# 2018 Belarusian Premier League

The 2018 Belarusian Premier League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th consecutive league title and 14th overall last year, and successfully defended their crown.

## Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2017 season (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk) were relegated to the 2018 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Luch Minsk and Smolevichi, champions and runners-up of the 2017 Belarusian First League respectively.
Before the start of the season, Krumkachy Minsk were excluded from the league, after repeatedly missing deadlines for providing necessary licensing documents and pay off the salary debts to the players. The decision was made final on 19 March. They were replaced by Torpedo Minsk (3rd placed team of 2017 Belarusian First League).
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| BATE Borisov | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,121 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,162 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,324 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 |
| Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,625 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | Minsk Raion | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Luch Minsk | Minsk | SOK Olimpiysky | 1,500 |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium (Slutsk) | 1,896 |
| Smolevichi | Smolevichi | FOK Oktyabrsky (Oktyabrsky [ru]) | 780 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 |
| Torpedo Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 |
* ^ One game played at Yunost Stadium in Brest.
* ^ Six games played at Traktor Stadium and three games at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.
* ^ One game played at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ One game played at Traktor Stadium.
* ^ One game played at Shakhtyor Stadium.
* ^ Two games played at Aleksandr Prokopenko Stadium in Bobruisk.
* ^ Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino and one game at City Stadium in Borisov.
* ^ Four games played at Traktor Stadium, two games at SOK Olimpiysky and one at Dinamo Stadium.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 24 | +31 | 73 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Vitebsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 55 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 52 | |
| 7 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Slutsk | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 36 | |
| 9 | Gorodeya | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 34 | |
| 10 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 33 | |
| 11 | Minsk | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 30 | |
| 12 | Gomel | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 36 | −20 | 28 | |
| 13 | Luch Minsk | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 24 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Minsk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 41 | −21 | 24 | |
| 15 | Smolevichi (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 24 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 16 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Luch 8, Torpedo 4, Smolevichi 3

## 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 | FCM | LUM | NEM | SHA | SMO | SLU | TZH | TMN | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Gorodeya | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Minsk | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–3 |
| Luch Minsk | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Neman Grodno | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Smolevichi | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Slutsk | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Torpedo Minsk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 |
| Vitebsk | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — |

## Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 2 December 2018 Source: football.by Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Pavel Savitski | Dinamo Brest | 15 |
| 2 | Dzyanis Laptsew | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 12 |
| 3 | Dzmitry Lebedzew | Gorodeya | 11 |
| 3 | Anton Matsveenka | Vitebsk | 11 |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Shikavka | Slutsk | 11 |
| 3 | Maksim Skavysh | BATE Borisov | 11 |
| 3 | Kiryl Vyarheychyk | Vitebsk | 11 |
| 8 | Bojan Dubajić | Gorodeya | 10 |
| 9 | Elis Bakaj | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 9 |
| 9 | Valery Gorbachik | Smolevichi/Torpedo-BelAZ | 9 |