1999 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season1999
ChampionsBATE
RelegatedSvisloch-Krovlya
Molodechno
Champions LeagueBATE
UEFA CupSlavia
Gomel
Intertoto CupDnepr-Transmash
Matches played240
Goals scored732 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Valery Strypeykis (21)
Biggest home winDinamo Minsk 7–0 Svisloch-Krovlya;
Dinamo Brest 7–0 Molodechno;
Shakhtyor 8–1 Svisloch-Krovlya
Biggest away winLida 0–7 Slavia
Highest scoringShakhtyor 8–1 Svisloch-Krovlya;
Dinamo Brest 2–7 Slavia
← 1998
2000 →

The 1999 Belarusian Premier League was the ninth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 11 and ended on October 30, 1999. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev were the defending champions.

Team changes from 1998 season

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Dinamo-93 Minsk dissolved midway through 1998 season and FC Kommunalnik Slonim relegated to the First League after finishing in the last place. They were replaced by 1998 First League winners Lida, who previously played in Premier League as Obuvshchik Lida, and the newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi, First League runners-up. Torpedo Minsk changed their name to Torpedo-MAZ Minsk and Neman Grodno were renamed to Neman-Belcard Grodno.

Overview

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BATE Borisov won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up and 1999–2000 Cup winners Slavia Mozyr as well as bronze medalists Gomel qualified for UEFA Cup. Newcomers Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi finished their first and the only season in top league in 15th place and relegated, as did 16th team Molodechno.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 1999 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 1998
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadium (Mogilev) 11,200 1
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 3,500 2
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 2,500 3
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk City Stadium (Orsha)[1] 2,100 4
Gomel Gomel Central Stadium (Gomel) 10,000 5
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium (Mozyr) 6,500 6
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 6,200 7
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)[2] 41,040 8
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestsky 3,000 9
Neman-Belcard Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 10
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,000 11
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Torpedo Stadium (Mogilev) 7,000 12
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Atlant Stadium 6,500 13
Molodechno Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno) 5,500 14
Lida Lida City Stadium (Lida) 3,000 First league, 1
Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi Yunost Stadium (Osipovichi) 2,000 First league, 2
  1. ^
    As club's own Dinamo Stadium was closed for renovation, they played most of the games at City Stadium in Orsha. In addition, one game was played at City Stadium in Luzhesno [be] and two games at Spartak Stadium in Mogilev.
  2. ^
    One game played at Kamvolschik Stadium.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 30 24 5 1 80 22 +58 77 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Slavia Mozyr 30 20 5 5 74 25 +49 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3 Gomel 30 19 6 5 57 28 +29 63
4 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 30 17 9 4 53 27 +26 60 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 30 18 5 7 58 30 +28 59
6 Dinamo Minsk 30 14 9 7 51 30 +21 51
7 Dinamo Brest 30 14 4 12 59 52 +7 46
8 Belshina Bobruisk 30 13 6 11 52 42 +10 45
9 Neman-Belcard Grodno 30 10 7 13 36 43 −7 37
10 Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 30 10 5 15 31 47 −16 35
11 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 30 9 7 14 40 45 −5 34
12 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 30 8 4 18 39 63 −24 28
13 Lida 30 7 4 19 27 64 −37 25
14 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 30 6 5 19 30 69 −39 23
15 Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi (R) 30 4 4 22 24 74 −50 16 Relegation to Belarusian First League
16 Molodechno (R) 30 2 5 23 21 71 −50 11
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Slavia Mozyr qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 1999–2000 Belarusian Cup.

Results

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Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM LID LVI MOL NAF NEM SHA SLA SKO TMO TMI
BATE Borisov 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–1 7–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1
Belshina Bobruisk 0–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 3–3 0–0 1–1 5–1 2–1
Dinamo Brest 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 7–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–7 2–0 4–0 2–1
Dinamo Minsk 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 3–4 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 7–0 1–1 5–0
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–1 5–2 1–0
Gomel 2–2 2–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 5–0 1–0
Lida 0–4 5–1 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–2 0–7 0–2 3–1 0–1
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–4 6–1 4–1 2–0
Molodechno 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–4 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–5 1–2 0–5 2–2
Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 0–4 1–2 0–5 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 4–0
Neman-Belcard Grodno 1–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 4–2 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–2 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 2–1 7–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–2 3–1 5–2 3–0 2–1 8–1 1–0 1–0
Slavia Mozyr 1–3 1–0 2–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 5–0 2–0
Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi 0–5 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 3–2 0–2
Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev 1–5 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–5 0–1 1–0 0–4 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–6 2–0 0–0
Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

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Round Team #1 Agg. Team #1 1st leg 2nd leg
1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Belarus 3–4 Croatia NK Varteks 1–2 2–2
Hradec Králové Czech Republic 1–1 (p) Belarus Gomel 1–0 0–1 (aet, p.1–3)
Second round Hammarby Sweden 6–2 Belarus Gomel 4–0 2–2
1999–2000 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Belshina Bobruisk Belarus 1–8 Cyprus Omonia Nicosia 1–5 0–3
BATE Borisov Belarus 1–12 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–7 0–5
1999–2000 UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Belarus 0–3 Sweden AIK 0–1 0–2

Top scorers

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Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Valery Strypeykis Slavia Mozyr 21
2 Belarus Vitali Kutuzov BATE Borisov 19
3 Belarus Vitaliy Aleshchenko Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 18
4 Belarus Raman Vasilyuk Dinamo Brest 17
5 Belarus Aleksandr Vyazhevich Dinamo Minsk 15
6 Belarus Dmitry Podrez Shakhtyor Soligorsk 13
7 Belarus Viktor Borel Gomel 12
Belarus Dzmitry Chaley Slavia Mozyr 12
9 Belarus Dzmitry Aharodnik Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 11
Belarus Dmitry Bespansky Shakhtyor Soligorsk 11
Belarus Dmitry Denisyuk Slavia Mozyr 11

See also

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