2024 Belarusian Premier League
The 2024 Belarusian Premier League is the 34th season of top-tier football in Belarus.
| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 March – 30 November[1] |
| Matches played | 104 |
| Goals scored | 244 (2.35 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Egor Kortsov (9 goals) |
| Biggest home win | BATE Borisov 6–0 Slutsk (31 May 2024) |
| Biggest away win | Slutsk 0–5 Dinamo Minsk (15 June 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Dynamo Brest 6–1 Dnepr Mogilev (15 June 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Neman Grodno Slavia Mozyr |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Dinamo Minsk |
| Longest winless run | 13 matches Minsk |
| Longest losing run | 7 matches Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 23 June 2024. | |
Teams
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) |
League table
| 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 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 23 | |
| 5 | Slavia Mozyr | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 23 | |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 22 | |
| 7 | Arsenal Dzerzhinsk | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 20 | |
| 8 | BATE Borisov | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 18 | |
| 9 | Gomel | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 18 | |
| 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[lower-alpha 1] |
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:
- Shakhtyor Soligorsk were deducted 20 points for match-fixing.[2]
Results
Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Season statistics
Top scorers
- 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
- 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
- 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
Red cards
- 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
- "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.