The 2006 Belarusian Premier League was the 16th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 18 and ended on November 4, 2005. Shakhtyor Soligorsk were the defending champions.
Team changes from 2005 season Two lowest placed in 2004 teams (Zvezda-BGU Minsk and Slavia) relegated to First League. They were replaced by the winners of 2005 First League Belshina Bobruisk and First League runners-up Lokomotiv Vitebsk. Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev shortened their name to Dnepr Mogilev.
Overview BATE Borisov won their 3rd champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk and 2006–07 Cup winners Dinamo Brest qualified for UEFA Cup. Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk, who finished on last two places, relegated to the First League.
Teams and venues
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2005ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2001Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium40,0002MTZ-RIPOMinskTraktor Stadium17,6003TorpedoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)3,0204BATEBorisovCity Stadium (Borisov)5,5005DneprMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)6,8006GomelGomelCentral Stadium15,0007Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,0808NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5009DaridaMinsk RaionDarida Stadium3,30010Lokomotiv MinskMinskCity Stadium (Molodechno)4,80011NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium6,30012BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)3,700First league, 1Lokomotiv VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,350First league, 2
Table
Results
Belarusian clubs in European Cups RoundTeam #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg2006 UEFA Intertoto CupFirst roundShakhter Karagandy 4–6 MTZ-RIPO Minsk1–53–1Second roundMoscow 3–0 MTZ-RIPO Minsk2–01–02006–07 UEFA CupFirst qualifying roundZagłębie Lubin 1–1 (a) Dinamo Minsk1–10–0BATE Borisov 3–0 Nistru Otaci2–01–0Second qualifying roundArtmedia Bratislava 5–3 Dinamo Minsk2–13–2Rubin Kazan 5–0 BATE Borisov3–02–02006–07 UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying roundShakhtyor Soligorsk 0–2 Široki Brijeg0–10–1
Top scorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Alyaksandr Klimenka Shakhtyor Soligorsk 17 2 Raman Vasilyuk Gomel 14 3 Vyacheslav Hleb MTZ-RIPO Minsk 13 4 Artyom Kontsevoy MTZ-RIPO Minsk 12 5 Gennadi Bliznyuk BATE Borisov 11 6 Edu Dinamo Minsk 10 7 Syarhey Kislyak Dinamo Minsk 9 Oleg Strakhanovich MTZ-RIPO Minsk 9 Valery Strypeykis Gomel 9 10 Pavel Byahanski Shakhtyor Soligorsk 8 Alyaksandr Hawrushka Dnepr Mogilev 8
See also 2006 Belarusian First League 2005–06 Belarusian Cup 2006–07 Belarusian Cup
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