2002 Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League
Season2002
ChampionsBATE
RelegatedLokomotiv-96
Champions LeagueBATE
UEFA CupDinamo Minsk
Neman
Intertoto CupShakhtyor
Matches played183
Goals scored514 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerBelarus Valery Strypeykis (18)
Biggest home winBATE 6–0 Lokomotiv-96
Biggest away winSlavia 1–6 Belshina
Highest scoringDinamo Minsk 6–3 Zvezda-VA-BGU;
Dinamo Minsk 6–3 Slavia
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 Belarusian Premier League was the 12th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 12 and ended on November 8, 2002. Belshina Bobruisk were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2001 season

Teams finished on the last two places in 2001 – Naftan Novopolotsk and Vedrich-97 Rechytsa relegated to the First League. They were replaced by 2001 First League winners Torpedo Zhodino and the newcomers, First League runners-up Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk. Neman-Belcard Grodno changed their name back to Neman Grodno.

Overview

BATE Borisov and Neman Grodno finished the season with equal number of points and advanced to the Championship Play-Off. BATE won the play-off game and became the champions for the 2nd time. They qualified for the next season's Champions League. Neman Grodno and 2002–03 Cup winners Dinamo Minsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion from 14 to 16 teams starting with next season, only one lowest placed team (Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk) have relegated.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 2002 Belarusian Premier League
Team Location Venue Capacity Position in 2001
Belshina Bobruisk Spartak Stadium (Bobruisk) 5,800 1
Dinamo Minsk Minsk Dinamo Stadium (Minsk) 40,000 2
BATE Borisov City Stadium (Borisov) 5,500 3
Neman Grodno Neman Stadium 14,000 4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Stroitel Stadium 5,000 5
Gomel Gomel Luch Stadium[1] 5,000 6
Slavia Mozyr Yunost Stadium 5,250 7
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk Torpedo Stadium (Minsk) 5,200 8
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev Spartak Stadion (Mogilev) 5,700 9
Molodechno-2000 Molodechno City Stadium (Molodechno) 5,650 10
Dinamo Brest Brest OSK Brestskiy 3,000 11
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Dinamo Stadium (Vitebsk) 8,250 12
Torpedo Zhodino Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino) 5,000 First league, 1
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk Traktor Stadium[2] 17,000 First league, 2
  1. ^
    Gomel spent the season at Luch Stadium, as their regular stadium Central Stadium was closed for renovation.
  2. ^
    One game played at City Stadium in Molodechno.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BATE Borisov (C) 26 18 2 6 51 20 +31 56 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round[a]
2 Neman Grodno 26 17 5 4 47 20 +27 56 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 26 15 6 5 41 23 +18 51 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 26 15 6 5 30 16 +14 51
5 Torpedo Zhodino 26 13 4 9 38 27 +11 43
6 Gomel 26 13 4 9 46 33 +13 43
7 Dinamo Minsk 26 12 6 8 44 28 +16 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
8 Belshina Bobruisk 26 12 4 10 44 38 +6 37
9 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 26 10 6 10 38 37 +1 36
10 Dinamo Brest 26 8 8 10 25 26 −1 32
11 Slavia Mozyr 26 6 6 14 38 61 −23 24
12 Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 26 4 6 16 28 48 −20 18
13 Molodechno-2000 26 3 3 20 23 59 −36 12
14 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk (R) 26 3 0 23 20 77 −57 9 Relegation to Belarusian First League
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd head-to-head. Replay for title or relegation.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The title was decided in a championship playoff as BATE Borisov and Neman Grodno finished with equal points.
  2. ^ Dinamo Minsk qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying round by winning the 2002–03 Belarusian Cup.

Championship play-off

BATE Borisov1–0 (a.e.t.)Neman Grodno
Tarasenka 102' Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Vladimir Sukhovarov (Orsha)

Results

Home \ Away BAT BSH DBR DMI DNE GOM LVI MOL NEM SHA SLA TMI TZH ZBM
BATE Borisov 2–4 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 6–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–0 3–1
Belshina Bobruisk 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–5 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 1–1
Dinamo Brest 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2
Dinamo Minsk 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 4–1 1–1 1–1 6–3 0–1 2–1 6–3
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–4 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–0
Gomel 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–2 1–4 2–2
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 1–4 0–4 1–3 0–2 2–3 0–4 1–3 1–5 1–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1
Molodechno-2000 1–3 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–1
Neman Grodno 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–2 3–0 2–1
Slavia Mozyr 0–2 1–6 1–1 0–4 3–2 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 5–2 0–2 3–2 1–2
Torpedo-MAZ Minsk 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0
Torpedo Zhodino 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–1
Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 1–2 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2
Source: football.by (in Belarusian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Belarusian clubs in European Cups

Round Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup
First round BATE Borisov Belarus 3–0 Denmark Akademisk Boldklub 1–0 2–0
Second round 1860 München Germany 0–5 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 0–4
Third round Bologna Italy 2–0 Belarus BATE Borisov 2–0 0–0
2002–03 UEFA Cup
Qualifying round Dinamo Minsk Belarus 1–5 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–4 0–1
Gomel Belarus 5–0 Finland HJK Helsinki 1–0 4–0
First round Gomel Belarus 1–8 Germany Schalke 04 1–4 0–4
2002–03 UEFA Champions League
First qualifying round Portadown Northern Ireland 2–3 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 0–0 2–3
Second qualifying round Maccabi Haifa Israel 5–0 Belarus Belshina Bobruisk 4–0 1–0

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Belarus Valery Strypeykis Belshina Bobruisk 18
2 Belarus Yury Markhel Torpedo Zhodino 17
3 Belarus Sergey Nikiforenko Shakhtyor Soligorsk 12
4 Belarus Viktor Borel Gomel 11
Belarus Gennadi Bliznyuk Gomel 11
Belarus Vadzim Boyka Dinamo Brest 11
Belarus Ihor Chumachenko BATE Borisov 11
Belarus Denis Karolik Belshina Bobruisk 11
Belarus Dzmitry Kavalyonak Neman Grodno 11
Belarus Maksim Tsyhalka Dinamo Minsk 11

See also