The 2019
Belarusian Premier League
The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belaru ...
was the 29th season of top-tier
football in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
.
BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...
were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overall
last year.
Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Premier League title for the first time, ending the
BATE Borisov
FC BATE Borisov (russian: link=no, ФК БАТЭ Борисов, ''FK BATE Borisov'' ; be, ФК БАТЭ Барысаў, ''BATE Barysaw,'' ) is a professional Belarusian football team from the city of Barysaw. The club competes in the Belarusi ...
streak.
Teams
The bottom two teams from the
2018
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season (
Smolevichi and
Dnepr Mogilev
FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium.
History
Dnepr M ...
) were relegated to the
2019 Belarusian First League
2019 Belarusian First League is the 29th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2019.
Team changes from 2018 season
Two best teams of 2018 Belarusian First League ( Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU Mins ...
. They were replaced by
Slavia Mozyr and
Energetik-BGU, champions and runners-up of the
2018 Belarusian First League
2018 Belarusian First League is the 28th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2018.
Team changes from 2017 season
Two best teams of 2017 Belarusian First League ( Luch Minsk and Smolevichi-STI) w ...
respectively.
In spring 2019,
Luch Minsk merged with
Dnepr Mogilev
FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium.
History
Dnepr M ...
. The united club was named
Dnyapro 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.
Source
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League table
Results
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
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1 The opponents of Torpedo Minsk awarded a 3–0 Walkover#Sports, w/o win.
Relegation play-offs
The 14th-place finisher of this season (
Dnyapro Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the
2019 Belarusian First League
2019 Belarusian First League is the 29th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2019.
Team changes from 2018 season
Two best teams of 2018 Belarusian First League ( Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU Mins ...
(
Rukh Brest) for one spot in the
2020 Premier League.
Rukh Brest won the series on penalties and got promoted, while
Dnyapro Mogilev were relegated.
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Top goalscorers
Updated to games played on 1 December 2019
Source
football.by
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References
External links
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2019
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Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
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