2024 Belarusian Premier League
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The 2024 Belarusian Premier League (also written as Belarusbank Vyšejšaja Liha for sponsorship reasons[2][3]) was the 34th season of top-tier football in Belarus.
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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 March 2024–7 December 2024[1] |
| Champions | Dinamo Minsk 9th Premier League title |
| Relegated | Dnepr Mogilev Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Champions League | Dinamo Minsk |
| Conference League | Neman Grodno Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino |
| Matches played | 104 |
| Goals scored | 244 (2.35 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Rody Effaghe (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | BATE Borisov 6–0 Slutsk (31 May 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Slutsk 0–5 Dinamo Minsk (15 June 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Dynamo Brest 6–1 Dnepr Mogilev (15 June 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Neman Grodno Slavia Mozyr |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Dinamo Minsk |
| Longest winless run | 13 matches Minsk |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2024. | |
Dinamo Minsk successfully defended their title, winning for the second time in a row.[4]
Teams
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The league consisted of sixteen teams; the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the 2023 Belarusian First League. Dinamo Minsk entered the season as defending champions.
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Dnepr Mogilev were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2023 First League (replacing the bottom-placed Premier League team Belshina Bobruisk). Third-placed First League team Vitebsk defeated the second-bottom Premier League team Energetik-BGU Minsk in the 2023 Belarusian Premier League play-off, taking their place in the league.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | Dzerzhinsk | City Stadium | 1,000 | 1st (First League) |
| BATE Borisov | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,126 | 5th |
| Dynamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,169 | 10th |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,000 | 1st |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 | 2nd (First League) |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 6th |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 4th |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 9th |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 5,300 | 12th |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 2nd |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 13th |
| Slavia Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 | 7th |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 | 8th |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium | 3,200 | 11th |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 3rd |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | 3rd (First League) |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk (C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 50 | 13 | +37 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 62 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Brest | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 49 | |
| 5 | Vitebsk | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 47 | |
| 6 | Gomel | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 44 | |
| 7 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 41 | |
| 8 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Slutsk | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 39 | |
| 10 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 38 | |
| 11 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Smorgon | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 51 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Minsk | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 28 | |
| 14 | Naftan Novopolotsk (O) | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 26 | Qualification for the Belarusian Premier League play-off |
| 15 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 18 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 2[b] |
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- The 2024–25 Belarusian Cup winners also qualify for the Conference League first qualifying round (or the fourth-placed team of the Belarusian Premier League if the Belarusian Cup winners finish in the top three).
- Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 20 points for match-fixing.[5]
Results
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Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
| Home \ Away | ARS | BAT | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | ISL | FCM | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | SLU | SMR | TZH | VIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| BATE Borisov | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 7–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Brest | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Gomel | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Minsk | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Slutsk | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Smorgon | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — | 0–4 | 0–3 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Vitebsk | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
Belarusian Premier League play-off
The fourteenth-placed team (Naftan Novopolotsk) faced the third-placed team of the 2024 Belarusian First League (Niva Dolbizno) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Belarusian Premier League.
First leg
| 4 December 2024 | Niva Dolbizno | 1–3 | Naftan Novopolotsk | Dolbizno |
| 12:00 BST | Yushchenko  31' |
Pranovich 4' Paparyha 40' (pen.), 59' (pen.) |
Stadium: City Stadium |
Second leg
| 7 December 2024 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–0 (5–1 agg.) | Niva Dolbizno | Novopolotsk |
| 11:00 BST | Paparyha 55' Suchkow 85' |
Stadium: Atlant Stadium |
Season statistics
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Top scorers
- As of 1 December 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6][7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Junior Effaghe |
Gomel | 17 |
| 2 |  Yegor Kortsov |
Dynamo Brest | 15 |
 Maksim Skavysh |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | ||
| 4 | Pavel Savitsky |
Neman Grodno | 14 |
| 5 | Mikhail Gordeychuk |
Dynamo Brest | 13 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Shestyuk |
Isloch Minsk Raion | 11 |
| 7 | German Barkovsky |
Dynamo Brest | 9 |
 Roman Paparyha |
Naftan Novopolotsk | ||
 Oralkhan Omirtayev |
BATE Borisov | ||
| Karen Vardanyan |
Vitebsk |
Own goals
Nikita Krasnov - Slavia Mozyr vs Dnepr Mogilev (15 March 2023)- Aleksandr Chizh - Vitebsk vs Slavia Mozyr (30 March 2023)
- Vladislav Lozhkin - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Slavia Mozyr (14 April 2023)
Mydo Kingu Yallet - Minsk vs Naftan Novopolotsk (20 April 2023)- Dmitry Aliseyko - Dnepr Mogilev vs Dinamo Minsk (27 April 2023)
- Aleksandr Svirskiy - Isloch Minsk Raion vs Dinamo Minsk (12 May 2023)
- Fedor Yurkevich - Naftan Novopolotsk vs Dnepr Mogilev (18 May 2023)
- Aleksandr Mikhalenko - Minsk vs Vitebsk (18 May 2023)
- Artyom Bykov - Dinamo Minsk vs Shakhtyor Soligorsk (19 May 2023)
- Stanislav Atrashkevich - Arsenal Dzerzhinsk vs Dinamo Minsk (1 June 2023)
Clean sheets
- As of match played 1 June 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Lapoukhov |
Dinamo Minsk | 6 |
| Yevgeniy Abramovich |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | ||
| Maksim Belov |
Neman Grodno | ||
| 4 | Ivan Sanko |
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 4 |
| Dzmitry Kharytonaw |
Vitebsk | ||
| Stanislav Kleschuk |
Gomel | ||
| 7 | Yegor Generalov |
Dnepr Mogilev | 3 |
| Mikhail Kozakevich |
Dynamo Brest | ||
| Aleksandr Svirskiy |
Isloch Minsk Raion | ||
| 10 | Uladzislaw Ihnatsyew |
BATE Borisov | 2 |
| Syarhey Chernik |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | ||
| Timofey Yurasov |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | ||
| Ivan Novichkov |
Smorgon | ||
| Arseniy Skopets |
BATE Borisov | ||
| 15 | Artyom Soroko |
Slavia Mozyr | 1 |
| Aleksey Kharitonovich |
Naftan Novopolotsk | ||
| Maksim Azarko |
Minsk | ||
| Aleksei Kozlov |
Slavia Mozyr | ||
| Denis Sadovsky |
Slutsk | ||
| Ilya Branovets |
Slutsk | ||
| Maksim Plotnikov |
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | ||
| Stanislav Boldysh |
Minsk | ||
| Sergey Ignatovich |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
Timofey Yurasov & Yevgeniy Abramovich both played in Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino's 1-0 victory over Slutsk on 31 March
Discipline
Red cards
- As of match played 1 June 2024
- Mikhail Bashilov - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Vitebsk (17 March 2024)
- Aleksandr Mikhalenko - Minsk vs Smorgon (5 April 2024)
- Matvey Svidinskiy - BATE Borisov vs Gomel (6 April 2024)
- Anton Lukashov - Dnepr Mogilev vs Neman Grodno (13 April 2024)
- Yevgeny Malashevich - Dynamo Brest vs Minsk (14 April 2024)
Yegor Pogostnov - Slavia Mozyr vs Arsenal Dzerzhinsk (28 April 2024)- Nikita Kaplenko - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Slutsk (28 April 2024)
Jonathan John - Vitebsk vs Smorgon (10 May 2024)
References
External links
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