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Belarusian First League
Season	1999
Champions	Kommunalnik Slonim
Promoted	Kommunalnik Slonim; Vedrich-97 Rechytsa
Relegated	Pinsk-900; Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	670 (2.79 per match)
	← 1998 2000 →

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1999 Belarusian First League was the ninth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 1999.

Team changes from 1997 season

Two best teams of 1997 Belarusian First League (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk and Belcard Grodno disbanded at the end of previous season, thus no teams relegated to the Second League.

Promoted and disbanded teams were replaced by tree newcomers from the Second League (Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk, Granit Mikashevichi and Neman Mosty and one team relegated from Premier League (Kommunalnik Slonim.

Before the start of the season Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk were renamed to Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo Vitebsk. FC Bereza merged with Keramik Bereza from the Second league and adopted Keramik name.

Overview

Two best teams of the season (Lida and Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi) were promoted to the Premier League. Two lowest placed teams (Veino Mogilev Raion and Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk) were initially relegated to the Second League. Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk disbanded at the end of the season and never played in First of Second league again. Belcard Grodno, who finished 8th, also disbanded, and as a result, Veino Mogilev Raion were saved from relegatin.

Teams and locations

Team	Location	Position in 1998
Kommunalnik	Slonim	Premier League, 15
Pinsk-900	Pinsk	3
Dinamo-Juni	Minsk	4
Torpedo	Zhodino	5
Vedrich-97	Rechytsa	6
ZLiN	Gomel	7
Kommunalnik	Svetlogorsk	9
Rogachev	Rogachev	10
Polesye	Kozenki	11
Keramik	Bereza	12
Vitbich-Dinamo-Energo	Vitebsk	13
Orsha	Orsha	14
Veino	Mogilev Raion	15
Zvezda-VA-BGU	Minsk	Second League, Group A, 1
Granit	Mikashevichi	Second League, Group B, 1
Neman	Mosty	Second League, Group B, 3

Dinamo‑Juni
Zvezda‑VA‑BGU

Pinsk‑900

Kommunalnik Sv.

Vitbich‑Dinamo‑Energo

Location of teams in 1998 Belarusian First League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lida (P)	30	23	5	2	65	19	+46	74	Promotion to Premier League
2	Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi (P)	30	18	6	6	63	27	+36	60	Promotion to Premier League
3	Pinsk-900	30	17	8	5	54	22	+32	59
4	Dinamo-Juni Minsk	30	17	5	8	61	36	+25	56
5	Torpedo Zhodino	30	15	10	5	58	31	+27	55
6	Vedrich-97 Rechitsa	30	13	6	11	42	37	+5	45
7	ZLiN Gomel	30	12	8	10	42	41	+1	44
8	Belcard Grodno (R)	30	11	7	12	36	37	−1	40	Disbanded
9	Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk	30	9	11	10	41	27	+14	38
10	Rogachev	30	8	11	11	26	42	−16	35
11	Polesye Mozyr Raion	30	10	4	16	39	54	−15	34
12	Bereza	30	8	8	14	37	48	−11	32
13	Dinamo-Energogaz Vitebsk	30	7	10	13	32	57	−25	31
14	Orsha	30	5	8	17	23	59	−36	23
15	Veino Mogilev Raion	30	5	5	20	31	83	−52	20
16	Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk (R)	30	2	8	20	20	56	−36	14	Disbanded

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