1993–94 Belarusian Premier League

1993–94 Belarusian Premier League was the third season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 17 July 1993, and ended on 18 June 1994. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Belarusian Premier League
Season1993–94
ChampionsDinamo Minsk
(3rd title)
RelegatedStroitel Starye Dorogi
UEFA CupDinamo Minsk
Cup Winners' CupFandok Bobruisk
Matches played238
Goals scored513 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorer Pyotr Kachura
(21 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Mn 8–0 Shakhtyor
(20 April 1994)
Biggest away win0–3, 5 games
Highest scoringDinamo Mn 8–0 Shakhtyor
(20 April 1994)

Team changes from 1992–93 season

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 1992–93 season table (Obuvshchik Lida and Torpedo Zhodino) relegated to the First League. They were replaced by the winners of 1992–93 First League Shinnik Bobruisk and the league was reduced from 17 to 16 teams.

Belarus Minsk changed their name to Dinamo-93 Minsk prior to the season.

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 3rd time in a row as well as Belarusian Cup for the 2nd time and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 24 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The Cup runners-up Fandok Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Stroitel Starye Dorogi finished in the last place and were relegated. It was their last season in Premier League to date.

Teams and venues
Location of teams in 1993–94 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1992–93
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) 50,050 1
KIM Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[1] 25,000 3
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 4
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 12,000 5
Fandok Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 6
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,500 7
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 6,000 8
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[2] 5,000 9
Gomselmash Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium 5,000 10
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Shakhtyor Stadium 5,000 11
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 12
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno)[3] 5,600 13
Stroitel Starye Dorogi Starye Dorogi Stroitel Stadium 5,000 14
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 15
Shinnik Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 First League, 1
  1. ^
    Two games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Traktor Stadium, one game at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at DYuSSh Stadium.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 30 24 4 2 76 20 +56 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Dinamo-93 Minsk 30 18 7 5 46 16 +30 43
3 KIM Vitebsk 30 17 9 4 32 14 +18 43
4 Dnepr Mogilev 30 17 6 7 45 22 +23 40
5 Fandok Bobruisk 30 13 7 10 32 25 +7 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Torpedo Minsk 30 9 15 6 18 18 0 33
7 Shinnik Bobruisk 30 15 1 14 41 41 0 31
8 Dinamo Brest 30 11 9 10 30 29 +1 31
9 Molodechno 30 10 11 9 35 31 +4 31
10 Lokomotiv Vitebsk 30 8 9 13 25 39 −14 25
11 Neman Grodno 30 8 8 14 29 41 −12 24
12 Vedrich Rechitsa 30 7 7 16 20 41 −21 21
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 5 11 14 21 39 −18 21
14 Torpedo Mogilev 30 5 10 15 20 43 −23 20
15 Gomselmash Gomel 30 7 5 18 36 47 −11 19
16 Stroitel Starye Dorogi (R) 30 3 7 20 13 53 −40 13 Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups
Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1993–94 UEFA Champions League
First round Werder Bremen 6–3 Dinamo Minsk 5–2 1–1
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Lugano 6–2 Neman Grodno 5–0 1–2

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
1 Pyotr KachuraDinamo-93 Minsk / Dinamo Minsk21
2 Sergey YaromkoShinnik Bobruisk / Fandok Bobruisk19
3 Yury VyarheychykDinamo-93 Minsk14
4 Vladimir PutrashShinnik Bobruisk12
Miroslav RomaschenkoDnepr Mogilev12
Andrey YusipetsGomselmash Gomel12
7 Alyaksandr VyazhevichMolodechno11
8 Valyantsin ByalkevichDinamo Minsk10
Yuri ShukanovDinamo Minsk10
10 Syarhey HerasimetsDinamo Minsk8
Dmitry KlyuikoShinnik Bobruisk8
Vladimir SkorobogatyVedrich Rechitsa8

See also
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