The 1996 Belarusian Premier League was the sixth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on 16 April and ended on 10 November 1996. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 1995 season Bobruisk, who finished in the last place, have relegated and immediately dissolved after 1995 season. They were replaced by the newcomers Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk, who won the First League in 1995.
Dvina Vitebsk changed their name to Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk and Shinnik Bobruisk were renamed to Belshina Bobruisk. Torpedo Mogilev changed name to Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev in the middle of the season (in September).
Overview The championship was played as a double round-robin tournament in the summer season of 1996. MPKC Mozyr won the champions title for the 1st time while spending only two seasons in Premier League and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Bronze medalists and 1996–97 Cup winners Belshina Bobruisk qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup. Obuvshchik Lida and Vedrich Rechitsa, placed 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League.
Teams and venues
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 1995Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium (Minsk)50,0501MPKC MozyrMozyrYunost Stadium (Mozyr)7,5002Dinamo-93 MinskMinskTraktor Stadium25,0003Ataka-Aura MinskMinskTraktor Stadium25,0004MolodechnoMolodechnoCity Stadium5,6005Dnepr MogilevMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)12,0006Lokomotiv-96 VitebskVitebskDinamo Stadium (Vitebsk)5,5007Neman GrodnoGrodnoNeman Stadium14,0008Torpedo MinskMinskTorpedo Stadium (Minsk)5,0009Dinamo BrestBrestDinamo Stadium (Brest)5,40010Torpedo-Kadino MogilevMogilevTorpedo Stadium (Mogilev)6,00011Obuvshchik LidaLidaObuvshchik Stadium3,00012Shakhtyor SoligorskSoligorskStroitel Stadium5,00013Vedrich RechitsaRechytsaCentral Stadium5,50014Belshina BobruiskBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)4,80015Naftan-Devon NovopolotskNovopolotskAtlant Stadium6,500First league, 1
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Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #11st leg2nd leg1996 UEFA Intertoto CupGroup stageAtaka-Aura Minsk 0–4 Rotor Volgograd0–4Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Ataka-Aura Minsk1–2Ataka-Aura Minsk 0–3 Antalyaspor0–3Basel 5–0 Ataka-Aura Minsk5–01996–97 UEFA CupPreliminary roundDinamo-93 Minsk 4–2 Tiligul Tiraspol3–11–1Bohemians 1–1 (a) Dinamo Minsk1–10–0Qualifying roundHelsingborg 4–1 Dinamo-93 Minsk1–13–0Dinamo Minsk 2–3 Beşiktaş2–10–21996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' CupQualifying roundMPKC Mozyr 2–3 KR Reykjavik2–20–1
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Andrey Khlebasolaw Belshina Bobruisk 34 2 Uladzimir Makowski Dinamo Minsk 23 3 Alyaksandr Vyazhevich Molodechno 20 4 Sergey Yaromko MPKC Mozyr 14 5 Alyaksandr Kulchy MPKC Mozyr 13 6 Vitaliy Kirilko Dinamo Brest 12 Vladimir Solodukhin Dnepr Mogilev 12 8 Ruslan Lyashenko Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk 11 Vladimir Putrash Belshina Bobruisk 11 10 Aleksandr Volovik Torpedo Minsk 10
See also 1996 Belarusian First League 1995–96 Belarusian Cup 1996–97 Belarusian Cup
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