2018 Belarusian First League is the 28th season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started in April and finished in November 2018.
Team changes from 2017 season Two best teams of 2017 Belarusian First League (Luch Minsk and Smolevichi-STI) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by two lowest placed teams of 2017 Belarusian Premier League table (Slavia Mozyr and Naftan Novopolotsk).
Two lowest placed teams of the last season (Osipovichi and Neman-Agro Stolbtsy) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2017 Second League (UAS Zhitkovichi and Chist).
In March 2018, Torpedo Minsk were granted additional promotion to Belarusian Premier League to replace Krumkachy Minsk (who failed to obtain a Premier League and were demoted to the Second League). Torpedo were not replaced any other team due to the lack of applicants, and the league was reduced to 15 clubs for the season.
Teams summary
TeamLocationPosition in 2017Slavia MozyrMozyrPremier League, 15Naftan NovopolotskNovopolotskPremier League, 16Lokomotiv GomelGomel4Belshina BobruiskBobruisk5Energetik-BGU MinskMinsk6Volna PinskPinsk7Granit MikashevichiMikashevichi8Khimik SvetlogorskSvetlogorsk9OrshaOrsha10Slonim-2017Slonim11BaranovichiBaranovichi12SmorgonSmorgon13LidaLida14UAS ZhitkovichiZhitkovichiSecond League, 1ChistChistSecond League, 2
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankGoalscorerTeamGoals1 Vsevolod SadovskyEnergetik-BGU Minsk212 Dmitry GomzaBelshina Bobruisk173 Yevgeniy YudchitsEnergetik-BGU Minsk13 Maksym SlyusarSlavia Mozyr135 Dmitry BaidukBelshina Bobruisk11 Updated to games played on 10 November 2018 Source: football.by
See also 2018 Belarusian Premier League 2017–18 Belarusian Cup 2018–19 Belarusian Cup
External links Official site