2016 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season 2016
Champions Gomel
Promoted Gomel
Dnepr Mogilev
Relegated Oshmyany
Matches played 182
Goals scored 479 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Russia Murat Khotov
(19 goals)
← 2015
2017 →

2016 Belarusian First League was the 26th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2016.

Team changes from 2015 season

Three best teams of 2015 Belarusian First League (Gorodeya, Isloch Minsk Raion and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2015 Belarusian Premier League table (Gomel).

Rechitsa-2014, who finished 16th last year, relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2015 Second League (Luch Minsk, Uzda and Torpedo Minsk).

Before the start of the season Bereza-2010 disbanded, while Kobrin and newly promoted Uzda did not receive First League license and were denied participation. Oshmyany, who finished 5th in 2015 Second League, were additionally promoted, while no other Second League club eligible for extra promotion applied for the license. As a result, the league was reduced to 14 clubs for 2016 season.

Teams summary

Team Location Position in 2015
Gomel Gomel Premier League, 14
Dnepr Mogilev 4
Smorgon Smorgon 5
Lida Lida 6
Smolevichi-STI Smolevichi 7
Gomelzheldortrans Gomel 8
Slonim Slonim 9
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 10
Khimik Svetlogorsk 12
Baranovichi Baranovichi 13
Orsha Orsha 14
Luch Minsk Second League, 1
Torpedo Minsk Second League, 3
Oshmyany Oshmyany Second League, 5
Location of teams in 2016 Belarusian First League

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Gomel (P) 26 19 6 1 48 11 +37 63 Promotion to Premier League
2 Dnepr Mogilev (P) 26 20 4 2 61 19 +42 0631
3 Gomelzheldortrans 26 12 8 6 33 14 +19 44
4 Luch Minsk 26 12 6 8 38 28 +10 0412
5 Smorgon 26 10 8 8 40 39 +1 38
6 Lida 26 11 5 10 26 33 −7 38
7 Orsha 26 9 10 7 43 34 +9 37
8 Smolevichi-STI 26 9 7 10 38 29 +9 34
9 Torpedo Minsk 26 9 6 11 35 36 −1 33
10 Zvezda-BGU Minsk 26 9 6 11 33 41 −8 33
11 Slonim 26 6 6 14 36 49 −13 24
12 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 6 5 15 26 49 −23 23
13 Baranovichi 26 5 7 14 35 49 −14 22
14 Oshmyany (R) 26 2 2 22 15 64 −49 072 Relegation to 2017 Second League

Updated to games played on 6 November 2016.
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
1 Dnepr Mogilev were deducted 1 point due to financial irregularities.
2) Match between Oshmyany and Luch was annulled and awarded as 0–0 with no points given to either side.
3) Gomel placed above Dnepr Mogilev by better head-to-head record (1–0, 3–2).
4) Smorgon placed above Lida by better head-to-head record (3–0, 1–0).
5) Torpedo Minsk placed above Zvezda-BGU Minsk by better head-to-head record (4–1, 1–0).
(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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] BAR DNE GOMGZHKHILIDLCHORSOSHSLOSMLSMRTMNZVE
Baranovichi 0–2 0–6 0–0 5–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 7–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–2
Dnepr Mogilev 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 5–4 2–1 4–2 4–0 0–0 4–0
Gomel 4–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0
Gomelzheldortrans 1–1 1–4 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0
Khimik Svetlogorsk 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2
Lida 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–5 0–3 2–1 2–0
Luch Minsk 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–32 2–0 0–1 5–1 5–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0
Orsha 3–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 7–0 2–0 0–0 5–1 2–2 0–0
Oshmyany 0–32 0–3 0–5 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–02 1–4 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3
Slonim 4–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–6 2–2 3–0 2–2
Smolevichi-STI 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0
Smorgon 4–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–4
Torpedo Minsk 3–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 4–1
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 4–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 0–1

Updated to games played on 6 November 2016.
Source: football.by
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2. As a result of match fixing investigation, match between Luch and Gomelzheldortrans (originally 3–1) awarded 0–3 to Gomelzheldortrans, match between Oshmyany and Baranovichi (originally 1–1) awarded 0–3 to Baranovichi, match between Oshmyany and Luch (originally 3–3) annulled with no points given to either team.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Russia Murat Khotov Dnepr Mogilev 19
2 Belarus Aleksey Khodnevich Orsha 16
3 Belarus Yawhen Barsukow Gomel 10
4 Belarus Syarhey Krot Smorgon 9
Belarus Dmitry Gomza Gomel 9
Belarus Aliaksandr Anufryieu Smolevichi-STI 9
Belarus Pavel Rassolko Luch Minsk 9
Belarus Fedor Sapon Torpedo Minsk 9

Updated to games played on 6 November 2016
Source: football.by

See also

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