# 2004 Belarusian First League

2004 Belarusian First League was the 14th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2004.

## Team changes from 2003 season

Two top teams of last season (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and MTZ-RIPO Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 Belarusian Premier League table (Lokomotiv Minsk and Molodechno-2000).
Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2003 season table (Neman Mosty and Pinsk-900) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2003 Second League (Baranovichi and Veras Nesvizh).

## Teams and locations

| Team | Location | Position in 2003 |
| Lokomotiv | Minsk | Premier League, 15 |
| Molodechno-2000 | Molodechno | Premier League, 16 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | 3 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | 4 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | 5 |
| ZLiN | Gomel | 6 |
| Khimik | Svetlogorsk | 7 |
| Lida | Lida | 8 |
| Torpedo-Kadino | Mogilev | 9 |
| Kommunalnik | Slonim | 10 |
| Dnepr-DUSSh-1 | Rogachev | 11 |
| Dinamo-Juni | Minsk | 12 |
| Vertikal | Kalinkovichi | 13 |
| Bereza | Bereza | 14 |
| Baranovichi | Baranovichi | Second League, 1 |
| Veras | Nesvizh | Second League, 2 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Minsk (P) | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 75 | 25 | +50 | 75 | Promotion to Belarusian Premier League |
| 2 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 21 | +25 | 62 | |
| 3 | Smorgon | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 53 | |
| 4 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 46 | |
| 5 | ZLiN Gomel | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 46 | |
| 6 | Veras Nesvizh | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 44 | |
| 7 | Baranovichi | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Lida | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 40 | |
| 9 | Khimik Svetlogorsk | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 40 | |
| 10 | Bereza | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 37 | |
| 11 | Kommunalnik Slonim | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 47 | −14 | 34 | |
| 12 | Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 32 | |
| 13 | Molodechno-2000 (R) | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 31 | Withdrew to Belarusian Second League |
| 14 | Dnepr-DUSSh-1 Rogachev | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 30 | |
| 15 | Vertikal Kalinkovichi (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 29 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
| 16 | Dinamo-Juni Minsk (R) | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 21 | Relegation to Belarusian Second League |
* ↑ Vedrich-97 Rechitsa initially won promotion, but failed to fulfill Premier League licensing criteria and had to stay in the First League. No other team replaced them in the Premier League, which was instead reduced.
* 1 2 Granit Mikashevichi placed above ZLiN Gomel by better head-to-head record (0–0, 1–0).

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Aleksei Martynov | Lokomotiv Minsk | 19 |
| 2 | Mihail Litvinchuk | Lokomotiv Minsk | 16 |
| 2 | Dzmitry Vyarstak | Smorgon | 16 |
| 4 | Sergey Krivets | Lokomotiv Minsk | 12 |
| 4 | Mihail Eramchuk | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 12 |
| 4 | Dmitry Gavrilovich | Veras Nesvizh | 12 |