1993–94 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season1993–94
ChampionsDinamo Minsk
(3rd title)
RelegatedStroitel Starye Dorogi
UEFA CupDinamo Minsk
Cup Winners' CupFandok Bobruisk
Matches played238
Goals scored513 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Pyotr Kachura
(21 goals)
Biggest home winDinamo Mn 8–0 Shakhtyor
(20 April 1994)
Biggest away win0–3, 5 games
Highest scoringDinamo Mn 8–0 Shakhtyor
(20 April 1994)

The 1993–94 Belarusian Premier League was the third season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 17 July 1993, and ended on 18 June 1994. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1992–93 season

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 1992–93 season table (Obuvshchik Lida and Torpedo Zhodino) relegated to the First League. They were replaced by the winners of 1992–93 First League Shinnik Bobruisk and the league was reduced from 17 to 16 teams.

Belarus Minsk changed their name to Dinamo-93 Minsk prior to the season.

Overview

Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 3rd time in a row as well as Belarusian Cup for the 2nd time and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 24 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The Cup runners-up Fandok Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Stroitel Starye Dorogi finished in the last place and were relegated. It was their last season in Premier League to date.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 1993–94 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1992–93
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) 50,050 1
KIM Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk Minsk Traktor Stadium[1] 25,000 3
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 4
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 12,000 5
Fandok Bobruisk Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 6
Dinamo Brest Brest Dinamo Stadium (Brest) 10,500 7
Torpedo Mogilev Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 6,000 8
Torpedo Minsk Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk)[2] 5,000 9
Gomselmash Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium 5,000 10
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Shakhtyor Stadium 5,000 11
Lokomotiv Vitebsk Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 5,500 12
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno)[3] 5,600 13
Stroitel Starye Dorogi Starye Dorogi Stroitel Stadium 5,000 14
Vedrich Rechitsa Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 15
Shinnik Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 4,800 First League, 1
  1. ^
    Two games played at Dinamo Stadium.
  2. ^
    Two games played at Traktor Stadium, one game at Dinamo Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at DYuSSh Stadium.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dinamo Minsk (C) 30 24 4 2 76 20 +56 52 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Dinamo-93 Minsk 30 18 7 5 46 16 +30 43
3 KIM Vitebsk 30 17 9 4 32 14 +18 43
4 Dnepr Mogilev 30 17 6 7 45 22 +23 40
5 Fandok Bobruisk 30 13 7 10 32 25 +7 33 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Torpedo Minsk 30 9 15 6 18 18 0 33
7 Shinnik Bobruisk 30 15 1 14 41 41 0 31
8 Dinamo Brest 30 11 9 10 30 29 +1 31
9 Molodechno 30 10 11 9 35 31 +4 31
10 Lokomotiv Vitebsk 30 8 9 13 25 39 −14 25
11 Neman Grodno 30 8 8 14 29 41 −12 24
12 Vedrich Rechitsa 30 7 7 16 20 41 −21 21
13 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 5 11 14 21 39 −18 21
14 Torpedo Mogilev 30 5 10 15 20 43 −23 20
15 Gomselmash Gomel 30 7 5 18 36 47 −11 19
16 Stroitel Starye Dorogi (R) 30 3 7 20 13 53 −40 13 Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away DBR DMI D93 DNE FBO GOM KIM LVI MOL NEM SHA SHB STR TMI TMO VED
Dinamo Brest 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 3–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 4–1 8–0 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
Dinamo-93 Minsk 2–0 4–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
Dnepr Mogilev 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 4–0
Fandok Bobruisk 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–0
Gomselmash Gomel 4–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 4–0 2–0
KIM Vitebsk 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–0
Lokomotiv Vitebsk 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–0[a] 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2
Molodechno 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–4 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Neman Grodno 0–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Shinnik Bobruisk 1–3 0–1 1–0 4–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–1
Stroitel Starye Dorogi 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3[b] 0–3 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0
Torpedo Minsk 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Torpedo Mogilev 1–3 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1
Vedrich Rechitsa 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 0–1
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded as a 3–0 win for Lokomotiv due to Shinnik fielding a suspended player. Originally ended with a 0–0 draw.
  2. ^ Awarded as a 3–0 win for Neman due to Stroitel fielding an unregistered player. Originally ended with a 1–1 draw.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1993–94 UEFA Champions League
First round Werder Bremen Germany 6–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 5–2 1–1
1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup
Qualifying round Lugano Switzerland 6–2 Belarus Neman Grodno 5–0 1–2

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Pyotr Kachura Dinamo-93 Minsk / Dinamo Minsk 21
2 Belarus Sergey Yaromko Shinnik Bobruisk / Fandok Bobruisk 19
3 Belarus Yury Vyarheychyk Dinamo-93 Minsk 14
4 Belarus Vladimir Putrash Shinnik Bobruisk 12
Belarus Miroslav Romaschenko Dnepr Mogilev 12
Belarus Andrey Yusipets Gomselmash Gomel 12
7 Belarus Alyaksandr Vyazhevich Molodechno 11
8 Belarus Valyantsin Byalkevich Dinamo Minsk 10
Belarus Yuri Shukanov Dinamo Minsk 10
10 Belarus Syarhey Herasimets Dinamo Minsk 8
Belarus Dmitry Klyuiko Shinnik Bobruisk 8
Russia Vladimir Skorobogaty Vedrich Rechitsa 8

See also