2023 Belarusian Premier League

The 2023 Belarusian Premier League is the 33rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk are the defending champions,[1] although they were stripped of their 2022 title as a result of a match-fixing scandal.[2]

Belarusian Premier League
Season2023
Matches played142
Goals scored364 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerPavel Savitsky
Vladislav Morozov
Yegor Karpitsky
(12 goals each)
Biggest home winDinamo Minsk 7–2 Belshina Bobruisk
(1 July 2023)
Biggest away winSmorgon 0–4 Isloch Minsk Raion
(7 April 2023)
Gomel 0–4 Dinamo Minsk
(13 May 2023)
Highest scoringShakhtyor Soligorsk 7–3 Belshina Bobruisk
(9 April 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches
Neman Grodno
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Longest winless run10 matches
Energetik-BGU Minsk
Longest losing run8 matches
Naftan Novopolotsk
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 17 September 2023.

Teams

The bottom-placed teams from the 2022 season (Vitebsk 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 license[3] 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.

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2022
BATE Borisov Borisov Arena 13,126 3rd
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium 3,700 12th
Dynamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,169 13th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,000 4th
Energetik-BGU Minsk RCOR-BGU Stadium 1,500 2nd
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 7th
Isloch Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 5th
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 6th
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,300 1st (First League)
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479 9th
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 1st
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 10th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 11th
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,200 2nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524 8th
Locations of the 2023 Belarusian Premier League teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (T) 23 18 3 2 57 19 +38 57 Champions League first qualifying round
2 Neman Grodno 23 16 4 3 48 18 +30 52 Conference League first qualifying round
3 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 23 9 12 2 29 16 +13 39
4 Isloch Minsk Raion 23 11 4 8 32 24 +8 37
5 Gomel 23 10 6 7 39 41 −2 36
6 BATE Borisov 22 10 5 7 33 22 +11 35
7 Slavia Mozyr 23 10 5 8 28 23 +5 35
8 Slutsk 23 7 8 8 26 26 0 29
9 Dynamo Brest 24 7 3 14 27 42 −15 24
10 Minsk 22 5 8 9 15 21 −6 23
11 Naftan Novopolotsk 24 4 5 15 22 43 −21 17
12 Smorgon 24 5 3 16 23 48 −25 18
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 23 12 5 6 44 33 +11 6[lower-alpha 1]
14 Belshina Bobruisk 23 3 5 15 18 49 −31 3[lower-alpha 2] relegation play-offs
15 Energetik-BGU Minsk 23 5 6 12 16 32 −16 −2[lower-alpha 3] Belarusian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Soccerway
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.
(T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 35 points for the 2023 season as the result of a match-fixing scandal.[4]
  2. Belshina Bobruisk were deducted 11 points for the 2023 season as the result of a match-fixing scandal.[4]
  3. Energetik-BGU Minsk were deducted 23 points for the 2023 as the result of a match-fixing scandal.[4]

Results

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

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI ENE GOM ISL FCM NAF NEM SHA SLA SLU SMR TZH
BATE Borisov — 2–1 4–0 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 25 Oct 1–2 25 Nov 2–0 1–1 29 Oct 2–0 1–2
Belshina Bobruisk 0–3 — 1–0 25 Nov 5 Nov 29 Oct 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
Dynamo Brest 1–2 2 Dec — 6 Nov 0–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1
Dinamo Minsk 2 Nov 7–2 4–1 — 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 11 Nov 2 Dec
Energetik-BGU Minsk 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 — 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–4 2 Dec 1–0 27 Oct 12 Nov
Gomel 0–2 2–0 1–4 0–4 1–0 — 10 Nov 2–0 3–2 3–3 3–2 3–2 2 Dec 2–0 0–3
Isloch Minsk Raion 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 25 Nov 3–1 — 0–0 5–1 0–3 4 Nov 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2
Minsk 2–2 12 Nov 29 Oct 1–1 1–1 2–2 2 Dec — 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0
Naftan Novopolotsk 12 Nov 0–1 0–3 0–3 4–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 — 0–3 1–1 28 Oct 4 Nov 2–2 0–1
Neman Grodno 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 28 Oct 3–0 2 Dec — 0–1 1–0 11 Nov 3–1 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2 Dec 7–3 2–0 0–4 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–5 — 10 Nov 1–0 2–0 28 Oct
Slavia Mozyr 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 25 Nov 2–1 1–0 1–0 5 Nov 3–1 — 1–0 4–1 0–1
Slutsk 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 25 Nov 1–0 — 3–3 0–0
Smorgon 1–2 1–0 25 Nov 3–1 1–0 0–3 0–4 5 Nov 1–0 1–3 1–3 0–2 3–2 — 1–1
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 4 Nov 2–1 25 Nov 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 20 October 2023[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Belarus Pavel Savitsky Neman Grodno 13
Belarus Vladislav Morozov Dinamo Minsk
3 Belarus Yegor Karpitsky Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
4 Belarus Mikhail Gordeychuk Dynamo Brest 10
5 Montenegro Dušan Bakić Dinamo Minsk 9
Russia Andrei Panyukov Naftan Novopolotsk
7 Belarus Valery Gromyko BATE Borisov 8
Belarus Yahor Zubovich Neman Grodno
Belarus Aleksandr Anufriyev Gomel
10 Belarus Denis Kozlovskiy Gomel 7
Belarus Valery Gorbachik Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

References
  1. "2022 Belarusian Premier League". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. "Федэрацыя футбола пазбавіла салігорскі "Шахцёр" чэмпіёнства 2022 года". euradio.fm. 11 May 2023.
  3. Maxline can't play in the 2023 top flight (in Russian)
  4. "Официально". Football Federation of Belarus. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  5. "Top scorers". Flashscore.com.
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