The 2015 Belarusian Premier League was the 25th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began on 10 April 2015 and ended on 8 November 2015. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 11th league title last year, and secured a 12th.
Format Following the league expansion from 12 to 14 clubs, the league format returned to a regular double-round robin tournament with no second phase. Only one lowest-placed team was relegated and replaced by three best teams of First League, to expand the top level to 16 teams for 2016.
Teams
Two best teams of 2014 First League (Granit Mikashevichi and Slavia Mozyr) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 12 to 14 clubs.
The last-placed team of 2014 Premier League (Dnepr Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Vitebsk (who were promoted to replace Dnepr).
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2014BATEBorisovBorisov Arena13,1261BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,70010Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,16211Dinamo MinskMinskTraktor Stadium17,6002GomelGomelCentral Stadium14,3076GranitMikashevichiPolesye Stadium (Luninets)3,090First League, 1MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,0007NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5005NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4798ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,353First League, 2SlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)1,8969 Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium (Zhodino)6,5244VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,144First League, 3
League table
Results Each team will play twice against every other team for a total of 26 matches.
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk152 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiMinsk10 Chigozie UdojiDinamo Minsk104 Denis LaptevSlavia Mozyr9 Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov9 Fatos BećirajDinamo Minsk9 Vadzim DzemidovichNaftan Novopolotsk / Torpedo Zhodino98 Raman VasilyukDinamo Brest8 Serhiy RozhokBelshina Bobruisk8 Roman VolkovNaftan Novopolotsk8 Yahor ZubovichSlutsk8 Updated to games played on 8 November 2015 Source: football.by
See also 2015 Belarusian First League 2014–15 Belarusian Cup 2015–16 Belarusian Cup
References
External links Official site