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 12th.
Season | 2015 |
---|---|
Champions | BATE Borisov |
Champions League | BATE Borisov |
Europa League | Dinamo Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 436 (2.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mikalay Yanush (15) |
Biggest home win | BATE 7–1 Neman (22 August 2015) |
Biggest away win | Slavia 1–6 Slutsk (3 October 2015) |
Highest scoring | Slavia 3–5 BATE (10 July 2015) BATE 7–1 Neman (22 August 2015) |
Longest winning run | BATE (7), Dinamo Minsk (7), Minsk (7) |
Longest unbeaten run | BATE (14) |
Longest winless run | Gomel (12) |
Longest losing run | Naftan (6) Gomel (6) Dinamo Brest (6) |
← 2014 2016 → |
Format
editFollowing the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.
Teams
editTwo best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.
The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).
Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|
BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena[1] | 13,126 | 1 |
Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 10 |
Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,162 | 11 |
Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 2 |
Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 6 |
Granit | Mikashevichi | Polesye Stadium (Luninets) | 3,090 | First League, 1 |
Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium[2] | 3,000 | 7 |
Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 5 |
Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 8 |
Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3 |
Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,353 | First League, 2 |
Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) | 1,896 | 9 |
Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 6,524 | 4 |
Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | First League, 3 |
- ^ One game played at City Stadium in Borisov.
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League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 49 | |
4 | Belshina Bobruisk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 43 | |
5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 42 | |
6 | Minsk | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | |
7 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a] |
8 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 32 | |
9 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
10 | Slavia Mozyr | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 26 | |
11 | Slutsk | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 25 | |
12 | Dinamo Brest | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 24 | |
13 | Vitebsk | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 21 | |
14 | Gomel (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 18 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head matches won; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Matches won; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw.[1][2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Belarusian Cup.
Results
editEach team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.
Top goalscorers
editRank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 15 |
2 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Minsk | 10 |
Chigozie Udoji | Dinamo Minsk | 10 | |
4 | Denis Laptev | Slavia Mozyr | 9 |
Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 9 | |
Fatos Bećiraj | Dinamo Minsk | 9 | |
Vadzim Dzemidovich | Naftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino | 9 | |
8 | Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 8 |
Serhiy Rozhok | Belshina Bobruisk | 8 | |
Roman Volkov | Naftan Novopolotsk | 8 | |
Yahor Zubovich | Slutsk | 8 |
Updated to games played on 8 November 2015
Source: football.by Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Premier League 2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 27 May 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Регламент чемпионата Республики Беларусь по футболу сезона 2015 года среди команд высшей и первой лиги" [Regulations of the Republic of Belarus championship football season in 2015 and the highest among the teams first league] (in Russian). Football Federation of Belarus. 27 March 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
edit- Official site (in Russian)