2020 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League 2020
Season information
Dates	19 March – 28 November 2020
Winners	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Relegated	Gorodeya Belshina Bobruisk Smolevichi
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Conference League	BATE Borisov Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Season statistics
Matches played	239
Goals scored	704
Average	2.95 (per match)
Top goalscorer	Maksim Skavysh (BATE) (19 goals)
← 2019	2021 →

The 2020 Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by beating FC Minsk 4–2. Meanwhile, BATE Borisov didn't win and drew 0–0 at Dinamo Minsk so Shaktyor Soligorsk finished 1 point above BATE in the table and will play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere.

Teams

The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi).

14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Position in 2019
BATE	Borisov	Borisov Arena	12,896	2nd
Belshina	Bobruisk	Spartak Stadium	3,700	1st (First League)
Dinamo Brest	Brest	OSK Brestskiy	10,060	1st
Dinamo Minsk	Minsk	Dinamo Stadium	22,000	4th
Energetik-BGU	Minsk	RCOP-BGU Stadium	1,500	12th
Gorodeya	Gorodeya	Gorodeya Stadium	1,625	7th
Isloch	Minsk Raion	FC Minsk Stadium	3,000	5th
Minsk	Minsk	FC Minsk Stadium	3,000	10th
Neman	Grodno	Neman Stadium	8,500	9th
Rukh	Brest	Yunost Stadium	2,310	3rd (First League)
Shakhtyor	Soligorsk	Stroitel Stadium	4,200	3rd
Slavia	Mozyr	Yunost Stadium	5,300	8th
Slutsk	Slutsk	City Stadium	1,896	11th
Smolevichi	Smolevichi	Ozyorny Stadium	1,600	2nd (First League)
Torpedo-BelAZ	Zhodino	Torpedo Stadium	3,020	6th
Vitebsk	Vitebsk	Vitebsky CSK	8,100	13th

Personnel

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor (Chest)
BATE Borisov	Aleksandr Lisovskiy	Ihar Stasevich	Adidas	Minsk Tractor Works
Belshina Bobruisk	Dmitriy Migas (caretaker)	Sergey Turanok	Joma	Belshina
Dynamo Brest	Syarhey Kavalchuk	Aleh Veratsila	Joma	Belavia
Dinamo Minsk	Leonid Kuchuk	Edhar Alyakhnovich	Saller	None
Energetik-BGU	Vladimir Belyavskiy	Aleksey Nosko	Nike	Belenergo
Gorodeya	Oleg Radushko	Igor Dovgyallo	Macron	Gorodeya Sugar Refinery
Isloch Minsk Raion	Vitaly Zhukovsky	Dzmitry Kamarowski	Joma	Hyundai
Minsk	Vadim Skripchenko	Syarhey Vyeramko	Macron	TASK Insurance
Neman Grodno	Igor Kovalevich	Valery Zhukowski	Saller	None
Rukh Brest	Aleksandr Sednyov	Artsyom Rakhmanaw	Erreà	Belgosstrakh
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Roman Hryhorchuk	Alyaksandr Hutar	Jako	Belaruskali
Slavia Mozyr	Mihail Martsinovich	Mikhail Baranovsky	Joma	Mozyr Oil Refinery
Slutsk	Aleksandr Konchits (caretaker)	Barys Pankrataw	Hummel	None
Smolevichi	Alexei Mikhailov (caretaker)	Eduard Zhevnerov	Joma	None
Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	Yuri Puntus	Andrey Khachaturyan	Adidas	BelAZ
Vitebsk	Sergey Yasinsky	Artsyom Skitaw	Nike	Parimatch

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Dinamo Minsk	Sergei Gurenko	Mutual consent	20 April 2020	12th	Leonid Kuchuk	22 April 2020
Slutsk	Vitaliy Pavlov	Resigned	26 June 2020	11th	Aleksandr Konchits (caretaker)	26 June 2020
Belshina	Eduard Gradoboyev	Sacked	1 July 2020	16th	Dmitriy Migas (caretaker)	1 July 2020
Smolevichi	Aleksandr Brazevich	Resigned	6 July 2020	15th	Alexei Mikhailov (caretaker)	6 July 2020
Minsk	Andrey Razin	Resigned	4 August 2020	14th	Vadim Skripchenko	4 August 2020
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Yuriy Vernydub	Resigned	31 August 2020	1st	Roman Hryhorchuk	5 September 2020

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk  (C)	30	17	8	5	57	21	+36	59	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
14	BATE Borisov	30	17	7	6	65	32	+33	58	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	30	16	8	6	55	37	+18	56
4	Dynamo Brest	30	17	3	10	63	40	+23	54
5	Neman Grodno	30	16	5	9	41	29	+12	53
6	Dinamo Minsk	30	16	4	10	38	25	+13	52
7	Isloch Minsk Raion	30	13	6	11	47	46	+1	45
8	Rukh Brest	30	11	11	8	57	38	+19	44
9	Slavia Mozyr	30	10	9	11	41	49	−8	39
10	Energetik-BGU Minsk	30	11	5	14	43	46	−3	38
11	Minsk	30	11	5	14	45	57	−12	38
12	Vitebsk	30	8	12	10	30	38	−8	36
13	Gorodeya  (R)	30	8	7	15	30	48	−18	31	Withdrew from the league
14	Slutsk  (O)	29	8	3	18	31	55	−24	27	Qualification to relegation play-offs
15	Belshina Bobruisk  (R)	30	5	6	19	34	71	−37	21	Relegation to the Belarusian First League
16	Smolevichi  (R)	29	3	5	21	27	72	−45	14

Source: football.by, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Relegation play-offs

The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slutsk) were played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2020 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2021 Premier League.

