1992–93 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season1992–93
ChampionsShinnik Bobruisk
PromotedShinnik Bobruisk
RelegatedNeman Stolbtsy
Stankostroitel Smorgon
Matches played240
Goals scored571 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorerVladimir Kravchuk (23)
← 1992

1992–93 Belarusian First League was the second season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in August 1992 and ended in June 1993.

Team changes from 1992 season

The winners of last season (Dinamo-2 Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League, which became possible after they split from their parent team Dinamo Minsk. No teams relegated directly from the Premier League as it was temporary expanded from 16 to 17 teams.

One team that finished at the bottom of 1992 season table (Stankostroitel Smorgon) relegated to the Second League. To compensate for Premier League expansion, they were replaced by two best teams of 1992 Second League (Smena Minsk and Albertin Slonim).

Luch Minsk and Orbita Minsk (who finished 12th and 15th last season) withdrew from the league to amateur lever due to lack of financing. They were replaced by ZLiN Gomel (Second League third-placed team) and Stankostroitel Smorgon (who were spared from relegation).

Before the start of the season Niva Samokhvalovichi changed their name to Niva-Trudovye Rezervy Samokhvalovichi and SKIF-RShVSM to AFViS-RShVSM Minsk. Kolos Ustye was renamed to Kolos-Stroitel Ustye during the winter break.

Overview

Shinnik Bobruisk won the tournament and were promoted the Premier League. Neman Stolbtsy and Stankostroitel Smorgon, who finished 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the Second League.

Teams and locations

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Location of teams in 1992–93 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 1992
Shinnik Bobruisk 2
Kommunalnik Pinsk 3
Selmash Mogilev 4
Niva-Trudovye Rezervy Samokhvalovichi 5
AFViS-RShVSM Minsk 6
Polesye Mozyr 7
Khimvolokno Grodno 8
Khimik Svetlogorsk 9
Neman Stolbtsy 10
Kolos Ustye 11
KIM-2 Vitebsk 13
Belarus Maryina Gorka 14
Stankostroitel Smorgon 16
Smena Minsk Second League, 1
Albertin Slonim Second League, 2
ZLiN Gomel Second League, 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shinnik Bobruisk (P) 30 21 8 1 69 19 +50 50 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Polesye Mozyr 30 22 5 3 54 14 +40 49
3 Selmash Mogilev 30 12 13 5 48 20 +28 37
4 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 15 4 11 54 36 +18 34[a]
5 Kommunalnik Pinsk 30 15 4 11 52 40 +12 34[a]
6 ZLiN Gomel 30 14 6 10 51 37 +14 34
7 Albertin Slonim 30 14 5 11 29 30 −1 33
8 Smena Minsk 30 12 6 12 42 50 −8 30
9 Khimvolokno Grodno 30 11 8 11 31 32 −1 30
10 Kolos-Stroitel Ustye 30 9 9 12 42 47 −5 27[b]
11 Niva-Tr. Rez. Samokhvalovichi 30 9 9 12 29 49 −20 27[b]
12 Belarus Maryina Gorka 30 10 6 14 37 42 −5 26
13 AFViS-RShVSM Minsk 30 9 4 17 37 49 −12 22
14 KIM-2 Vitebsk 30 6 7 17 29 44 −15 19
15 Neman Stolbtsy (R) 30 5 5 20 23 65 −42 15 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Stankostroitel Smorgon (R) 30 4 5 21 17 70 −53 13
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head (points, matches won, goal difference, goals scored); 4th goal difference; 5th goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Khimik Svetlogorsk placed above Kommunalnik Pinsk by better head-to-head record (2–0, 3–4).
  2. ^ a b Kolos-Stroitel Ustye placed above Niva-Trudovye Rezervy Samokhvalovichi by better head-to-head record (2–2, 1–0).

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Vladimir Kravchuk Khimik Svetlogorsk 23
2 Belarus Aleksandr Dashkevich Polesye Mozyr 18
Belarus Dmitry Klyuiko Shinnik Bobruisk 18
4 Belarus Vitaliy Kirilko Kommunalnik Pinsk 14
5 Belarus Andrey Ivanow ZLiN Gomel 12

See also