1994–95 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 1994–95
Champions Dinamo Minsk
(4th title)
Relegated Gomselmash
Lokomotiv
UEFA Cup Dinamo Minsk
Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo-93
Intertoto Cup Dnepr Mogilev
Matches played 240
Goals scored 576 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Belarus Pavel Shavrov
(19 goals)
Biggest home win Dinamo Mn 7–0 Fandok
(2 November 1994)
Torpedo Mn 7–0 Lokomotiv
(19 June 1995)
Biggest away win Lokomotiv 0–7 Torpedo Mn
(30 October 1994)
Highest scoring Dinamo Mn 9–3 Gomselmash
(19 June 1995)
1995 →

1994–95 Belarusian Premier League was the fourth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started 13 July 1994, and ended on 23 June 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1993–94 season

Stroitel Starye Dorogi, placed 16th last year, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by the 1993–94 First League winners Obuvshchik Lida.

Two teams changed their names during the winter break in the middle of the season. KIM Vitebsk were renamed to Dvina Vitebsk and Fandok Bobruisk to FC Bobruisk.

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 4th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 24 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The first-time Cup winners Dinamo-93 Minsk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, were relegated. It was the last season for Lokomotiv in Premier League as they dissolved after playing in lower leagues for a few years.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1993–94
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [1] 50,050 1
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [2] 25,000 2
Dvina Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 3
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) [3] 12,000 4
Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 5
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) [4] 5,000 6
Shinnik Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 7
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,500 8
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno) [5] 5,600 9
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) [6] 5,500 10
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 11
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 12
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Shakhtyor Stadium [7] 5,000 13
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) [8] 6,000 14
Gomselmash Gomel Gomel Central Stadium (Gomel) 10,250 15
Obuvshchik Lida Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,500 First League, 1
  1. ^ One game played at City Stadium in Lyuban, one game at Yunost Stadium in Stolbtsy.
  2. ^ Three games played at Dinamo Stadium, two games at City Stadium in Lyuban.
  3. ^ Three games played at Khimvolokno Stadium, one game at Torpedo Stadium.
  4. ^ One game played at Dinamo Stadium.
  5. ^ One game played at DYuSHh Stadium, one home game at Orbita Stadium in Minsk, one game at City Stadium in Lyuban.
  6. ^ One game played at Energetik Stadium in Novolukoml.
  7. ^ Last two games played at newly renovated Stroitel Stadium.
  8. ^ Two games played at Khimvolokno Stadium.

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 30 20 8 2 83 24+59 48 1995–96 UEFA Cup Preliminary round
2 Dvina Vitebsk 30 16 13 1 46 15+31 45
3 Dinamo-93 Minsk 30 16 10 4 52 22+30 42 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
4 Molodechno 30 12 11 7 48 30+18 35
5 Dnepr Mogilev 30 12 9 9 44 35+9 33 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
6 Torpedo Minsk 30 11 10 9 36 29+7 32
7 Neman Grodno 30 10 11 9 26 27−1 31
8 Obuvshchik Lida 30 10 10 10 32 36−4 30
9 Vedrich Rechitsa 30 10 8 12 24 33−9 28
10 Dinamo Brest 30 9 10 11 33 330 28
11 Torpedo Mogilev 30 8 12 10 28 32−4 28
12 Bobruisk 30 8 12 10 31 36−5 28
13 Shinnik Bobruisk 30 7 9 14 31 50−19 23
14 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 5 10 15 22 41−19 20
15 Gomselmash Gomel (R) 30 6 6 18 26 59−33 18 Relegation to 1995 First League
16 Lokomotiv Vitebsk (R) 30 3 5 22 14 74−60 11

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1994–95 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 6–5 Malta Hibernians 3–1 3–4 (aet)
First round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–4 Italy Lazio 0–0 1–4
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Bobruisk Belarus 4–4 (a) Albania Tirana 4–1 0–3

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1Belarus Pavel ShavrovDinamo-93 Minsk19
2Belarus Yevgeni KashentsevDinamo Minsk18
3Belarus Valyantsin ByalkevichDinamo Minsk14
Belarus Pyotr KachuraDinamo Minsk14
5Belarus Sergey VekhtevDvina Vitebsk13
6Belarus Andrey SkorobogatkoDnepr Mogilev12
7Belarus Sergey UlezloShinnik Bobruisk11
8Belarus Yury VyarheychykDinamo-93 Minsk10
Belarus Aleksandr VolovikTorpedo Minsk10
Russia Vladimir SolodukhinDnepr Mogilev10
Belarus Sergey YaromkoBobruisk10

See also

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