# 2001 Belarusian Premier League

The 2001 Belarusian Premier League was the 11th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on November 7, 2001. Slavia Mozyr were the defending champions.

## Team changes from 2000 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams, three worst placed teams in 2000 – Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League, while only one team, winners of 2000 First League Molodechno, replaced them. Molodechno changed their name to Molodechno-2000 following the promotion. Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk shortened their name to Naftan Novopolotsk midway through 2001 season.

## Overview

Belshina Bobruisk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2001-02 Cup winners Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Teams finished on the last two places, Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechitsa relegated to the First League.

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2000 |
| Slavia | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,250 | 1 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium (Borisov) | 5,500 | 2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) | 40,000 | 3 |
| Neman-Belcard | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 14,000 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 5,000 | 5 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Luch Stadium | 5,000 | 6 |
| Dnepr-Transmash | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) | 7,700 | 7 |
| Torpedo-MAZ | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 5,200 | 8 |
| Belshina | Bobruisk | Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) | 2,000 | 9 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 3,000 | 10 |
| Lokomotiv-96 | Vitebsk | Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) | 5,250 | 11 |
| Vedrich-97 | Rechitsa | Central Stadium (Rechitsa) | 5,500 | 12 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 6,500 | 13 |
| Molodechno-2000 | Molodechno | City Stadium (Molodechno) | 5,650 | First league, 1 |
* ^ Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.
* ^ Lokomotiv-96 played five games at DYuSSh Stadium in Bolbasovo and three games at City Stadium in Orsha, before their own Dinamo Stadium was reopened after renovation.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Belshina Bobruisk (C) | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 55 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 53 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | BATE Borisov | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 51 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 4 | Neman-Belcard Grodno | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 50 | |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 46 | |
| 6 | Gomel | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 44 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Slavia Mozyr | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 27 | +22 | 44 | |
| 8 | Torpedo-MAZ Minsk | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 37 | |
| 9 | Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 31 | |
| 10 | Molodechno-2000 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 29 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Brest | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 19 | |
| 13 | Naftan Novopolotsk (R) | 26 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 14 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 14 | Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (R) | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 60 | −43 | 8 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
* ↑ Gomel qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2001–02 Belarusian Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAT | BSH | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | LVI | MOL | NAF | NEM | SHA | SLA | TMI | VED |
| BATE Borisov | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–0 |
| Belshina Bobruisk | 2–3 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Gomel | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Molodechno-2000 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Neman-Belcard Grodno | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 6–3 |
| Torpedo-MAZ Minsk | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Vedrich-97 Rechitsa | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |

## Belarusian clubs in European Cups

| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup ||||||
| First round | Dinamo Minsk | 7–1 | Hobscheid | 6–0 | 1–1 |
| Second round | Dinamo Minsk | 3–0 | Hapoel Haifa | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Third round | Wolfsburg | 4–3 | Dinamo Minsk | 4–3 | 0–0 |
| 2001–02 UEFA Cup ||||||
| Qualifying round | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–5 | CSKA Sofia | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Qualifying round | Ružomberok | 3–1 | Belshina Bobruisk | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Qualifying round | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–5 | BATE Borisov | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| First round | BATE Borisov | 0–6 | Milan | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| 2001–02 UEFA Champions League ||||||
| First qualifying round | VB Vágur | 0–5 | Slavia Mozyr | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| Second qualifying round | Slavia Mozyr | 0–2 | Inter Bratislava | 0–1 | 0–1 |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Sergei Davydov | Neman-Belcard Grodno | 25 |
| 2 | Vitali Kutuzov | BATE Borisov | 14 |
| 3 | Petr Katchouro | Dinamo Minsk | 12 |
| 4 | Viktor Borel | Gomel | 11 |
| 4 | Ihor Chumachenko | Dinamo Minsk, Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev | 11 |
| 4 | Syarhey Nikiforenka | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 |
| 4 | Valery Strypeykis | Slavia Mozyr | 11 |
| 8 | Vadzim Boyka | Dinamo Brest | 10 |
| 8 | Artem Kontsevoy | BATE Borisov | 10 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Sednev | Belshina Bobruisk | 10 |