2020 Belarusian Premier League

The 2020 Belarusian Premier League is the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest are the defending champions, having won their first league title last year.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2020
Dates19 March – 5 December 2020
Matches played156
Goals scored404 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerJasurbek Yakhshiboev (12 goals)
Biggest home winBATE 6–0 Minsk
(26 July 2020)
Biggest away winEnergetik-BGU 1–8 Rukh
(12 July 2020)
Highest scoringEnergetik-BGU 1–8 Rukh
(12 July 2020)
Longest winning run7 matches
Neman
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Shakhtyor
Longest winless run12 matches
Belshina
Longest losing run4 matches
Slutsk
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 2 August 2020.

By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.[1][2][3]

Teams
Locations of the 2020 Belarusian Premier League teams

The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi).

14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2019
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 12,896 2nd
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700 1st (First League)
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 10,060 1st
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,000 4th
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOR-BGU Stadium 1,500 12th
Gorodeya Gorodeya Gorodeya Stadium 1,625 7th
Isloch Minsk Raion FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 5th
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 10th
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,500 9th
Rukh Brest Yunost Stadium 2,310 3rd (First League)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 3rd
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 8th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 11th
Smolevichi Smolevichi Ozyorny Stadium 1,600 2nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 3,020 6th
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,100 13th

Personnel
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor (Chest)
BATE Borisov Kirill Alshevsky Ihar StasevichAdidasMinsk Tractor Works
Belshina Bobruisk Dmitriy Migas (caretaker) Sergey TuranokJomaBelshina
Dynamo Brest Syarhey Kavalchuk Aleh VeratsilaJomaBelavia
Dinamo Minsk Leonid Kuchuk Edhar AlyakhnovichSallerNone
Energetik-BGU Vladimir Belyavskiy Aleksey NoskoNikeBelenergo
Gorodeya Oleg Radushko Igor DovgyalloMacronGorodeya Sugar Refinery
Isloch Minsk Raion Vitaly Zhukovsky Dzmitry KamarowskiJomaHyundai
Minsk Vadim Skripchenko Syarhey VyeramkoMacronTASK Insurance
Neman Grodno Igor Kovalevich Valery ZhukowskiSallerNone
Rukh Brest Aleksandr Sednyov Artsyom RakhmanawErreàBelgosstrakh
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Yuriy Vernydub Alyaksandr HutarJakoBelaruskali
Slavia Mozyr Mihail Martsinovich Mikhail BaranovskyJomaMozyr Oil Refinery
Slutsk Aleksandr Konchits (caretaker) Barys PankratawHummelNone
Smolevichi Alexei Mikhailov (caretaker) Eduard ZhevnerovJomaNone
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Yuri Puntus Andrey KhachaturyanAdidasBelAZ
Vitebsk Sergey Yasinsky Artsyom SkitawNikeParimatch

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Dinamo Minsk Sergei Gurenko[4] Mutual consent 20 April 2020 12th Leonid Kuchuk[5] 22 April 2020
Slutsk Vitaliy Pavlov[6] Resigned 26 June 2020 11th Aleksandr Konchits[7] (caretaker) 26 June 2020
Belshina Eduard Gradoboyev[8] Sacked 1 July 2020 16th Dmitriy Migas[9] (caretaker) 1 July 2020
Smolevichi Aleksandr Brazevich[10] Resigned 6 July 2020 15th Alexei Mikhailov[11] (caretaker) 6 July 2020
Minsk Andrey Razin[12] Resigned 4 August 2020 14th Vadim Skripchenko[13] 4 August 2020

