# 2015 Belarusian Premier League

The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.

## Format

Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.

## Teams

Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.
The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2014 |
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,126 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 10 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,162 | 11 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 2 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 6 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | Polesye Stadium (Luninets) | 3,090 | First League, 1 |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 7 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 5 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 8 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,353 | First League, 2 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) | 1,896 | 9 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 6,524 | 4 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | First League, 3 |
* ^ One game played at City Stadium in Borisov.
* ^ Two games played at Torpedo Stadium and two games at Traktor Stadium (both in Minsk).

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 11 | +33 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 13 | +23 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Belshina Bobruisk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 43 | |
| 5 | Granit Mikashevichi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 42 | |
| 6 | Minsk | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 40 | |
| 7 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 32 | |
| 9 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
| 10 | Slavia Mozyr | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 26 | |
| 11 | Slutsk | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 25 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Brest | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 24 | |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 21 | |
| 14 | Gomel (R) | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 18 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Belarusian Cup.

## Results

Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.
| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | GOM | GRA | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | SLU | TZH | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Gomel | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Minsk | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 3–5 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
| Slutsk | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 |
| Vitebsk | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 15 |
| 2 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Minsk | 10 |
| 2 | Chigozie Udoji | Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
| 4 | Denis Laptev | Slavia Mozyr | 9 |
| 4 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 9 |
| 4 | Fatos Bećiraj | Dinamo Minsk | 9 |
| 4 | Vadzim Dzemidovich | Naftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino | 9 |
| 8 | Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 8 |
| 8 | Serhiy Rozhok | Belshina Bobruisk | 8 |
| 8 | Roman Volkov | Naftan Novopolotsk | 8 |
| 8 | Yahor Zubovich | Slutsk | 8 |
Updated to games played on 8 November 2015 Source: football.by Archived 2015-05-19 at the Wayback Machine