1995 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 1995
Champions Dinamo Minsk
(5th title)
Relegated Bobruisk
UEFA Cup Dinamo Minsk
Dinamo-93 Minsk
Cup Winners' Cup MPKC Mozyr
Intertoto Cup Ataka-Aura Minsk
Matches played 120
Goals scored 359 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer Belarus Sergey Yaromko
(16 goals)
Biggest home win Vedrich 9–0 Neman
(14 October 1995)
Biggest away win Bobruisk 0–7 Molodechno
(15 October 1995)
Highest scoring Vedrich 9–0 Neman
(14 October 1995)
1996 →

1995 Belarusian Premier League was the fifth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 10 July and ended on 6 November 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1994–95 season

Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, relegated to Belarusian First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: First League 1994–95 winners MPKC Mozyr and runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk.

Overview

The championship was played as a single round-robun tournament in the second half of 1995 due to change of the league schedule from winter to summer starting from 1996. This also was the first season with 3-point system. Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 5th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 23 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The championship runners-up and 1995–96 Cup winners MPKC Mozyr qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. The bronze medalists Dinamo-93 Minsk also qualified for UEFA Cup. Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, relegated and eventually dissolved immediately after the season.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1994–95
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) [1] 50,050 1
Dvina Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium [2] 25,000 3
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium 5,600 4
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 12,000 5
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,000 6
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 7
Obuvshchik Lida Obuvshchik Stadium 3,500 8
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechytsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 9
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,500 10
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 6,000 11
Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 12
Shinnik Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 13
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,000 14
MPKC Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium 7,500 First league, 1
Ataka-Aura Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium 25,000 First league, 2
  1. ^ Two games played at Traktor Stadium.
  2. ^ One game played at Dinamo Stadium.

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 15 12 2 1 42 13 +29 38 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
2 MPKC Mozyr 15 11 3 1 44 9 +35 36 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qualifying round
3 Dinamo-93 Minsk 15 10 2 3 28 15 +13 32 1996–97 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4 Ataka-Aura Minsk 15 8 5 2 26 7 +19 29 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup Group stage
5 Molodechno 15 8 1 6 33 19 +14 25
6 Dnepr Mogilev 15 7 1 7 26 23 +3 22
7 Dvina Vitebsk 15 5 5 5 12 12 0 20
8 Neman Grodno 15 6 1 8 20 35 −15 19
9 Torpedo Minsk 15 5 3 7 12 27 −15 18
10 Dinamo Brest 15 5 2 8 27 32 −5 17
11 Torpedo Mogilev 15 4 5 6 17 21 −4 17
12 Obuvshchik Lida 15 4 4 7 15 23 −8 16
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15 4 4 7 12 20 −8 16
14 Vedrich Rechitsa 15 4 3 8 22 20 +2 15
15 Shinnik Bobruisk 15 4 3 8 17 29 −12 15 Relegation play-off
16 Bobruisk (R) 15 0 2 13 6 54 −48 2 Relegation to 1996 First League

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.

Promotion/relegation play-off

Shinnik Bobruisk had to play two-legged play-off with First League runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
Shinnik Bobruisk 3–2 Kommunalnik Pinsk 0–2 3–0

Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup
Group stage Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 2–1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bečej 2–1
Pogoń Szczecin Poland 3–3 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 3–3
Dnepr Mogilev Belarus 2–2 France Cannes 2–2
Farul Constanţa Romania 2–0 Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 2–0
1995–96 UEFA Cup
Preliminary round Universitatea Craiova Romania 0–0 (p) Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–0 0–0 (aet, p.1–3)
First round Austria Wien Austria 1–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 1–2 0–1
Second round Werder Bremen Germany 6–2 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5–0 1–2
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Dinamo-93 Minsk Belarus 2–3 Norway Molde 1–1 1–2

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1Belarus Sergey YaromkoMPKC Mozyr16
2Belarus Pyotr KachuraDinamo Minsk15
3Belarus Valyantsin ByalkevichDinamo Minsk11
4Belarus Pavel ShavrovDinamo-93 Minsk10
Belarus Maksim RomaschenkoMPKC Mozyr10
6Belarus Aleksandr GavlushAtaka-Aura Minsk7
Belarus Vladimir NevinskyDnepr Mogilev7
8Belarus Vitaliy KozyakMolodechno6
Belarus Uladzimir MakowskiMolodechno6
Belarus Yuriy LagodichDinamo Brest6
Belarus Vladimir PutrashShinnik Bobruisk6
Russia Vladimir SolodukhinDnepr Mogilev6

See also

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