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 21 12 7 2 35 9 +26 43 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 21 12 4 5 42 21 +21 40 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Neman Grodno 20 11 5 4 25 14 +11 38
4 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 21 9 7 5 31 26 +5 34
5 Isloch Minsk Raion 21 10 2 9 29 29 0 32
6 Energetik-BGU Minsk 21 9 4 8 28 31 −3 31
7 Rukh Brest 21 7 9 5 30 23 +7 30[lower-alpha 1]
8 Dinamo Minsk 20 9 3 8 22 14 +8 30[lower-alpha 1]
9 Dynamo Brest 19 9 2 8 32 22 +10 29[lower-alpha 2]
10 Vitebsk 21 7 8 6 22 22 0 29[lower-alpha 2]
11 Slavia Mozyr 19 6 5 8 26 36 −10 23
12 Slutsk 20 6 3 11 23 35 −12 21
13 Gorodeya 21 5 5 11 18 32 −14 20
14 Minsk 18 5 3 10 19 36 −17 18 Qualification to relegation play-offs
15 Belshina Bobruisk 21 4 4 13 22 40 −18 16 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Smolevichi 19 3 5 11 20 34 −14 14
Updated to match(es) played on 8 August 2020. Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Rukh Brest 6 (+2), Dinamo-Minsk 0 (-2)
  2. Head-to-head points: Dynamo Brest 3 (0), Vitebsk 3 (0)

Fixtures and results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI ENE GRD ISL FCM NEM RUH SHA SLA SLU SML TZH VIT
BATE Borisov — 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 6–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–0
Belshina Bobruisk 0–2 — 0–3 0–4 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1
Dynamo Brest 1–3 22 Aug — 2–1 3–1 3–1 6–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
Dinamo Minsk — 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 14 Aug 2–0
Energetik-BGU Minsk 3–1 0–1 2–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–8 5–0 22 Aug 1–4 3–3
Gorodeya 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 0–2 1–1 0–2 22 Aug 0–2 3–0 2–2
Isloch Minsk Raion 2–1 2–0 1–2 — 1–0 1–1 21 Aug 2–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 2–0
Minsk 0–3 2–2 3–2 2–1 0–1 — 17 Aug 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–5
Neman Grodno 23 Aug 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 2–4 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0
Rukh Brest 0–3 3–0 1–4 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 — 3–3 0–0 3–3 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1
Slavia Mozyr 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–3 1–3 0–0 — 3–1 2–1 0–0 23 Aug
Slutsk 3–2 0–1 21 Aug 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 — 1–1 1–1
Smolevichi 3–5 0–3 3–3 1–3 0–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 23 Aug 0–0 1–4 2–1 — 1–0
Vitebsk 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2020. Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 8 August 2020
Source: football.by

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1. Jasurbek Yakhshiboev Energetik-BGU/Shakhytor 12
2. Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhytor Soligorsk 9
Ion Nicolaescu Vitebsk
4. Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno 8
Leonid Kovel Belshina
Pavel Nyakhaychyk BATE Borisov
Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov
9. Alyaksandr Makas Isloch Minsk Raion 7
Dzmitry Padstrelaw Shakhytor Soligorsk

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Valery GorbachikTorpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoFC Minsk5–2 (A)[14]2 May 2020
Zoran MarušićNeman GrodnoSlavia Mozyr3–1 (A)[15]6 June 2020
Artem KontsevoyRukh BrestEnergetyk-BGU8-1 (A)[16]12 July 2020

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards: (10)

Most red cards: (2)

Awards

Weekly awards

Player of the Week

Goal of the Week

Monthly awards

Manager of the Month
Month Manager Club Reference
April Vitaliy Pavlov Slutsk [57]
May Kirill Alshevsky BATE Borisov [58]
June Igor Kovalevich Neman Grodno [59]
July Yuriy Vernidub Shakhtyor Soligorsk [60]

Goal of the Month
Month Player Club Reference
April Vladislav Zhuk Slavia Mozyr [61]
May Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno [62]
June Aleksandr Dzhigero Smolevichi [63]
July Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk [64]

Player of the Month
Month Player Club Reference
April Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino [65]
May Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk [66]
June Dzyanis Laptsew Dynamo Brest [67]
July Nikola Antić Shakhtyor Soligorsk [68]

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