2024 Belarusian Premier League

The 2024 Belarusian Premier League is the 34th season of top-tier football in Belarus.

Belarusian Premier League
Season2024
Dates14 March – 30 November[1]
Matches played104
Goals scored244 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorerEgor Kortsov
(9 goals)
Biggest home winBATE Borisov 6–0 Slutsk
(31 May 2024)
Biggest away winSlutsk 0–5 Dinamo Minsk
(15 June 2024)
Highest scoringDynamo Brest 6–1 Dnepr Mogilev
(15 June 2024)
Longest winning run4 matches
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Neman Grodno
Slavia Mozyr
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Dinamo Minsk
Longest winless run13 matches
Minsk
Longest losing run7 matches
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
2023
2025
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2024.

Teams

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The league consisted of sixteen teams; the top thirteen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the 2023 Belarusian First League. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Dnepr Mogilev were promoted as champions and runners-up of the 2023 First League (replacing the bottom-placed Premier League team Belshina Bobruisk), while the third-placed First League team Vitebsk defeated the second-bottom Premier League team Energetik-BGU Minsk in a play-off to take their place in the league. Dinamo Minsk entered the season as defending champions.

Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2023
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Dzerzhinsk City Stadium 1,000 1st (First League)
BATE Borisov Borisov Borisov Arena 13,126 5th
Dynamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 10,169 10th
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium 22,000 1st
Dnepr Mogilev Mogilev Spartak Stadium 7,350 2nd (First League)
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium 14,307 6th
Isloch Minsk Raion Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 4th
Minsk Minsk FC Minsk Stadium 3,000 9th
Naftan Novopolotsk Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 5,300 12th
Neman Grodno Grodno Neman Stadium 8,479 2nd
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 4,200 13th
Slavia Mozyr Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,300 7th
Slutsk Slutsk City Stadium 1,896 8th
Smorgon Smorgon Yunost Stadium 3,200 11th
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Zhodino Torpedo Stadium 6,524 3rd
Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsky CSK 8,144 3rd (First League)
Locations of the 2024 Belarusian Premier League teams

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 13 10 2 1 17 5 +12 32 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Dinamo Minsk 13 8 5 0 25 8 +17 29 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
3 Neman Grodno 13 9 0 4 15 10 +5 27
4 Dynamo Brest 13 6 4 3 29 14 +15 22
5 Slavia Mozyr 13 6 4 3 20 13 +7 22
6 Vitebsk 13 6 3 4 14 10 +4 21
7 Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 13 6 2 5 13 11 +2 20
8 BATE Borisov 13 5 3 5 17 13 +4 18
9 Gomel 13 4 5 4 15 12 +3 17
10 Isloch Minsk Raion 13 4 4 5 14 12 +2 16
11 Smorgon 13 3 6 4 18 25 −7 15
12 Naftan Novopolotsk 13 2 6 5 12 17 −5 12
13 Slutsk 13 3 1 9 9 29 −20 10
14 Dnepr Mogilev 13 1 4 8 8 23 −15 7 Qualification for the Belarusian Premier League play-off
15 Minsk 13 0 5 8 8 21 −13 5 Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 13 2 4 7 10 21 −11 −10[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Matches won; 7) Goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 20 points for match-fixing.[2]

Results

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Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.

