2020 Belarusian Premier League

The 2020 Belarusian Premier League is the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest are the defending champions, having won their first league title last year.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2020
Dates19 March – 5 December 2020
Matches played100
Goals scored253 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorerGegham Kadymyan
Jasurbek Yakhshiboev
(7 goals each)
Biggest home winDynamo Brest 6–1 Minsk
(6 June 2020)
Biggest away winMinsk 0–3 BATE
(12 April 2020)
Minsk 2–5 Torpedo-BelAZ
(2 May 2020)
Belshina 0–3 Dynamo Brest
(3 May 2020)
Highest scoringSmolevichi 3–5 BATE
(10 May 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
BATE
Longest unbeaten run9 matches
BATE
Longest winless run12 matches
Belshina
Longest losing run3 matches
Belshina
Minsk
Energetik-BGU
Smolevichi
Isloch
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 14 June 2020.

By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.[1][2][3]

Teams
Locations of the 2020 Belarusian Premier League teams

The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi).

14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2019
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 12,896 2nd
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700 1st (First League)
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,060 1st
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,000 4th
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOR-BGU Stadium 1,500 12th
Gorodeya Gorodeya Gorodeya Stadium 1,625 7th
Isloch Minsk Raion FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 5th
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 10th
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 9th
Rukh Brest Yunost Stadium 2,310 3rd (First League)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 3rd
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 8th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 11th
Smolevichi Smolevichi Ozyorny Stadium 1,600 2nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 3,020 6th
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,100 13th

Personnel
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor (Chest)
BATE Borisov Kirill Alshevsky Ihar StasevichAdidasMinsk Tractor Works
Belshina Bobruisk Eduard Gradoboyev Sergey TuranokJomaBelshina
Dynamo Brest Syarhey Kavalchuk Aleh VeratsilaJomaBelavia
Dinamo Minsk Leonid Kuchuk Edhar AlyakhnovichSallerNone
Energetik-BGU Vladimir Belyavskiy Aleksey NoskoNikeBelenergo
Gorodeya Oleg Radushko Kiril PavlyuchekMacronGorodeya Sugar Refinery
Isloch Minsk Raion Vitaly Zhukovsky Dzmitry KamarowskiJomaHyundai
Minsk Andrey Razin Syarhey VyeramkoMacronTASK Insurance
Neman Grodno Igor Kovalevich Valery ZhukowskiSallerNone
Rukh Brest Aleksandr Sednyov Sergey TikhonovskyErreàBelgosstrakh
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Yuriy Vernydub Alyaksandr HutarJakoBelaruskali
Slavia Mozyr Mihail Martsinovich Dzyanis KavalewskiJomaMozyr Oil Refinery
Slutsk Vitaliy Pavlov Igor BobkoHummelNone
Smolevichi Aleksandr Brazevich Eduard ZhevnerovJomaNone
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Yuri Puntus Andrey KhachaturyanAdidasBelAZ
Vitebsk Sergey Yasinsky Artsyom SkitawNikeNone

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo Minsk Sergei Gurenko[4] Mutual consent 20 April 2020 12th Leonid Kuchuk[5] 22 April 2020

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov 14 9 3 2 29 14 +15 30 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14 7 5 2 20 6 +14 26[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Energetik-BGU Minsk 15 8 2 5 22 15 +7 26[lower-alpha 1]
4 Dynamo Brest 14 8 1 5 28 16 +12 25
5 Neman Grodno 13 7 2 4 20 13 +7 23[lower-alpha 2]
6 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 14 6 5 3 18 14 +4 23[lower-alpha 2]
7 Vitebsk 14 5 6 3 15 15 0 21
8 Dinamo Minsk 14 6 2 6 18 12 +6 20[lower-alpha 3]
9 Isloch Minsk Raion 14 6 2 6 16 19 −3 20[lower-alpha 3]
10 Slutsk 15 5 3 7 18 23 −5 18[lower-alpha 4]
11 Slavia Mozyr 15 5 3 7 17 27 −10 18[lower-alpha 4]
12 Rukh Brest 14 3 7 4 11 13 −2 16
13 Gorodeya 14 4 3 7 12 20 −8 15
14 Minsk 12 4 1 7 14 24 −10 13 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Smolevichi 14 2 4 8 14 22 −8 10 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Belshina Bobruisk 14 1 3 10 10 29 −19 6
Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 2020. Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3, Energetik-BGU Minsk 0.
  2. Head-to-head points: Neman Grodno 3, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 0.
  3. Head-to-head points: Dinamo Minsk 3, Isloch Minsk Raion 0.
  4. Head-to-head points: Slutsk 3, Slavia Mozyr 0.

