# 1999 Belarusian Premier League

The 1999 Belarusian Premier League was the ninth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on October 30, 1999. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev were the defending champions.

## Team changes from 1998 season

Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved midway through 1998 season and FC Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League after finishing in the last place. They were replaced by 1998 First League winners Lida, who previously played in Premier League as Obuvshchik Lida, and the newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi, First League runners-up. Torpedo Minsk changed their name to Torpedo-MAZ Minsk and Neman Grodno were renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno.

## Overview

BATE Borisov won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up and 1999–2000 Cup winners Slavia Mozyr as well as bronze medalists Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi finished their first and the only season in top league in 15th place and relegated, as did 16th team Molodechno.

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 1998 |
| Dnepr-Transmash | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 11,200 | 1 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 3,500 | 2 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 2,500 | 3 |
| Lokomotiv-96 | Vitebsk | City Stadium (Orsha) | 2,100 | 4 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium (Gomel) | 10,000 | 5 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) | 6,500 | 6 |
| Torpedo-MAZ | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 6,200 | 7 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) | 41,040 | 8 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 3,000 | 9 |
| Neman-Belcard | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 14,000 | 10 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 5,000 | 11 |
| Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,000 | 12 |
| Naftan-Devon | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 6,500 | 13 |
| Molodechno | Molodechno | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 5,500 | 14 |
| Lida | Lida | City Stadium (Lida) | 3,000 | First league, 1 |
| Svisloch-Krovlya | Osipovichi | Yunost Stadium (Osipovichi) | 2,000 | First league, 2 |
* ^ As club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation, they played most of the games at City Stadium in Orsha. In addition, one game was played at City Stadium in Luzhesno [be] and two games at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
* ^ One game played at Kamvolschik Stadium.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 22 | +58 | 77 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 25 | +49 | 65 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Gomel | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 63 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 60 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 59 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 51 | |
| 7 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 46 | |
| 8 | Belshina Bobruisk | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 45 | |
| 9 | Neman-Belcard Grodno | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 37 | |
| 10 | Torpedo-MAZ Minsk | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 35 | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 34 | |
| 12 | Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 28 | |
| 13 | Lida | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 64 | −37 | 25 | |
| 14 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 23 | |
| 15 | Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi (R) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 74 | −50 | 16 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Molodechno (R) | 30 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 71 | −50 | 11 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Slavia Mozyr qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1999–2000 Belarusian Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | LID | LVI | MOL | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | SKO | TMO | TMI |
| BATE Borisov | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–3 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 2–4 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| Gomel | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Lida | 0–4 | 5–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| Molodechno | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 |
| Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Neman-Belcard Grodno | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 |
| Torpedo-MAZ Minsk | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

## Belarusian clubs in European Cups

| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #1 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup ||||||
| First round | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 3–4 | NK Varteks | 1–2 | 2–2 |
| First round | Hradec Králové | 1–1 (p) | Gomel | 1–0 | 0–1 (aet, p.1–3) |
| Second round | Hammarby | 6–2 | Gomel | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| 1999–2000 UEFA Cup ||||||
| Qualifying round | Belshina Bobruisk | 1–8 | Omonia Nicosia | 1–5 | 0–3 |
| Qualifying round | BATE Borisov | 1–12 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–7 | 0–5 |
| 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League ||||||
| Second qualifying round | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 0–3 | AIK | 0–1 | 0–2 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Valery Strypeykis | Slavia Mozyr | 21 |
| 2 | Vitali Kutuzov | BATE Borisov | 19 |
| 3 | Vitaliy Aleshchenko | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 18 |
| 4 | Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 17 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Vyazhevich | Dinamo Minsk | 15 |
| 6 | Dmitry Podrez | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 13 |
| 7 | Viktor Borel | Gomel | 12 |
| 7 | Dzmitry Chaley | Slavia Mozyr | 12 |
| 9 | Dzmitry Aharodnik | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 11 |
| 9 | Dmitry Bespansky | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 |
| 9 | Dmitry Denisyuk | Slavia Mozyr | 11 |