1994–95 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season1994–95
ChampionsMPKC Mozyr
PromotedMPKC Mozyr
Ataka-Aura Minsk
RelegatedSantanas Samokhvalovichi
ZLiN Gomel
AFViS-RShVSM Minsk
Stroitel Vitebsk
Matches played240
Goals scored657 (2.74 per match)
1995 →

1994–95 Belarusian First League was the fourth season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in July 1994 and ended in June 1995.

Team changes from 1993–94 season

Winners of 1993–94 First League (Obuvshchik Lida) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by the last placed team of 1993–94 Premier League (Stroitel Starye Dorogi).

Smena Minsk, who finished 15th, relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 1993–94 Second League (Kardan-Flyers Grodno and Ataka-Aura Minsk). The number of participating teams thus was restored to 16.

Before the start of the season Selmash Mogilev were renamed to Transmash Mogilev. During the winter break, Polesye Mozyr changed their name to MPKC Mozyr and KIM-2 Vitebsk changed their name to Kimovets Vitebsk.

Overview

MPKC Mozyr won the tournament and were promoted to the Premier League, as were runners-up Ataka-Aura Minsk. ZLiN Gomel, AFViS-RShVSM Minsk and Stroitel Vitebsk, who finished 14th, 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the Second League. Santanas Samokhvalovichi, who finished 8th, withdrew to the amateur level after the season due to financial troubles.

Teams and locations

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Location of teams in 1994–95 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 1993–94
Stroitel Starye Dorogi Premier League, 16
Polesye Mozyr 2
Kommunalnik Pinsk 3
Transmash Mogilev 4
Brestbytkhim Brest 5
Santanas Samokhvalovichi 6
ZLiN Gomel 7
Torpedo Zhodino 8
Khimik Svetlogorsk 9
KIM-2 Vitebsk 10
KPF Slonim 11
Stroitel Vitebsk 12
Khimvolokno Grodno 13
AFViS-RShVSM Minsk 14
Kardan-Flyers Grodno Second League, 1
Ataka-Aura Minsk Second League, 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 MPKC Mozyr (P) 30 24 3 3 106 17 +89 51 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Ataka-Aura Minsk (P) 30 18 7 5 57 20 +37 43
3 Kommunalnik Pinsk 30 16 8 6 45 26 +19 40
4 KPF Slonim 30 17 5 8 64 31 +33 39
5 Kardan-Flyers Grodno 30 14 9 7 53 37 +16 37
6 Stroitel Starye Dorogi 30 14 6 10 44 32 +12 34
7 Brestbytkhim Brest 30 13 6 11 41 31 +10 32
8 Santanas Samokhvalovichi (R) 30 10 12 8 40 34 +6 32 Relegation to amateur level
9 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 12 4 14 31 48 −17 28
10 Torpedo Zhodino 30 11 6 13 37 35 +2 28
11 Transmash Mogilev 30 9 8 13 30 31 −1 26
12 Khimvolokno Grodno 30 7 11 12 15 35 −20 25
13 Kimovets Vitebsk 30 9 5 16 30 46 −16 23
14 ZLiN Gomel (R) 30 8 5 17 26 67 −41 21 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
15 AFViS-RShVSM Minsk (R) 30 5 7 18 29 79 −50 17
16 Stroitel Vitebsk (R) 30 1 2 27 9 88 −79 4
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

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Sergey Yaromko MPKC Mozyr 24
2 Russia Vladimir Skorobogaty MPKC Mozyr 17
3 Belarus Aleksandr Gavlush Ataka-Aura Minsk 16
4 Belarus Dzmitry Balashow KPF Slonim 15
Belarus Sergey Solodovnikov Kardan-Flyers Grodno 15

See also