# 2013 Belarusian Premier League

The 2013 Belarusian Premier League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April 2013 and ended in November 2013. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 9th league title the previous year.

## Format change

Starting with this season, the league will be played in two phases. The first phase will consist of a regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams will qualify 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 four teams will secure places in the 2014 competition, the fifth team (11th overall) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the First League, and the sixth team (12th overall) will be automatically relegated. All points collected during the first phase will count for the second phase as well.

## Teams

No teams were relegated to the First League after the 2012 season since the number of teams was shortened from 12 to 11 at the last moment in early 2012. Dnepr Mogilev, the champions of 2012 First League, were promoted to the Premier League after 1 season's absence.
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, as the 11th-placed team in the 2012 Premier League, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Gorodeya. Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino won the playoff, 4–1 on aggregate, and both teams retained positions in their respective leagues.
Brest reverted their name back to Dinamo Brest a week before the start of the season.

### Team summaries

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2012 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium | 5,402 | 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 | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,350 | First League, 1 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 4 |
| Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 1,600 | 6 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 9 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 5 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 2 |
| Slavia Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,353 | 10 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 6,524 | 11 |
* ^ Four games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino.
* ^ Two games played at KFP Minsk in Minsk and one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
* ^ Two games played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
* ^ Two games played at KFP Minsk.
* ^ One game played at SDYuSShOR-8 Stadium.
* ^ Four games played at KFP Minsk.
* ^ One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.
* ^ Three games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

## First phase
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 49 | Qualification for championship round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 48 | Qualification for championship round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 34 | Qualification for championship round |
| 4 | Gomel | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 34 | Qualification for championship round |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 30 | Qualification for championship round |
| 6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 28 | Qualification for championship round |
| 7 | Belshina Bobruisk | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 28 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | Minsk | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 25 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 30 | −12 | 24 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Dnepr Mogilev | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 23 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 11 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 21 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 12 | Slavia Mozyr | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 16 | Qualification for relegation group |
* 1 2 Dinamo Minsk placed above Gomel by better head-to-head record (1–0, 2–1).

### 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 | SLA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 |
| Gomel | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Minsk | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Neman Grodno | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 0–3 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |

## Championship round
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 54 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Neman Grodno | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 47 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 42 | |
| 6 | Gomel | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 40 | |
* ↑ Winners of 2013–14 Belarusian Cup.

### 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 | NEM | SHA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 1–4 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

## Relegation group
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Belshina Bobruisk | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 53 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Brest | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 40 | |
| 9 | Minsk | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 38 | |
| 10 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 32 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 37 | |
| 11 | Dnepr Mogilev (O) | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 33 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 12 | Slavia Mozyr (R) | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |

### 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 | NAF | SLA |
| Belshina Bobruisk | | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 1–5 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Minsk | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |

## Relegation playoffs

The 11th-place finisher of this competition will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2013 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2014 Premier League.
Dnepr Mogilev won 3–1 on aggregate and remain in this division for next season.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 14 |
| 2 | Dzmitry Asipenka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 |
| 3 | Hernán Figueredo | Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
| 3 | Anton Matsveenka | Gomel | 10 |
| 5 | Pavel Sitko | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 9 |
| 5 | Raman Vasilyuk | Minsk | 9 |
| 5 | Alyaksandr Pawlaw | BATE Borisov | 9 |
| 5 | Nikolay Signevich | Dinamo Brest | 9 |
| 10 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | Belshina Bobruisk | 8 |
| 10 | Denis Laptev | Slavia Mozyr | 8 |
Updated to games played on 10 November 2013 Source: football.by