# 2017 Belarusian First League

The 2017 Belarusian First League was the 27th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2017.

## Team changes from 2016 season

Two best teams of 2016 Belarusian First League (Gomel and Dnepr Mogilev) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 2016 Belarusian Premier League table (Belshina Bobruisk and Granit Mikashevichi).
Oshmyany, who finished 14th last year, relegated to the Second League. Due to First League expansion to 16 teams, they were replaced by three best teams of 2016 Second League (Volna Pinsk, Osipovichi and Kletsk). Kletsk eventually withdrew from participation due to club's lack of financing and infrastructure, and was replaced by Second League 4th placed team Neman-Agro Stolbtsy.
Before the start of the season Gomelzheldortrans changed their name to Lokomotiv Gomel, Slonim to Slonim-2017 and Zvezda-BGU Minsk to Energetik-BGU Minsk.

## Teams summary

| Team | Location | Position in 2016 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | Bobruisk | Premier League, 15 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | Mikashevichi | Premier League, 16 |
| Lokomotiv Gomel | Gomel | 3 |
| Luch Minsk | Minsk | 4 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 5 |
| Lida | Lida | 6 |
| Orsha | Orsha | 7 |
| Smolevichi-STI | Smolevichi | 8 |
| Torpedo Minsk | Minsk | 9 |
| Energetik-BGU Minsk | Minsk | 10 |
| Slonim-2017 | Slonim | 11 |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | Svetlogorsk | 12 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | 13 |
| Volna Pinsk | Pinsk | Second League, 1 |
| Osipovichi | Osipovichi | Second League, 2 |
| Neman-Agro Stolbtsy | Stolbtsy | Second League, 4 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Luch Minsk (P) | 30 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 22 | +51 | 63 | Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Smolevichi-STI (P) | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 58 | Promotion to the Belarusian Premier League |
| 3 | Torpedo Minsk | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 57 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Gomel | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 57 | |
| 5 | Belshina Bobruisk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 47 | |
| 6 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 44 | |
| 7 | Volna Pinsk | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 37 | |
| 10 | Orsha | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 37 | |
| 11 | Slonim-2017 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 37 | |
| 12 | Baranovichi | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 31 | |
| 13 | Smorgon | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 29 | |
| 14 | Lida | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 28 | |
| 15 | Osipovichi (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 25 | Relegation to the Belarusian Second League |
| 16 | Neman-Agro Stolbtsy (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 94 | −67 | 13 | Relegation to the Belarusian Second League |
* ↑ Luch Minsk were deducted 10 points before the start of the season as a result of match-fixing investigation in the previous season.
* ↑ Belshina Bobruisk were deducted 2 points before the start of the season due to transfer irregularities in the previous season.
* ↑ Granit Mikashevichi were deducted 3 points before the start of the season due to transfer irregularities in the previous season. Another 3 points were deducted in October for failing to comply with earlier resolutions.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BSH | ENE | GRA | KHI | LID | LGM | LCH | NST | ORS | OSI | SLO | SML | SMR | TMN | VOL |
| Baranovichi | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Energetik-BGU Minsk | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 8–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Khimik Svetlogorsk | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Lida | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv Gomel | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | — | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Luch Minsk | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 9–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 |
| Neman-Agro Stolbtsy | 0–1 | 2–10 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | — | 3–6 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Orsha | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Osipovichi | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Slonim-2017 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Smolevichi-STI | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| Smorgon | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 8–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Minsk | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | — | 3–1 |
| Volna Pinsk | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | — |
* ↑ Awarded 3–0 to Lokomotiv Gomel after Baranovichi did not show up for the game.
* ↑ Match between Torpedo Minsk and Energetik-BGU Minsk (originally 0–0) awarded 3–0 to Torpedo as Energetik-BGU used an ineligible player.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Yury Kazlow | Luch Minsk | 16 |
| 2 | Valery Gorbachik | Smolevichi-STI | 15 |
| 2 | Leonid Khankevich | Luch Minsk | 15 |
| 4 | Aleksey Rudenok | Neman-Agro Stolbtsy / Smorgon | 14 |
| 4 | Aleksey Khodnevich | Orsha | 14 |
Updated to games played on 11 November 2017 Source: football.by