# 2009 Belarusian Premier League

The 2009 Belarusian Premier League was the 19th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 4 and ended on November 8, 2009. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.

## Team changes from 2008 season

Due to league reduction from 16 to 14 teams three relegated teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th in 2008 respectively) were replaced by only one team, the winner of 2008 First League Minsk.

## Overview

BATE Borisov won their 6th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists Dnepr Mogilev and yet to be determined 2009-10 Cup winners qualified for the Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi Smorgon) relegated to the First League.

## Teams and venues

| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2008 |
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium | 5,392 | 1 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo-Yuni Stadium | 4,500 | 2 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | Traktor Stadium | 17,600 | 3 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel Stadium | 4,200 | 4 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Vitebsky CSK | 8,300 | 5 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,080 | 6 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant Stadium | 5,300 | 7 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost Stadium | 3,200 | 8 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak Stadium | 7,300 | 9 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | Polesye Stadium (Luninets) | 3,090 | 10 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central Stadium | 14,307 | 11 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman Stadium | 9,000 | 12 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) | 3,020 | 13 |
| Minsk | Minsk | Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) | 1,500 | First league, 1 |
* ^ Five games played at Dinamo Stadium.
* ^ Three games played at Torpedo Stadium in Mogilev due to renovation works at Spartak Stadium.
* ^ Four games played at Volna Stadium in Pinsk due to renovation works at Polesye Stadium.
* ^ One game played at City Stadium in Borisov and two games at Torpedo Stadium in Mogilev due to renovation works at Torpedo Stadium in Zhodino.
* ^ One game played at Dinamo Stadium and one game at Dinamo-Yuni Stadium.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 50 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dnepr Mogilev | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 40 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 38 | |
| 5 | Dinamo Brest | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 38 | |
| 6 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 38 | |
| 7 | Neman Grodno | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Zhodino | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 37 | Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round |
| 9 | Minsk | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 36 | |
| 10 | Vitebsk | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 32 | |
| 11 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 30 | |
| 12 | Gomel (R) | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 29 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 13 | Granit Mikashevichi (R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 25 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
| 14 | Smorgon (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 46 | −29 | 15 | Relegation to Belarusian First League |
* ↑ The runner-up of the 2009–10 Belarusian Cup (lost to BATE Borisov).

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAT | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | GRA | MIN | MTZ | NAF | NEM | SHA | SMR | VIT | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 5–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 |
| Gomel | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Minsk | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Neman Grodno | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Smorgon | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Vitebsk | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 |
| Torpedo Zhodino | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |
* ↑ The match of Round 9 originally finished 1–1, but was awarded to Granit with a score of 3–0. The reason is that for some time during the match Neman had five foreign players on the pitch, while the maximum number of foreign players a team can have on the pitch in the same time is four.

## Belarusian clubs in European Cups

| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 2009–10 UEFA Europa League ||||||
| First qualifying round | Sutjeska Nikšić | 2–3 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 1–1 | 1–2 (aet) |
| First qualifying round | Dinamo Minsk | 3–2 | Renova Džepčište | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Second qualifying round | Naftan Novopolotsk | 2–2 (a) | Gent | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Second qualifying round | Dinamo Minsk | 1–4 | Tromsø | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Second qualifying round | Metallurg Donetsk | 5–1 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Play-off round | BATE Borisov | 4–1 | Litex Lovech | 0–1 | 4–0 (aet) |
| Group stage | Benfica | 4–1 | BATE Borisov | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Group stage | BATE Borisov | 2–2 | Everton | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Group stage | BATE Borisov | 4–3 | AEK Athens | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| 2009–10 UEFA Champions League ||||||
| Second qualifying round | Makedonija Gjorče Petrov | 0–4 | BATE Borisov | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Third qualifying round | Ventspils | (a) 2–2 | BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Maycon | Gomel | 15 |
| 2 | Syarhey Kryvets | BATE Borisov | 14 |
| 3 | Maksim Skavysh | BATE Borisov | 12 |
| 4 | Givi Kvaratskhelia | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 11 |
| 4 | Raman Vasilyuk | Dinamo Brest | 11 |
| 6 | Dzmitry Mazalewski | Dinamo Brest | 9 |
| 6 | Andrey Razin | Minsk | 9 |
| 8 | Alyaksandr Hawrushka | Dinamo Minsk | 8 |
| 8 | Andrey Lyasyuk | Dnepr Mogilev | 8 |
| 10 | Dzmitry Asipenka | Minsk | 7 |
| 10 | Stanislaw Drahun | Dinamo Minsk | 7 |
| 10 | Ivan Dzenisevich | Neman Grodno | 7 |
| 10 | Syarhey Kislyak | Dinamo Minsk | 7 |
| 10 | Syarhey Koshal | Minsk | 7 |
| 10 | Vitali Rodionov | BATE Borisov | 7 |
| 10 | Alyaksandr Sazankow | Dnepr Mogilev | 7 |
| 10 | Andrey Sherakow | Torpedo Zhodino | 7 |
Source: football.by Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)