Fixtures and results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI ENE GRD ISL FCM NEM RUH SHA SLA SLU SML TZH VIT
BATE Borisov — 27 Jun 4 Jul 1–0 26 Jul 3–1 1–0 2–2 11 Jul 3–0 0–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–2 — 0–3 0–4 0–1 1–3 25 Jul 2–3 1–1 11 Jul 1–1
Dynamo Brest 1–3 — 2–1 3–1 3–1 6–1 0–2 1–2 10 Jul 1–1
Dinamo Minsk — 0–0 25 Jul 1–0 12 Jul 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0
Energetik-BGU Minsk 3–1 0–1 2–1 — 0–1 2–0 12 Jul 5–0 26 Jul 3–3
Gorodeya 0–2 17 Jul 1–0 — 28 Jun 1–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 4 Jul
Isloch Minsk Raion 2–1 25 Jul 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–0
Minsk 0–3 5 Jul 3–2 19 Jul 0–1 — 15 May 27 Jun 1–0 2–5
Neman Grodno 1–1 27 Jun 5 Jul 3–0 4 Jul — 2–4 19 Jul 2–0 3–1 2–0
Rukh Brest 18 Jul 28 Jun 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 24 Jul 0–0 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4–0 1–0 11 Jul 4–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–2 26 Jul 0–1
Slavia Mozyr 2–1 18 Jul 1–1 1–3 1–3 0–0 — 3 Jul 2–1 0–0
Slutsk 3–2 0–1 1–2 17 Jul 0–1 1–1 3–1 — 1–1 1–1
Smolevichi 3–5 3 Jul 1–3 0–2 4–1 10 Jul 23 May 0–0 2–1 — 0–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–0 0–2 19 Jul 2–0 3–1 0–0 5 Jul 2–1 — 28 Jun
Vitebsk 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 12 Jul 0–0 2–3 24 Jul 18 Jul —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 June 2020. Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 26 June 2020
Source: football.by

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1. Jasurbek Yakhshiboev Energetik-BGU 9
2. Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno 7
Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhytor Soligorsk
Ion Nicolaescu Vitebsk
Pavel Nyakhaychyk BATE Borisov
6. Dzyanis Laptsew Dynamo Brest 6
7. Stanislaw Drahun BATE Borisov 5
Valery Gorbachik Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Dzmitry Kamarowski Isloch
Uladzimir Khvashchynski Minsk
Nemanja Milić BATE Borisov
Dzmitry Padstrelaw Shakhytor Soligorsk
Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Pavel Savitski Dynamo Brest
Yevgeniy Shikavka Dinamo Minsk

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Valery GorbachikTorpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoFC Minsk5–2 (A)[6]2 May 2020
Zoran MarušićNeman GrodnoSlavia Mozyr3–1 (A)[7]6 June 2020

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards: (7)

Most red cards: (2)

Awards

Weekly awards

Player of the Week
Week Player Club Reference
1 Jasurbek Yakhshiboev Energetik-BGU [8]
2 Nikita Melnikov Slavia Mozyr [9]
3 Mikhail Baranovsky Slavia Mozyr [10]
4 Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [11]
5 Barys Pankrataw Slutsk [12]
6 Ivan Bakhar Dinamo Minsk [13]
7 Valery Gorbachik Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [14]
8 Ihar Stasevich BATE Borisov [15]
9 Lipe Veloso Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [16]
10 Dzmitry Padstrelaw Shakhtyor Soligorsk [17]
11 Pavel Savitski Dynamo Brest [18]
12 Zoran Marušić Neman Grodno [19]
13 Kiril Pavlyuchek Gorodeya [20]
14 Ihar Kuzmyanok Isloch [21]

Goal of the Week
Week Player Club Reference
1 Momo Yansane Isloch Minsk Raion [22]
2 Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno [23]
3 Yevgeniy Klopotskiy Vitebsk [24]
4 Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno [25]
5 Pavel Sedko Rukh Brest [26]
6 Vladislav Zhuk Slavia Mozyr [27]
7 Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk [28]
8 Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno [29]
9 Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk [30]
10 Dzmitry Padstrelaw Shakhtyor Soligorsk [31]
11 Anatol Makaraw Smolevichi [32]
12 Aleksandr Ksenofontov Vitebsk [33]
13 Yevgeniy Shikavka Dinamo Minsk [34]
14 Dennis Tetteh Slavia Mozyr [35]

Monthly awards

Manager of the Month
Month Manager Club Reference
April Vitaliy Pavlov Slutsk [36]
May Kirill Alshevsky BATE Borisov [37]

Goal of the Month
Month Player Club Reference
April Vladislav Zhuk Slavia Mozyr [38]
May Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno [39]

Player of the Month
Month Player Club Reference
April Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [40]
May Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk [41]

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