# 2012 Belarusian Premier League

The 2012 Belarusian Premier League was the 22nd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 25 November 2012. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 8th league title last year.

## Teams

Dnepr Mogilev were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2011 season in last place, leaving the league for the first time since the competition's establishment in 1992. They were replaced by 2011 First League champions Slavia Mozyr, who make their return to the league after a five-year absence.
Vitebsk, as the 11th-placed team, had to compete in the relegation/promotion playoffs against First League runners-up Partizan Minsk. Partizan Minsk won the playoff, 3–2 on aggregate, and returned to the league after a one-year absence while Vitebsk were relegated after six years in the top flight. In early 2012 Partizan was abandoned by their main sponsor Vladimir Romanov and consequently wasn't able to keep any of the first team players or obtain the Premier League license. Partizan withdrew from the Premier League, leaving it with only 11 teams.
Dinamo Brest changed their name to Brest due to troubles with further usage of Dinamo brand name.

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Position in 2011 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium | 5,402 | 1 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium | 3,700 | 5 |
| Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,162 | 4 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo-Yuni Stadium | 4,500 | 4 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 3 |
| Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 34,000 | 9 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 4,500 | 7 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,500 | 8 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 2 |
| Slavia Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,353 | First League, 1 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 6,524 | 6 |
* ^ Two games played at Lokomotiv Stadium in Zhlobin.
* ^ Three games played at Dinamo Stadium.
* ^ Two games played at Torpedo Stadium in Minsk and one game at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium.
* ^ Four games played at City Stadium in Khoiniki.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 68 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 56 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Gomel | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 50 | |
| 5 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 41 | |
| 6 | Minsk | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 39 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Belshina Bobruisk | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 30 | |
| 8 | Brest | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 29 | |
| 9 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 29 | |
| 10 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 27 | |
| 11 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino (O) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 24 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Winners of 2012–13 Belarusian Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League

### Relegation playoffs

The 11th team of the league Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of the 2012 Belarusian First League Gorodeya for one spot in the 2013 Premier League.

## Results

Each team will play three times against every other team for a total of 30 matches.

### First and second round

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | BRE | DMI | GOM | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Brest | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Minsk | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | | 1–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–0 | |

### Third round

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | BRE | DMI | GOM | MIN | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | | 3–1 | | | 5–1 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 3–2 | | | 0–0 | |
| Brest | | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | | | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 0–0 | | | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | |
| Gomel | 1–2 | | | | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| Minsk | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | | | | 3–0 | |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–0 | | | | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 |
| Neman Grodno | | 0–0 | 3–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 0–4 | | 2–1 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | | | | |
| Slavia Mozyr | 0–0 | | | | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–0 | | | 0–2 | | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Dzmitry Asipenka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 14 |
| 2 | Renan Bressan | BATE Borisov | 11 |
| 2 | Roman Volkov | Slavia Mozyr | 11 |
| 2 | Dzmitry Kamarowski | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 |
| 5 | Ivan Dzenisevich | Neman Grodno | 10 |
| 6 | Uladzimir Khvashchynski | Brest | 9 |
| 6 | Dzmitry Mazalewski | BATE Borisov | 9 |
| 8 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 8 |
| 8 | Leanid Kovel | Minsk | 8 |
| 8 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 8 |
| 8 | Dzmitry Platonaw | Gomel | 8 |
| 8 | Andrey Lyasyuk | Neman Grodno | 8 |
Updated to games played on 25 November 2012 Source: football.by Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

## Awards
### Player of the month

| Month | Player | Team |
| April | Dzmitry Baha | BATE Borisov |
| May | Andrey Harbunow | BATE Borisov |
| June | Dzmitry Asipenka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
| July | Raman Vasilyuk | Minsk |
| August | Ivan Dzenisevich | Neman Grodno |
| September | Alyaksandr Pawlaw | BATE Borisov |
| October | Roman Volkov | Slavia Mozyr |
| November | Andrey Lyasyuk | Neman Grodno |