1999 Belarusian First League
| Season | 1999 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Kommunalnik Slonim |
| Promoted |
Kommunalnik Slonim Vedrich-97 Rechytsa |
| Relegated |
Pinsk-900 Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 688 (2.87 per match) |
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1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1999.
Team changes from 1998 season
Two best teams of 1998 Belarusian First League (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk and Belcard Grodno disbanded at the end of previous season, thus no teams relegated to the Second League.
Promoted and disbanded teams were replaced by tree newcomers from the Second League (Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk, Granit Mikashevichi and Neman Mosty and one team relegated from Premier League (Kommunalnik Slonim.
Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk. FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted Keramik name.
Overview
Two best teams of the season (Kommunalnik Slonim and Vedrich-97 Rechytsa) were promoted to the Premier League. Two lowest placed teams (Pinsk-900 and Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk) were initially relegated to the Second League. Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk disbanded at the end of the season and never played in First of Second league again.
Teams and locations
| Team | Location | Position in 1998 |
|---|---|---|
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 1Premier League, 15 |
| Pinsk-900 | Pinsk | 3 |
| Dinamo-Juni | Minsk | 4 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | 5 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 6 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 7 |
| Kommunalnik | Svetlogorsk | 9 |
| Rogachev | Rogachev | 10 |
| Polesye | Kozenki | 11 |
| Keramik | Bereza | 12 |
| Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo | Vitebsk | 13 |
| Orsha | Orsha | 14 |
| Veino | Mogilev Raion | 15 |
| Zvezda-VA-BGU | Minsk | 16Second League, Group A, 1 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | 17Second League, Group B, 1 |
| Neman | Mosty | 18Second League, Group B, 3 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kommunalnik Slonim (P) | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 59 | Promotion to Premier League |
| 2 | Vedrich-97 Rechytsa (P) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 58 | |
| 3 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 56 | |
| 4 | Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 56 | |
| 5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 54 | |
| 6 | Neman Mosty | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 52 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Zhodino | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 44 | |
| 8 | Keramik Bereza | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | |
| 9 | Orsha | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 39 | |
| 10 | Rogachev | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 38 | |
| 11 | ZLiN Gomel | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 36 | |
| 12 | Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 33 | |
| 13 | Polesye Kozenki | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 27 | |
| 14 | Veino-Dnepr Mogilev Raion | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 26 | |
| 15 | Pinsk-900 (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |
| 16 | Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk (R) | 30 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 90 | −64 | 5 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification:
1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(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.
See also
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