# 2019 Belarusian Premier League

The 2019 Belarusian Premier League was the 29th season of top-tier football in Belarus. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 13th consecutive league title and 15th overall last year. Dynamo Brest won the Belarusian Premier League title for the first time, ending the BATE Borisov streak.

## Teams

The bottom two teams from the 2018 season (Smolevichi and Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated to the 2019 Belarusian First League. They were replaced by Slavia Mozyr and Energetik-BGU, champions and runners-up of the 2018 Belarusian First League respectively.
In spring 2019, Luch Minsk merged with Dnepr Mogilev. The united club was named Dnyapro Mogilev. It inherited Luch's Premier League spot and licence, their sponsorships and most of the squad, while keeping only a few of Dnepr players and relocating to Mogilev. Dnepr continued its participation in youth tournaments independently from Luch.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| BATE Borisov | Borisov | Borisov Arena | 13,121 |
| Dynamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestsky | 10,060 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo Stadium | 22,324 |
| Dnyapro Mogilev | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,350 |
| Energetik-BGU | Minsk | RCOR-BGU Stadium | 1,500 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 |
| Gorodeya | Gorodeya | Gorodeya Stadium | 1,625 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | Minsk Raion | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,100 |
| Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Neman Grodno | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 8,479 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 |
| Slavia Mozyr | Mozyr | Yunost Stadium | 5,300 |
| Slutsk | Slutsk | City Stadium | 1,896 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium | 6,524 |
| Torpedo Minsk | Minsk | FC Minsk Stadium | 3,000 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,144 |
* ^ Six games played at Traktor Stadium and one game at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ Three games played at FC Minsk Stadium.
* ^ One game played at Slutsk College stadium.
* ^ Torpedo Minsk played four games at FC Minsk Stadium and three games at Traktor Stadium before withdrawal from the tournament.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Brest (C) | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 22 | +48 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | BATE Borisov | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Isloch Minsk Raion | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 47 | |
| 6 | Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 45 | |
| 7 | Gorodeya | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Slavia Mozyr | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 37 | |
| 9 | Minsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 36 | |
| 11 | Slutsk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 46 | −17 | 34 | |
| 12 | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 33 | |
| 13 | Vitebsk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 31 | |
| 14 | Dnyapro Mogilev (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Gomel (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 29 | Relegation to the Belarusian First League |
| 16 | Torpedo Minsk (R) | 30 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 63 | −59 | 6 | Withdrew from the league |
* ↑ Torpedo Minsk withdrew from the league after the end of the first half of the season due to lack of financing. Their matches of the second half were forfeited 0–3 in favor of their opponents.

## 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 | DNY | ENE | GOM | GRD | ISL | FCM | NEM | SHA | SLA | SLU | TZH | TMN | VIT |
| BATE Borisov | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Brest | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Dnyapro Mogilev | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Energetik-BGU | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–3 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Gomel | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Gorodeya | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Isloch Minsk Raion | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Minsk | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 6–0 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Slavia Mozyr | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Slutsk | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Minsk | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — | 0–3 |
| Vitebsk | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The opponents of Torpedo Minsk awarded a 3–0 w/o win after Torpedo withdrew from the league.

## Relegation play-offs

The 14th-place finisher of this season (Dnyapro Mogilev) played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third team of the 2019 Belarusian First League (Rukh Brest) for one spot in the 2020 Premier League. Rukh Brest won the series on penalties and got promoted, while Dnyapro Mogilev were relegated.

## Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 1 December 2019 Source: football.by Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
| Rank | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Ilya Shkurin | Energetik-BGU Minsk | 19 |
| 2 | Stanislaw Drahun | BATE Borisov | 14 |
| 2 | Vitaliy Kvashuk | Gomel | 14 |
| 4 | Dzyanis Laptsew | Dynamo Brest | 12 |
| 4 | Pavel Nyakhaychyk | Dynamo Brest | 12 |
| 6 | Momo Yansane | Isloch Minsk Raion | 11 |
| 6 | Mikalay Yanush | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 11 |
| 8 | Elis Bakaj | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 10 |
| 8 | Alyaksandr Makas | Isloch Minsk Raion | 10 |
| 8 | Maksim Skavysh | BATE Borisov | 10 |
| 8 | Ihar Stasevich | BATE Borisov | 10 |
| 8 | Oleksandr Vasylyev | Minsk | 10 |