The 2020 Belarusian Premier League was the 30th season of top-tier football in Belarus. Dynamo Brest were the defending champions, having won their first league title last year. Shakhtyor Soligorsk became champions on the last play date by beating FC Minsk 4–2. Meanwhile, BATE Borisov didn't win and drew 0–0 at Dinamo Minsk so Shaktyor Soligorsk finished 1 point above BATE in the table and will play in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.
By late March 2020, it was the only European top-flight league being contested, as all others were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic; games were played with crowds. As a result, this led to substantially increased viewership from all over the world, due to sporting inactivity elsewhere. Only a few matches were postponed due to outbreaks of the disease in some teams and only one was cancelled due to the lack of influence of the result in November 2020. Matches were also postponed in August by the decision of the Football Federation of Belarus on the eve of the presidential elections and during protests in the country due to "force majeure circumstances".
Teams
The 15th-placed team of the last season Gomel was relegated to the 2020 Belarusian First League. Torpedo Minsk were excluded from the league halfway through the last season and will not play in any league in 2020. Gomel and Torpedo were replaced by two best teams of 2019 Belarusian First League (Belshina Bobruisk and Smolevichi).
14-placed team of the last season (Dnyapro Mogilev) were relegated after they lost relegation/promotion playoffs against First League third-placed team Rukh Brest (who were promoted to replace Dnyapro).
TeamLocationVenueCapacityPosition in 2019BATEBorisovBorisov Arena13,1212ndBelshinaBobruiskSpartak Stadium3,7001st (First League)Dinamo BrestBrestOSK Brestsky10,0601stDinamo MinskMinskDinamo Stadium22,3244thEnergetik-BGUMinskCity Stadium (Molodechno)4,80012thGorodeyaGorodeyaGorodeya Stadium1,6257thIslochMinsk RaionTraktor Stadium17,6005thMinskMinskTraktor Stadium17,60010thNemanGrodnoNeman Stadium8,4799thRukhBrestOSK Brestsky10,0603rd (First League)ShakhtyorSoligorskStroitel Stadium4,2003rdSlaviaMozyrYunost Stadium5,1338thSlutskSlutskCity Stadium (Slutsk)1,89611thSmolevichiSmolevichiOzyorny Stadium1,6002nd (First League)Torpedo-BelAZZhodinoTorpedo Stadium6,5246thVitebskVitebskVitebsky CSK8,14413th
Personnel Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt Sponsor (Chest) BATE Borisov Aleksandr Lisovskiy Ihar Stasevich Adidas Minsk Tractor Works Belshina Bobruisk Dmitriy Migas (caretaker) Sergey Turanok Joma Belshina Dynamo Brest Syarhey Kavalchuk Aleh Veratsila Joma Belavia Dinamo Minsk Leonid Kuchuk Edhar Alyakhnovich Saller None Energetik-BGU Vladimir Belyavskiy Aleksey Nosko Nike Belenergo Gorodeya Oleg Radushko Igor Dovgyallo Macron Gorodeya Sugar Refinery Isloch Minsk Raion Vitaly Zhukovsky Dzmitry Kamarowski Joma Hyundai Minsk Vadim Skripchenko Syarhey Vyeramko Macron TASK Insurance Neman Grodno Igor Kovalevich Valery Zhukowski Saller None Rukh Brest Aleksandr Sednyov Artsyom Rakhmanaw Erreà Belgosstrakh Shakhtyor Soligorsk Roman Hryhorchuk Alyaksandr Hutar Jako Belaruskali Slavia Mozyr Mihail Martsinovich Mikhail Baranovsky Joma Mozyr Oil Refinery Slutsk Aleksandr Konchits (caretaker) Barys Pankrataw Hummel None Smolevichi Alexei Mikhailov (caretaker) Eduard Zhevnerov Joma None Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Yuri Puntus Andrey Khachaturyan Adidas BelAZ Vitebsk Sergey Yasinsky Artsyom Skitaw Nike Parimatch
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentDinamo Minsk Sergei GurenkoMutual consent20 April 202012th Leonid Kuchuk22 April 2020Slutsk Vitaliy PavlovResigned26 June 202011th Aleksandr Konchits (caretaker)26 June 2020Belshina Eduard GradoboyevSacked1 July 202016th Dmitriy Migas (caretaker)1 July 2020Smolevichi Aleksandr BrazevichResigned6 July 202015th Alexei Mikhailov (caretaker)6 July 2020Minsk Andrey RazinResigned4 August 202014th Vadim Skripchenko4 August 2020Shakhtyor Soligorsk Yuriy VernydubResigned31 August 20201st Roman Hryhorchuk5 September 2020
League table
Results Each team plays home-and-away once against every other team for a total of 30 matches played each.
