2000 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season2000
ChampionsSlavia
RelegatedLida
Torpedo-Kadino
Kommunalnik
Champions LeagueSlavia
UEFA CupBelshina
BATE
Shakhtyor
Intertoto CupDinamo Minsk
Matches played240
Goals scored673 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Raman Vasilyuk (31)
Biggest home winNeman-Belcard 8–0 Kommunalnik;
BATE 8–0 Naftan-Devon
Biggest away winNaftan-Devon 0–7 BATE
Highest scoringBelshina 3–6 Slavia;
Torpedo-Kadino 2–7 Gomel
← 1999
2001 →

The 2000 Belarusian Premier League was the tenth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 15 and ended on November 4, 2000. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1999 season

Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi and Molodechno, who finished 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League. They were replaced by 1999 First League winners Kommunalnik Slonim and runners-up Vedrich-97 Rechytsa, who previously played in top league as Vedrich Rechytsa.

Overview

Slavia Mozyr won their 2nd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up BATE Borisov, 1999–2000 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk and UEFA Fair Play ranking winners Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League reduction from 16 to 14 teams starting with next season, three lowest placed teams were relegated: Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim. As of 2010, this was the last season in top league for either relegated team.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 2000 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1999
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 5,500 1
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 5,300 2
Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium[1] 5,000 3
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev)[2] 6,000 4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,000 5
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)[3] 40,000 6
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 3,000 7
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 2,000 8
Neman-Belcard Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 9
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 6,200 10
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Lyos Stadium (Baran)[4] 3,000 11
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,500 12
Lida Lida City Stadium (Lida) 3,000 13
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 7,000 14
Kommunalnik Slonim Dinamo Stadium (Slonim)[5] 1,200 First league, 1
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa Rechitsadrev Stadium 5,500 First league, 2
  1. ^
    Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.
  2. ^
    One game played at Khimvolokno Stadium.
  3. ^
    Two games played at Traktor Stadium.
  4. ^
    As club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation, they played most of the games at Lyos Stadium in Baran. In addition, one game was played at Spartak Stadium in Bobruisk.
  5. ^
    Kommunalnik played all games at Dinamo Stadium, as their regular stadium Yunost was closed for renovation.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Mozyr (C) 30 23 5 2 78 25 +53 74 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 BATE Borisov 30 20 4 6 68 26 +42 64 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Dinamo Minsk 30 19 5 6 49 21 +28 62 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Neman-Belcard Grodno 30 17 6 7 56 29 +27 57
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 15 9 6 47 29 +18 54 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
6 Gomel 30 17 2 11 50 41 +9 53
7 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 30 14 7 9 55 33 +22 49
8 Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 30 13 10 7 43 28 +15 49
9 Belshina Bobruisk 30 11 5 14 42 38 +4 38 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
10 Dinamo Brest 30 10 4 16 37 51 −14 34
11 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 30 8 7 15 34 50 −16 31
12 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 30 6 11 13 23 36 −13 29
13 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 30 5 7 18 25 69 −44 22
14 Lida (R) 30 3 10 17 16 60 −44 19 Relegation to Belarusian First League
15 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev (R) 30 5 2 23 31 71 −40 17
16 Kommunalnik Slonim (R) 30 3 8 19 19 66 −47 17
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round through the UEFA Fair Play ranking award.
  2. ^ Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2000–01 Belarusian Cup.

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM KOM LID LVI NAF NEM SLA SHA TMO TMI VED
BATE Borisov 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 6–0 5–0 1–0 8–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Belshina Bobruisk 1–1 3–1 1–3 3–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 3–6 5–2 1–0 0–1 0–0
Dinamo Brest 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–6 2–1 5–2 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1
Gomel 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–0
Kommunalnik Slonim 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–3
Lida 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 0–0 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–3 3–0 0–2 1–1
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–0 0–3 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–1
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 0–7 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1
Neman-Belcard Grodno 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 8–0 0–0 3–0 6–2 1–2 3–0 4–2 2–1 1–0
Slavia Mozyr 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 4–1 3–2 5–0 5–0 4–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 1–1 3–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 0–0
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–4 2–7 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–3 3–4 0–4 1–4 0–1 0–0
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 3–3 1–4 1–0
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–2
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Belarus 4–2 Denmark Silkeborg 2–1 2–1
Second round Chmel Blšany Czech Republic 8–2 Belarus Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 6–2 2–0
2000–01 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Slavia Mozyr Belarus 1–1 (a) Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–1 0–0
AIK Sweden 3–0 Belarus Gomel 1–0 2–0
2000–01 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Shirak Gyumri Armenia 2–3 Belarus BATE Borisov 1–1 1–2
Second qualifying round Helsingborgs Sweden 3–0 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–0 3–0

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Slavia Mozyr 31
2 Russia Sergei Davydov Neman-Belcard Grodno 18
Belarus Vitali Kutuzov BATE Borisov 18
4 Belarus Valery Strypeykis Slavia Mozyr 14
5 Belarus Dzmitry Aharodnik Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 13
6 Belarus Vitaliy Aleshchenko Gomel 12
7 Russia Sergey Polyakov Neman-Belcard Grodno 11
Belarus Leanid Lahun BATE Borisov 11
9 Belarus Syarhey Nikifarenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
Belarus Vadim Skripchenko BATE Borisov 11
Belarus Igor Trukhov Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 11

See also