The 2017 Belarusian First League was the 27th season of 2nd level football in

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. It started in April and finished in November 2017.

Team changes from 2016 season

Two best teams of 2016 Belarusian First League (

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and Dnepr Mogilev) 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 two lowest placed teams of

2016 Belarusian Premier League The 2016 Belarusian Premier League was the 26th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 27 November 2016. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th league title last year; t ...

table ( Belshina Bobruisk and Granit Mikashevichi).

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, who finished 14th last year, relegated to the Second League. Due to First League expansion to 16 teams, they were replaced by three best teams of 2016 Second League ( Volna Pinsk,

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and

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eventually withdrew from participation due to club's lack of financing and infrastructure, and was replaced by Second League 4th placed team Neman-Agro Stolbtsy. Before the start of the season Gomelzheldortrans changed their name to Lokomotiv Gomel,

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Team changes from 2016 season

Teams summary

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

See also

External links