Belarusian Premier League Reserves Championship was an annual competition for the reserve teams of Belarusian Premier League clubs. Current: 2020 Belarusian Premier League Reserves Championship
History The competition was established in 2001. Prior to 2001, most of Belarusian Premier League clubs had their reserve teams or affiliated farm clubs playing in lower divisions of Belarus football league system. After the reserve league creation, all Premier League clubs created the new reserve teams to participate in it, and most of old reserve teams were folded, either immediately or in next several years. Several Premier League clubs with developed youth system still continue running separate farm clubs in the First or Second League. As of 2014, only one such team (Vitebsk-2) is active.
Format The format of each season of the league is virtually identical to that of respective Premier League season. There is no promotion or relegation depending on the season's final table. Instead, only the reserve teams of current Premier League members are admitted for each season. Match schedule of each season follows closely the calendar of Premier League, except all games are played one day earlier than seniors' game.
Belarusian Reserves Cup For the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Premier League format included two phases: 12 teams in a double round-robin league followed by a Championship playoff group and Relegation playoff group. The same groups were used for the Reserves Cup tournament. Winners of both groups played a final game at the end of the season.
Winners
SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird place 2001 Gomel Torpedo-MAZ Minsk BATE Borisov 2002 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Dinamo Minsk Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 2003 Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo-SKA Minsk BATE Borisov 2004 Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Brest Torpedo-SKA Minsk 2005 Dinamo Minsk BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2006 Dinamo Minsk BATE Borisov Dinamo Brest 2007 Dinamo Minsk Neman Grodno Gomel 2008 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Lokomotiv Minsk BATE Borisov 2009 Dinamo Minsk Torpedo Zhodino Naftan Novopolotsk 2010 Dinamo Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk Naftan Novopolotsk 2011 BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk Gomel 2012 Gomel Dinamo Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2013 Shakhtyor Soligorsk BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk 2014 Dinamo Minsk Gomel BATE Borisov 2015 Minsk BATE Borisov Naftan Novopolotsk 2016 Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk BATE Borisov 2017 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dinamo Brest Dinamo Minsk 2018 Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Brest BATE Borisov 2019 BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk Minsk 2020 Dinamo Minsk Minsk Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2021 Dinamo Minsk BATE Borisov Shakhtyor Soligorsk
TeamsChampionRunner-upThird placeDinamo Minsk10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021)4 (2002, 2011, 2012, 2019)3 (2013, 2017, 2022)Shakhtyor Soligorsk3 (2008, 2013, 2017)2 (2010, 2016)4 (2005, 2012, 2020, 2021)Gomel2 (2001, 2012)1 (2014)2 (2007, 2011)Minsk2 (2015, 2016)1 (2020)1 (2019)BATE Borisov2 (2011, 2019)5 (2005, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2021)6 (2001, 2003, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino1 (2003)1 (2009)0Dnepr Mogilev1 (2002)00Dinamo Brest03 (2004, 2017, 2018)1 (2006)Torpedo-SKA Minsk02 (2001, 2003)2 (2002, 2004)Neman Grodno01 (2007)0Lokomotiv Minsk01 (2008)0Naftan Novopolotsk003 (2009, 2010, 2015)
Cup Finals
YearWinnersRunners-up2013Shakhtyor SoligorskMinsk2014MinskGomel
External links Belarusian Football Federation Reserve League at kick-off.by Reserve League at football.by