The 2016 Belarusian Premier League was the 26th season of top-tier football in Belarus. The season began on 1 April 2016 and concluded on 27 November 2016. BATE Borisov were the defending champions, having won their 12th league title last year; they successfully defended their title this season.
Teams
Three best teams of 2015 First League (Isloch Minsk Raion, Gorodeya and Krumkachy Minsk) were promoted to the league, which was expanded from 14 to 16 clubs.
The last-placed team of 2015 Premier League, Gomel, were relegated.
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2015BATEBorisovBorisov Arena13,1261BelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,7004Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestskiy10,16212Dinamo MinskMinskTraktor Stadium17,6002GorodeyaGorodeyaGorodeya Stadium1,020First League, 2GranitMikashevichiPolesye Stadium (Luninets)3,0905IslochMinsk RaionCity Stadium (Molodechno)4,800First League, 1KrumkachyMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,000First League, 3MinskMinskFC Minsk Stadium3,0006NaftanNovopolotskAtlant Stadium4,5009NemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4798ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003SlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,13310SlutskSlutskCity Stadium1,89611Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,5247VitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,14413
League table
Results Each team played twice against every other team for a total of 30 matches.
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Vitali RodionovBATE Borisov15 Mikhail GordeichukBATE Borisov153 Vadzim DzemidovichTorpedo Zhodino12 Mikalay YanushShakhtyor Soligorsk125 Joel FameyehBelshina Bobruisk106 Dzyanis LaptsewSlavia Mozyr / Shakhtyor Soligorsk9 Roman VolkovVitebsk98 Valerian GviliaMinsk / BATE Borisov8 Dzmitry LebedzewGorodeya8 Anton SarokaGorodeya8 Uladzimir KhvashchynskiDinamo Minsk8 Nemanja ČovićMinsk8 Artsyom SalaveyVitebsk8 Terentiy LutsevichGranit Mikashevichi / Torpedo Zhodino8 Updated to games played on 27 November 2016 Source: football.by
See also 2016 Belarusian First League 2015–16 Belarusian Cup 2016–17 Belarusian Cup
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