2015 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season 2015
Champions BATE Borisov
Champions League BATE Borisov
Europa League Dinamo Minsk
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Matches played 182
Goals scored 436 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Mikalay Yanush (15)
Biggest home win BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Biggest away win Slavia 1–6 Slutsk
(3 October 2015)
Highest scoring Slavia 3–5 BATE
(10 July 2015)
BATE 7–1 Neman
(22 August 2015)
Longest winning run BATE (7),
Dinamo Minsk (7),
Minsk (7)
Longest unbeaten run BATE (14)
Longest winless run Gomel (12)
Longest losing run Naftan (6)
Gomel (6)
Dinamo Brest (6)
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2016 →

The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.

Format

Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.

Teams

Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.

The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2014
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 12,896 1
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 3,700 10
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,060 11
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium 16,500 2
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 6
Granit Mikashevichi Polesye Stadium (Luninets) 3,100 First League, 1
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 7
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 5
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 8
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 3
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 First League, 2
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 9
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 3,020 4
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,100 First League, 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 20 5 1 44 11 +33 65 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 15 8 3 36 13 +23 53 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 14 7 5 47 27 +20 49
4 Belshina Bobruisk 26 12 7 7 39 19 +20 43
5 Granit Mikashevichi 26 12 6 8 30 32 −2 42
6 Minsk 26 12 4 10 29 28 +1 40
7 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 26 10 6 10 31 29 +2 36 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8 Neman Grodno 26 8 8 10 21 32 −11 32
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 8 6 12 34 35 −1 30
10 Slavia Mozyr 26 7 5 14 33 50 −17 26
11 Slutsk 26 6 7 13 26 30 −4 25
12 Dinamo Brest 26 7 3 16 23 42 −19 24
13 Vitebsk 26 4 9 13 21 47 −26 21
14 Gomel (R) 26 5 3 18 22 41 −19 18 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
Source: football.by, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw.[1][2]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Belarusian Cup.

Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.

Home \ Away[1] BAT BSH DBRDMIGOMGRAMINNAFNEMSHASLASLUTZHVIT
BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 7–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1
Dinamo Brest 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–2
Dinamo Minsk 0–2 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 0–0
Gomel 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–4 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–3 0–2 2–0
Granit Mikashevichi 0–1 1–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–3 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Minsk 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–0 5–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–4 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–0
Neman Grodno 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–4 0–1 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 4–1
Slavia Mozyr 3–5 1–4 3–0 2–4 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–6 1–2 4–0
Slutsk 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 1–1 4–2
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0 3–3 0–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–1
Vitebsk 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–4 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015.
Source: football.by
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

2016-17 UEFA Champions League
2016-17 UEFA Europa League
Relegation to Belarusian First League
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
BATE42111111111111111111111111
Dinamo Minsk5121286453532222222222222222
Shakhtyor23332232245344344444433333
Belshina1312997887424433555555554444
Granit56543524663566666666667655
Minsk91076101110109118655433333345566
Torpedo Zhodino12111314119911111012978877777776777
Neman Grodno561112131314131312111212129101011111111119988
Naftan98355345356710101199898888899
Slavia1198797768910899101111101010101011121010
Slutsk1312141314141314141414131313131313141212121212101111
Dinamo Brest1122466978911877889899910111212
Vitebsk5510118121212121313141414141414131414131313131313
Gomel2461012101181077101111121212121313141414141414

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2015. Source: Soccerway

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Mikalay Yanush Shakhtyor Soligorsk 15
2 Belarus Uladzimir Khvashchynski Minsk 10
Bulgaria Chigozie Udoji Dinamo Minsk 10
4 Belarus Denis Laptev Slavia Mozyr 9
Belarus Vitali Rodionov BATE Borisov 9
Montenegro Fatos Bećiraj Dinamo Minsk 9
Belarus Vadzim Dzemidovich Naftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino 9
8 Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 8
Ukraine Serhiy Rozhok Belshina Bobruisk 8
Belarus Roman Volkov Naftan Novopolotsk 8
Belarus Yahor Zubovich Slutsk 8

Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: football.by

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League 2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Регламент чемпионата Республики Беларусь по футболу сезона 2015 года среди команд высшей и первой лиги" [Regulations of the Republic of Belarus championship football season in 2015 and the highest among the teams first league] (pdf) (in Russian). Football Federation of Belarus. 27 March 2015. p. 20. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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