# 2011 Belarusian First League

The 2011 Belarusian First League is the 21st season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 23 and will end in November 2011.

## Team changes from 2010 season

The winners of last season (Gomel) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2010 Belarusian Premier League table (Partizan Minsk).
The runners-up of last season (SKVICH Minsk) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Torpedo Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.
Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2010 season table (Kommunalnik Slonim and Lida) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2010 Second League (Gorodeya and Slutsksakhar Slutsk).
Veras Nesvizh withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by Klechesk Kletsk, who finished 3rd in last year's Second League.
Slutsksakhar Slutsk changed their name to FC Slutsk prior to the season.

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Position in 2010 |
| Partizan | Minsk | Premier League, 12 |
| SKVICH | Minsk | 2 |
| DSK | Gomel | 3 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | 4 |
| Rudensk | Rudensk | 5 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 6 |
| Polotsk | Polotsk | 7 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 8 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | 9 |
| Volna | Pinsk | 10 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 12 |
| Belcard | Grodno | 13 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 14 |
| Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Second League, 1 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | Second League, 2 |
| Klechesk | Kletsk | Second League, 3 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Slavia Mozyr (P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 17 | +36 | 71 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Partizan Minsk (P) | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 65 | Qualification for promotion play-off |
| 3 | Gorodeya | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 55 | |
| 4 | SKVICH Minsk | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 54 | |
| 5 | Slutsk | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 49 | |
| 6 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 46 | |
| 7 | Volna Pinsk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 45 | |
| 8 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Klechesk Kletsk (R) | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 41 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 10 | Polotsk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Smorgon | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 34 | |
| 12 | DSK Gomel | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 34 | |
| 13 | Rudensk | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 33 | |
| 14 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 32 | |
| 15 | Belcard Grodno (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 55 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 16 | Baranovichi (R) | 30 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 90 | −80 | 3 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
* ↑ Klechesk were denied First League licence for 2012 due to financial troubles.

### Promotion play-offs

The runners-up of 2011 Belarusian First League Partizan Minsk played a two-legged promotion play-off against the 11th placed team of 2011 Premier League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2012 Premier League and won the series 3–2. As a result, Vitebsk were relegated to the First League and Partizan promoted to Premier League. Partizan, however, were unable to start the next season due to bankruptcy and were disbanded.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BCR | DSK | GRD | GRA | KHI | KLE | PAR | POL | RUD | SKV | SLA | SLU | SMR | V97 | VOL |
| Baranovichi | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Belcard Grodno | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 |
| DSK Gomel | 5–0 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Gorodeya | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Klechesk Kletsk | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Partizan Minsk | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Polotsk | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Rudensk | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
| SKVICH Minsk | 6–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Slutsk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Smorgon | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 |
| Volna Pinsk | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Awarded to Gorodeya as Polotsk did not show up for the game.
* ↑ Awarded to Granit as Baranovichi did not show up for the game.
* ↑ Awarded to Khimik as Vedrich-97 did not show up for the game.
* ↑ Awarded to Polotsk as Rudensk did not show up for the game.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Yuri Korolyuk | Volna Pinsk | 21 |
| 2 | Alyaksandr Makas | Partizan Minsk | 19 |
| 3 | Uladzimir Shakaw | SKVICH Minsk | 16 |
| 3 | Ruslan Shukelovich | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 16 |
| 5 | Dmitry Verstak | Belcard Grodno | 14 |
| 6 | Yuri Markhel | SKVICH Minsk | 13 |
| 6 | Pavel Byahanski | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 13 |
Updated to games played on 19 November 2011 Source: football.by