2008 Belarusian Premier League
| Season | 2008 |
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| Champions | BATE Borisov |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv Minsk Savit Mogilev Darida Minsk Raion |
| Champions League | BATE Borisov |
| Europa League | Naftan Novopolotsk Dinamo Minsk MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 621 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Gennadi Bliznyuk (16) Vitali Rodionov (16) |
| Biggest home win | BATE 5–0 Shakhtyor Dnepr 5–0 Smorgon |
| Biggest away win | 2–6 – 1 game; 0–4 – 4 games |
| Highest scoring | Darida 3–6 MTZ-RIPO |
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Belarusian Premier League 2008 was the 18th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 6 and ended on November 16, 2008. BATE Borisov were the defending champions.
Contents
Team changes from 2007 season
Due to league expansion from 14 to 16 teams the only relegated team Minsk, who finished last in 2007, was replaced by three best teams of 2007 First League: Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk.
Overview
BATE Borisov won their 5th champions title and qualified for the next season's Champions League. The championship runners-up Dinamo Minsk, bronze medalists MTZ-RIPO Minsk and 2008–09 Cup winners Naftan Novopolotsk qualified for the inaugural tournament of Europa League. Due to decision to gradually reduce Premiere League to 12 clubs (14 in 2009, 12 in 2010) three lowest placed teams (Lokomotiv Minsk, Savit Mogilev and Darida Minsk Raion) relegated to the First League. The two latter teams disbanded prior to 2009 season.
Teams and venues
| Team | Location | Venue | Capacity | Position in 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATE | Borisov | City Stadium, Borisov | 5,500 | 1 |
| Gomel | Gomel | Central, Gomel | 11,800 | 2 |
| Shakhtyor | Soligorsk | Stroitel | 5,000 | 3 |
| Torpedo | Zhodino | Torpedo, Zhodino | 3,020 | 4 |
| MTZ-RIPO | Minsk | Traktor | 17,600 | 5 |
| Neman | Grodno | Neman | 6,300 | 6 |
| Naftan | Novopolotsk | Atlant | 6,500 | 7 |
| Vitebsk | Vitebsk | Central, Vitebsk | 8,300 | 8 |
| Dinamo Minsk | Minsk | Dinamo, Minsk | 41,040 | 9 |
| Smorgon | Smorgon | Yunost | 3,500 | 10 |
| Darida | Minsk Raion | Darida | 6,000 | 11 |
| Dinamo Brest | Brest | OSK Brestskiy | 10,080 | 12 |
| Dnepr | Mogilev | Spartak | 11,200 | 13 |
| Savit | Mogilev | Torpedo, Mogilev | 3,500 | First league, 1 |
| Granit | Mikashevichi | OSK Brestskiy | 3,130 | First league, 2 |
| Lokomotiv | Minsk | City Stadium, Molodechno | 4,800 | First league, 3 |
Table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BATE Borisov (C) | 30 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 67 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 62 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round |
| 3 | MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 65 | 37 | +28 | 57 | |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 51 | |
| 5 | Vitebsk | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 51 | |
| 6 | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 47 | |
| 7 | Naftan Novopolotsk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 46 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round |
| 8 | Smorgon | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 39 | |
| 9 | Dnepr Mogilev | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 38 | |
| 10 | Granit Mikashevichi | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 36 | |
| 11 | Gomel | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 33 | |
| 12 | Neman Grodno | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Zhodino | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Minsk (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to First League |
| 15 | Savit Mogilev (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 61 | −33 | 21 | |
| 16 | Darida Minsk Raion (R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 19 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
| Home ╲ Away | BAT | DAR | DBR | DMI | DNE | GOM | GRA | LMN | MTZ | NAF | NEM | SAV | SHA | SMR | VIT | TZH |
| BATE Borisov | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Darida Minsk Raion | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–32 | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Dinamo Brest | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Dnepr Mogilev | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Gomel | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–6 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Granit Mikashevichi | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | |
| Lokomotiv Minsk | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| Naftan Novopolotsk | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Neman Grodno | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Savit Mogilev | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Smorgon | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
| Vitebsk | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Torpedo Zhodino | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
Source: football.by (Belarusian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match of Round 27 was awarded to Granit with a score of 3–0 because Darida did not field a team for the match.[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Belarusian clubs in Euporean Cups
| Round | Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup | |||||
| First round | Cracovia  |
1–5 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
1–2 | 0–3 |
| Second round | Sturm Graz  |
2–0 | Shakhtyor Soligorsk |
2–0 | 0–0 |
| 2008–09 UEFA Cup | |||||
| First qualifying round | Legia Warszawa |
4–1 | Gomel |
0–0 | 4–1 |
| MTZ-RIPO Minsk |
2–3 |  Žilina |
2–2 | 0–1 | |
| 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | |||||
| First qualifying round | BATE Borisov |
3–0 |  Valur |
2–0 | 1–0 |
| Second qualifying round | Anderlecht  |
3–4 | BATE Borisov |
1–2 | 2–2 |
| Thind qualifying round | Levski Sofia  |
1–2 | BATE Borisov |
0–1 | 1–1 |
| Group stage | Real Madrid  |
3–0 | BATE Borisov |
2–0 | 1–0 |
| BATE Borisov |
2–2 |  Juventus |
2–2 | 0–0 | |
Zenit St. Petersburg  |
3–1 | BATE Borisov |
1–1 | 2–0 | |
Top scorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennadi Bliznyuk |
BATE Borisov | 16 |
| Vitali Rodionov |
BATE Borisov | 16 | |
| 3 | Artem Kontsevoy |
MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 15 |
| 4 | Alyaksandr Hawrushka |
Dnepr Mogilev | 14 |
| 5 | Dzmitry Mazalewski |
Dinamo Brest | 13 |
| Ruslan Usaw |
Vitebsk | 13 | |
| 7 | Andrey Sherakow |
Torpedo Zhodino | 12 |
| 8 | Oleg Strakhanovich |
MTZ-RIPO Minsk | 11 |
| Andrey Tsevan |
Dinamo Brest | 11 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Alumona |
Neman Grodno | 10 |
| Dzmitry Kavalyonak |
Neman Grodno | 10 | |
| Róbert Rák |
Dinamo Minsk | 10 |
See also
References
- ↑ Дарида - Гранит 0:3 (Belarusian)
External links
- Official site (Belarusian)
- rsssf.com
