2008_Belarusian_Premier_League

Belarusian Premier League
Season	2008
Champions	BATE Borisov
Relegated	Lokomotiv Minsk; Savit Mogilev; Darida Minsk Raion
Champions League	BATE Borisov
Europa League	Naftan Novopolotsk; Dinamo Minsk; MTZ-RIPO Minsk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	621 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gennadi Bliznyuk (16); Vitali Rodionov (16)
Biggest home win	BATE 5–0 Shakhtyor; Dnepr 5–0 Smorgon
Biggest away win	2–6 – 1 game;; 0–4 – 4 games
Highest scoring	Darida 3–6 MTZ-RIPO
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2008 Belarusian Premier League

Football league season

The 2008 Belarusian Premier League was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

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Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2007
BATE	Borisov	City Stadium (Borisov)	5,392	1
Gomel	Gomel	Central Stadium	14,307	2
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	4,200	3
Torpedo	Zhodino	City Stadium (Borisov)^[1]	5,392	4
MTZ-RIPO	Minsk	Traktor Stadium	17,600	5
Neman	Grodno	Neman Stadium	6,300	6
Naftan	Novopolotsk	Atlant Stadium	5,300	7
Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsky CSK	8,350	8
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium^[2]	40,000	9
Smorgon	Smorgon	Yunost Stadium	3,200	10
Darida	Minsk Raion	Darida Stadium	4,500	11
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	10,080	12
Dnepr	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)^[3]	3,500	13
Savit	Mogilev	Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev)	3,500	First league, 1
Granit	Mikashevichi	OSK Brestskiy (Brest)^[4]	10,080	First league, 2
Lokomotiv	Minsk	City Stadium (Molodechno)^[5]	4,800	First league, 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BATE Borisov (C)	30	19	10	1	54	20	+34	67	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo Minsk	30	19	5	6	49	29	+20	62	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	30	17	6	7	65	37	+28	57	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	30	15	6	9	50	35	+15	51
5	Vitebsk	30	14	9	7	39	26	+13	51
6	Dinamo Brest	30	13	8	9	40	34	+6	47
7	Naftan Novopolotsk	30	13	7	10	41	35	+6	46	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Smorgon	30	10	9	11	26	39	−13	39
9	Dnepr Mogilev	30	9	11	10	45	42	+3	38
10	Granit Mikashevichi	30	8	12	10	35	34	+1	36
11	Gomel	30	9	6	15	35	47	−12	33
12	Neman Grodno	30	8	9	13	36	40	−4	33
13	Torpedo Zhodino	30	7	10	13	25	36	−11	31
14	Lokomotiv Minsk (R)	30	6	7	17	28	50	−22	25	Relegation to Belarusian First League
15	Savit Mogilev (R)	30	5	6	19	28	61	−33	21
16	Darida Minsk Raion (R)	30	4	7	19	25	56	−31	19

Home \ Away	BAT	DAR	DBR	DMI	DNE	GOM	GRA	LMN	MTZ	NAF	NEM	SAV	SHA	SMR	VIT	TZH
BATE Borisov		1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–3	2–1	0–0	3–0	5–0	2–2	1–1	2–1
Darida Minsk Raion	0–2		1–4	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–2	3–6	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1
Dinamo Brest	1–3	2–1		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0
Dinamo Minsk	2–1	2–2	1–4		1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1
Dnepr Mogilev	3–3	2–1	2–1	3–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	5–0	1–1	2–1
Gomel	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	4–3		2–4	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–6	0–1	1–2	0–1
Granit Mikashevichi	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–3	2–3	1–1		0–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–4	0–0
Lokomotiv Minsk	0–3	2–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0		0–3	4–0	0–4	2–0	0–4	1–2	0–3	1–1
MTZ-RIPO Minsk	0–0	3–3	4–0	0–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–1		0–2	1–1	6–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	4–2
Naftan Novopolotsk	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3		1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–0
Neman Grodno	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–2		1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0
Savit Mogilev	0–1	1–1	1–4	1–4	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	3–5		0–4	2–0	1–2	0–2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–2	3–4		0–1	2–1	1–0
Smorgon	0–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–4		0–3	0–0
Vitebsk	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0		0–0
Torpedo Zhodino	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–2	6–2	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–1

Round	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round	Cracovia	1–5	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	1–2	0–3
Second round	Sturm Graz	2–0	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2–0	0–0
2008–09 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round	Legia Warszawa	4–1	Gomel	0–0	4–1
First qualifying round	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	2–3	Žilina	2–2	0–1
2008–09 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round	BATE Borisov	3–0	Valur	2–0	1–0
Second qualifying round	Anderlecht	3–4	BATE Borisov	1–2	2–2
Thind qualifying round	Levski Sofia	1–2	BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1
Group stage	Real Madrid	3–0	BATE Borisov	2–0	1–0
	BATE Borisov	2–2	Juventus	2–2	0–0
	Zenit St. Petersburg	3–1	BATE Borisov	1–1	2–0

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gennadi Bliznyuk	BATE Borisov	16
1	Vitali Rodionov	BATE Borisov	16
3	Artem Kontsevoy	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	15
4	Alyaksandr Hawrushka	Dnepr Mogilev	14
5	Dzmitry Mazalewski	Dinamo Brest	13
5	Ruslan Usaw	Vitebsk	13
7	Andrey Sherakow	Torpedo Zhodino	12
8	Oleg Strakhanovich	MTZ-RIPO Minsk	11
8	Andrey Tsevan	Dinamo Brest	11
10	Aleksandr Alumona	Neman Grodno	10
	Dzmitry Kavalyonak	Neman Grodno	10
	Róbert Rák	Dinamo Minsk	10

2008 Belarusian Premier League