegated to the First League after finishing on the last (12th) position in 2013 season. Slutsk, the champions of 2013 First League, made their debut in the top flight.

Dnepr Mogilev, as the 11th-placed team in 2013 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Dnepr won the playoff, 3–1 on aggregate, and both team retained positions in their respective leagues.

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2013
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena [1] 13,0841
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,7007
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy [2] 10,1628
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [3] 17,6003
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 7,35011
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3076
Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [4] 1,6009
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium [5] 4,50010
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,4044
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2002
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk) [6] 1,896 First League, 1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,5245
  1. ^
    Four games played at City Stadium in Borisov.
  2. ^
    One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
  3. ^
    One game played at KFP Minsk.
  4. ^
    Two games played at KFP Minsk.
  5. ^
    Three games played at Vitebsky CSK in Vitebsk due to renovation works at Atlant Stadium.
  6. ^
    Three games played at Shakhtyor Stadium and three games at Stroitel Stadium (both in Soligorsk) due to renovation works at City Stadium in Slutsk.

First phase

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 BATE Borisov 2215614612+3451Qualification for championship round
2 Dinamo Minsk 221543338+2549
3 Naftan Novopolotsk 2210753020+1037
4 Gomel 228862121032 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 229582020032 [lower-alpha 1]
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 228772120+131
7 Neman Grodno 227692524+127Qualification for relegation group
8 Minsk 2282122326−326
9 Slutsk 2274111526−1125
10 Dinamo Brest 2264122352−2922
11 Belshina Bobruisk 2246122838−1018
12 Dnepr Mogilev 2219121129−1812
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Gomel placed above Shakhtyor Soligorsk by better head-to-head record (1–0, 1–0).

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 SLU TZH
BATE Borisov 5–24–00–03–00–01–03–10–00–03–01–1
Belshina Bobruisk 1–27–00–10–01–20–31–13–42–11–20–1
Dinamo Brest 0–42–22–10–22–02–30–71–20–02–12–1
Dinamo Minsk 0–24–13–13–01–02–02–11–03–03–00–0
Dnepr Mogilev 0–10–00–10–11–11–10–22–30–10–22–2
Gomel 0–33–16–30–20–01–02–20–21–01–00–0
Minsk 1–40–12–00–21–01–20–11–13–01–00–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–13–11–10–20–01–00–42–01–11–02–0
Neman Grodno 1–21–11–10–24–11–10–10–23–00–10–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–01–22–30–00–00–13–12–01–02–02–0
Slutsk 1–31–01–00–01–10–02–00–00–20–12–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–41–12–01–02–10–01–00–11–00–14–1
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 BATE Borisov (C)32201116821+4771Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 3218774421+2361Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 32148103528+750 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 32131183830+850 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Naftan Novopolotsk 321110114043−343
6 Gomel 32108142941−1238
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk placed above Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino by better head-to-head record (3 wins, 1 draw).

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 NAF SHA TZH
BATE Borisov 0–04–04–01–11–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–20–22–01–41–1
Gomel 1–20–23–00–10–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 2–21–15–10–01–5
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–41–23–02–00–0
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 2–22–12–13–10–2
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
7 Minsk 32164124536+952
8 Neman Grodno 32119124136+542
9 Slutsk 32117142634−840
10 Belshina Bobruisk 3288164256−1432
11 Dinamo Brest 3275202968−3926
12 Dnepr Mogilev (R)32214161942−2320Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(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 NEM SLU
Belshina Bobruisk 2–11–11–21–32–1
Dinamo Brest 0–11–11–20–10–2
Dnepr Mogilev 1–21–00–21–11–1
Minsk 1–15–22–12–10–0
Neman Grodno 5–20–11–12–42–0
Slutsk 3–11–02–01–20–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

The 12th-place finisher of this season (Dnepr Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2014 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2015 Premier League. Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after losing the first leg 0–2, before drawing 1–1 in the second.

Vitebsk 2–0 Dnepr Mogilev
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Vitebsky Central Sport Complex, Vitebsk
Dnepr Mogilev 1–1 Vitebsk
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Spartak Stadium, Mogilev

Vitebsk won 3–1 on aggregate and gains promotion to the Belarusian Premier League.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Alyaksandr Makas Minsk 14
3 Flag of Belarus.svg Mikhail Gordeichuk BATE Borisov 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Yahor Zubovich Neman Grodno 12
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 11
Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Savitski Neman Grodno 11
7 Flag of Belarus.svg Sergey Krivets BATE Borisov 10
Flag of Belarus.svg Dmitri Khlebosolov Belshina Bobruisk 10
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Signevich BATE Borisov 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Vadzim Dzemidovich Naftan Novopolotsk 9

Updated to games played on 30 November 2014
Source: football.by Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine

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