2014 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season2014
ChampionsGranit Mikashevichi
PromotedGranit Mikashevichi
Slavia Mozyr
Vitebsk
RelegatedVolna Pinsk
Matches played240
Goals scored635 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerDenis Laptev (23)
Biggest home winGorodeya 6–0 Volna
Biggest away winMinsk-2 1–5 Gorodeya
Volna 1–5 Lida
Highest scoringMinsk-2 3–5 Zvezda-BGU
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The 2014 Belarusian First League is the 24th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2014.

Team changes from 2013 season

The winners of last season (Slutsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2013 Belarusian Premier League table (Slavia Mozyr).

The runners-up of last season (Gorodeya) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Dnepr Mogilev (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2013 season table (SKVICH Minsk and Polotsk) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2013 Second League (Gomelzheldortrans and Neman Mosty).

Neman Mosty eventually refused promotion due to insufficient financing and returned to Second League. They were replaced by Zvezda-BGU Minsk, who finished 3rd in the Second League.

Vedrich-97 Rechitsa were renamed to Rechitsa-2014 before the start of the season.

Teams summary

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Location of teams in 2014 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2013
Slavia Mozyr Premier League, 12
Gorodeya Gorodeya 2
Vitebsk Vitebsk 3
Lida Lida 4
Bereza-2010 Bereza 5
Smorgon Smorgon 6
Granit Mikashevichi 7
Smolevichi-STI Smolevichi 8
Isloch Minsk Raion 9
Khimik Svetlogorsk 10
Volna Pinsk 11
Rechitsa-2014 Rechitsa 12
Slonim Slonim 13
Minsk-2 Minsk 14
Gomelzheldortrans Gomel Second League, 1
Zvezda-BGU Minsk Second League, 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Granit Mikashevichi (P) 30 19 7 4 46 16 +30 64 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Slavia Mozyr (P) 30 18 6 6 55 38 +17 60
3 Vitebsk (P) 30 15 5 10 44 30 +14 50 Qualification for promotion play-off
4 Smorgon 30 13 7 10 42 32 +10 46[a]
5 Rechitsa-2014 30 13 7 10 41 36 +5 46[a]
6 Gorodeya 30 11 12 7 42 26 +16 45[b]
7 Isloch Minsk Raion 30 11 12 7 39 35 +4 45[b]
8 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 12 7 11 34 36 −2 43
9 Zvezda-BGU Minsk 30 12 4 14 50 48 +2 40[c]
10 Smolevichi-STI 30 12 4 14 37 41 −4 40[c]
11 Gomelzheldortrans 30 9 9 12 33 38 −5 36
12 Bereza-2010 30 8 9 13 37 48 −11 33[d]
13 Minsk-2 (R) 30 9 6 15 41 45 −4 33[d] Folded
14 Lida 30 10 1 19 46 64 −18 31
15 Slonim 30 6 12 12 32 50 −18 30
16 Volna Pinsk (R) 30 4 8 18 26 62 −36 20 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
Source: football.by
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 3rd matches won; 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Smorgon placed above Rechitsa-2014 by better overall goal difference, with tied head-to-head record (1–2, 1–0) and equal number of wins.
  2. ^ a b Gorodeya placed above Isloch Minsk Raion by better overall goal difference, with tied head-to-head record (2–2, 1–1) and equal number of wins.
  3. ^ a b Zvezda-BGU Minsk placed above Smolevichi-STI by better head-to-head record (1–2, 2–0).
  4. ^ a b Bereza-2010 placed above Minsk-2 by better head-to-head record (2–2, 2–0).

Promotion play-offs

The 12th placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) will play a two-legged relegation play-off against the third placed team of 2014 Belarusian First League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2015 Premier League.

Results

Home \ Away BER GZH GRD GRA ISL KHI LID MIN RCH SLA SLO SML SMR VIT VOL ZVE
Bereza-2010 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–4 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–1
Gomelzheldortrans 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–1
Gorodeya 1–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 6–0 2–0
Granit Mikashevichi 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–1
Isloch Minsk Raion 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Khimik Svetlogorsk 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–1
Lida 3–4 3–1 2–1 2–4 0–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–4 2–4 1–4 3–2 2–3
Minsk-2 0–2 2–1 1–5 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 3–5
Rechitsa-2014 3–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–0
Slavia Mozyr 2–2 2–2 2–2 3–1 0–0 2–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–3
Slonim 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–1
Smolevichi-STI 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 3–4 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 2–1
Smorgon 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–3
Vitebsk 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–3 0–1 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–1
Volna Pinsk 0–0 1–3 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–5 2–2 0–2 4–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–2
Zvezda-BGU Minsk 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 1–2 2–4 0–1 5–1 3–0 5–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Denis Laptev Slavia Mozyr 23
2 Belarus Mikalay Ryndzyuk Smorgon 18
3 Belarus Mikhail Kolyadko Rechitsa-2014 14
Belarus Dmitry Ignatenko Granit Mikashevichi 14
5 Belarus Aleksandr Tatarnikov Lida 12
Belarus Andrey Lyasyuk Volna Pinsk / Gorodeya 12
Belarus Anton Saroka Gorodeya 12
Belarus Dzmitry Lebedzew Gorodeya 12

Updated to games played on 22 November 2014
Source: football.by

See also