# 2014 Belarusian Premier League

The 2014 Belarusian Premier League was the 24th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in March 2014 and ended in November 2014. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 10th league title last year.

## Format

The format of the competition stayed the same as the previous season. The league took place in two phases. The first phase consisted of regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams qualified for the championship round, which will determine the champions and the participants for the 2014–15 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation group, where the top five teams will secure places in the 2015 competition, sixth team (12th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the First League. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well. The league will be expanded to 14 teams for 2015 season and further expanded to 16 teams for 2016.

## Teams

Slavia Mozyr were relegated to the First League after finishing on the last (12th) position in 2013 season. Slutsk, the champions of 2013 First League, made their debut in the top flight.
Dnepr Mogilev, as the 11th-placed team in 2013 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Dnepr won the playoff, 3–1 on aggregate, and both team retained positions in their respective leagues.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2013 |
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,084 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 3,700 | 7 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,162 | 8 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 3 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,350 | 11 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 6 |
| Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 1,600 | 9 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 10 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,404 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 2 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) | 1,896 | First League, 1 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 6,524 | 5 |
* ^ Four games played at City Stadium in Borisov.
* ^ One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
* ^ One game played at KFP Minsk.
* ^ Two games played at KFP Minsk.
* ^ Three games played at Vitebsky CSK in Vitebsk due to renovation works at Atlant Stadium.
* ^ Three games played at Shakhtyor Stadium and three games at Stroitel Stadium (both in Soligorsk) due to renovation works at City Stadium in Slutsk.

## First phase
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BATE Borisov | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 51 | Qualification for championship round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 49 | Qualification for championship round |
| 3 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 37 | Qualification for championship round |
| 4 | Gomel | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 32 | Qualification for championship round |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 32 | Qualification for championship round |
| 6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 31 | Qualification for championship round |
| 7 | Neman Grodno | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 27 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Minsk | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 26 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Slutsk | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Dinamo Brest | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 22 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 11 | Belshina Bobruisk | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 18 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 12 | Dnepr Mogilev | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 12 | Qualification for relegation group |
* 1 2 Gomel placed above Shakhtyor Soligorsk by better head-to-head record (1–0, 1–0).

### Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 22 matches.
| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLU | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 5–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 1–2 | | 7–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–4 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Gomel | 0–3 | 3–1 | 6–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Minsk | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Slutsk | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–1 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | |

## Championship round

The best six teams of the first phase will play two times against every other team for a total of 10 matches.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 32 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 68 | 21 | +47 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 43 | |
| 6 | Gomel | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 38 | |
* 1 2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk placed above Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino by better head-to-head record (3 wins, 1 draw).

### Results

The best six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.
| Home \ Away | BAT | DMI | GOM | NAF | SHA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Gomel | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 0–0 | 1–5 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | |

## Relegation group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Minsk | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 52 | |
| 8 | Neman Grodno | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 42 | |
| 9 | Slutsk | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 40 | |
| 10 | Belshina Bobruisk | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 32 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Brest | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 26 | |
| 12 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 32 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 20 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

### Results

The last six teams of the first phase will play twice against every other team for a total of 10 matches.
| Home \ Away | BSH | DBR | DNE | MIN | NEM | SLU |
| Belshina Bobruisk | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Minsk | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 5–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 2–0 |
| Slutsk | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

## Relegation playoffs

The 12th-place finisher of this season (Dnepr Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2014 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2015 Premier League. Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after losing the first leg 0–2, before drawing 1–1 in the second.
Vitebsk won 3–1 on aggregate and gains promotion to the Belarusian Premier League.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 15 |
| 2 | Alyaksandr Makas | Minsk | 14 |
| 3 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | BATE Borisov | 12 |
| 3 | Yahor Zubovich | Neman Grodno | 12 |
| 5 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 11 |
| 5 | Pavel Savitski | Neman Grodno | 11 |
| 7 | Sergey Krivets | BATE Borisov | 10 |
| 7 | Dmitri Khlebosolov | Belshina Bobruisk | 10 |
| 8 | Mikalay Signevich | BATE Borisov | 9 |
| 8 | Vadzim Dzemidovich | Naftan Novopolotsk | 9 |
Updated to games played on 30 November 2014 Source: football.by Archived 2017-07-09 at the Wayback Machine