2011 Belarusian Premier League
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The 2011 Belarusian Premier League
is the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus
. It will begin in April and end in November 2011. BATE Borisov are the defending champions.
after finishing the 2010 season
in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League
champions Gomel
, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino
as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
for one spot in the 2012 Premier League
.
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Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: football.by
Belarusian Premier League
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is the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. It will begin in April and end in November 2011. BATE Borisov are the defending champions.
Teams
Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First LeagueBelarusian First League
The Belarusian First League is the second division of professional football in Belarus. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season the winner gets promoted to Belarusian Premier League and runner-up advances to the promotion play-offs, while two lowest-placed teams get...
after finishing the 2010 season
2010 Belarusian Premier League
The 2010 Belarusian Premier League is the 20th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 3 and will end on 20 November 2010. BATE Borisov are the defending champions.-Teams:...
in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League
2010 Belarusian First League
The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.-Team changes from 2009 season:...
champions Gomel
FC Gomel
FC Gomel is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their new home stadium is Central Stadion.- History :Teams from Gomel played in Belarusian SSR championships since early 20's...
, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino
FC Torpedo Zhodino
FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino is an Belarusian football club based in Zhodino. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football...
as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.
Team summaries
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium, Borisov | 5,402 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak, Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Babruysk) Spartak Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Babruysk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Belshina Bobruisk. The stadium holds 3,700 people.... |
3,700 | 6 |
| Dinamo Brest FC Dinamo Brest FC Dinamo Brest is a Belarusian football club based in Brest. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.-Name changes:*1960: founded as Spartak Brest*1972: renamed to Bug Brest... |
Brest Brest, Belarus Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet... |
OSK Brestskiy | 10,060 | 5 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... |
Dinamo-Yuni Dinamo-Yuni Stadium Dinamo-Yuni Stadium is a football stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Dinamo Minsk. The stadium holds 4,500 people and was opened in 2000.... |
4,500 | 4 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev Mogilev Mogilev is a city in eastern Belarus, about 76 km from the border with Russia's Smolensk Oblast and 105 km from the border with Russia's Bryansk Oblast. It has more than 367,788 inhabitants... |
Spartak, Mogilev Spartak Stadion (Mogilev) Spartak Stadion is a football stadium in Mahilyow, Belarus. It is the home stadium of FC Dnepr Mahilyow of the Belarusian Premier League. The stadium holds 7,990 spectators.-External links:*... |
7,350 | 8 |
| Gomel FC Gomel FC Gomel is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their new home stadium is Central Stadion.- History :Teams from Gomel played in Belarusian SSR championships since early 20's... |
Gomel | Central, Gomel Central Stadion Central Stadium Gomel football stadium in Gomel, Belarus. It is the home ground of FC Gomel. The stadium holds 14,500 people. It was built in 2005.... |
14,307 | First League 2010 Belarusian First League The 2010 Belarusian First League is the 20th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 17 and ended on November 13, 2010.-Team changes from 2009 season:... , 1 |
| Minsk FC Minsk FC Minsk is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the highest division in Belarusian football.-History:The club was established in 2006 and was based on the Belarusian First League club Smena Minsk... |
Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... |
Dinamo, Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) Dynama Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Minsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Dynama Minsk. The stadium has a seating capacity for 40,000 people. Dynama Stadium was constructed in 1934, but was destroyed during World War II and rebuilt in... |
36,900 | 3 |
| Naftan FC Naftan Novopolotsk FC Naftan Novopolotsk is an Belarusian football club based in Navapolatsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football... |
Novopolotsk | Atlant Atlant Stadium Atlant Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Navapolatsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Naftan Novopolotsk. The stadium holds 4,522 people.... |
4,500 | 7 |
| Neman FC Neman Grodno FC Neman Grodno is a Belarusian football club from the city of Grodno, founded in 1964. Since 1992 participates in the top league of Belarus.-History:... |
Grodno | Neman Neman Stadium Neman Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Grodno, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Neman Grodno. The stadium holds 15,000 people.-External links:... |
8,500 | 10 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel | 4,200 | 2 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo, Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) Tarpeda Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Zhodzina, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Tarpeda Zhodzina. The stadium was opened in 1981 and holds 3,020 people.-External links:... |
3,020 | 11 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk Vitebsk Vitebsk, also known as Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk , is a city in Belarus, near the border with Russia. The capital of the Vitebsk Oblast, in 2004 it had 342,381 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth largest city... |
Central, Vitebsk Tsentral'nyi Sportkompleks Vitebsky Central Sport Complex is a multi-use sports complex in Vitebsk, Belarus. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Vitebsk. The stadium holds 8,144 people.Prior to 2003 it was known as Dinamo Stadium.... |
8,350 | 9 |
League table
||rowspan=7 style="background-color:#F9F9F9;"|Relegation playoffs
Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First LeagueBelarusian First League
The Belarusian First League is the second division of professional football in Belarus. There are 16 teams in the competition. At the end of the season the winner gets promoted to Belarusian Premier League and runner-up advances to the promotion play-offs, while two lowest-placed teams get...
