2009 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2009
Champions Belshina Bobruisk
Promoted Belshina Bobruisk
Relegated Spartak Shklov
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2009 Belarusian First League was the nineteenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2008.

Team changes from 2008 season

The winners of last season (Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to reduction of Premier League, the promoted team was replaced by three teams that finished at the bottom of 2008 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion).

One team that finished at the bottom of 2008 season table (PMC Postavy) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by the best team of 2008 Second League (DSK Gomel).

Two of the three teams that relegated from Premier League (Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) disbanded during the off-season. No teams were invited to replace them, and the planned First League expansion from 14 to 16 clubs did not happen.

Lokomotiv Minsk changed their name to SKVICH Minsk and Dinamo-Belcard Grodno shortened their name to Belcard Grodno prior to the season.

Teams and locations

Team Location Position in 2008
SKVICH Minsk Premier League, 14
Khimik Svetlogorsk 2
Belshina Bobruisk 3
Volna Pinsk 4
Veras Nesvizh 5
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 6
Belcard Grodno 7
Spartak Shklov 8
Baranovichi Baranovichi 9
Kommunalnik Slonim 10
Lida Lida 11
Polotsk Polotsk 12
Slavia Mozyr 13
DSK Gomel Second League, 1

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Belshina Bobruisk (P) 26 20 4 2 55 15 +40 64 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Volna Pinsk 26 16 3 7 52 31 +21 51
3 DSK Gomel 26 13 9 4 34 18 +16 48
4 Veras Nesvizh 26 12 7 7 33 26 +7 43
5 SKVICH Minsk 26 11 6 9 37 29 +8 39
6 Baranovichi 26 10 8 8 39 33 +6 38
7 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 9 9 8 33 28 +5 36
8 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 26 10 5 11 40 47 −7 35
9 Belcard Grodno 26 8 5 13 23 34 −11 29
10 Kommunalnik Slonim 26 7 8 11 20 32 −12 29
11 Lida 26 6 8 12 19 31 −12 26
12 Polotsk 26 6 4 16 29 46 −17 22
13 Slavia Mozyr 26 4 8 14 21 40 −19 0201
14 Spartak Shklov (R) 26 4 8 14 21 46 −25 20 Belarusian Second League

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
1) Slavia Mozyr defeated Spartak Shklov in an additional 13/14th place decider match 2–1 (on 8 November in Minsk).
(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.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Mikhail Kolyadko Baranovichi 15
2 Belarus Syarhey Kazeka Baranovichi 12
3 Belarus Yuri Syrokvashko SKVICH Minsk 11
Belarus Yuri Markhel SKVICH Minsk 11
Belarus Sergey Zabolotsky DSK Gomel 11

See also

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