| Season | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Minsk |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv Vitebsk Belshina |
| Champions League | Dinamo Minsk |
| UEFA Cup | MTZ-RIPO Minsk BATE Borisov |
| Intertoto Cup | Neman |
| Matches | 241 |
| Goals | 652 (2.71 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | |
| Biggest home win | MTZ-RIPO 6–0Lokomotiv Vitebsk |
| Biggest away win | Belshina 0–5BATE; MTZ-RIPO 0–5Torpedo Zhodino |
| Highest scoring | 5–2 – 3 games; 6–1 – 1 game |
←2003 2005 → | |
The2004Belarusian Premier League was the 14th season of top-tierfootball inBelarus. It started on April 15 and ended on November 11, 2004.Gomel were the defending champions.
Two lowest placed teams in 2003 (Lokomotiv Minsk andMolodechno-2000) relegated and were replaced by two best teams from2003 First League: newcomersMTZ-RIPO Minsk andLokomotiv Vitebsk, who previously competed in Premiere League as KIM, Dvina and Lokomotiv-96 and is a different team fromLokomotiv Vitebsk, who relegated to First League in 1995 and after a few seasons in First and Second Leagues was disbanded in late 2000.
Dinamo Minsk won their 7th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-upBATE Borisov and2004–05 Cup winnersMTZ-RIPO Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. 2001 championsBelshina Bobruisk finished on last place and directly relegated to theFirst League.Lokomotiv Vitebsk andMTZ-RIPO Minsk shared 14th and 15th places with equal number of points and had to play one-legged play-off on a neutral ground to determine who will relegate and who will stay.Lokomotiv Vitebsk lost the game and relegated to the First League.Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate toSecond League.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 10,600 | 1 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 5,500 | 2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 40,000 | 3 |
| Torpedo-SKA | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 5,200 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 3,000 | 5 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 2,020 | 6 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 6,300 | 7 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 5,300 | 8 |
| Dnepr-Transmash | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 6,800 | 9 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 3,000 | 10 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 3,000 | 11 |
| Zvezda-VA-BGU | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 12 |
| Darida | Minsk Raion | Darida Stadium[1] | 3,000 | 13 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 | 14 |
| Lokomotiv | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK[2] | 8,100 | First league, 1 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | First league, 2 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk(C) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 75 | Qualification forChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 70 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 65 | |
| 4 | Torpedo Zhodino | 30 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 59 | |
| 5 | Gomel | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 46 | |
| 6 | Torpedo-SKA Minsk(R) | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 46 | Relegation toBelarusian Second League[a] |
| 7 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 40 | Qualification forIntertoto Cup first round |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 37 | |
| 10 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Darida Minsk Raion | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 35 | |
| 12 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 31 | |
| 13 | Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 29 | |
| 14 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk(O) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 27 | UEFA Cup first qualifying round andrelegation play-offs[b] |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Vitebsk(R) | 30 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 27 | Relegation toBelarusian First League[c] |
| 16 | Belshina Bobruisk(R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 62 | −41 | 12 |
| Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 1 – 4 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
|---|---|---|
| Yeremeyev | Report | Zelmikas Mkhitaryan Fedorchenko Parfenov |
| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DAR | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | LVI | MTZ | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | TZH | TMI | ZBM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE Borisov | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |
| Darida Minsk Raion | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | |
| Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | |
| Neman Grodno | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 5–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Slavia Mozyr | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Torpedo Zhodino | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | |
| Torpedo-SKA Minsk | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–0[a] | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | Odra Wodzisław | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Second round | Dinamo Minsk | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 (aet) | |
| Third round | Lille | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| 2004–05 UEFA Cup | |||||
| First qualifying round | Nistru Otaci | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| BATE Borisov | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–1 | ||
| 2004–05 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | Gomel | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |