2026 Belarusian Premier League

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Belarusian Premier League
Season2026
DatesMarch – November 2026
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The 2026 Belarusian Premier League is the 36th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Maxline Vitebsk enter the season as defending champions after winning their first title in 2025 as a newly promoted side. [1]

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Teams

Three teams were relegated following the 2025 Belarusian Premier League season: Molodechno and Slutsk were relegated directly as the bottom two teams, while Smorgon was relegated after losing the promotion/relegation play-off. [2]

They were replaced by three teams from the 2025 Belarusian First League: Baranovichi and Dnepr Mogilev, the champions and runners-up respectively, and Belshina Bobruisk, who won the promotion play-off. [3]

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2025
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk City Stadium1,00010th
Baranovichi Baranovichi Lokomotiv Stadium3,749
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 13,1267th
Belshina Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,0375th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,2462nd
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,350
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,3076th
Isloch Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,0509th
Maxline Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,0461st
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,05012th
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,52213th
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,4794th
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,3003rd
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,5248th
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,04611th
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Locations of the 2026 Belarusian Premier League teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Maxline Vitebsk 00000000Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 00000000Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Slavia Mozyr 00000000
4 Neman Grodno 00000000
5 Dynamo Brest 00000000
6 Gomel 00000000
7 BATE Borisov 00000000
8 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 00000000
9 Isloch Minsk Raion 00000000
10 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 00000000
11 Vitebsk 00000000
12 Minsk 00000000
13 Naftan Novopolotsk 00000000
14 Baranovichi 00000000Qualification for the Relegation play-off
15 Dnepr Mogilev 00000000Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Belshina Bobruisk 00000000
First match(es) will be played: March 2026. 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. [4]

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each. [5]

Home \ Away ARS BAR BAT BEL DBR DMI DNE GOM ISL MAX FCM NAF NEM SLA TZH VIT
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk —
Baranovichi —
BATE Borisov —
Belshina Bobruisk —
Dynamo Brest —
Dinamo Minsk —
Dnepr Mogilev —
Gomel —
Isloch Minsk Raion —
Maxline Vitebsk —
Minsk —
Naftan Novopolotsk —
Neman Grodno —
Slavia Mozyr —
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino —
Vitebsk —
First match(es) will be played: March 2026. Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion/relegation play-off

The fourteenth-placed team of the 2026 Belarusian Premier League will face the third-placed team of the 2026 Belarusian First League in a two-legged play-off at the end of the season for a spot in the 2027 Belarusian Premier League.

First leg

14th-placed teamv3rd-placed First League team

Second leg

3rd-placed First League teamv14th-placed team

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [6]
1
2
3

Attendances

RankClubTotal attendanceAverage attendance [7]
1 Dinamo Brest 00
2 Maxline Vitebsk 00
3 Dinamo Minsk 00
4 Slavia Mozyr 00
5 Neman Grodno 00
6 BATE Borisov 00
7 Gomel 00
8 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 00
9 Vitebsk 00
10 Baranovichi 00
11 Dnepr Mogilev 00
12 Belshina Bobruisk 00
13 Minsk 00
14 Naftan Novopolotsk 00
15 Isloch 00
16 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 00

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Maxline Vitebsk crowned champions of Belarus". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Belarus Premier League 2025 Table". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "First League Belarus 2025 Results". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "ABFF League Regulations 2026". football.by (in Russian). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Schedule". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Vysshaya Liga 2026 – Top Scorers". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "Belarusian Premier League 2026 Attendance". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 January 2026.
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