2016 Belarusian First League was the 26th season of 2nd level football in

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. It started in April and finished in November 2016.

Team changes from 2015 season

Three best teams of

2015 Belarusian First League The 2015 Belarusian First League is the 25th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2015. Team changes from 2014 season Two best teams of 2014 Belarusian First League ( Granit Mikashevichi and Sla ...

(

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, Isloch Minsk Raion and Krumkachy Minsk) 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

2015 Belarusian Premier League The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a ...

table (

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). Rechitsa-2014, who finished 16th last year, relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2015 Second League ( Luch Minsk,

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and Torpedo Minsk). Before the start of the season Bereza-2010 disbanded, while

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and newly promoted

did not receive First League license and were denied participation.

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, who finished 5th in 2015 Second League, were additionally promoted, while no other Second League club eligible for extra promotion applied for the license. As a result, the league was reduced to 14 clubs for 2016 season.

Team changes from 2015 season

Teams summary

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

See also

External links