2008 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season2008
ChampionsMinsk
PromotedMinsk
RelegatedPMC Postavy
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2008 Belarusian First League was the 18th season of 2nd level football championship in Belarus. It started in April and ended in November 2008.

Team changes from 2007 season

Three top teams of last season (Savit Mogilev, Granit Mikashevichi and Lokomotiv Minsk) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. Due to expansion of Premier League, the promoted teams were replaced by only one team that finished at the bottom of 2007 Belarusian Premier League table (Minsk).

One team that finished at the bottom of 2007 season table (Zvezda-BGU Minsk) relegated to the Second League. To compensate for the Premier League expansion, they were replaced by three best teams of 2007 Second League (PMC Postavy, Lida and Spartak Shklov).

Mozyr changed their name to Slavia Mozyr prior to the season.

Teams and locations

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Location of teams in 2008 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2007
Minsk Minsk Premier League, 13
Belshina Bobruisk 4
Khimik Svetlogorsk 5
Veras Nesvizh 6
Volna Pinsk 7
Dinamo-Belcard Grodno 8
Baranovichi Baranovichi 9
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 10
Polotsk Polotsk 11
Kommunalnik Slonim 12
Slavia Mozyr 13
PMC Postavy Second League, 1
Lida Lida Second League, 2
Spartak Shklov Second League, 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Minsk (P) 26 23 2 1 72 11 +61 71 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Khimik Svetlogorsk 26 18 3 5 42 23 +19 57
3 Belshina Bobruisk 26 15 4 7 34 21 +13 49
4 Volna Pinsk 26 15 3 8 39 25 +14 48
5 Veras Nesvizh 26 14 4 8 37 23 +14 46
6 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 26 12 3 11 39 34 +5 39
7 Dinamo-Belcard Grodno 26 11 2 13 38 32 +6 35
8 Spartak Shklov 26 8 6 12 28 37 −9 30
9 Baranovichi 26 7 5 14 24 40 −16 26
10 Kommunalnik Slonim 26 6 7 13 21 36 −15 25[a]
11 Lida 26 6 7 13 24 45 −21 25[a]
12 Polotsk 26 6 5 15 20 36 −16 23[b]
13 Slavia Mozyr 26 6 5 15 33 62 −29 23[b]
14 PMC Postavy (R) 26 4 6 16 22 48 −26 18 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
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 Kommunalnik Slonim placed above Lida by better head-to-head record (1–0, 1–1).
  2. ^ a b Polotsk placed above Slavia Mozyr by better head-to-head record (2–3, 3–1).

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Syarhey Koshal Minsk 16
2 Belarus Sergey Zabolotsky Khimik Svetlogorsk 15
3 Belarus Dzmitry Asipenka Minsk 14
Belarus Dmitri Khlebosolov Baranovichi 14
5 Belarus Anatoly Tikhonchik Veras Nesvizh 13

See also