| Season | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 March – 1 December 2019 |
| Champions | Dynamo Brest |
| Relegated | Dnyapro Mogilev Gomel Torpedo Minsk |
| Champions League | Dynamo Brest |
| Europa League | BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 631 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 19 –Ilya Shkurin(Energetik-BGU Minsk) |
←2018 2020 → | |
The2019Belarusian Premier League was the 29th season of top-tierfootball inBelarus.BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overalllast year.Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Premier League title for the first time, ending theBATE Borisov streak.
The bottom two teams from the2018 season (Smolevichi andDnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the2019 Belarusian First League. They were replaced bySlavia Mozyr andEnergetik-BGU, champions and runners-up of the2018 Belarusian First League respectively.[1]
In spring 2019,Luch Minsk merged withDnepr Mogilev. The united club was namedDnyapro Mogilev. It inherited Luch's Premier League spot and licence, their sponsorships and most of the squad, while keeping only a few of Dnepr players and relocating to Mogilev. Dnepr continued its participation in youth tournaments independently from Luch.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Brest(C) | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 75 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 70 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 65 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 50 | |
| 5 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 47 | |
| 6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Gorodeya | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 37 | |
| 9 | Minsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 36 | |
| 11 | Slutsk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 34 | |
| 12 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 33 | |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 31 | |
| 14 | Dnyapro Mogilev(R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
| 15 | Gomel(R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 29 | Relegation to theBelarusian First League |
| 16 | Torpedo Minsk[a](R) | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 63 | −59 | 6 | Withdrew from the league |
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
| Home \ Away | BAT | DBR | DMI | DNY | ENE | GOM | GRD | ISL | FCM | NEM | SHA | SLA | SLU | TZH | TMN | VIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE Borisov | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Brest | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0[a] | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0[a] | 0–2 |
| Dnyapro Mogilev | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0[a] | 2–0 |
| Energetik-BGU | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Gomel | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–0[a] | 1–2 |
| Gorodeya | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0[a] | 3–0 |
| Minsk | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0[a] | 0–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0[a] | 1–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Slutsk | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Minsk | 0–3[a] | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3[a] | 1–2 | 0–3[a] | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3[a] | 0–3[a] | 0–3[a] | 0–3[a] | — | 0–3[a] |
| Vitebsk | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
The 14th-place finisher of this season (Dnyapro Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the2019 Belarusian First League (Rukh Brest) for one spot in the2020 Premier League.Rukh Brest won the series on penalties and got promoted, whileDnyapro Mogilev were relegated.
| Rukh Brest | 2–1 | Dnyapro Mogilev |
|---|---|---|
| Morozov | Report | Shilo |
Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source:football.byArchived 2019-03-30 at theWayback Machine