Leg 1

15 December 2020 16:00 GMT+3	Krumkachy Minsk	0–2	Slutsk	Football Manege, Minsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrey Vasilevich (Mozyr)
		Report	Bobko  45' Sirima  79' (pen.)

Leg 2

19 December 2020 13:30 GMT+3	Slutsk	2–1	Krumkachy Minsk	Football Manege, Minsk Attendance: 0 Referee: Sergey Stetsurin (Brest)
	Mohammed  5' Sirima  34' (pen.)	Report	Yatskevich  90+2'

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played on 1 November 2020
Source: football.by

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1.	Maksim Skavysh	BATE Borisov	17
2.	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Energetik-BGU/Shakhytor	16
3.	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	BATE Borisov	10
	Gabriel Ramos	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
	Yevgeniy Shikavka	Dinamo Minsk
	Zoran Marušić	Neman Grodno
	Pavel Savitski	Dinamo Brest
8.	Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno	9
	Leonid Kovel	Belshina Bobruisk
	Dzyanis Laptsew	Dynamo Brest
	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhytor Soligorsk
	Ion Nicolaescu	Vitebsk
	Mikalay Yanush	Isloch Minsk Raion

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Gorbachik, ValeryValery Gorbachik	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino	FC Minsk	5–2 (A)	02020-05-02-2 May 2020
Marušić, ZoranZoran Marušić	Neman Grodno	Slavia Mozyr	3–1 (A)	02020-06-06-6 June 2020
Artem Kontsevoy	Rukh Brest	Energetyk-BGU	8–1 (A)<	02020-07-12-12 July 2020
Abdoulaye Diallo	Dynamo Brest	Dinamo Minsk	4–2 (A)	02020-09-12-12 September 2020
Yakhshiboev, JasurbekJasurbek Yakhshiboev	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Belshina Bobruisk	5–1 (A)	02020-10-31-31 October 2020

Disciplinary

Most yellow cards: (10)

• Syarhey Kislyak (Dynamo Brest)

Most red cards: (2)

• Hayk Mosakhanian (Energetik-BGU)
• Gaby Kiki (Dynamo Brest)
• Marat Burayev (Slutsk)
• Aleksandr Svirepa (Energetik-BGU)
• Yevgeniy Yudchits (Energetik-BGU)
• Yury Kazlow (Slutsk)

Awards

Weekly awards

Player of the Week

Player of The Week
Week	Player	Club
1	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Energetik-BGU
2	Nikita Melnikov	Slavia Mozyr
3	Mikhail Baranovsky	Slavia Mozyr
4	Gabriel Ramos	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
5	Barys Pankrataw	Slutsk
6	Ivan Bakhar	Dinamo Minsk
7	Valery Gorbachik	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
8	Ihar Stasevich	BATE Borisov
9	Lipe Veloso	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
10	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
11	Pavel Savitski	Dynamo Brest
12	Zoran Marušić	Neman Grodno
13	Kiril Pavlyuchek	Gorodeya
14	Ihar Kuzmyanok	Isloch
15	Jasurbek Yakhshiboev	Energetik-BGU
16	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
17	Vladislav Lozhkin	Smolevichi
18	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	BATE Borisov
19	Ihar Stasevich	BATE Borisov
20	Mikalay Yanush	Isloch
21	Dzmitry Rekish	Belshina
22	Mikalay Yanush	Isloch

Goal of the Week

Goal of The Week
Week	Player	Club
1	Momo Yansane	Isloch Minsk Raion
2	Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno
3	Yevgeniy Klopotskiy	Vitebsk
4	Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno
5	Pavel Sedko	Rukh Brest
6	Vladislav Zhuk	Slavia Mozyr
7	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
8	Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno
9	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
10	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
11	Anatol Makaraw	Smolevichi
12	Aleksandr Ksenofontov	Vitebsk
13	Yevgeniy Shikavka	Dinamo Minsk
14	Dennis Tetteh	Slavia Mozyr
15	Aleksandr Dzhigero	Smolevichi
16	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
17	Vladislav Lozhkin	Smolevichi
18	Lazar Sajčić	Gorodeya
19	Nikola Antić	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
20	Dennis Tetteh	Slavia Mozyr
21	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
22	Pavel Nyakhaychyk	BATE Borisov

Monthly awards

Manager of the Month

Month	Manager	Club
April	Vitaliy Pavlov	Slutsk
May	Kirill Alshevsky	BATE Borisov
June	Igor Kovalevich	Neman Grodno
July	Yuriy Vernidub	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
August	Vitaly Zhukovsky	Isloch Minsk Raion
September	Igor Kovalevich	Neman Grodno

Goal of the Month

Month	Player	Club
April	Vladislav Zhuk	Slavia Mozyr
May	Gegham Kadymyan	Neman Grodno
June	Aleksandr Dzhigero	Smolevichi
July	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
August	Dzmitry Padstrelaw	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
September	Lipe Veloso	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
April	Gabriel Ramos	Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
May	Vitaly Lisakovich	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
June	Dzyanis Laptsew	Dynamo Brest
July	Nikola Antić	Shakhtyor Soligorsk
August	Mikalay Yanush	Isloch Minsk Raion
September	Zoran Marušić	Neman Grodno

External links

• Official website