for one spot in the 2012 Premier League
2012 Belarusian Premier League
The 2012 Belarusian Premier League is the 22nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov are the defending champions....
.
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First and second round
Third round
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Renan BressanRenan Bardini Bressan Renan Bardini Bressan is a Brazilian footballer.-Career:He has played for FC Gomel since April 2007. On 28 January 2010, he signed with BATE Borisov.... |
BATE Borisov | 13 |
| 2 |  Yahor ZubovichYahor Zubovich Yahor Zubovich is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2011, he plays for Belshina Bobruisk.-External links:*... |
Belshina Bobruisk | 11 |
| Artsyom Salavey Artsyom Salavey Artsyom Salavey is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2011, he plays for Torpedo Zhodino.-External links:*... |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 11 | |
| Bruno Furlan Bruno de Oliveira Furlan Bruno de Oliveira Furlan, the Bruno Furlan plays in the F.C. Dinamo Minsk on loan from Atlético Paranaense.-Career:Plays in the F.C. Dinamo Minsk on loan from Atlético Paranaense.-Career statistics:-External links:... |
Dinamo Minsk | 11 | |
| 5 | Dzmitry Kowb |
Belshina Bobruisk | 10 |
 Maksym LisovyiMaksym Lisovyi Maksym Lisovyi , is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for Belarusian Premier League club FC Gomel.Lisovyi spent all his career as a player in different clubs of the Ukrainian First League and the Ukrainian Second League... |
Belshina Bobruisk, Gomel FC Gomel FC Gomel is a Belarusian football club, playing in the city of Gomel. Their new home stadium is Central Stadion.- History :Teams from Gomel played in Belarusian SSR championships since early 20's... |
10 | |
| 7 | Ihar Zyankovich Ihar Zyankovich Ihar Zyankovich is a Belarusian professional football player currently playing for Dnepr Mogilev on loan from Dinamo Minsk.-External links:*... |
Dnepr Mogilev | 9 |
 Aleksandr AlumonaAleksandr Alumona Aleksandr Alumona , is a Russian footballer of Nigerian ethnic origin who plays for Belarusian club FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the Belarusian Premier League... |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 9 | |
| 9 | Pavel Sitko Pavel Sitko Pavel Sitko is a Belarusian footballer who plays as a midfielder at club level for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk and also for the Belarus national team. Sitko scored his first goal for the national team against England in Minsk on October 15, 2008, in a World Cup qualifier... |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 |
| Dzmitry Kamarowski Dzmitry Kamarowski Dzmitry Kamarowski is a Belarusian professional footballer. As of 2010, he plays for FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk.-External links:*... |
Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 | |
| Raman Vasilyuk |
Minsk FC Minsk FC Minsk is a Belarusian football club based in Minsk. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the highest division in Belarusian football.-History:The club was established in 2006 and was based on the Belarusian First League club Smena Minsk... |
8 | |
| David Lazari David Lazari David Lazari is a Brazilian football player, who plays as a midfielder for Dinamo Brest.-References:... |
Dinamo Brest FC Dinamo Brest FC Dinamo Brest is a Belarusian football club based in Brest. They play in the Belarusian Premier League, the top division in Belarusian football.-Name changes:*1960: founded as Spartak Brest*1972: renamed to Bug Brest... |
8 | |
| Ihor Kryvobok Ihor Kryvobok Ihor Kryvobok is a Ukrainian footballer currently under contract for Belarusian side FC Torpedo Zhodino.He scored in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifying match against Fylkir.-External links:** * *... |
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 8 |
Updated to games played on 27 November 2011
Source: football.by