The 2023

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was the 33rd season of top-tier

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. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions (although they were stripped of their title as a result of a match-fixing scandal). The winners ( Dinamo Minsk, their eighth title win) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round. The 2023–24 Belarusian Cup winners ( Neman Grodno) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fourth-placed teams ( Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino and Isloch Minsk Raion) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The fourteenth-placed team ( Energetik-BGU Minsk) qualified for the Belarusian Premier League play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 Belarusian First League alongside the bottom-placed team ( Belshina Bobruisk).

Teams

The bottom-placed teams from the

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and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the First League. They were replaced by Naftan Novopolotsk and Smorgon, champions and runners-up of the 2022 Belarusian First League respectively. 14th-placed team of the last season ( Arsenal Dzerzhinsk) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Maxline Rogachev. Despite winning the play-off, Maxline Rogachev were denied Premier League licenseMaxline can't play in the 2023 top flight
/ref> and remained in the First League. As no other potential replacement team applied for the license, it was decided to play 2023 season with just 15 clubs.

League table

Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 28 matches over 30 matchdays.

Belarusian Premier League play-off

The fourteenth-placed club ( Energetik-BGU Minsk) faced the third-placed club from the 2023 Belarusian First League (

) for the final place in the following season's Belarusian Premier League.

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Top scorers

Attendances

References

External links

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