# 2006 Belarusian Premier League

The 2006 Belarusian Premier League was the 16th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 18 and ended on November 4, 2005. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions.

## Team changes from 2005 season

Two lowest placed in 2004 teams (Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia) relegated to First League. They were replaced by the winners of 2005 First League Belshina Bobruisk and First League runners-up Lokomotiv Vitebsk. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev shortened their name to Dnepr Mogilev.

## Overview

BATE Borisov won their 3rd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2006–07 Cup winners Dinamo Brest qualified for UEFA Cup. Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2005 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 40,000 | 2 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 3 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 3,020 | 4 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 5,500 | 5 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 6,800 | 6 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 15,000 | 7 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,080 | 8 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 9 |
| Darida | Minsk Raion | Darida Stadium | 3,300 | 10 |
| Lokomotiv Minsk | Minsk | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 4,800 | 11 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 6,300 | 12 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 3,700 | First league, 1 |
| Lokomotiv Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,350 | First league, 2 |
* ^ Due to renovation works at Stroitel Stadium, Shakhtyor played three games at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and three games at City Stadium in Lyuban.
* ^ Lokomotiv Minsk spent the season at City Stadium in Molodechno, as their own ground Lokomotiv Stadium did not meet Premier League criteria.
* ^ Due to renovation works at Neman Stadium, Neman played six games at Yunost Stadium in Smorgon and one game at Traktor Stadium in Minsk.
* ^ Due to renovation works in Bobruisk, Belshina played one game at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev and one game at City Stadium in Lyuban.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 54 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 51 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 51 | |
| 5 | Gomel | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 42 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 38 | |
| 7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 37 | |
| 8 | Darida Minsk Raion | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 30 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Zhodino | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Dnepr Mogilev | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 23 | |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Minsk (R) | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 19 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 14 | Belshina Bobruisk (R) | 26 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 46 | −30 | 9 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Dinamo Brest qualified for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round by winning the 2006–07 Belarusian Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DAR | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | LMN | LVI | MTZ | NAF | NEM | SHA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Darida Minsk Raion | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Brest | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–8 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Lokomotiv Minsk | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Lokomotiv Vitebsk | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 7–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 5–3 | | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Zhodino | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |

## Belarusian clubs in European Cups

| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup ||||||
| First round | Shakhter Karagandy | 4–6 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 1–5 | 3–1 |
| Second round | Moscow | 3–0 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2006–07 UEFA Cup ||||||
| First qualifying round | Zagłębie Lubin | 1–1 (a) | Dinamo Minsk | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| First qualifying round | BATE Borisov | 3–0 | Nistru Otaci | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Second qualifying round | Artmedia Bratislava | 5–3 | Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Second qualifying round | Rubin Kazan | 5–0 | BATE Borisov | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2006–07 UEFA Champions League ||||||
| First qualifying round | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | Široki Brijeg | 0–1 | 0–1 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Alyaksandr Klimenka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 17 |
| 2 | Raman Vasilyuk | Gomel | 14 |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Hleb | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 13 |
| 4 | Artyom Kontsevoy | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 12 |
| 5 | Gennadi Bliznyuk | BATE Borisov | 11 |
| 6 | Edu | Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
| 7 | Syarhey Kislyak | Dinamo Minsk | 9 |
| 7 | Oleg Strakhanovich | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 9 |
| 7 | Valery Strypeykis | Gomel | 9 |
| 10 | Pavel Byahanski | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 |
| 10 | Alyaksandr Hawrushka | Dnepr Mogilev | 8 |