2015 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2015
Champions BATE Borisov
Champions League BATE Borisov
Europa League Dinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played182
Goals scored436 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Mikalay Yanush (15)
Biggest home win BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Biggest away win Slavia 1–6 Slutsk
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoring Slavia 3–5 BATE
(10 July 2015)
BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Longest winning run BATE (7),
Dinamo Minsk (7),
Minsk (7)
Longest unbeaten run BATE (14)
Longest winless run Gomel (12)
Longest losing run Naftan (6)
Gomel (6)
Dinamo Brest (6)
2014
2016

The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.

Contents

Format

Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.

Teams

Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2014
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena [1] 13,1261
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,70010
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,16211
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,6002
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3076
Granit Mikashevichi Polesye Stadium (Luninets)3,090 First League, 1
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium [2] 3,0007
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,5005
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,4798
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2003
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,353 First League, 2
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium (Slutsk) 1,8969
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 6,5244
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144 First League, 3
  1. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Borisov.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Torpedo Stadium and two games at Traktor Stadium (both in Minsk).

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C)2620514411+3365Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 2615833613+2353Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2614754727+2049
4 Belshina Bobruisk 2612773919+2043
5 Granit Mikashevichi 2612683032242
6 Minsk 26124102928+140
7 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 26106103129+236Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
8 Neman Grodno 26881021321132
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 2686123435130
10 Slavia Mozyr 26751433501726
11 Slutsk 2667132630425
12 Dinamo Brest 26731623421924
13 Vitebsk 26491321472621
14 Gomel (R)26531822411918Relegation to the Belarusian First League
Source: football.by, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw. [1] [2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI GOM GRA MIN NAF NEM SHA SLA SLU TZH VIT
BATE Borisov 1–01–00–12–01–11–02–17–11–11–04–11–04–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–12–00–23–10–14–01–10–03–12–02–01–01–1
Dinamo Brest 0–12–11–00–40–01–00–11–33–21–21–12–13–2
Dinamo Minsk 0–20–04–11–01–01–12–12–01–02–02–04–00–0
Gomel 0–02–02–01–21–23–01–40–01–30–21–30–22–0
Granit Mikashevichi 0–11–51–00–01–02–03–00–12–33–21–02–11–1
Minsk 1–22–12–10–31–05–00–02–01–02–12–00–23–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–20–21–02–23–10–00–11–23–41–10–10–23–0
Neman Grodno 0–11–32–11–11–02–01–13–10–13–10–40–10–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–00–02–10–04–11–11–01–03–06–12–03–14–1
Slavia Mozyr 3–51–43–02–43–12–00–00–30–01–11–61–24–0
Slutsk 0–10–01–10–10–01–20–10–10–00–23–11–14–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–00–31–31–03–02–32–03–30–03–00–10–03–1
Vitebsk 0–21–12–00–01–02–30–41–30–02–20–01–00–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

RankGoalscorerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Uladzimir Khvashchynski Minsk 10
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Chigozie Udoji Dinamo Minsk 10
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Denis Laptev Slavia Mozyr 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 9
Flag of Montenegro.svg Fatos Bećiraj Dinamo Minsk 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Vadzim Dzemidovich Naftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino 9
8 Flag of Belarus.svg Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 8
Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Rozhok Belshina Bobruisk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Roman Volkov Naftan Novopolotsk 8
Flag of Belarus.svg Yahor Zubovich Slutsk 8

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: football.by Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine

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