Home \ Away ARS BAT DBR DMI DNE GOM ISL FCM NAF NEM SHA SLA SLU SMR TZH VIT
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 2–0 0–2 1–2 10 Aug 30 Nov 24 Aug 9 Nov 30 Jun 5 Oct 2–0 14 Sep 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1
BATE Borisov 19 Oct 3–1 29 Jun 1–1 1–3 1–1 3 Aug 10 Aug 2 Nov 28 Sep 1–0 6–0 30 Nov 24 Aug 14 Sep
Dynamo Brest 21 Sep 9 Nov 30 Nov 6–1 1–1 3 Aug 3–0 2–2 26 Oct 17 Aug 31 Aug 5 Oct 4–1 0–1 28 Jun
Dinamo Minsk 26 Oct 23 Nov 5 Jul 14 Sep 24 Aug 28 Sep 10 Aug 2–2 2–1 3–2 19 Oct 2 Nov 5–0 0–0 1–1
Dnepr Mogilev 0–0 31 Aug 2 Nov 0–2 0–1 23 Nov 1–1 5 Oct 0–2 7 Jul 3 Aug 17 Aug 21 Sep 26 Oct 1–2
Gomel 6 Jul 17 Aug 28 Sep 0–1 19 Oct 2 Nov 2–0 21 Sep 2–3 1–2 23 Nov 3 Aug 31 Aug 0–0 0–0
Isloch Minsk Raion 0–2 21 Sep 1–1 0–1 30 Jun 1–0 3–0 26 Oct 2–0 0–0 17 Aug 31 Aug 5 Oct 9 Nov 30 Nov
Minsk 1–2 0–1 24 Aug 0–0 28 Sep 14 Sep 19 Oct 1–1 7 Jul 0–0 2 Nov 23 Nov 2–3 1–2 1–2
Naftan Novopolotsk 23 Nov 0–0 14 Sep 17 Aug 2–1 0–2 2–1 31 Aug 3 Aug 2 Nov 0–1 7 Jul 1–1 28 Sep 19 Oct
Neman Grodno 1–0 1–0 2–0 9 Nov 24 Aug 10 Aug 14 Sep 30 Nov 2–1 1–0 28 Sep 19 Oct 29 Jun 1–0 0–1
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 31 Aug 1–3 0–4 5 Oct 30 Nov 9 Nov 10 Aug 26 Oct 0–0 21 Sep 1–3 1–2 2–2 29 Jun 1–0
Slavia Mozyr 3–0 5 Oct 1–1 1–1 2–0 28 Jun 2–1 1–1 9 Nov 0–1 24 Aug 21 Sep 26 Oct 30 Nov 10 Aug
Slutsk 28 Sep 26 Oct 1–4 0–5 0–1 1–1 1–3 30 Jun 30 Nov 2–0 14 Sep 1–0 9 Nov 10 Aug 24 Aug
Smorgon 2 Nov 6 Jul 10 Aug 3 Aug 0–0 2–2 1–1 17 Aug 24 Aug 23 Nov 19 Oct 3–3 4–1 14 Sep 28 Sep
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 3 Aug 2–0 19 Oct 31 Aug 4–2 5 Oct 1–0 21 Sep 2–1 17 Aug 23 Nov 5 Jul 1–0 2–0 2 Nov
Vitebsk 17 Aug 1–0 23 Nov 21 Sep 9 Nov 26 Oct 6 Jul 5 Oct 2–0 31 Aug 3 Aug 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match played 1 June 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Junior Effaghe Gomel 7
  Aleksandr Shestyuk Isloch Minsk Raion
3   Yegor Kortsov Dynamo Brest 6
  Pavel Chikida Slavia Mozyr
5   Mikhail Gordeychuk Dynamo Brest 5
  Maksim Skavysh Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
  Kirill Leonovich Smorgon
8   Dmitry Radikovsky Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 4
  Raymond Adeola Dinamo Minsk
  Andrei Panyukov BATE Borisov
  Roman Paparyha Naftan Novopolotsk

Own goals

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Clean sheets

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As of match played 1 June 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Fedor Lapoukhov Dinamo Minsk 6
  Yevgeniy Abramovich Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
  Maksim Belov Neman Grodno
4   Ivan Sanko Arsenal Dzerzhinsk 4
  Dzmitry Kharytonaw Vitebsk
  Stanislav Kleschuk Gomel
7   Yegor Generalov Dnepr Mogilev 3
  Mikhail Kozakevich Dynamo Brest
  Aleksandr Svirskiy Isloch Minsk Raion
10   Uladzislaw Ihnatsyew BATE Borisov 2
  Syarhey Chernik Shakhtyor Soligorsk
  Timofey Yurasov Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
  Ivan Novichkov Smorgon
  Arseniy Skopets BATE Borisov
15   Artyom Soroko Slavia Mozyr 1
  Aleksey Kharitonovich Naftan Novopolotsk
  Maksim Azarko Minsk
  Aleksei Kozlov Slavia Mozyr
  Denis Sadovsky Slutsk
  Ilya Branovets Slutsk
  Maksim Plotnikov Arsenal Dzerzhinsk
  Stanislav Boldysh Minsk
  Sergey Ignatovich Shakhtyor Soligorsk

Timofey Yurasov & Yevgeniy Abramovich both played in Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino's 1-0 victory over Slutsk on 31 March

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of match played 1 June 2024

References

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  1. ^ "Полный календарь чемпионата Беларуси-2024" [Full calendar of the championship of Belarus-2024]. football.by (in Belarusian). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Официально". Football Federation of Belarus. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ^ "VBET Premier League – Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
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