2001 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season2001
ChampionsBelshina
RelegatedNaftan
Vedrich-97
Champions LeagueBelshina
UEFA CupGomel
Dinamo Minsk
Intertoto CupBATE
Matches played182
Goals scored482 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerRussia Sergei Davydov (25)
Biggest home winSlavia 6–0 Lokomotiv-96
Biggest away win0–4 – 3 games;
1–5 – 1 game
Highest scoringBATE 6–3 Molodechno-2000;
Slavia 6–3 Vedrich-97
← 2000
2002 →

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

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Location of teams in 2001 Belarusian Premier League
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[1] 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)[2] 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
  1. ^
    Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.
  2. ^
    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[a]
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
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 7–1 Luxembourg Hobscheid 6–0 1–1
Second round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 3–0 Israel Hapoel Haifa 2–0 1–0
Third round Wolfsburg Germany 4–3 Belarus Dinamo Minsk 4–3 0–0
2001–02 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarus 2–5 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–2 1–3
Ružomberok Slovakia 3–1 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 3–1 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) 2–5 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–1 0–4
First round BATE Borisov Belarus 0–6 Italy Milan 0–2 0–4
2001–02 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round VB Vágur Faroe Islands 0–5 Belarus Slavia Mozyr 0–0 0–5
Second qualifying round Slavia Mozyr Belarus 0–2 Slovakia Inter Bratislava 0–1 0–1

Top scorers

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

See also