The 2012 Belarusian First League is the 22nd season of 2nd level football in

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. It started in April and finished in November 2012.

Team changes from 2011 season

The winners of last season ( Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League (, ''Vyšejšaja Liha'' or ''Vysheyshaya Liga''; ; "Top League"), also called the BETERA Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Belarus and the highest level of the B ...

. They were replaced by last-placed team of

2011 Belarusian Premier League The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions. Teams Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First Leagu ...

table ( Dnepr Mogilev). The runners-up of last season (

Partizan Minsk FC Partizan Minsk (also FK Partyzan Minsk, ) was a Belarusian association football, football club based in Minsk. History The club was founded as MTZ-RIPO Minsk (MTZ-RIPA, ) in 2002 as a merger of two Minsk teams from the Belarusian Second Le ...

) won the promotion/relegation play-off against

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Vitsyebsk (, ; , ; ) is a city in northern Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Vitebsk Region and Vitebsk District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has 358,927 inhabitants, m ...

(11th-placed Premier League team).

were thus promoted to

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

and replaced in the First League by

. Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2011 season table ( Belcard Grodno and

Baranovichi Baranavichy or Baranovichi is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Baranavichy District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has a population of 170,817. ...

) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2011 Second League ( Bereza-2010 and

Lida Lida is a city in Grodno Region, western Belarus, located west of Minsk. It serves as the administrative center of Lida District. As of 2025, it has a population of 103,262. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuanian name ''Ly ...

). Klechesk Kletsk withdrew from the league due to lack of financing and joined Second League. No team was invited to replace them and the league was reduced to 15 teams for the season.

Teams and venues

League table

Promotion play-offs

The 11th placed team of 2012 Premier League ( Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2012 Belarusian First League

Gorodeya Haradzyeya or Gorodeya is an urban-type settlement in Nyasvizh District, Minsk Region, Belarus. As of 2025, it has a population of 3,563. History The first known documental record of the village dates back to 1530. Horodziej was a privately ow ...

for one spot in the 2013 Premier League and won the series 4–1 on aggregate.

Results

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 17 November 2012
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External links

Official site
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