2015 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League

Season	2015
Champions	Isloch Minsk Raion
Promoted	Isloch Minsk Raion Gorodeya Krumkachy Minsk
Relegated	Rechitsa-2014
Matches played	239
Goals scored	742 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Alumona (20 goals)
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The 2015 Belarusian First League is the 25th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2015.

Team changes from 2014 season

Two best teams of 2014 Belarusian First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. No team has relegated from Premier League directly due to its expansion from 12 to 14 clubs.

Last season's third-placed team Vitebsk won the promotion/relegation play-offs against Dnepr Mogilev (last team of Premier League) and were also promoted to Premier League. Dnepr Mogilev replaced Vitebsk in the First League

Volna Pinsk, who finished 16th last year, relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2014 Second League (Baranovichi, Krumkachy Minsk and Orsha).

Before the start of the season, FC Minsk announced that their farm-club Minsk-2 will be folded. Kobrin, who finished 5th in 2014 Second League, were invited to replace Minsk-2 (after Zhlobin, who finished 4th in Second League, declined invitation).

Teams summary

Team	Location	Position in 2014
Dnepr Mogilev	Mogilev	1Premier League, 12
Smorgon	Smorgon	4
Rechitsa-2014	Rechitsa	5
Gorodeya	Gorodeya	6
Isloch	Minsk Raion	7
Khimik	Svetlogorsk	8
Zvezda-BGU	Minsk	9
Smolevichi-STI	Smolevichi	10
Gomelzheldortrans	Gomel	11
Bereza-2010	Bereza	12
Lida	Lida	14
Slonim	Slonim	15
Baranovichi	Baranovichi	16Second League, 1
Krumkachy	Minsk	17Second League, 2
Orsha	Orsha	18Second League, 3
Kobrin	Kobrin	19Second League, 5

Minsk

Khimik

Rechitsa‑2014

Smorgon

Gorodeya

Bereza‑2010

Lida

Smolevichi‑STI

Slonim

Gomelzheldortrans

Dnepr

        Baranovichi

Orsha

Kobrin

Minsk clubs:
Isloch
Zvezda‑BGU
Krumkachy

Location of teams in 2015 Belarusian First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Isloch Minsk Raion (P)	30	20	9	1	76	24	+52	69	Promotion to 2016 Premier League
2	Gorodeya (P)	30	21	5	4	73	25	+48	68
3	Krumkachy Minsk (P)	30	19	3	8	67	45	+22	60
4	Dnepr Mogilev	30	17	5	8	48	21	+27	56
5	Smorgon	30	15	8	7	60	41	+19	53
6	Lida	30	15	5	10	60	53	+7	50
7	Smolevichi-STI	30	13	8	9	47	37	+10	47
8	Gomelzheldortrans	30	12	8	10	45	39	+6	44
9	Slonim	30	13	2	15	41	55	−14	41
10	Zvezda-BGU Minsk	30	10	10	10	47	47	0	40
11	Bereza-2010	30	10	4	16	39	43	−4	34
12	Khimik Svetlogorsk	30	9	7	14	42	50	−8	34
13	Baranovichi	30	8	8	14	36	49	−13	32
14	Orsha	30	3	8	19	24	70	−46	17
15	Kobrin	30	4	3	23	23	77	−54	15
16	Rechitsa-2014 (R)	30	2	5	23	14	66	−52	11	Relegation to 2016 Second League

Updated to games played on 15 November 2015.
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BAR

BER

DNE

GZH

GRD

ISL

KHI

KOB

KRU

LID

ORS

RCH

SLO

SML

SMR

ZVE

Baranovichi

3–1

0–4

1–0

0–3

2–2

0–1

1–0

0–2

0–3

5–1

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

2–2

Bereza-2010

2–1

0–1

0–2

1–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–2

3–2

2–0

3–0

1–4

1–1

0–1

1–1

Dnepr Mogilev

4–1

3–0

0–0

1–0

0–1

0–1

3–1

4–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

3–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

Gomelzheldortrans

2–1

1–0

0–0

2–3

0–4

3–1

3–0

3–3

2–3

1–1

2–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

4–1

Gorodeya

2–3

1–0

2–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

4–1

6–1

1–2

4–0

2–0

3–0

2–0

6–1

1–0

Isloch Minsk Raion

2–2

2–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

4–0

6–0

3–2

2–2

3–0

4–0

2–0

3–2

1–1

1–1

Khimik Svetlogorsk

0–1

2–4

3–1

2–0

1–2

0–2

2–0

0–2

1–2

4–0

3–1

2–3

0–0

2–3

4–2

Kobrin

2–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–7

3–1

1–0

3–0

1–1

1–3

0–2

1–2

1–3

2–0

Krumkachy Minsk

2–1

2–1

2–0

8–3

0–3

2–3

3–3

3–0

2–0

2–1

7–0

2–1

0–3

4–2

2–2

Lida

0–0

1–2

0–3

0–3

0–4

0–3

2–2

7–2

0–3

2–1

2–0

6–4

3–0

4–6

2–0

Orsha

0–0

1–8

0–2

0–4

0–4

0–4

1–2

3–0^2

0–1

2–2

3–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

3–0

Rechitsa-2014

1–3

0–2

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–4

1–1

3–1

1–2

1–1

0–0

0–2

0–4

0–4

1–1

Slonim

1–0

0–1

0–5

0–0

1–2

0–3

3–1

2–1

0–4

0–4

3–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

0–1

Smolevichi-STI

1–2

2–1

1–3

2–1

3–3

0–0

1–0

5–0

0–1

0–4

3–3

2–0

1–2

4–2

1–1

Smorgon

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–0

1–3

0–0

1–1

1–0

4–1

2–3

6–0

4–1

5–1

0–2

0–2

Zvezda-BGU Minsk

4–2

3–2

0–2

2–2

2–1

3–3

4–1

7–0

0–2

0–1

1–0

2–0

3–2

1–1

1–4

Updated to games played on 15 November 2015.
Source: football.by
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
² Awarded to Orsha as Kobrin did not show up for the game.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Aleksandr Alumona	Isloch Minsk Raion	20
2	Dzmitry Lebedzew	Gorodeya	19
	Aleksey Khodnevich	Zvezda-BGU Minsk / Smolevichi-STI	19
4	Syarhey Koshal	Krumkachy Minsk	17
5	Yevgeniy Shikavka	Krumkachy Minsk	16
	Uladzimir Shakaw	Slonim	16

Updated to games played on 15 November 2015
Source: football.by

See also

• 2015 Belarusian Premier League
• 2014–15 Belarusian Cup
• 2015–16 Belarusian Cup

External links

• Official site (Russian)