| Season | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Slavia Mozyr |
| Promoted | Slavia Mozyr |
| Relegated | Belcard Grodno Baranovichi |
| Matches | 236 |
| Goals | 620 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Yuri Korolyuk (21) |
| Biggest home win | Khimik 6–0Baranovichi; SKVICH 6–0Smorgon; SKVICH 6–0Baranovichi |
| Biggest away win | Polotsk 0–5Partizan; Baranovichi 0–5Gorodeya; Belcard 0–5Polotsk |
| Highest scoring | Slutsk 7–3Khimik |
←2010 2012 → | |
The2011 Belarusian First League is the 21st season of 2nd level football inBelarus. It started on April 23 and will end in November 2011.
The winners oflast season (Gomel) were promoted toBelarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of2010 Belarusian Premier League table (Partizan Minsk).
The runners-up oflast season (SKVICH Minsk) lost the promotion/relegation play-off toTorpedo Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.
Two teams that finished at the bottom of2010 season table (Kommunalnik Slonim andLida) relegated to theSecond League. They were replaced by two best teams of2010 Second League (Gorodeya andSlutsksakhar Slutsk).
Veras Nesvizh withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced byKlechesk Kletsk, who finished 3rd in last year's Second League.
Slutsksakhar Slutsk changed their name toFC Slutsk prior to the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slavia Mozyr(P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 71 | Promotion toBelarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Partizan Minsk(P) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 65 | Qualification forpromotion play-off |
| 3 | Gorodeya | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 55 | |
| 4 | SKVICH Minsk | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 54 | |
| 5 | Slutsk | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | |
| 7 | Volna Pinsk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 45 | |
| 8 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Klechesk Kletsk[a](R) | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 41 | Relegation toBelarusian Second League |
| 10 | Polotsk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Smorgon | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 34 | |
| 12 | DSK Gomel | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 34 | |
| 13 | Rudensk | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 33 | |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 32 | |
| 15 | Belcard Grodno(R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 29 | Relegation toBelarusian Second League |
| 16 | Baranovichi(R) | 30 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 90 | −80 | 3 |
The runners-up of 2011 Belarusian First LeaguePartizan Minsk played a two-legged promotion play-off against the 11th placed team of2011 Premier League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the2012 Premier League and won the series 3–2. As a result, Vitebsk were relegated to the First League and Partizan promoted to Premier League. Partizan, however, were unable to start the next season due to bankruptcy and were disbanded.
| Home \ Away | BAR | BCR | DSK | GRD | GRA | KHI | KLE | PAR | POL | RUD | SKV | SLA | SLU | SMR | V97 | VOL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baranovichi | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 | |
| Belcard Grodno | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | |
| DSK Gomel | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Gorodeya | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 3–0[b] | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0[c] | 0–3 | |
| Klechesk Kletsk | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Partizan Minsk | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Polotsk | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 3–0[d] | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Rudensk | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | |
| SKVICH Minsk | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Slavia Mozyr | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Slutsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | |
| Smorgon | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Volna Pinsk | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Updated to games played on 19 November 2011
Source:football.by