2011 Belarusian First League

Belarusian First League
Season2011
ChampionsSlavia Mozyr
PromotedSlavia Mozyr
RelegatedBelcard Grodno
Baranovichi
Matches played236
Goals scored620 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerYuri Korolyuk (21)
Biggest home winKhimik 6–0 Baranovichi;
SKVICH 6–0 Smorgon;
SKVICH 6–0 Baranovichi
Biggest away winPolotsk 0–5 Partizan;
Baranovichi 0–5 Gorodeya;
Belcard 0–5 Polotsk
Highest scoringSlutsk 7–3 Khimik
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 Belarusian First League is the 21st season of 2nd level football in Belarus. It started on April 23 and will end in November 2011.

Team changes from 2010 season

The winners of last season (Gomel) were promoted to Belarusian Premier League. They were replaced by last-placed team of 2010 Belarusian Premier League table (Partizan Minsk).

The runners-up of last season (SKVICH Minsk) lost the promotion/relegation play-off to Torpedo Zhodino (11th-placed Premier League team) and both clubs stayed in their respective leagues.

Two teams that finished at the bottom of 2010 season table (Kommunalnik Slonim and Lida) relegated to the Second League. They were replaced by two best teams of 2010 Second League (Gorodeya and Slutsksakhar Slutsk).

Veras Nesvizh withdrew from the league and disbanded due to lack of financing. They were replaced by Klechesk Kletsk, who finished 3rd in last year's Second League.

Slutsksakhar Slutsk changed their name to FC Slutsk prior to the season.

Teams and venues

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Location of teams in 2011 Belarusian First League
Team Location Position in 2010
Partizan Minsk Premier League, 12
SKVICH Minsk 2
DSK Gomel 3
Granit Mikashevichi 4
Rudensk Rudensk 5
Baranovichi Baranovichi 6
Polotsk Polotsk 7
Khimik Svetlogorsk 8
Slavia Mozyr 9
Volna Pinsk 10
Smorgon Smorgon 12
Belcard Grodno 13
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 14
Gorodeya Gorodeya Second League, 1
Slutsk Slutsk Second League, 2
Klechesk Kletsk Second League, 3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Slavia Mozyr (P) 30 22 5 3 53 17 +36 71 Promotion to Belarusian Premier League
2 Partizan Minsk (P) 30 20 5 5 59 26 +33 65 Qualification for promotion play-off
3 Gorodeya 30 16 7 7 51 31 +20 55
4 SKVICH Minsk 30 16 6 8 57 27 +30 54
5 Slutsk 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 49
6 Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 30 13 7 10 40 34 +6 46
7 Volna Pinsk 30 13 6 11 52 38 +14 45
8 Granit Mikashevichi 30 11 10 9 38 35 +3 43
9 Klechesk Kletsk[a] (R) 30 12 5 13 45 42 +3 41 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
10 Polotsk 30 9 8 13 36 39 −3 35
11 Smorgon 30 9 7 14 32 45 −13 34
12 DSK Gomel 30 8 10 12 28 34 −6 34
13 Rudensk 30 9 6 15 25 40 −15 33
14 Khimik Svetlogorsk 30 10 2 18 32 48 −16 32
15 Belcard Grodno (R) 30 8 5 17 30 55 −25 29 Relegation to Belarusian Second League
16 Baranovichi (R) 30 0 3 27 10 90 −80 3
Source: football.by
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. ^ Klechesk were denied First League licence for 2012 due to financial troubles.

Promotion play-offs

The runners-up of 2011 Belarusian First League Partizan Minsk played a two-legged promotion play-off against the 11th placed team of 2011 Premier League (Vitebsk) for one spot in the 2012 Premier League and won the series 3–2. As a result, Vitebsk were relegated to the First League and Partizan promoted to Premier League. Partizan, however, were unable to start the next season due to bankruptcy and were disbanded.

Results

Home \ Away BAR BCR DSK GRD GRA KHI KLE PAR POL RUD SKV SLA SLU SMR V97 VOL
Baranovichi 1–1 1–3 0–5 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–5
Belcard Grodno 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–5 2–0 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 4–3
DSK Gomel 5–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–3
Gorodeya 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 3–0[a] 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 4–2
Granit Mikashevichi 3–0[b] 4–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–1
Khimik Svetlogorsk 6–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–5 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0[c] 0–3
Klechesk Kletsk 5–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–3 4–0 0–2 0–0
Partizan Minsk 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 3–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 2–0
Polotsk 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–5 3–0[d] 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–1
Rudensk 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 3–1
SKVICH Minsk 6–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 6–0 1–1 2–1
Slavia Mozyr 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Slutsk 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 7–3 4–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–3
Smorgon 5–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2
Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 4–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–2 3–1 1–0
Volna Pinsk 5–0 2–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0
Source: football.by
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Awarded to Gorodeya as Polotsk did not show up for the game.
  2. ^ Awarded to Granit as Baranovichi did not show up for the game.
  3. ^ Awarded to Khimik as Vedrich-97 did not show up for the game.
  4. ^ Awarded to Polotsk as Rudensk did not show up for the game.

Top goalscorers

Rank Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Belarus Yuri Korolyuk Volna Pinsk 21
2 Belarus Alyaksandr Makas Partizan Minsk 19
3 Belarus Uladzimir Shakaw SKVICH Minsk 16
Belarus Ruslan Shukelovich Khimik Svetlogorsk 16
5 Belarus Dmitry Verstak Belcard Grodno 14
6 Belarus Yuri Markhel SKVICH Minsk 13
Belarus Pavel Byahanski Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 13

Updated to games played on 19 November 2011
Source: football.by

See also