2000 Belarusian First League

2000 Belarusian First League was the tenth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2000.

Belarusian First League
Season2000
ChampionsMolodechno
PromotedMolodechno
RelegatedTraktor Minsk
Veino-Dnepr
Polesye Kozenki
Matches played240
Goals scored704 (2.93 per match)
1999
2001

Team changes from 1999 season

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Two best teams of 1999 Belarusian First League (Kommunalnik Slonim and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 1999 Premier League (Molodechno and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi).

Two lowest placed teams of the 1999 First League (Pinsk-900 and Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two newcomers from the Second League (Traktor Minsk and Luninets as the winners of their respective groups).

Before the start of the season Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk were renamed to Khimik Svetlogorsk.

Overview

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This season winners Molodechno were promoted to the Premier League. Four lowest placed teams (Traktor Minsk, Khimik Svetlogorsk, Veino-Dnepr and Polesye Kozenki) were initially relegated to the Second League, although Khimik Svetlogorsk later avoided relegation due to withdrawal of two other teams before 2001 season.

Teams and locations

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Team Location Position in 1999
Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi Premier League, 15
Molodechno Molodechno Premier League, 16
Dinamo-Juni Minsk 3
Khimik Svetlogorsk 4
Granit Mikashevichi 5
Neman Mosty 6
Torpedo Zhodino 7
Keramik Bereza 8
Orsha Orsha 9
Rogachev Rogachev 10
ZLiN Gomel 11
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 12
Polesye Kozenki 13
Veino-Dnepr Veino 14
Traktor Minsk Second League, Group A, 1
Luninets Luninets Second League, Group B, 1

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Molodechno (P) 30 23 5 2 76 16 +60 74 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Luninets 30 18 8 4 51 18 +33 62
3 Neman Mosty 30 17 4 9 57 30 +27 55
4 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 30 15 7 8 47 35 +12 52
5 Granit Mikashevichi 30 15 4 11 46 40 +6 49
6 Keramik Bereza 30 14 6 10 59 42 +17 48
7 Torpedo Zhodino 30 13 6 11 44 36 +8 45
8 Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi 30 13 5 12 40 39 +1 44
9 Orsha 30 12 8 10 48 44 +4 44
10 Rogachev 30 10 11 9 40 43 −3 41
11 Dinamo-Juni Minsk 30 11 5 14 44 47 −3 38
12 ZLiN Gomel 30 10 8 12 30 25 +5 38
13 Traktor Minsk (R) 30 10 7 13 43 41 +2 37 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 9 9 12 40 43 −3 36
15 Veino-Dnepr Mogilev Raion (R) 30 2 2 26 25 83 −58 8 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Polesye Kozenki (R) 30 0 1 29 14 122 −108 1
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1   Vadzim Boyka Keramik Bereza 19
2   Nikolay Kurilovich Keramik Bereza 17
3   Vladimir Taran Torpedo Zhodino 15
4   Vladimir Provalinskiy Orsha 14
  Maksim Tsyhalka Dinamo-Juni Minsk 14

See also

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