2002 Belarusian First League
| Season | 2002 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Darida Minsk Raion |
| Promoted |
Darida Minsk Raion Naftan Novopolotsk Lokomotiv Minsk |
| Relegated | Osipovichi |
|
← 2001 2003 → | |
2002 Belarusian First League was the twelfth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in October 2002.
Team changes from 2001 season
Two top teams of last season (Torpedo Zhodino and Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2001 Belarusian Premier League table (Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa).
One team that finished at the bottom of 2001 season table (Rogachev-DUSSh-1) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2001 Second League (Lokomotiv Minsk and Smorgon) and thus the league was expended from 15 to 16 teams.
Orsha, who finished 12th last season, withdrew to the amateur level in winter. Rogachev-DUSSh-1 were reinstalled to replace them.
Svisloch Osipovichi changed their name to Osipovichi, Keramik Bereza to Bereza and Rogachev-DUSSh-1 to Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev prior to start of the season.
Teams and locations
| Team | Location | Position in 2001 |
|---|---|---|
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | 1Premier League, 13 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 2Premier League, 14 |
| Darida | Minsk Raion | 3 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 4 |
| Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | 5 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | 6 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 7 |
| Bereza | Bereza | 8 |
| Lida | Lida | 9 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 10 |
| Osipovichi | Osipovichi | 11 |
| Dinamo-Juni | Minsk | 13 |
| Neman | Mosty | 14 |
| Rogachev-DUSSh-1 | Rogachev | 15 |
| Lokomotiv | Minsk | 16Second League, 1 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 17Second League, 2 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darida Minsk Raion (P) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 89 | 23 | +66 | 74 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Naftan Novopolotsk (P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 68 | |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Minsk (P) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 16 | +43 | 66 | |
| 4 | Vedrich-97 Rechytsa | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 61 | |
| 5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 57 | |
| 6 | Lida | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 46 | |
| 7 | ZLiN Gomel | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 46 | |
| 8 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 35 | |
| 9 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk | 30 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 34 | |
| 10 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 34 | |
| 11 | Neman Mosty | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 34 | |
| 12 | Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 31 | |
| 13 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 30 | |
| 14 | Smorgon | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 29 | |
| 15 | Bereza | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 23 | |
| 16 | Osipovichi (R) | 30 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 100 | −83 | 9 | Belarusian Second League |
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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