The 2005 Belarusian Premier League was the 15th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 16 and ended on November 5, 2005. Dinamo Minsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2004 season Two lowest placed teams in 2004 (Lokomotiv Vitebsk and Belshina Bobruisk) relegated to First League. Lokomotiv Minsk won the 2004 First League and were promoted. Vedrich-97 Rechytsa finished 2nd in First League and were supposed to be promoted as well. However, due to weak club infrastructure they couldn't obtain licence to compete in Premiere League and decided to stay in First League.Number of Belarusian Premier League members reduced to 15, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-02 Torpedo-SKA Minsk, who finished 6th in 2004, lost financial support from their sponsor in early 2005 and, after losing almost all their main squadOff-season news, football.by, retrieved 2005-01-11 and not having funds to pay entrance fee for next season's Premiere League, had to relegate to Second League.Torpedo-SKA repeated Vedrich's fate, football.by, retrieved 2005-02-17 BFF decided not to replace two withdrawn teams with anyone and the league was reduced to 14 clubs. Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk changed their name to Zvezda-BGU Minsk.
Overview Shakhtyor Soligorsk won their 1st champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2005–06 Cup winners BATE Borisov qualified for UEFA Cup. Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.
Teams and venues
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2004Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium40,0001BATEBorisovCity Stadium5,5002ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium3,0303TorpedoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium3,0204GomelGomelCentral Stadium10,6005NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium6,3007Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy3,3808Dnepr-TransmashMogilevSpartak Stadium6,8009NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,50010DaridaMinsk RaionDarida Stadium3,30011SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium (Mozyr)5,30012Zvezda-BGUMinskTraktor Stadium17,60013MTZ-RIPOMinskTraktor Stadium17,60014LokomotivMinskYunost Stadium (Smorgon)3,000First league, 1
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg2005 UEFA Intertoto CupFirst roundNeman Grodno 0–1 Tescoma Zlín0–10–02005–06 UEFA CupFirst qualifying roundFerencváros Budapest 2–3 MTZ-RIPO Minsk0–22–1Torpedo Kutaisi 0–6 BATE Borisov0–10–5Second qualifying roundMTZ-RIPO Minsk 2–3 Teplice1–11–2Krylia Sovetov Samara 4–0 BATE Borisov2–02–02005–06 UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundDinamo Minsk 1–2 Anorthosis Famagusta1–10–1
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Valery Strypeykis Naftan Novopolotsk 16 2 Ihor Chumachenko Naftan Novopolotsk 14 Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 14 4 Vitali Rodionov Torpedo Zhodino 14 Roman Vasilyuk Gomel 13 6 Vadzim Boyka Dinamo Brest 12 Syarhey Nikiforenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12 8 Alyaksandr Kobets BATE Borisov 11 9 Artyom Kontsevoy MTZ-RIPO Minsk 10 Alyaksandr Pawlaw Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 10
See also 2005 Belarusian First League 2004–05 Belarusian Cup 2005–06 Belarusian Cup
References
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