2005 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season2005
ChampionsShakhtyor
RelegatedZvezda-BGU
Slavia
Champions LeagueShakhtyor Soligorsk
UEFA CupBATE Borisov
Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto CupMTZ-RIPO Minsk
Matches played182
Goals scored516 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Valery Strypeykis (16)
Biggest home winDnepr-Transmash 6–0 Neman
Biggest away winSlavia 1–6 Shakhtyor;
Slavia 0–5 MTZ-RIPO
Highest scoringZvezda-BGU 5–3 Naftan
← 2004
2006 →

The 2005 Belarusian Premier League was the 15th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 16 and ended on November 5, 2005. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2004 season

Two lowest placed teams in 2004 (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk) relegated to First League. Lokomotiv Minsk won the 2004 First League and were promoted. Vedrich-97 Rechytsa finished 2nd in First League and were supposed to be promoted as well. However, due to weak club infrastructure they couldn't obtain licence to compete in Premiere League and decided to stay in First League.[1] Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th in 2004, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squad[2] and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to Second League.[3] BFF decided not to replace two withdrawn teams with anyone and the league was reduced to 14 clubs. Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk changed their name to Zvezda-BGU Minsk.

Overview

Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2005–06 Cup winners BATE Borisov qualified for UEFA Cup. Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 2005 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2004
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 40,000 1
BATE Borisov City Stadium 5,500 2
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 3,030 3
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 3,020 4
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 10,600 5
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 6,300 7
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 3,380 8
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium 6,800 9
Naftan Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 4,500 10
Darida Minsk Raion Darida Stadium 3,300 11
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 5,300 12
Zvezda-BGU Minsk Traktor Stadium[1] 17,600 13
MTZ-RIPO Minsk Traktor Stadium 17,600 14
Lokomotiv Minsk Yunost Stadium (Smorgon)[2] 3,000 First league, 1
  1. ^
    One game played at Darida Stadium.
  2. ^
    Lokomotiv Minsk spent the season at Yunost Stadium in Smorgon, as their own ground Lokomotiv Stadium did not meet Premier League criteria.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (C) 26 19 6 1 59 14 +45 63 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 26 15 5 6 50 26 +24 50 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 MTZ-RIPO Minsk 26 16 1 9 43 30 +13 49 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Torpedo Zhodino 26 14 5 7 40 25 +15 47
5 BATE Borisov 26 12 11 3 42 27 +15 47 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round[a]
6 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 26 12 7 7 48 36 +12 43
7 Gomel 26 12 3 11 34 32 +2 39
8 Dinamo Brest 26 11 3 12 39 33 +6 36
9 Naftan Novopolotsk 26 10 3 13 43 44 −1 33
10 Darida Minsk Raion 26 7 8 11 30 36 −6 29
11 Lokomotiv Minsk 26 7 5 14 30 43 −13 26
12 Neman Grodno 26 7 3 16 20 50 −30 24
13 Zvezda-BGU Minsk (R) 26 3 5 18 24 60 −36 14 Relegation to Belarusian First League
14 Slavia Mozyr (R) 26 2 5 19 14 60 −46 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ BATE Borisov qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2005–06 Belarusian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BAT DAR DBR DMI DNE GOM LMN MTZ NAF NEM SHA SLA TZH ZBM
BATE Borisov 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 4–0
Darida Minsk Raion 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–2
Dinamo Brest 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–2 0–1 2–0 5–2 3–1 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–0
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–1 3–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0
Gomel 2–3 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 4–2
Lokomotiv Minsk 3–3 0–0 3–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 4–1 0–2 5–0 2–3 0–0
MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–1 5–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1
Naftan Novopolotsk 1–2 3–2 2–1 3–2 3–4 0–2 4–0 2–3 3–0 1–4 3–1 0–2 3–1
Neman Grodno 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–1
Slavia Mozyr 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–3 1–1 1–6 0–2 0–1
Torpedo Zhodino 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 6–1 0–0
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 2–2 0–4 1–4 2–4 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 5–3 0–1 1–3 1–2 2–2
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Neman Grodno Belarus 0–1 Czech Republic Tescoma Zlín 0–1 0–0
2005–06 UEFA Cup
First qualifying round Ferencváros Budapest Hungary 2–3 Belarus MTZ-RIPO Minsk 0–2 2–1
Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia (country) 0–6 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 0–5
Second qualifying round MTZ-RIPO Minsk Belarus 2–3 Czech Republic Teplice 1–1 1–2
Krylia Sovetov Samara Russia 4–0 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–0 2–0
2005–06 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–2 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 1–1 0–1

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Valery Strypeykis Naftan Novopolotsk 16
2 Ukraine Ihor Chumachenko Naftan Novopolotsk 14
Belarus Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14
4 Belarus Vitali Rodionov Torpedo Zhodino 14
Belarus Roman Vasilyuk Gomel 13
6 Belarus Vadzim Boyka Dinamo Brest 12
Belarus Syarhey Nikiforenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
8 Belarus Alyaksandr Kobets BATE Borisov 11
9 Belarus Artyom Kontsevoy MTZ-RIPO Minsk 10
Belarus Alyaksandr Pawlaw Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 10

See also

References

  1. ^ Number of Belarusian Premier League members reduced to 15, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-02
  2. ^ Off-season news, football.by, retrieved 2005-01-11
  3. ^ Torpedo-SKA repeated Vedrich's fate, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-17