Season | 2020 |
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Dates | 19 March – 28 November 2020 |
Champions | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Relegated | Gorodeya Belshina Bobruisk Smolevichi |
Champions League | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Conference League | BATE Borisov Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino |
Matches played | 239 |
Goals scored | 704 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Maksim Skavysh (BATE) (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | BATE 6–0Minsk (26 July 2020) |
Biggest away win | Energetik-BGU 1–8Rukh (12 July 2020) |
Highest scoring | Belshina 3–7Rukh (28 November 2020) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Neman |
Longest unbeaten run | 16 matches Shakhtyor |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Smolevichi |
Longest losing run | 13 matches Smolevichi |
←2019 2021 → All statistics correct as of 28 November 2020. |
The2020Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tierfootball inBelarus.Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league titlelast year.Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by beatingFC Minsk 4–2. Meanwhile,BATE Borisov didn't win and drew 0–0 atDinamo Minsk so Shaktyor Soligorsk finished 1 point above BATE in the table and will play in the2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to theCOVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.[1][2][3] Only a few matches were postponed due to outbreaks of the disease in some teams and only one was cancelled due to the lack of influence of the result in November 2020.[4][5] Matches were also postponed in August by the decision of theFootball Federation of Belarus on the eve of thepresidential elections and duringprotests in the country due to "force majeure circumstances".[6]
The 15th-placed team of the last seasonGomel was relegated to the2020 Belarusian First League.Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk andSmolevichi).
14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed teamRukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2019 |
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BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena[1] | 13,121 | 2nd |
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium[2] | 3,700 | 1st (First League) |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | 1st |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium[3] | 22,324 | 4th |
Energetik-BGU | Minsk | City Stadium (Molodechno)[4] | 4,800 | 12th |
Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,625 | 7th |
Isloch | Minsk Raion | Traktor Stadium[5] | 17,600 | 5th |
Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium[6] | 17,600 | 10th |
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 9th |
Rukh | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | 3rd (First League) |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3rd |
Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,133 | 8th |
Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) | 1,896 | 11th |
Smolevichi | Smolevichi | Ozyorny Stadium[7] | 1,600 | 2nd (First League) |
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 6th |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | 13th |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Dinamo Minsk | ![]() | Mutual consent | 20 April 2020 | 12th | ![]() | 22 April 2020 |
Slutsk | ![]() | Resigned | 26 June 2020 | 11th | ![]() | 26 June 2020 |
Belshina | ![]() | Sacked | 1 July 2020 | 16th | ![]() | 1 July 2020 |
Smolevichi | ![]() | Resigned | 6 July 2020 | 15th | ![]() | 6 July 2020 |
Minsk | ![]() | Resigned | 4 August 2020 | 14th | ![]() | 4 August 2020 |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | ![]() | Resigned | 31 August 2020 | 1st | ![]() | 5 September 2020 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk(C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 21 | +36 | 59 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 58 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League second qualifying round |
3 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 56 | |
4 | Dynamo Brest | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 54 | |
5 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 53 | |
6 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 52 | |
7 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 45 | |
8 | Rukh Brest | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 44 | |
9 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 39 | |
10 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 38[a] | |
11 | Minsk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 38[a] | |
12 | Vitebsk | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 36 | |
13 | Gorodeya[b](R) | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 31 | Withdrew from the league |
14 | Slutsk(O) | 29 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 27 | Qualification torelegation play-offs |
15 | Belshina Bobruisk(R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 21 | Relegation to theBelarusian First League |
16 | Smolevichi(R) | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 72 | −45 | 14 |
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | ENE | GRD | ISL | FCM | NEM | RUH | SHA | SLA | SLU | SML | TZH | VIT |
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BATE Borisov | — | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
Belshina Bobruisk | 0–2 | — | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
Dynamo Brest | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 |
Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–4 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
Energetik-BGU Minsk | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–8 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
Gorodeya | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
Isloch Minsk Raion | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
Minsk | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — | 4–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–2 |
Neman Grodno | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
Rukh Brest | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 |
Slavia Mozyr | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
Slutsk | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | — | – | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Smolevichi | 3–5 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 0–1 |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 |
Vitebsk | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — |
The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slutsk) were played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the2020 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2021 Premier League.
Leg 1
Leg 2
Slutsk | 2–1 | Krumkachy Minsk |
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Mohammed![]() Sirima ![]() | Report | Yatskevich![]() |
Updated to games played on 1 November 2020
Source:football.by
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | FC Minsk | 5–2 (A)[19] | 2 May 2020 |
![]() | Neman Grodno | Slavia Mozyr | 3–1 (A)[20] | 6 June 2020 |
![]() | Rukh Brest | Energetyk-BGU | 8–1 (A)[21] | 12 July 2020 |
![]() | Dynamo Brest | Dinamo Minsk | 4–2 (A)[22] | 12 September 2020 |
![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Belshina Bobruisk | 5–1 (A) | 31 October 2020 |
Most yellow cards: (10)
Most red cards: (2)
Player of The Week | ||||
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Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
1 | ![]() | Energetik-BGU | [23] | |
2 | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [24] | |
3 | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [25] | |
4 | ![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [26] | |
5 | ![]() | Slutsk | [27] | |
6 | ![]() | Dinamo Minsk | [28] | |
7 | ![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [29] | |
8 | ![]() | BATE Borisov | [30] | |
9 | ![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [31] | |
10 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [32] | |
11 | ![]() | Dynamo Brest | [33] | |
12 | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [34] | |
13 | ![]() | Gorodeya | [35] | |
14 | ![]() | Isloch | [36] | |
15 | ![]() | Energetik-BGU | [37] | |
16 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [38] | |
17 | ![]() | Smolevichi | [39] | |
18 | ![]() | BATE Borisov | [40] | |
19 | ![]() | BATE Borisov | [41] | |
20 | ![]() | Isloch | [42] | |
21 | ![]() | Belshina | [43] | |
22 | ![]() | Isloch | [44] |
Goal of The Week | ||||
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Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
1 | ![]() | Isloch Minsk Raion | [45] | |
2 | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [46] | |
3 | ![]() | Vitebsk | [47] | |
4 | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [48] | |
5 | ![]() | Rukh Brest | [49] | |
6 | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [50] | |
7 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [51] | |
8 | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [52] | |
9 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [53] | |
10 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [54] | |
11 | ![]() | Smolevichi | [55] | |
12 | ![]() | Vitebsk | [56] | |
13 | ![]() | Dinamo Minsk | [57] | |
14 | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [58] | |
15 | ![]() | Smolevichi | [59] | |
16 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [60] | |
17 | ![]() | Smolevichi | [61] | |
18 | ![]() | Gorodeya | [62] | |
19 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [63] | |
20 | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [64] | |
21 | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [65] | |
22 | ![]() | BATE Borisov | [66] |
Month | Manager | Club | Reference |
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April | ![]() | Slutsk | [67] |
May | ![]() | BATE Borisov | [68] |
June | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [69] |
July | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [70] |
August | ![]() | Isloch Minsk Raion | |
September | ![]() | Neman Grodno |
Month | Player | Club | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
April | ![]() | Slavia Mozyr | [71] |
May | ![]() | Neman Grodno | [72] |
June | ![]() | Smolevichi | [73] |
July | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [74] |
August | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [75] |
September | ![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino |
Month | Player | Club | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
April | ![]() | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [76] |
May | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [77] |
June | ![]() | Dynamo Brest | [78] |
July | ![]() | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [79] |
August | ![]() | Isloch Minsk Raion | |
September | ![]() | Neman Grodno |