The 2010 Belarusian Premier League was the 20th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 3 and ended on 20 November 2010. BATE Borisov are the defending champions.
Teams
Gomel, Granit Mikashevichi and Smorgon were relegated to the Belarusian First League after finishing the 2009 season in the last three places. Due to the league reduction from 14 to 12 teams, only 2009 First League winners Belshina Bobruisk were promoted to the Premier League.
Team summaries TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2009BATEBorisovCity Stadium5,4021Dinamo MinskMinskDinamo-Yuni Stadium4,5002DneprMogilevSpartak Stadium (Mogilev)7,3503NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium5,3004Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,1625ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2006NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,5007TorpedoZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)3,0208MinskMinskDinamo Stadium36,9009VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,30010PartizanMinskTraktor Stadium17,60011BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium (Bobruisk)3,700First League, 1
League table
Relegation play-offs Torpedo Zhodino played a two-legged relegation play-off against SKVICH Minsk, the runners-up of 2010 Belarusian First League for one spot in the 2011 Premier League. Torpedo Zhodino won the play-off 3–1 on aggregate and retained their spot in the top flight.
Results First and second round
Third round
Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoals 1 Renan BressanBATE Borisov 15 2 Dzmitry KavalyonakNeman Grodno 12 3 Andrey Razin Minsk 11 4 Dzmitry AsipenkaMinsk 10 Mikalay YanushDinamo Brest 10 6 Andrey SheryakovMinsk 9 Vladimir YurchenkoDnepr Mogilev 9 Maksim SkavyshBATE Borisov 9 Aleksandr AlumonaBATE Borisov / Shakhtyor Soligorsk 9 Pavel SitkoShakhtyor Soligorsk 9 Syarhey KislyakDinamo Minsk 9 Artur LyavitskiTorpedo Zhodino 9 Dzmitry MazalewskiDinamo Brest 9
Updated to games played on 21 November 2010 Source: football.by
See also 2010 Belarusian First League 2009–10 Belarusian Cup 2010–11 Belarusian Cup
External links Official site