2005 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 2005
Champions Shakhtyor
Relegated Zvezda-BGU
Slavia
Champions League Shakhtyor Soligorsk
UEFA Cup BATE Borisov
Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto Cup MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Matches played 182
Goals scored 516 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer Belarus Valery Strypeykis (16)
Biggest home win Dnepr-Transmash 6–0 Neman
Biggest away win Slavia 1–6 Shakhtyor;
Slavia 0–5 MTZ-RIPO
Highest scoring Zvezda-BGU 5–3 Naftan
← 2004
2006 →

Belarusian Premier League 2005 was the 15th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 16 and ended on November 5, 2005. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2004 season

Two lowest placed teams in 2004 (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk) relegated to First League. Lokomotiv Minsk won the 2004 First League and were promoted. Vedrich-97 Rechytsa finished 2nd in First League and were supposed to be promoted as well. However, due to weak club infrastructure they couldn't obtain licence to compete in Premiere League and decided to stay in First League.[1] Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th in 2004, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad[2] and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to Second League.[3] BFF decided not to replace two withdrawn teams with anyone and the league was reduced to 14 clubs. Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk changed their name to Zvezda-BGU Minsk.

Overview

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2005–06 Cup winners BATE Borisov qualified for UEFA Cup. Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2004
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo, Minsk 41,040 1
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,500 2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel 5,000 3
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo 3,020 4
Gomel Gomel Central 11,800 5
Neman Grodno Neman 6,300 7
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,080 8
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak 11,200 9
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant 6,500 10
Darida Minsk Raion Darida 6,000 11
Slavia Mozyr Yunost 5,500 12
Zvezda-BGU Minsk Traktor 17,600 13
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor 17,600 14
Lokomotiv Minsk Lokomotiv 800 First league, 1

Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) 26 19 6 1 59 14 +45 63 2006–07 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 15 5 6 50 26 +24 50 2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 16 1 9 43 30 +13 49 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup First round
4 Torpedo Zhodino 26 14 5 7 40 25 +15 47
5 BATE Borisov 26 12 11 3 42 27 +15 47 2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
6 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 26 12 7 7 48 36 +12 43
7 Gomel 26 12 3 11 34 32 +2 39
8 Dinamo Brest 26 11 3 12 39 33 +6 36
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 10 3 13 43 44 −1 33
10 Darida Minsk Raion 26 7 8 11 30 36 −6 29
11 Lokomotiv Minsk 26 7 5 14 30 43 −13 26
12 Neman Grodno 26 7 3 16 20 50 −30 24
13 Zvezda-BGU Minsk (R) 26 3 5 18 24 60 −36 14 Relegation to First League
14 Slavia Mozyr (R) 26 2 5 19 14 60 −46 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 European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Neman Grodno Belarus 0–1 Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín 0–1 0–0
2005–06 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Ferencváros Budapest Hungary 2–3 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–2 2–1
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 0–6 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 0–5
Second qualifying round MTZ-RIPO Minsk Belarus 2–3 Czech Republic Teplice 1–1 1–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara Russia 4–0 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–0 2–0
2005–06 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 0–1

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1Belarus Valery StrypeykisNaftan Novopolotsk16
2Ukraine Ihor ChumachenkoNaftan Novopolotsk14
Belarus Alyaksandr KlimenkaShakhtyor Soligorsk14
4Belarus Vitali RodionovTorpedo Zhodino14
Belarus Roman VasilyukGomel13
6Belarus Vadzim BoykaDinamo Brest12
Belarus Syarhey NikiforenkaShakhtyor Soligorsk12
8Belarus Alyaksandr KobetsBATE Borisov11
9Belarus Artyom KontsevoyMTZ-RIPO Minsk10
Belarus Alyaksandr PawlawDnepr-Transmash Mogilev10

See also

References

  1. ↑ Number of Belarusian Premier League members reduced to 15, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-02
  2. ↑ Off-season news, football.by, retrieved 2005-01-11
  3. ↑ Torpedo-SKA repeated Vedrich's fate, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-17
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