# 2016 Belarusian Premier League

The 2016 Belarusian Premier League was the 26th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 27 November 2016. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th league title last year; they successfully defended their title this season.

## Teams

Three best teams of 2015 First League (Isloch Minsk Raion, Gorodeya and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 14 to 16 clubs.
The last-placed team of 2015 Premier League, Gomel, were relegated.
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2015 |
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,126 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 4 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,162 | 12 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 2 |
| Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,020 | First League, 2 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | Polesye Stadium (Luninets) | 3,090 | 5 |
| Isloch | Minsk Raion | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 4,800 | First League, 1 |
| Krumkachy | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | First League, 3 |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 | 6 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 9 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 | 8 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 3 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,133 | 10 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 | 11 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 | 7 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 | 13 |
* ^ Five games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.
* ^ One game played at RCOP-BGU Stadium, one game at FC Minsk Stadium (both in Minsk) and three games Urozhay Stadium in Nesvizh due to renovation works at Gorodeya Stadium.
* ^ Isloch spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno, as their previous home venue RCOP-BGU Stadium in Minsk did not meet Premier League criteria. In addition, one game was played at KFP Minsk and one game at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ Krumkachy spent the season at FC Minsk Stadium, as their previous home venue SOK Olimpiysky in Minsk did not meet Premier League criteria.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 25 | +48 | 70 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 55 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Minsk | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 24 | +25 | 53 | |
| 5 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Vitebsk | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 42 | |
| 7 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 41 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 9 | Gorodeya | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 35 | |
| 11 | Krumkachy Minsk | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 33 | |
| 12 | Slutsk | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 30 | |
| 13 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 29 | |
| 14 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 29 | |
| 15 | Belshina Bobruisk (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 25 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Granit Mikashevichi (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 56 | −36 | 25 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Dinamo Brest qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Belarusian Cup.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record; Naftan Novopolotsk–Neman Grodno 2–0, Neman Grodno–Naftan Novopolotsk 0–1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record; Granit Mikashevichi–Belshina Bobruisk 0–4, Belshina Bobruisk–Granit Mikashevichi 1–1.

## Results

Each team played twice against every other team for a total of 30 matches.
| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | GRD | GRA | ISL | KRU | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | SLU | TZH | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 2–3 | | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–4 | 2–1 | | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Gorodeya | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Krumkachy Minsk | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Minsk | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Slutsk | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Vitebsk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
* ↑ Match Isloch v Dinamo Brest originally ended 2–4 and was later changed to 0–3 as a result of match fixing investigation.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 15 |
| 1 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | BATE Borisov | 15 |
| 3 | Vadzim Dzemidovich | Torpedo Zhodino | 12 |
| 3 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 12 |
| 5 | Joel Fameyeh | Belshina Bobruisk | 10 |
| 6 | Dzyanis Laptsew | Slavia Mozyr / Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 9 |
| 6 | Roman Volkov | Vitebsk | 9 |
| 8 | Valerian Gvilia | Minsk / BATE Borisov | 8 |
| 8 | Dzmitry Lebedzew | Gorodeya | 8 |
| 8 | Anton Saroka | Gorodeya | 8 |
| 8 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Dinamo Minsk | 8 |
| 8 | Nemanja Čović | Minsk | 8 |
| 8 | Artsyom Salavey | Vitebsk | 8 |
| 8 | Terentiy Lutsevich | Granit Mikashevichi / Torpedo Zhodino | 8 |
Updated to games played on 27 November 2016 Source: football.by