2021_Belarusian_Premier_League
2021 Belarusian Premier League
Football league season
The 2021 Belarusian Premier League was the 31st season of top-tier football in Belarus. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions, having won their second league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their third Belarusian Premier League title.
Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 March – 28 November 2021 |
| Champions | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Relegated | Sputnik Smorgon |
| Champions League | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Conference League | BATE Borisov Gomel Dinamo Minsk |
| Matches played | 232 |
| Goals scored | 630 (2.72 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Dembo Darboe (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Rukh Brest 7–1 Isloch Minsk Raion (13 August 2021) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon (2 October 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Slavia Mozyr 0–6 Minsk (24 October 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Rukh Brest 7–1 Isloch Minsk Raion (13 August 2021) Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 7–1 Smorgon (2 October 2021) |
| Longest winning run | 13 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Longest unbeaten run | 17 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| Longest winless run | 14 matches Smorgon |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches Sputnik Rechitsa |
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 20 November 2021. | |
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Minsk
Locations of the 2021 Belarusian Premier League teams
The bottom two teams from the 2020 season (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi) were relegated to the First League (both relegated after one-year in the top flight). They were replaced by Sputnik Rechitsa (promoted to the top-flight for the first time in their history) and Gomel (promoted after a one-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 Belarusian First League respectively.
In the winter 2020/21, Gorodeya (who finished 13th last year) dissolved and left a Premier League spot vacant. Smorgon (6th-placed team of last year's First League season, promoted after an eleven-year absence) were admitted to fill the vacancy, after Krumkachy Minsk (First League 3rd-placed team) were denied Premier League license, and another two clubs (Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Lokomotiv Gomel) rejected the opportunity due to insufficient financing.
More information Team, Location ...
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena[1] | 13,121 | 2nd |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium (Gomel)[2] | 14,307 | 2nd (First League) |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 | 4th |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium[3] | 22,324 | 6th |
| Energetik-BGU | Minsk | City Stadium (Borisov)[4] | 5,402 | 10th |
| Isloch | Minsk Raion | City Stadium (Molodechno)[5] | 4,800 | 7th |
| Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium[6] | 17,600 | 11th |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 5th |
| Rukh | Brest | OSK Brestsky[7] | 10,060 | 8th |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium[8] | 4,200 | 1st |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) | 5,133 | 9th |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk)[9] | 1,896 | 14th |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium (Smorgon) | 2,625 | 6th (First League) |
| Sputnik | Rechitsa | Central Stadium (Rechitsa)[10] | 3,550 | 1st (First League) |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 3rd |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,200 | 12th |
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- ^ Two games played at SDYuShOR-8 Stadium in Gomel.
- ^ One game played at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk.
- ^ Energetik-BGU spent the season at City Stadium in Borisov due to league's requirement to play on natural grass pitch in the summer. In addition, four games played at RCOP-BGU Stadium in Minsk.
- ^ Isloch spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno due to league's requirement to play on natural grass pitch in the summer. In addition, four games played at FC Minsk Stadium in Minsk.
- ^ Three games played at FC Minsk Stadium.
- ^ One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
- ^ Five games played at Shakhtyor Stadium in Soligorsk.
- ^ Three games played at Slutsk College stadium.
- ^ Before their withdrawal from the league, Sputnik played three games at Central Stadium in Rechitsa, three games at SDYuShOR-8 Stadium in Gomel, one game at Central Stadium in Gomel and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
Personnel
More information Team, Manager ...
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Managerial changes
More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Dinamo Minsk |  Leonid Kuchuk[1] |
Resigned | 28 May 2021 | 4th | Artsyom Chelyadzinski (caretaker) [2] |
3 June 2021 |
| FC Sputnik Rechitsa | Vyacheslav Levchuk[3] |
Mutual Consent | 4 June 2021 | 16th |  Viktor Kumykov[4] |
4 June 2021 |
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More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 20 | +35 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Gomel[lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Rukh Brest (W) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 58 | Withdrawal from the league[5] |
| 6 | Dynamo Brest | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | |
| 7 | Vitebsk | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 37 | |
| 8 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 36 | |
| 9 | Slutsk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 35 | |
| 10 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 34 | |
| 11 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 34 | |
| 12 | Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 52 | −20 | 33 | |
| 13 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 33 | |
| 14 | Slavia Mozyr (O) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Smorgon (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 66 | −40 | 21 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Sputnik Rechitsa (D, R) | 30 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 82 | −70 | 7 | Withdrawal from the league[6] |
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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.
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn
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; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrawn
Notes:
- Gomel qualified for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round as the 2021–22 Belarusian Cup winners.
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
More information Home \ Away, BAT ...
| Home \ Away | BAT | DBR | DMI | ENE | GOM | ISL | FCM | NEM | RUH | SHA | SLA | SLU | SMR | SPU | TZH | VIT |
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| BATE Borisov | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Dynamo Brest | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Energetik-BGU Minsk | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Gomel | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Minsk | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Rukh Brest | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Slutsk | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Smorgon | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Sputnik Rechitsa | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 0–3 | 4–3 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Vitebsk | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | — |
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Source: Football Federation of Belarus (in Russian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slavia Mozyr) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2021 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2022 Premier League.
Leg 1
Leg 2
SOK Alimpijski, Minsk
Top goalscorers
- As of 20 November 2021[7]
More information Rank, Player ...
