The 1995 Belarusian Premier League was the fifth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 10 July and ended on 6 November 1995. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
| Season | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Minsk (5th title) |
| Relegated | Bobruisk |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Minsk Dinamo-93 Minsk |
| Cup Winners' Cup | MPKC Mozyr |
| Intertoto Cup | Ataka-Aura Minsk |
| Matches played | 120 |
| Goals scored | 359 (2.99 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Sergey Yaromko(16 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Vedrich 9–0 Neman (14 October 1995) |
| Biggest away win | Bobruisk 0–7 Molodechno (15 October 1995) |
| Highest scoring | Vedrich 9–0 Neman (14 October 1995) |
← 1994–95 1996 → | |
Team changes from 1994–95 season edit
Gomselmash Gomel and Lokomotiv Vitebsk, who finished on 15th and 16th places, relegated to Belarusian First League. They were replaced by two newcomers: First League 1994–95 winners MPKC Mozyr and runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk.
Overview edit
The championship was played as a single round-robin tournament in the second half of 1995 due to change of the league schedule from winter to summer starting from 1996. This also was the first season with 3-point system. Dinamo Minsk won the championship for the 5th time in a row and qualified for the next season's UEFA Cup, as the Champions League was limited to 23 highest-ranked European national leagues which didn't include Belarus. The championship runners-up and 1995–96 Cup winners MPKC Mozyr qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. The bronze medalists Dinamo-93 Minsk also qualified for UEFA Cup. Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, relegated and eventually dissolved immediately after the season.
Teams and venues edit
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 1994–95 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)[1] | 50,050 | 1 |
| Dvina Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) | 5,500 | 2 |
| Dinamo-93 Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium[2] | 25,000 | 3 |
| Molodechno | Molodechno | City Stadium | 5,600 | 4 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 12,000 | 5 |
| Torpedo Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 5,000 | 6 |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 14,000 | 7 |
| Obuvshchik | Lida | Obuvshchik Stadium | 3,500 | 8 |
| Vedrich Rechitsa | Rechytsa | Rechitsadrev Stadium | 5,500 | 9 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | Dinamo Stadium (Brest) | 10,500 | 10 |
| Torpedo Mogilev | Mogilev | Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) | 6,000 | 11 |
| Bobruisk | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 4,800 | 12 |
| Shinnik Bobruisk | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 4,800 | 13 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 5,000 | 14 |
| MPKC Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 7,500 | First league, 1 |
| Ataka-Aura Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 25,000 | First league, 2 |
- ^ Two games played at Traktor Stadium.
- ^ One game played at Dinamo Stadium.
Table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk (C) | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 13 | +29 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 2 | MPKC Mozyr | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 9 | +35 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo-93 Minsk | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 32 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Ataka-Aura Minsk | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 29 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 5 | Molodechno | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 25 | |
| 6 | Dnepr Mogilev | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 | +3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Dvina Vitebsk | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 20 | |
| 8 | Neman Grodno | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 19 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Minsk | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 18 | |
| 10 | Dinamo Brest | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 17 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Mogilev | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | −4 | 17 | |
| 12 | Obuvshchik Lida | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 16 | |
| 13 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 16 | |
| 14 | Vedrich Rechitsa | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 15 | |
| 15 | Shinnik Bobruisk (O) | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 15 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Bobruisk (R) | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 54 | −48 | 2 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Promotion/relegation play-off edit
Shinnik Bobruisk had to play two-legged play-off with First League runners-up Kommunalnik Pinsk. Shinnik won and both teams remained in their respective leagues.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinnik Bobruisk | 3–2 | Kommunalnik Pinsk | 0–2 | 3–0 |
Results edit
Belarusian clubs in European Cups edit
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| Group stage | Dnepr Mogilev
|
2–1 |  Bečej
|
2–1 | |
Pogoń Szczecin 
|
3–3 | Dnepr Mogilev
|
3–3 | ||
| Dnepr Mogilev
|
2–2 |  Cannes
|
2–2 | ||
Farul Constanţa 
|
2–0 | Dnepr Mogilev
|
2–0 | ||
| 1995–96 UEFA Cup | |||||
| Preliminary round | Universitatea Craiova
|
0–0 (p) | Dinamo Minsk
|
0–0 | 0–0 (aet, p.1–3) |
| First round | Austria Wien 
|
1–3 | Dinamo Minsk
|
1–2 | 0–1 |
| Second round | Werder Bremen 
|
6–2 | Dinamo Minsk
|
5–0 | 1–2 |
| 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | |||||
| Qualifying round | Dinamo-93 Minsk
|
2–3 |  Molde
|
1–1 | 1–2 |
