2023 Belarusian Premier League

The 2023 Belarusian Premier League was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions (although they were stripped of their title as a result of a match-fixing scandal).[1][2]

Belarusian Premier League
Season2023
ChampionsDinamo Minsk
RelegatedBelshina Bobruisk
Energetik-BGU Minsk
Champions LeagueDinamo Minsk
Conference LeagueIsloch Minsk Raion
Neman Grodno
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Matches played142
Goals scored364 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerPavel Savitsky
Vladislav Morozov
Yegor Karpitsky
(12 goals each)
Biggest home winDinamo Minsk 7–2 Belshina Bobruisk
(1 July 2023)
Biggest away winSmorgon 0–4 Isloch Minsk Raion
(7 April 2023)
Gomel 0–4 Dinamo Minsk
(13 May 2023)
Highest scoringShakhtyor Soligorsk 7–3 Belshina Bobruisk
(9 April 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Neman Grodno
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Longest winless run10 matches
Energetik-BGU Minsk
Longest losing run8 matches
Naftan Novopolotsk
2022
2024
All statistics correct as of 17 September 2023.

The winners (Dinamo Minsk, their eighth title win) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners (Neman Grodno) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fourth-placed teams (Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and Isloch Minsk Raion) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The fourteenth-placed team (Energetik-BGU Minsk) qualified for the Belarusian Premier League play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 Belarusian First League alongside the bottom-placed team (Belshina Bobruisk).

Teams

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The bottom-placed teams from the 2022 season (Vitebsk and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the First League. They were replaced by Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon, champions and runners-up of the 2022 Belarusian First League respectively.

14th-placed team of the last season (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Maxline Rogachev. Despite winning the play-off, Maxline Rogachev were denied Premier League license[3] and remained in the First League. As no other potential replacement team applied for the license, it was decided to play 2023 season with just 15 clubs.

TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2022
BATEBorisovBorisov Arena13,1263rd
BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,70012th
Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium22,0004th
Dynamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,16913th
Energetik-BGUMinskRCOR-BGU Stadium1,5002nd
GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3077th
IslochMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,0005th
MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,0006th
NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium5,3001st (First League)
NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4799th
ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2001st
SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,30010th
SlutskSlutskCity Stadium1,89611th
SmorgonSmorgonYunost Stadium3,2002nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,5248th

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Dinamo Minsk (C)2822337221+5169Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2Neman Grodno2819546022+3862Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino28121333318+1549Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4Isloch Minsk Raion2814594029+1147[b]
5BATE Borisov2814594932+1747[b]
6Gomel2811894548−341
7Slavia Mozyr28117103230+240
8Slutsk2898113840−235
9Minsk2889112126−533
10Dynamo Brest2893163350−1730
11Smorgon2873182859−3124
12Naftan Novopolotsk2865172857−2923
13Shakhtyor Soligorsk28135105040+109[c]
14Energetik-BGU Minsk (R)2876152542−174[d]Qualification for the Belarusian Premier League play-off
15Belshina Bobruisk (R)2835202161−403[e]Relegation to the Belarusian First League
Source: Soccerway
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Neman Grodno qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Belarusian Cup. Since they qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Isloch Minsk Raion 4, BATE Borisov 1.
  3. ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for match-fixing.[4]
  4. ^ Energetik-BGU Minsk were deducted 23 points for match-fixing.[4]
  5. ^ Belshina Bobruisk were deducted 11 points for match-fixing.[4]


Results

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Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 28 matches over 30 matchdays.

Home \ AwayBATBSHDMIDBRENEGOMISLFCMNAFNEMSHASLASLUSMRTZH
BATE Borisov2–11–34–01–11–21–21–21–23–22–01–14–32–01–2
Belshina Bobruisk0–30–41–00–10–20–21–20–30–21–41–11–12–00–0
Dinamo Minsk0–17–24–12–02–13–01–03–12–11–02–23–17–01–0
Dynamo Brest1–23–21–30–23–30–11–02–21–33–30–12–12–10–1
Energetik-BGU Minsk1–00–01–41–01–20–11–00–11–31–43–11–02–41–2
Gomel0–22–00–41–41–00–22–03–23–33–23–24–52–00–3
Isloch Minsk Raion1–12–02–33–03–23–10–05–10–32–10–10–01–01–2
Minsk2–22–11–10–11–12–22–11–00–10–02–00–12–11–0
Naftan Novopolotsk0–70–10–30–34–01–10–10–00–31–12–22–12–20–1
Neman Grodno0–13–11–03–12–02–20–03–06–10–11–02–03–10–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk3–07–30–42–03–21–13–01–02–12–50–11–02–00–1
Slavia Mozyr0–24–10–20–10–00–02–11–01–00–23–11–04–10–1
Slutsk1–02–11–22–01–13–11–11–13–10–23–21–03–30–0
Smorgon1–21–03–13–11–00–30–40–01–01–31–30–23–21–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1–11–10–01–21–10–02–11–05–01–11–12–20–12–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian Premier League play-off

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The fourteenth-placed club (Energetik-BGU Minsk) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for the final place in the following season's Belarusian Premier League.

First leg

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6 December 2023 Energetik-BGU Minsk 0–0 Vitebsk Minsk
16:00 BSTStadium: RCOR-BGU Stadium

Second leg

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9 December 2023 Vitebsk 1–0
(1–0 agg.)
Energetik-BGU MinskVitebsk
16:00 BSTTeverov 7' (pen)Stadium: Vitebsky Central Sport Complex

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 2 December 2023[5]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Vladislav MorozovDinamo Minsk16
2 Yahor ZubovichNeman Grodno14
3 Pavel SavitskyNeman Grodno13
4 Yegor KarpitskyShakhtyor Soligorsk12
Mikhail GordeychukDynamo Brest12
6 Andrei PanyukovNaftan Novopolotsk10
7 Dušan BakićDinamo Minsk9
Euloge Placca FessouShakhtyor Soligorsk9
Denis MitrofanovIsloch Minsk Raion9
Denis KozlovskiyGomel9

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Belarusian Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Федэрацыя футбола пазбавіла салігорскі "Шахцёр" чэмпіёнства 2022 года". euradio.fm. 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ Maxline can't play in the 2023 top flight (in Russian)
  4. ^ a b c "Официально". Football Federation of Belarus. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Football.by | Statistica". football.by.
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