Relegation play-offs The 14th-place finisher of this season (Slutsk) were played a two-legged relegation play-off against the third-placed team of the 2020 Belarusian First League (Krumkachy Minsk) for a spot in the 2021 Premier League.
Leg 1
Leg 2
Season statistics Top goalscorers Updated to games played on 1 November 2020 Source: football.by RankGoalscorerTeamGoals 1. Maksim Skavysh BATE Borisov 17 2. Jasurbek Yakhshiboev Energetik-BGU/Shakhytor 16 3. Pavel Nyakhaychyk BATE Borisov 10 Gabriel Ramos Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino Yevgeniy Shikavka Dinamo Minsk Zoran Marušić Neman Grodno Pavel Savitski Dinamo Brest 8. Gegham Kadymyan Neman Grodno 9 Leonid KovelBelshina Bobruisk Dzyanis LaptsewDynamo Brest Vitaly Lisakovich Shakhytor Soligorsk Ion Nicolaescu Vitebsk Mikalay YanushIsloch Minsk Raion
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino FC Minsk 5–2 (A) Neman Grodno Slavia Mozyr 3–1 (A) Artem Kontsevoy Rukh Brest Energetyk-BGU 8–1 (A) Abdoulaye Diallo Dynamo Brest Dinamo Minsk 4–2 (A) Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belshina Bobruisk 5–1 (A)
Disciplinary
Most yellow cards: (10) Syarhey Kislyak (Dynamo Brest)
Most red cards: (2) Hayk Mosakhanian (Energetik-BGU) Gaby Kiki (Dynamo Brest) Marat Burayev (Slutsk) Aleksandr Svirepa (Energetik-BGU) Yevgeniy Yudchits (Energetik-BGU) Yury Kazlow (Slutsk)
Awards Weekly awards Player of the Week Player of The WeekWeekPlayerClubReference1 Jasurbek YakhshiboevEnergetik-BGU2 Nikita MelnikovSlavia Mozyr3 Mikhail BaranovskySlavia Mozyr4 Gabriel RamosTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino5 Barys PankratawSlutsk6 Ivan BakharDinamo Minsk7 Valery GorbachikTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino8 Ihar StasevichBATE Borisov9 Lipe VelosoTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino10 Dzmitry PadstrelawShakhtyor Soligorsk11 Pavel SavitskiDynamo Brest12 Zoran MarušićNeman Grodno13 Kiril PavlyuchekGorodeya14 Ihar KuzmyanokIsloch15 Jasurbek YakhshiboevEnergetik-BGU16 Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor Soligorsk17 Vladislav LozhkinSmolevichi18 Pavel NyakhaychykBATE Borisov19 Ihar StasevichBATE Borisov20 Mikalay YanushIsloch21 Dzmitry RekishBelshina22 Mikalay YanushIsloch
Goal of the Week Goal of The WeekWeekPlayerClubReference1 Momo YansaneIsloch Minsk Raion2 Gegham KadymyanNeman Grodno3 Yevgeniy KlopotskiyVitebsk4 Gegham KadymyanNeman Grodno5 Pavel SedkoRukh Brest6 Vladislav ZhukSlavia Mozyr7 Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor Soligorsk8 Gegham KadymyanNeman Grodno9 Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor Soligorsk10 Dzmitry PadstrelawShakhtyor Soligorsk11 Anatol MakarawSmolevichi12 Aleksandr KsenofontovVitebsk13 Yevgeniy ShikavkaDinamo Minsk14 Dennis TettehSlavia Mozyr15 Aleksandr DzhigeroSmolevichi16 Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor Soligorsk17 Vladislav LozhkinSmolevichi18 Lazar SajčićGorodeya19 Nikola AntićShakhtyor Soligorsk20 Dennis TettehSlavia Mozyr21 Dzmitry PadstrelawShakhtyor Soligorsk22 Pavel NyakhaychykBATE Borisov
Monthly awards
Manager of the Month MonthManagerClubReferenceApril Vitaliy PavlovSlutskMay Kirill AlshevskyBATE BorisovJune Igor KovalevichNeman Grodno July Yuriy VernidubShakhtyor SoligorskAugust Vitaly ZhukovskyIsloch Minsk RaionSeptember Igor KovalevichNeman Grodno
Goal of the Month MonthPlayerClubReferenceApril Vladislav ZhukSlavia MozyrMay Gegham KadymyanNeman GrodnoJune Aleksandr DzhigeroSmolevichiJuly Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor SoligorskAugust Dzmitry PadstrelawShakhtyor SoligorskSeptember Lipe VelosoTorpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubReferenceApril Gabriel RamosTorpedo-BelAZ ZhodinoMay Vitaly LisakovichShakhtyor SoligorskJune Dzyanis LaptsewDynamo BrestJuly Nikola AntićShakhtyor SoligorskAugust Mikalay YanushIsloch Minsk RaionSeptember Zoran MarušićNeman Grodno
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