# 2011 Belarusian Premier League

The 2011 Belarusian Premier League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April and ended in November 2011. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

## Teams

Partizan Minsk were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2010 season in last place, ending a seven-year tenure in the league. They were replaced by 2010 First League champions Gomel, who make their immediate return to the highest football league of Belarus. Torpedo Zhodino as 11th-placed team had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up SKVICH Minsk. They successfully retained their Premier League spot after defeating SKVICH 3–1 on aggregate. In early 2011 they were renamed to Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino.

### Team summaries

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2010 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium | 5,402 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 3,700 | 6 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,060 | 5 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo-Yuni Stadium | 4,500 | 4 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,350 | 8 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | First League, 1 |
| Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 1,650 | 3 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 7 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 10 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 2 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 3,020 | 11 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,350 | 9 |
* ^ One game played at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
* ^ Two games played at Dinamo Stadium and one at Traktor Stadium.
* ^ One game played at Yunost Stadium in Mozyr.
* ^ Six games played at Dinamo Stadium, two games at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium and one at Traktor Stadium.
* ^ Two games played at Vitebsky CSK in Vitebsk.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Gomel | 33 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 49 | |
| 5 | Belshina Bobruisk | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 48 | |
| 6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 33 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
| 7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 37 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Neman Grodno | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 37 | |
| 9 | Minsk | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | |
| 10 | Dinamo Brest | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 35 | |
| 11 | Vitebsk (R) | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 32 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 33 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 32 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Winners of 2011–12 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

### Relegation playoffs

Vitebsk will play a two-legged relegation play-off against Partizan Minsk, the runners-up of the 2011 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2012 Premier League.

## Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 33 matches.

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | TZH | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–3 | 1–4 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Gomel | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Minsk | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 0–3 |
| Vitebsk | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |

### Third round

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | TZH | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | | | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | | 4–2 | 2–2 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | | | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | | | |
| Dinamo Minsk | | 0–3 | | | 4–1 | | 3–4 | | | 3–2 | | 2–0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | | | 1–0 | | | 0–4 | | 1–0 |
| Gomel | | | | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Minsk | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | | | | | 1–1 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 3–1 | | 1–3 | | |
| Vitebsk | | 0–3 | 3–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Renan Bressan | BATE Borisov | 13 |
| 2 | Yahor Zubovich | Belshina Bobruisk | 11 |
| 2 | Artsyom Salavey | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 11 |
| 2 | Bruno Furlan | Dinamo Minsk | 11 |
| 5 | Dzmitry Kowb | Belshina Bobruisk | 10 |
| 5 | Maksym Lisovyi | Belshina Bobruisk, Gomel | 10 |
| 7 | Ihar Zyankovich | Dnepr Mogilev | 9 |
| 7 | Aleksandr Alumona | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 9 |
| 9 | Pavel Sitko | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 |
| 9 | Dzmitry Kamarowski | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 |
| 9 | Raman Vasilyuk | Minsk | 8 |
| 9 | David Lazari | Dinamo Brest | 8 |
| 9 | Ihor Kryvobok | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 8 |
Updated to games played on 27 November 2011 Source: football.by Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

## Awards
### Player of the month

| Month | Player | Team |
| April | Igor Shitov | BATE Borisov |
| May | Ihar Stasevich | Gomel |
| June | Yury Tsyhalka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| July | Pavel Nekhaychik | BATE Borisov |
| August | Artsyom Salavey | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino |
| September | David Lazari | Dinamo Brest |
| October | Renan Bressan | BATE Borisov |
| November | Dzmitry Kamarowski | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |