2024 Belarusian Premier League
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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 March – 30 November[1] |
| Matches played | 86 |
| Goals scored | 196 (2.28 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Junior Effaghe (7) Aleksandr Shestyuk (7) |
| Biggest home win | BATE Borisov 6–0 Slutsk (31 May 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Slutsk 1–4 FC Dynamo Brest (17 May 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Smorgon 3–3 Slavia Mozyr (31 May 2024) BATE Borisov 6–0 Slutsk (31 May 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Neman Grodno Slavia Mozyr |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Dinamo Minsk |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches Minsk |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 1 June 2024. | |
The 2024 Belarusian Premier League is the 34th season of top-tier football in Belarus.
Teams[edit]
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 | City Stadium | 1,000 | 1st (First League) |
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,126 | 5th |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,169 | 10th |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,000 | 1st |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 | 2nd (First League) |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 6th |
| Isloch | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 4th |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 9th |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 5,300 | 12th |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 2nd |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 13th |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 | 7th |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 | 8th |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium | 3,200 | 11th |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 3rd |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | 3rd (First League) |
Minsk
Locations of the 2024 Belarusian Premier League teams
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 26 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Neman Grodno | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 24 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 23 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Brest | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 19 | |
| 5 | Slavia Mozyr | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 18 | |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 17 | |
| 7 | Gomel | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 16 | |
| 8 | BATE Borisov | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 15 | |
| 9 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 14 | |
| 10 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 13 | |
| 11 | Smorgon | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 12 | |
| 12 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 11 | |
| 13 | Slutsk | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 10 | |
| 14 | Dnepr Mogilev | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 7 | Qualification for the Belarusian Premier League play-off |
| 15 | Minsk | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 4 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 20 | −12 | −14[a] |
Updated to match(es) played on 2 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:
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:
Results[edit]
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Season statistics[edit]
Top scorers[edit]
- 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[edit]
Nikita Krasnov - Slavia Mozyr vs Dnepr Mogilev (15 March 2023)- Aleksandr Chizh - Vitebsk vs Slavia Mozyr (30 March 2023)
- Vladislav Lozhkin - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Slavia Mozyr (14 April 2023)
Mydo Kingu Yallet - Minsk vs Naftan Novopolotsk (20 April 2023)- Dmitry Aliseyko - Dnepr Mogilev vs Dinamo Minsk (27 April 2023)
- Aleksandr Svirskiy - Isloch Minsk Raion vs Dinamo Minsk (12 May 2023)
- Fedor Yurkevich - Naftan Novopolotsk vs Dnepr Mogilev (18 May 2023)
- Aleksandr Mikhalenko - Minsk vs Vitebsk (18 May 2023)
- Artyom Bykov - Dinamo Minsk vs Shakhtyor Soligorsk (19 May 2023)
- Stanislav Atrashkevich - Arsenal Dzerzhinsk vs Dinamo Minsk (1 June 2023)
Clean sheets[edit]
- 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[edit]
Red cards[edit]
- As of match played 1 June 2024
- Mikhail Bashilov - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Vitebsk (17 March 2024)
- Aleksandr Mikhalenko - Minsk vs Smorgon (5 April 2024)
- Matvey Svidinskiy - BATE Borisov vs Gomel (6 April 2024)
- Anton Lukashov - Dnepr Mogilev vs Neman Grodno (13 April 2024)
- Yevgeny Malashevich - Dynamo Brest vs Minsk (14 April 2024)
Yegor Pogostnov - Slavia Mozyr vs Arsenal Dzerzhinsk (28 April 2024)- Nikita Kaplenko - Shakhtyor Soligorsk vs Slutsk (28 April 2024)
Jonathan John - Vitebsk vs Smorgon (10 May 2024)
References[edit]
- ^ "Полный календарь чемпионата Беларуси-2024" [Full calendar of the championship of Belarus-2024]. football.by (in Belarusian). 26 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Официально". Football Federation of Belarus. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "VBET Premier League – Top Scorers". soccer24.com. Soccer24. Retrieved 31 May 2024.