2009 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League

Season	2009
Champions	BATE Borisov
Relegated	Gomel Granit Mikashevichi Smorgon
Champions League	BATE Borisov
Europa League	Dinamo Minsk Dnepr Mogilev Torpedo Zhodino
Matches played	182
Goals scored	437 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Maycon (15)
Biggest home win	BATE 6–0 Neman
Biggest away win	Shakhtyor 0–5 Minsk
Highest scoring	Dinamo Minsk 5–2 Dnepr
← 2008 2010 →

Belarusian Premier League 2009 was the 19th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 4 and ended on November 8, 2009. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2008 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams three relegated teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th in 2008 respectively) were replaced by only one team, the winner of 2008 First League Minsk.

Overview

BATE Borisov won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists Dnepr Mogilev and yet to be determined 2009-10 Cup winners qualified for the Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi
Smorgon) relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2008
BATE	Borisov	City Stadium, Borisov	5,500	1
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo-Yuni Stadium	3,900	2
MTZ-RIPO	Minsk	Traktor	17,600	3
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel	5,000	4
Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Central, Vitebsk	8,300	5
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	10,080	6
Naftan	Novopolotsk	Atlant	6,500	7
Smorgon	Smorgon	Yunost	3,500	8
Dnepr	Mogilev	Spartak	11,200	9
Granit	Mikashevichi	Polesye Stadium	3,130	10
Gomel	Gomel	Central, Gomel	11,800	11
Neman	Grodno	Neman	6,300	12
Torpedo	Zhodino	Torpedo, Zhodino	3,020	13
Minsk	Minsk	Torpedo, Minsk	5,200	First league, 1

Dinamo Minsk
Minsk
MTZ-RIPO

Dnepr

Dinamo Brest

Neman

Shakhtyor

Gomel

BATE

Torpedo

Naftan

Vitebsk

Smorgon

Granit

Location of teams in 2009 Belarusian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BATE Borisov (C)	26	19	5	2	55	16	+39	62	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Minsk	26	14	8	4	38	18	+20	50	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Dnepr Mogilev	26	12	4	10	31	26	+5	40	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Naftan Novopolotsk	26	12	2	12	28	39	−11	38
5	Dinamo Brest	26	10	8	8	30	24	+6	38
6	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	26	10	8	8	33	28	+5	38
7	Neman Grodno	26	11	4	11	23	31	−8	37
8	Torpedo Zhodino	26	10	7	9	31	22	+9	37	2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^1
9	Minsk	26	11	3	12	33	26	+7	36
10	Vitebsk	26	10	2	14	26	37	−11	32
11	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	26	8	6	12	34	38	−4	30
12	Gomel (R)	26	8	5	13	31	48	−17	29	Relegation to First League
13	Granit Mikashevichi (R)	26	6	7	13	27	39	−12	25
14	Smorgon (R)	26	2	9	15	17	46	−29	15

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
¹The runner-up of the 2009–10 Belarusian Cup (lost to BATE Borisov).
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BAT

DBR

DMI

DNE

GOM

GRA

MIN

MTZ

NAF

NEM

SHA

SMR

VIT

TZH

BATE Borisov

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–0

2–2

4–0

6–0

2–3

2–0

3–1

3–0

Dinamo Brest

1–2

0–1

0–0

3–1

3–1

1–2

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

3–0

2–2

Dinamo Minsk

1–3

2–0

5–2

1–2

1–0

2–1

5–0

2–0

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

0–0

Dnepr Mogilev

3–1

0–0

0–1

2–0

1–2

3–2

0–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

4–0

3–2

0–0

Gomel

0–3

3–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

1–3

3–3

1–3

0–3

2–1

3–2

1–1

2–1

Granit Mikashevichi

1–3

1–1

2–1

1–0

0–2

1–4

1–2

0–2

3–0^2

2–1

1–1

1–2

1–3

Minsk

0–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

0–0

1–1

2–0

0–1

0–4

MTZ-RIPO Minsk

0–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

4–2

2–2

1–0

4–0

0–2

1–2

2–1

1–2

0–0

Naftan Novopolotsk

0–4

1–0

0–2

2–1

1–2

3–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

0–4

3–0

2–1

1–0

Neman Grodno

1–2

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

2–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–0

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

0–1

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–5

1–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

3–0

0–1

Smorgon

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

1–1

1–0

1–3

0–4

2–2

0–2

2–2

0–3

0–1

Vitebsk

0–2

0–2

2–3

0–1

1–0

2–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

2–1

0–1

2–1

0–1

Torpedo Zhodino

1–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

4–0

1–3

1–0

2–1

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–2

3–0

Source: football.by (Belarusian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
²The match of Round 9 originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Granit with a score of 3–0. The reason is that for some time during the match Neman had five foreign players on the pitch, while the maximum number of foreign players a team can have on the pitch in the same time is four.^[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
First qualifying round	Sutjeska Nikšić	2–3	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	1–1	1–2 (aet)
	Dinamo Minsk	3–2	Renova Džepčište	2–1	1–1
Second qualifying round	Naftan Novopolotsk	2–2 (a)	Gent	2–1	0–1
	Dinamo Minsk	1–4	Tromsø	0–0	1–4
	Metallurg Donetsk	5–1	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	3–0	2–1
Play-off round	BATE Borisov	4–1	Litex Lovech	0–1	4–0 (aet)
Group stage	Benfica	4–1	BATE Borisov	2–0	2–1
	BATE Borisov	2–2	Everton	1–2	1–0
	BATE Borisov	4–3	AEK Athens	2–1	2–2
2009–10 UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round	Makedonija Gjorče Petrov	0–4	BATE Borisov	0–2	0–2
Third qualifying round	Ventspils	(a) 2–2	BATE Borisov	1–0	1–2

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Maycon	Gomel	15
2	Syarhey Kryvets	BATE Borisov	14
3	Maksim Skavysh	BATE Borisov	12
4	Givi Kvaratskhelia	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	11
	Raman Vasilyuk	Dinamo Brest	11
6	Dzmitry Mazalewski	Dinamo Brest	9
	Andrey Razin	Minsk	9
8	Alyaksandr Hawrushka	Dinamo Minsk	8
	Andrey Lyasyuk	Dnepr Mogilev	8
10	Dzmitry Asipenka	Minsk	7
	Stanislaw Drahun	Dinamo Minsk	7
	Ivan Dzenisevich	Neman Grodno	7
	Syarhey Kislyak	Dinamo Minsk	7
	Syarhey Koshal	Minsk	7
	Vitali Rodionov	BATE Borisov	7
	Alyaksandr Sazankow	Dnepr Mogilev	7
	Andrey Sherakow	Torpedo Zhodino	7

Source: football.by (Russian)

See also

• 2009 Belarusian First League
• 2008–09 Belarusian Cup
• 2009–10 Belarusian Cup

External links

• Official site (Russian)
• rsssf.com

References

1. За выход на поле лишнего легионера "Неману" грозит штраф и техническое поражение (Belarusian)