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dembo Darboe |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 19 |
| 2 | Andrey Solovey |
Gomel | 17 |
| 3 | Maksim Skavysh |
BATE Borisov | 13 |
| 4 |  Stanislav Bilenkyi |
Dynamo Brest | 11 |
| 5 |  Ablaye Mbengue |
Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
| 6 |  Steven Alfred |
Slutsk | 9 |
| Dzyanis Laptsew |
Rukh Brest | ||
| Ruslan Teverov |
Vitebsk | ||
| 9 | Dmitry Gomza |
Gomel | 8 |
| Dzmitry Kamarowski |
Isloch | ||
 Francis Narh |
Slavia Mozyr |
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Hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dzyanis Laptsew | Rukh Brest | Smorgon | 5–0 (H)[8] | 18 April 2021 |
| Dembo Darboe | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Rukh Brest | 4‒1 (H)[9] | 25 April 2021 |
| Ablaye Mbengue | Dinamo Minsk | Slavia Mozyr | 4–0 (H)[10] | 4 July 2021 |
| Andrey Solovey | Gomel | Slutsk | 4–1 (A)[11] | 18 September 2021 |
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Disciplinary
Most yellow cards: (8)
Júlio César (Vitebsk)
Giorgi Kantaria (Neman Grodno)
Alimardon Shukurov (Neman Grodno)
Vladislav Yatskevich (Smorgon)- Igor Tymonyuk (Slavia Mozyr)
Most red cards: (2)
Weekly awards
Player of the Week
More information Player of The Week, Week ...
| Player of The Week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
| 1 | Syarhey Kislyak |
Dinamo Minsk | [12] | |
| 2 | Dzmitry Kamarowski |
Isloch | [13] | |
| 3 |  Shokhboz Umarov |
BATE Borisov | [14] | |
| 4 | Andrey Solovey |
Gomel | [15] | |
| 5 | Dzyanis Laptsew |
Rukh Brest | [16] | |
| 6 | Dembo Darboe |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [17] | |
| 7 | Alyaksandr Sachywka |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [18] | |
| 8 |  Júlio César |
Vitebsk | [19] | |
| 9 | Denis Gruzhevskiy |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | [20] | |
| 10 | Ruslan Yudenkov |
Gomel | [21] | |
| 11 | Andrey Solovey |
Gomel | [22] | |
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Goal of the Week
More information Goal of The Week, Week ...
| Goal of The Week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Player | Club | Reference | |
| 1 | Shokhboz Umarov |
BATE Borisov | [23] | |
| 2 | Alyaksandr Sachywka |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [24] | |
| 3 | Artsyom Vaskow |
Gomel | [25] | |
| 4 |  Nikola Antić |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [26] | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Shestyuk |
Dynamo Brest | [27] | |
| 6 | Mikita Nyakrasaw |
Gomel | [28] | |
| 7 | Stanislav Bilenkyi |
Dynamo Brest | [29] | |
| 8 | Vadim Pobudey |
Gomel | [30] | |
| 9 | Pavel Sedko |
Dynamo Brest | [31] | |
| 10 | Ruslan Yudenkov |
Gomel | [32] | |
| 11 | Shokhboz Umarov |
BATE Borisov | [33] | |
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Monthly awards
Player of the Month
More information Player of The Month, Month ...
| Player of The Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
| April | Dembo Darboe |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [34] | |
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Goal of the Month
More information Goal of The Month, Month ...
| Goal of The Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
| April | Aleksandr Shestyuk |
Dynamo Brest | [35] | |
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Manager of the Month
More information Manager of The Month, Month ...
| Manager of The Month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Player | Club | Reference | |
| April | Roman Hryhorchuk |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | [36] | |
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- "Kuchuk resigned from the post of head coach of Minsk "Dynamo"". by.tribuna.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- "Челядинский назначен исполняющим обязанности главного тренера минского "Динамо"". by.tribuna.com. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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- "Кумыков официально назначен на должность главного тренера "Спутника"". by.tribuna.com. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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- "Shakhter vs Rukh". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- "Dinamo-Minsk vs Slavia-Mozyr". Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- "Slutsk vs Gomel". Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 1. Sergei Kislyak" (in Russian). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 2. Dmitri Komarovski" (in Russian). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 3. Shokhboz Umarov" (in Russian). 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 4. Andrey Solovey" (in Russian). 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 5. Denis Laptev" (in Russian). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 6. Dembo Darbo" (in Russian). 27 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 7. Aleksandr Sachivko" (in Russian). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 8" (in Russian). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- "Лепшы гулец 9 тура "Беларусбанк - Вышэйшай лігі". Дзяніс Гружэўскі" (in Russian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 10. Ruslan Yudenkov" (in Russian). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- "The best player of "Belarus Premier League" Matchday 11. Andrey Solovey" (in Russian). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 1. Shakhboz Umarov" (in Russian). 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 2. Aleksandr Sachivko" (in Russian). 25 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 3. Artem Vaskov" (in Russian). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- "Лепшы гол 4 тура. Мікола Анціч" (in Russian). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 5. Aleksandr Shestuk" (in Russian). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- "Лепшы гол 6 тура. Мікіта Някрасаў" (in Russian). 29 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "Лепшы гол 7 тура. Станіслаў Беленькі" (in Russian). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- "Лепшы гол 8 тура. Вадзім Пабудзей" (in Russian). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 9. Pavel Sed'ko" (in Russian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- "Лепшы гол 10 тура. Руслан Юдзянкоў" (in Russian). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- "Best goal of Matchday 11. Shokhboz Umarov" (in Russian). 3 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- "The best player of Belarus Premier league. April. Dembo Darbo" (in Russian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "Best goal of April. Aleksandr Shestyuk" (in Russian). 7 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- "Manager of the month. April. Roman Grigorchuk" (in Russian). 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- Official website (in Russian)