# 2017 Belarusian Premier League

The 2017 Belarusian Premier League was the 27th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2017 and ended on 26 November 2017. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th consecutive league title and 13th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

## Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2016 season, Granit Mikashevichi and Belshina Bobruisk, were relegated to the 2017 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Gomel and Dnepr Mogilev, champions and runners-up of the 2016 Belarusian First League respectively.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| BATE | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,126 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,162 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 |
| Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,625 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Krumkachy Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 |
| Slavia Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,133 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 |
* ^ One game played at RCOP-BGU Stadium and one game at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ Seven games played at Traktor Stadium.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 19 | +42 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 15 | +31 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 51 | |
| 6 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 49 | |
| 7 | Slutsk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 44 | |
| 8 | Vitebsk | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 43 | |
| 9 | Gorodeya | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Gomel | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 46 | −19 | 27 | |
| 12 | Dnepr Mogilev | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 26 | |
| 13 | Krumkachy Minsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to the Belarusian Second League |
| 14 | Minsk | 30 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 23 | |
| 15 | Slavia Mozyr (R) | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 50 | −24 | 20 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Naftan Novopolotsk (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 57 | −39 | 13 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
* 1 2 Slutsk was awarded a 3–0 win over BATE Borisov, which originally won 6-0. However the BFF canceled the decision of the Disciplinary Committee on October 12 following BATE appeal.
* 1 2 BATE Borisov is ahead of Dinamo Minsk on head-to-head record: BATE Borisov 1–0 Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Minsk 0–1 BATE Borisov.
* 1 2 Dinamo Brest is ahead of Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino on head-to-head record: Dinamo Brest 1–0 Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino 1–1 Dinamo Brest.
* ↑ Dinamo Brest qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Belarusian Cup.
* ↑ Isloch Minsk Raion were deducted 7 points.
* ↑ Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the Premier League before the start of 2018 season after failing to provide necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. After a rejected appeal, the decision was made final on 19 March 2018.
* ↑ Naftan Novopolotsk were deducted 5 points.

## Results

Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
| Home \ Away | BAT | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | GRD | ISL | KRU | FCM | NAF | NEM | SHA | SVM | SLU | TZH | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 |
| Gomel | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Gorodeya | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Krumkachy Minsk | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Minsk | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 0–6 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Slutsk | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–3 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Vitebsk | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

Updated to the final standing Source: football.by Archived 2017-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mikhail Gordeichuk | BATE Borisov | 18 |
| 2 | Pavel Savitski | Neman Grodno | 15 |
| 3 | Bojan Dubajić | Gorodeya | 12 |
| 3 | Anton Saroka | Dinamo Minsk | 12 |
| 5 | Yahor Zubovich | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 11 |
| 6 | Dzyanis Laptsew | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 10 |
| 6 | Leandro Torres | Dinamo Brest | 10 |
| 8 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Dinamo Minsk | 9 |
| 8 | Maksim Skavysh | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 9 |
| 10 | Nivaldo Ferreira | Gomel/Dinamo Brest | 8 |
| 10 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 8 |