2023 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2023
Champions Dinamo Minsk
Relegated Belshina Bobruisk
Energetik-BGU Minsk
Champions League Dinamo Minsk
Conference League Neman Grodno
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Matches played142
Goals scored364 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer Pavel Savitsky
Vladislav Morozov
Yegor Karpitsky
(12 goals each)
Biggest home win Dinamo Minsk 7–2 Belshina Bobruisk
(1 July 2023)
Biggest away win Smorgon 0–4 Isloch Minsk Raion
(7 April 2023)
Gomel 0–4 Dinamo Minsk
(13 May 2023)
Highest scoring Shakhtyor Soligorsk 7–3 Belshina Bobruisk
(9 April 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Neman Grodno
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Longest winless run10 matches
Energetik-BGU Minsk
Longest losing run8 matches
Naftan Novopolotsk
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 17 September 2023.

The 2023 Belarusian Premier League was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions (although they were stripped of their title as a result of a match-fixing scandal). [1] [2]

Contents

The winners (Dinamo Minsk, their eighth title win) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners qualify for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round. The second and third-placed teams (Neman Grodno and Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) (or fourth-placed team, Isloch Minsk Raion, if the Belarusian Cup winners finish in the top three of the Belarusian Premier League) qualify for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The fourteenth-placed team (Energetik-BGU Minsk) qualified for the Belarusian Premier League play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 Belarusian First League. They were joined by the bottom-placed team (Belshina Bobruisk).

Teams

The bottom-placed teams from the 2022 season (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the First League. They were replaced by Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon, champions and runners-up of the 2022 Belarusian First League respectively.

14th-placed team of the last season (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Maxline Rogachev. Despite winning the play-off, Maxline Rogachev were denied Premier League license [3] and remained in the First League. As no other potential replacement team applied for the license, it was decided to play 2023 season with just 15 clubs.

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2022
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 13,1263rd
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,70012th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,0004th
Dynamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,16913th
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOR-BGU Stadium1,5002nd
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3077th
Isloch Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,0005th
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,0006th
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,3001st (First League)
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,4799th
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,2001st
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,30010th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,89611th
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,2002nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,5248th
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Locations of the 2023 Belarusian Premier League teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C)2822337221+5169Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Neman Grodno 2819546022+3862Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 1]
3 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 28121333318+1549
4 Isloch Minsk Raion 2814594029+1147 [lower-alpha 2]
5 BATE Borisov 2814594932+1747 [lower-alpha 2]
6 Gomel 2811894548−341
7 Slavia Mozyr 28117103230+240
8 Slutsk 2898113840−235
9 Minsk 2889112126−533
10 Dynamo Brest 2893163350−1730
11 Smorgon 2873182859−3124
12 Naftan Novopolotsk 2865172857−2923
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 28135105040+109 [lower-alpha 3]
14 Energetik-BGU Minsk (R)2876152542−174 [lower-alpha 4] Qualification to Belarusian Premier League play-off
15 Belshina Bobruisk (R)2835202161−403 [lower-alpha 5] Relegation to the Belarusian First League
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners (Dinamo Minsk, Isloch Minsk Raion, Neman Grodno, or Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round. If the Belarusian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team (Isloch Minsk Raion). If Dinamo Minsk win the Belarusian Cup, the Conference League second round spot will be passed to the second-placed team (Neman Grodno).
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Isloch Minsk Raion 4, BATE Borisov 1.
  3. ↑ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for match-fixing. [4]
  4. ↑ Energetik-BGU Minsk were deducted 23 points for match-fixing. [4]
  5. ↑ Belshina Bobruisk were deducted 11 points for match-fixing. [4]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 28 matches over 30 matchdays.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DMI DBR ENE GOM ISL FCM NAF NEM SHA SLA SLU SMR TZH
BATE Borisov —2–11–34–01–11–21–21–21–23–22–01–14–32–01–2
Belshina Bobruisk 0–3—0–41–00–10–20–21–20–30–21–41–11–12–00–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–17–2—4–12–02–13–01–03–12–11–02–23–17–01–0
Dynamo Brest 1–23–21–3—0–23–30–11–02–21–33–30–12–12–10–1
Energetik-BGU Minsk 1–00–01–41–0—1–20–11–00–11–31–43–11–02–41–2
Gomel 0–22–00–41–41–0—0–22–03–23–33–23–24–52–00–3
Isloch Minsk Raion 1–12–02–33–03–23–1—0–05–10–32–10–10–01–01–2
Minsk 2–22–11–10–11–12–22–1—1–00–10–02–00–12–11–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 0–70–10–30–34–01–10–10–0—0–31–12–22–12–20–1
Neman Grodno 0–13–11–03–12–02–20–03–06–1—0–11–02–03–10–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–07–30–42–03–21–13–01–02–12–5—0–11–02–00–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–24–10–20–10–00–02–11–01–00–23–1—1–04–10–1
Slutsk 1–02–11–22–01–13–11–11–13–10–23–21–0—3–30–0
Smorgon 1–21–03–13–11–00–30–40–01–01–31–30–23–2—1–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–11–10–01–21–10–02–11–05–01–11–12–20–12–1—
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian Premier League play-off

The fourteenth-placed club (Energetik-BGU Minsk) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for the final place in the following season's Belarusian Premier League.

First leg

6 December 2023 Energetik-BGU Minsk 0–0 Vitebsk Minsk
16:00 BST Stadium: RCOR-BGU Stadium

Second leg

9 December 2023 Vitebsk 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 Energetik-BGU Minsk Vitebsk
16:00 BST Teverov Soccerball shade.svg7' (pen)Stadium: Vitebsky Central Sport Complex

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 2 December 2023 [5]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Belarus.svg Vladislav Morozov Dinamo Minsk 16
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Yahor Zubovich Neman Grodno 14
3 Flag of Belarus.svg Pavel Savitsky Neman Grodno 13
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Yegor Karpitsky Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
Flag of Belarus.svg Mikhail Gordeychuk Dynamo Brest 12
6 Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Panyukov Naftan Novopolotsk 10
7 Flag of Montenegro.svg Dušan Bakić Dinamo Minsk 9
Flag of Togo.svg Euloge Placca Fessou Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Denis Mitrofanov Isloch Minsk Raion 9
Flag of Belarus.svg Denis Kozlovskiy Gomel 9

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  2. ↑ "Федэрацыя футбола пазбавіла салігорскі "Шахцёр" чэмпіёнства 2022 года". euradio.fm. 11 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Maxline can't play in the 2023 top flight (in Russian)
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